Paper Talk: Monday's football transfer rumours and gossip from UK newspapers

THE TELEGRAPH

• Crystal Palace will decide Frank de Boer's fate in the next 48 hours after their fourth straight defeat.

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• Newcastle's Matt Ritchie admits he was 'lucky' not to see red like Sadio Mane after a high challenge on Alfie Mawson against Swansea.

THE DAILY MAIL

• Should Palace decide to replace de Boer, Roy Hodgson is firmly on the shortlist

THE SUN

• Monaco's vice-president Vadim Vasilyev has revealed Benjamin Mendy left the club for Manchester City for the opportunity to work under Pep Guardiola.
• Chelsea and Liverpool have sent scouts to watch Uruguay teenager Sebastian Caceres - but face massive competition to land him as Barcelona are also eyeing the centre-back.
• Bayern Munich legend Stefan Effenberg has told them to ditch Robert Lewandowski after his whinging over the club's recruitment policy.
• Borussia Dortmund have signed Manchester City starlet Denzeil Boadu following the summer signing of Jadon Sancho.
• Former Bayern Munich midfielder Mario Basler claims Carlo Ancelotti may have signed a contract with a Chinese club - and could leave in January.

DAILY MIRROR

• Arsene Wenger has sensationally admitted he turned down the chance to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2002.
• Still-improving N'Golo Kante is the best player in the Premier League insists Chelsea boss Antonio Conte.
• Frank de Boer has no idea if he will survive as Crystal Palace boss with former England chief Roy Hodgson the favourite to take over.
• Kevin de Bruyne claimed Manchester City showed their big-game pedigree with their ruthless demolition job in the 5-0 rout of Liverpool.
• Sadio Mane could have avoided his sickening clash with Manchester City keeper Ederson according to Claudio Bravo.

DAILY EXPRESS

• Mauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane can be better than Gabriel Batistuta.
• West Ham have earmarked highly-rated Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri as the man they want to replace Slaven Bilic.
• Benjamin Mendy had no interest in joining Chelsea and only had eyes for Manchester City, according to Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.
• Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev has claimed they resisted Arsenal's attempts to sign Thomas Lemar because they did not need the money.
• Lionel Messi still has many more years to give to Barcelona before he moves on, says Luis Suarez.
• Bayern Munich have offered Arturo Vidal a new contract to stave off interest from Chelsea and AC Milan, according to reports.