Source: BBC Sport
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is weighing up for a move for Bayer Leverkusen‘s Netherlands defender Jeremie Frimpong, 23, and his fellow Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg, 22, who joined Brentford from Liverpool last summer. (Football Transfers)
Tottenham are interested in Manchester City and England winger Jack Grealish, 29. (Football Insider)
The agent of Canada striker Jonathan David has told potential suitors including Juventus, Inter Milan, Liverpool and Manchester United that the 24-year-old wants a contract worth £5m a year to join them on a free transfer when his deal at Lille expires next summer. (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Juventus want to take Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 23, on loan from Manchester United in January. (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Arsenal and Liverpool are among the top European clubs looking to add Eintracht Frankfurt’s Sweden midfielder Hugo Larsson, 20, to their ranks in January. (Teamtalk)
Chelsea are among a number of clubs, including Newcastle and Crystal Palace, who are keen on Benfica’s Portuguese centre-back Tomas Araujo, 22. (O Jogo – in Portuguese)
Manchester United have been exploring taking up the buy-back option they have for 21-year-old Spanish left-back Alvaro Carreras, who they sold to Benfica in the summer. (Marca – in Spanish)
Chelsea and France forward Christopher Nkunku, 26, would be interested in a move to Old Trafford and is keen to play first-team football. (Football Insider)
Liverpool have been impressed by Sweden’s Daniel Svensson, with Manchester United and Arsenal also among the clubs interested in the FC Nordsjælland left-back, 22. (Teamtalk)
Barcelona have earmarked Porto‘s Spanish striker Samu Omorodion, 20, as a possible replacement for Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, 36. (El Nacional – in Spanish)
Real Madrid have both Al-Nassr‘s Spain centre-back Aymeric Laporte, 30, and Tottenham‘s Spain right-back Pedro Porro, 25, on their radar. (Relevo – in Spanish)
Technical director David Weir and his assistant Mike Cave have led an overhaul of Brighton‘s recruitment department involving the departure of several scouts, despite the club’s successful scouting in recent seasons. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Former Roma striker Vincenzo Montella is the leading candidate to take over as the Giallorossi’s new boss and appears willing to break his contract as Turkey coach, even though it will cost him nearly £1m to do so. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)
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