The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday’s newspapers…

SUNDAY MIRROR

Mathys Tel is ready to join either Manchester United or Arsenal after rejecting Tottenham.

Manchester City must decide whether to spend more than £50m on Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez – a player they twice failed to sign when he was a schoolboy.

Virgil van Dijk appears to have called upon Liverpool team-mate Mo Salah to extend his stay at Anfield and declared ‘let’s keep going’ after the Egyptian scored his 21st goal of the season.

Manchester United have ramped up talks with agents in a bid to sell Casemiro before deadline day, according to reports.

Pep Guardiola failed to get a transfer bid off the ground to bring Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets to Manchester City.

MAIL ON SUNDAY

Manchester United have held further talks with Bayern Munich over a deal for Mathys Tel.

Marcus Rashford said his goodbyes to team-mates at Manchester United on Saturday as he heads towards his move to Aston Villa.

Tottenham hold an interest in Chelsea defender Axel Disasi as an alternative to Fikayo Tomori in their efforts to sign a new centre-back ahead of Monday’s deadline.

Fulham are in talks with Roma to sign Turkish right back Mehmet Zeki Celik on loan.

Marcus Rashford is due to have a medical at Aston Villa on Sunday as he closes in on completing his loan move from Manchester United.

Patrick Dorgu is expected to be at Old Trafford on Sunday after completing his move from Lecce.

Ajax fans showed their support towards Jordan Henderson at an open training session on Saturday, despite him recently demanding to leave the club.

Graham Potter believes getting sacked by Chelsea might be the best thing that ever happened to him.

Galatasaray are keen to sign Kieran Trippier.

The NFL is reportedly going to Australia, with a 2026 game between Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams set to be held in Melbourne.

THE SUN ON SUNDAY

Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins is unlikely to join Arsenal during the January transfer window.

Marcus Rashford and Ruben Amorim fell out just days into the Manchester United manager’s reign.

Jhon Duran’s astonishing deal at Al-Nassr is worth £16.7m per year.

Marcus Rashford will continue to earn his £325,000-a-week wage at Aston Villa, with Manchester United set to cover 25 per cent of that. Unai Emery’s side have the option to buy the England striker at the end of the season for around £40m.

Rob Holding is involved in a two-way transfer battle with Sheffield United and Coventry.

Blackburn have been told to up their bid for Nantes striker Mustafa Mohamed.

Plymouth are chasing Swansea’s midfielder Jay Fulton, 30, on loan to bolster their bid for Championship survival.

THE ATHLETIC

Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement with Lens to sign defender Kevin Danso in a permanent transfer.

Trent Alexander-Arnold will undergo a scan to determine the extent of the damage sustained after he limped out of Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Bournemouth.

Samuel Iling-Junior is set to join Middlesbrough after being recalled from his season-long loan at Bologna.

Tom Green, a senior performance analyst at Manchester United, is set to leave the club to take up a similar but more senior role at Besiktas under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick has confirmed that Wojciech Szczesny is his No 1 goalkeeper.

Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel and Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey are options being considered by Manchester United ahead of Monday’s transfer deadline.

Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Marco Asensio on loan from Paris Saint-Germain.

Southampton manager Ivan Juric has said he thinks Tyler Dibling will stay at the club beyond the January transfer deadline.

Chelsea are considering loan offers from several clubs for centre-half Aaron Anselmino and are thinking about sending him away for the rest of the campaign.

SUNDAY EXPRESS

Liverpool and Aston Villa are vying for the signature of Red Star Belgrade prodigy Andrija Maksimovic, his representative has revealed.

SUNDAY MAIL

Celtic’s hopes of signing Manchester United defender Tyrell Malacia this month have been handed a major boost.

Red Bull Salzburg’s sports director Rouven Schroder has left the door open for midfielder Bobby Clark to leave the club amid reported interest from Rangers.

Celtic fans are sensing a potential return to the club for Matt O’Riley after Brighton’s disastrous defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Persepolis have reportedly set their sight on signing former Liverpool and Rangers left-winger Ryan Kent.

Former Liverpool winger Adam Hammill has revealed that he was once prevented from joining Celtic on a permanent transfer by Anfield boss Rafa Benitez.

SCOTTISH SUN ON SUNDAY

Rangers are eyeing a loan move for Chelsea defender Aaron Anselmino.

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