Wednesday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip including Salah, Mourinho, Sissoko

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.

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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