Fridays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Friday December 9th)

DAILY MIRROR

Paris Saint-Germain are targeting Tottenham's Dele Alli in a £50m summer swoop.
Xherdan Shaqiri says he would be "silly" to claim he will end his career at Stoke as he wants to play in the Champions League again "in the near future".
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken of his surprise that the Reds managed to sign his old Bundesliga rival Roberto Firmino, who he expected to join a bigger side, and to do so for only £29m.
Chelsea midfielder Jordan Houghton is hoping to extend his loan spell at Doncaster.
Everton are monitoring Demarai Gray's situation at Leicester.
Yannick Bolasie's knee injury is so severe that Everton fear he will be out for more than a year.

THE SUN

Manchester City fear they may be stuck with flop Eliaquim Mangala - as Valencia do not want to take up their option to buy.
Manchester United are still in the dark over the future of Matteo Darmian - with no offers coming in for him from Italy.

THE TELEGRAPH

Claudio Ranieri is battling against a growing sense of meltdown at Leicester City, admitting their Champions League thrashing has inflicted "shame" on the club.

DAILY STAR

Watford have been urged to make a move for Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel by striker Odion Ighalo.
Sunderland are worried a transformed Papy Djilobodji may be called up by Senegal.

DAILY MAIL

Mario Balotelli saluted "amazing" Liverpool fans before admitting that he would never head back to Anfield and that he "likes" Arsenal.
Everton talisman Romelu Lukaku has revealed that a Premier League outfit were "really keen" to recruit him over the summer, only for the Toffees to prevent a sale.
Carlos Tevez admits he could leave boyhood club Boca Juniors for the big bucks of the Chinese Super League.

THE EXPRESS

Mark Warburton insists the Joey Barton saga will not force him to change his tactics for identifying and signing players in January.

THE TELEGRAPH

The controversial Checkatrade Trophy may be scrapped after only one season, according to the head of the English Football League.
(Why ,and who's the head of the 'English Fooyball League' when he's at home?? - ****)