Wednesday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip including Salah, Mourinho, Sissoko
By Sporting Life
17:57 · WED October 30, 2019
Could Jose Mourinho be the answer to Arsenal's problems? That's one of the big football rumours in Wednesday's Paper Talk.
DAILY MIRROR
- Juventus reportedly sent scouts to Anfield on Sunday to watch Mohamed Salah, Christian Eriksen and Heung-Min Son.
THE SUN
- Jose Mourinho has set his sights on becoming the first boss to win major trophies at three English clubs, alerting Arsenal.
- Newcastle are ready to sign French midfield enforcer Ibrahima Sissoko in a £13m deal.
- Simon Jordan says the threat of Premier League clubs pulling out of the League Cup is bad.
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DAILY MAIL
- Steve Stone is being investigated by Burnley amid claims of bullying.
- The Premier League are planning to bring in an enhanced VAR system which makes use of 'limb-tracking technology'.
- Manchester United's deal with Chevrolet has a financial penalty if the Old Trafford side are relegated to the Sky Bet Championship.
- Leicester and Watford are among the clubs tracking Ronald Sobowale - the cousin of Bayern Munich and Austria star David Alaba. Sobowale plays for eighth-tier Bostick League South East side Whyteleafe and has also had a trial with Middlesbrough.
- Wolves are set to make up to 10 changes for Wednesday's derby at Aston Villa and bring in their youngsters.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka has fuelled further doubt over his future at the Emirates by changing his Instagram profile to one of him captaining Switzerland.
DAILY STAR
- Manchester United are reportedly looking into signing Brescia midfielder Sandro Tonali, dubbed the new Andrea Pirlo, after scouts watched the teenager last week.
- Ex-Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has admitted he told Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to sign Ajax and Morocco attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech, 26
DAILY EXPRESS
- Manchester United will face competition from Barcelona in their quest to sign Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez.
- Manchester United have almost completed a deal to sign Juventus and Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic in January
- Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United are all set to battle it out for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria.
OTHER
- James Milner wants to stay at Liverpool beyond the end of this season. (Liverpool Echo)
- Manchester City and Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus, 22, has dismissed rumours linking him with Bayern Munich, writing on Instagram that the speculation was a "lie". (Manchester Evening News)
- Manchester United have emerged as the front runners to sign Red Bull Salzburg and Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 19. (Manchester Evening News)
- Former Sunderland manager Chris Coleman is reportedly one of the frontrunners to replace Ralph Hassenhutl at Southampton.(Newcastle Chronicle)
- Craig Shakespeare is one of the names under consideration to be the next manager of West Brom's U23s. (Express & Star)
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