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Nottingham Forest are set to appoint former Wolves and Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo in the next few days. The Portuguese 49-year-old would replace current manager Steve Cooper. (A Bola – in Portuguese)external-link

Manchester United, Fulham, West Ham and AC Milan had scouts at Allianz Arena on Sunday to watch Stuttgart’s 27-year-old Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy in his side’s 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich. (90min)external-link

Manchester United football director John Murtough was in Saudi Arabia for transfer talks this month with the club willing to sell England winger Jadon Sancho, 23, French centre-back Raphael Varane, 30, French forward Anthony Martial, 28, and Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 31. (Mail)external-link

But Varane is hopeful Manchester United will trigger the one-year extension in his contract. (Manchester Evening News)external-link

Barcelona are ready to listen to offers for Brazil winger Raphinha, 27, with Manchester United considering proposing a swap deal involving the former Leeds United player and Sancho. (Sport – in Spanish) external-link

Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth is the Ineos Group’s prime choice to assume the role at Manchester United, although they remain open to retaining Murtough. (Manchester Evening News)external-link

Tottenham have held talks over a potential move for 23-year-old Nice and France centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo. (Football.London)external-link

Wolves are poised to report financial losses of £65m but will target up to two new signings in the January transfer window. Viktoria Plzen forward Rafiu Durosinmi, 20, remains a £7m target, although Eintracht Frankfurt also want the Nigerian. (Telegraph – subscription needed)external-link

Fulham are weighing up a January bid for Montpellier’s 23-year-old Nigerian forward Akor Adams. (Football Insider)external-link

Barcelona could terminate Clement Lenglet’s Aston Villa loan in the January transfer window and then try to sell the 28-year-old France defender, with AC Milan interested. (Football Insider)external-link

Chelsea are prepared to sell left-back Ian Maatsen in the January transfer window, with Manchester City, West Ham, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Roma interested in the 21-year-old Dutchman. (90min)external-link

Chelsea have no intention of letting 21-year-old English winger Noni Madueke leave on loan in January. (Athletic – subscription needed)external-link

Bayern Munich and Germany forward Thomas Muller, 34, is close to signing a new contract with the club. (Bild – in German, subscription needed)external-link

Paris St-Germain’s France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, and boss Luis Enrique’s relationship has deteriorated. (AS – in Spanish) external-link

Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the club will target a loan midfielder in January in a deal similar to the one that brought Edgar Davids to the club in 2004. (EFE, via ESPN)external-link

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, 33, is considering coming out of international retirement to play for Germany at Euro 2024. (Bild – in German, subscription needed)external-link

Paulo Xavier has left his role as Real Madrid’s Latin America scout to join Arsenal, and will work in South America with two other scouts. (Athletic – subscription needed)external-link

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