INTERESTING SOCCER TRANSFER GISTS ACROSS EUROPE
Steven Gerrard makes ‘personal call’ to Philippe Coutinho to sign him (Mirror)
Monaco are open to the idea of signing Christian Eriksen, who is currently a free agent. (Marca)
Arsenal could make a splash by signing Fiorentina star Dusan Vlahovic. La Gazzetta dello
Massimiliano Allegri has stated that Alvaro Morata will not leave Juventus this month. La Gazzetta dello
Borussia Dortmund are still trying to convince Erling Haaland to stay at the club beyond this summer. They’ll offer him 16m euros per season. (L’Equipe.)
With Lille rejecting Newcastle’s approach for Sven Botman, the English club have turned their attention to Sevilla’s Diego Carlos ( The Telegraph)
Real Madrid cool interest in Antonio Rudiger (Marca)
Manchester United are determined to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 24, this month. (The Sun via BBC)
Lazio sporting director Igli Tare has opened talks with Liverpool for Belgian forward Divock Origi, with the Reds willing to sell the 26-year-old to avoid the risk losing him on a free transfer in June. (LazioNews24 – in Italian)
Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 31, is set to leave Juventus, where he is currently paid £325,000 a week. (Sky Sports)
Chelsea are considering a move for Barcelona and the United States full-back Sergino Dest, 21, as an alternative to Digne. (Daily Star)
Newcastle have been offered France centre-back Samuel Umtiti 28, by Barcelona on a potential loan deal with option to buy. (Daily Mail via BBC)
Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta and Wolves right-back Nelson Semedo are targets of Atletico Madrid. (Marca)
AC Milan ‘REJECT’ Tottenham’s offer of swap deal involving Tanguy Ndombele for Franck Kessie with Serie A giants put off by French midfielder’s wage demands(Daily Mail)
Manchester City ‘open to swapping Aymeric Laporte for Frenkie de Jong’ with Barcelona eyeing a second raid on Pep Guardiola after signing Ferran Torres… but their Dutch midfielder ‘wants to stay put’ at the Nou Camp (Daily Mail)
Chelsea are reportedly accelerating their plans to sign Lucas Digne on loan following Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool. (Daily Mail)
Andreas Christensen edges closer towards a free move to Barcelona as the out-of-contract Chelsea defender signs with an agency linked to Lionel Messi’s older brother… (Daily Mail)
Alvaro Morata is doubtful that his move to Barcelona will happen this January. (Marca)