Arsene Wenger wants Feynoord boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst to be his successor as Arsenal manager. (Daily Star)
Real Madrid hope to beat Manchester City to the signing of Gunners forward Alexis Sanchez, 28. (Don Balon, via Daily Express)
Paris St-Germain could move for Sanchez in January, with the Chile striker's contract set to expire in the summer. (Daily Mirror)
Everton have given up hope of appointing Watford boss Marco Silva as their new manager. (Independent)
The Toffees are considering appointing RB Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick instead. (Express)
West Brom are likely to fail with a bid to appoint Sam Allardyce as their next boss. The ex-England boss is keen to return to international management. (Daily Mirror)
Hull manager Leonid Slutsky is fighting to save his job after the club's poor start to the Championship season. (Telegraph)
Tottenham forward Harry Kane, 24, and midfielder Dele Alli, 21, top a five-man Real Madrid wish list drafted by president Florentino Perez. (Diario Gol, via Daily Mail)
Manchester City are lining up a move for Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez, 26. (Don Balon, via Manchester Evening News)
The Foxes will sell Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa, 25, and Argentine striker Leonardo Ulloa, 31, as well as Tunisia defender Yohan Benalouane, 30, in January. (Daily Mirror)
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has blocked the club's move for Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil, 29. (Diario Gol, via Daily Star)
Liverpool have made contact with PSG over a possible loan move for Germany forward Julian Draxler, 24. (L'Equipe, via Talksport)
Former West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew is the favourite to succeed Tony Pulis at West Brom. (Birmingham Mail)
Arsenal could sign Inter Milan's 24-year-old Portugal midfielder Joao Mario for £26m in January. (Tuttosport, via Sun)
Sampdoria will not sell 21-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira to Everton in January. (La Repubblica via Talksport)
Manchester City target Joshua Kimmich, the versatile 22-year-old Germany midfielder, is in contract negotiations with current club Bayern Munich. (Bild, via Sun)
Liverpool and Tottenham are among the Premier League clubs monitoring League Two Stevenage's 18-year-old defender Ben Wilmot. (Daily Mail)
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Crystal Palace want to expand their Selhurst Park ground from its 26,000 capacity to around 40,000. (London Evening Standard)
Chelsea players were given new-look names for their trip to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag in the Champions League. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham left-back Danny Rose said he was "fuming" to have been left out of Saturday's derby with Arsenal, but the 27-year-old denied there had been a "bust-up" with manager Mauricio Pochettino. (Telegraph)
Best of Wednesday's gossip
West Brom are considering former West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew as a replacement for sacked head coach Tony Pulis. (Express & Star, Wolverhampton)
The Baggies' director of football Nicky Hammond has held preliminary talks with Pardew, 56, about the job. (Sun)
Former Brighton boss Oscar Garcia is interested in the West Brom job. (Talksport)
Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has ruled himself out of the running to be the next Everton manager. (Liverpool Echo)
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has turned down a £300m offer for the club from Amanda Staveley's PCP Capital Partners. (Daily Star)
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