Latest transfer News

Ø  England and Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, 31, will be offered £700,000 a week by two Chinese Super League clubs to join them next summer.

Ø  Southampton values their Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk at £60m but have no plans to sell the 25-year-old in the January transfer window.

Ø  Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United have been linked with Van Dijk, but Saints say the trio can challenge for his signature in three years.

Ø  New Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce will receive a £4m bonus if he keeps the club in the Premier League.

Ø  Former England boss Allardyce will get £20m to spend in the January transfer window to help the club avoid relegation.

Ø  Everton are ready to make a formal approach to Manchester United for Netherlands winger Memphis Depay, 22, and France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 27.

Ø  David Moyes thought he would be signing Real Madrid forwards Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, and Gareth Bale, 27, as well as 29-year-old midfielder Cesc Fabregas, then at Barcelona, during his tenure as Manchester United manager - but got Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini instead.

Ø  Arsenal are targeting Sunderland's England Under-21 keeper Jordan Pickford in a move that would see them loan the 22-year-old back to the Black Cats for the rest of the season.

Ø  Manchester City are monitoring Lionel Messi's situation at Barcelona after the 29-year-old Argentina international's talks over a new deal with the club stalled.

Ø  City manager Pep Guardiola says he has "no plans for a major signing" in January and would happily complete the season with his current squad.

Ø  Former England manager Roy Hodgson, 69, says his players "seemed to freeze a little bit" during their last-16 defeat by minnows Iceland at Euro 2016.

Ø  Manchester United will offer Zlatan Ibrahimovic a coaching role to try to keep the 35-year-old Swedish striker at the club.

Ø  Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his side miss Wales midfielder Joe Allen, who left the club to join Stoke, who the Reds host on 27 December.

                      

Ø  Borussia Dortmund and Germany forward Marco Reus, 27, and Atletico Madrid's France striker Antoine Griezmann, 25, are Arsene Wenger's preferred options to replace Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, both 28, if the pair fail to sign new contracts at the Emirates.

Ø  Liverpool are hoping to sign 20-year-old Brazil forward Gabriel Barbosa, who has failed to settle at Inter Milan since a summer move.

Ø  West Ham are considering a £6m move to re-sign their former striker Jermain Defoe, 34, from Sunderland.

Ø  Tottenham's South Korea forward Son Heung-min, 24, is wanted by Paris-St Germain.

Ø  Championship club Reading are facing significant financial problems, and could be sold to a Chinese consortium.

Ø  Sam Allardyce's impending return to management is the main story for the I paper

Ø  Real Madrid see Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois as their long-term number one, and are close to agreeing a deal to sign the 24-year-old Belgium international for next season.

Ø  Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez could move the other way - but Chelsea will not pay Real Madrid's £60m price tag for the 25-year-old.

Ø  Another player who could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge is Netherlands midfielder Marco van Ginkel, 24, with PSV Eindhoven interested.

Ø  Germany midfielder Julian Draxler, 23, says he is ready to leave Wolfsburg as Liverpool consider a January move for him.

Ø  Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland, 23, could miss the rest of the season after suffering a setback in his recovery from an ankle injury.

Ø  The fitness of striker Daniel Sturridge, 27, is vital to Liverpool's attempts to maintain a Premier League title challenge, according to their captain Jordan Henderson, 26.

Ø  Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is keeping an eye on 21-year-old defender Nathan Ake, who is impressing while on loan at Bournemouth.

Ø  Tottenham and Chelsea are interested in 18-year-old left-back Marc Cucurella, the Barcelona youth product.

Ø  Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru, 19, is seeking a move to Arsenal, after scoring 10 goals in 22 games for Belgian side KAS Eupen this season.

Ø  Brentford will ask for £15m for English striker Scott Hogan, 24, with Norwich, West Ham and West Brom interested in the forward.

Ø  Manchester City's 20-year-old French midfielder Olivier Ntcham is set to return from his loan spell at Serie A side Genoa early after struggling for game time.

Ø  Arsenal's players have cancelled their Christmas party, after their loss to Manchester City at the weekend.

Ø  The son of pop star Sting says he is looking for the American version of Lionel Messi after becoming the co-owner of a new football club in Los Angeles.

Ø  Bolivian side Bolivar missed out on their domestic title in the 100th minute of their final game - after five red cards were shown in stoppage time.