The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers…
THE SUN
Barcelona are reportedly chasing Heung-Min Son on a free transfer.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has put down roots as he has bought a stunning six-bedroom country mansion, which is just a 10-minute drive from the Cheshire pad Jack Grealish moved to a year ago.
Gillingham sacked manager Mark Bonner after a dismal run of form – and announced his appointment less than an hour later.
Chelsea look set to offload wonderkid Cesare Casadei after he reportedly agreed a permanent transfer to Torino.
DAILY MIRROR
West Ham are set to rival Arsenal for the services of Brighton striker Evan Ferguson this month – leaving Mikel Arteta with a decision to make early on in the January transfer window.
Rob Holding has emerged as a surprise transfer target for Coventry City after being exiled from the Crystal Palace squad.
Bruno Fernandes has called out the portion of Manchester United fans who booed Joshua Zirkzee when he was substituted against Newcastle on Monday night.
Thomas Partey has revealed Arsenal were left “sad” after a controversial Joao Pedro penalty earned Brighton a 1-1 draw with the Gunners.
THE GUARDIAN
A clip showing Southampton player Adam Armstrong awarding a woman a shirt has gone viral after the mum of former Southampton employee Hugo Scheckter won the prize for correctly predicting the club’s 5-0 thrashing against Brentford. Clare Scheckter, who Hugo joked ‘knows nothing about football’, was greeted by a fanfare of boos from other Saints fans when she went up to collect her prize.
DAILY EXPRESS
Arne Slot has deflected blame away from Trent Alexander-Arnold after the Liverpool star’s horror show against Manchester United.
Manchester City are primed to strike first among the Premier League’s big guns in this month’s transfer window as one of their main targets, Abdukodir Khusanov, is free to leave Lens.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Matheus Cunha is close to signing a lucrative new contract at Wolves which would provide Vitor Pereira with a huge lift for the club’s relegation fight.
West Ham United are drawing up a list of forward targets for this month with Brighton’s Evan Ferguson, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hee-Chan Hwang and Middlesbrough’s Latte Lath among those under consideration.
Bath centre Ollie Lawrence has apologised after a controversial incident that resulted in England team-mate Alex Mitchell being sin-binned in Northampton’s 35-34 victory at Franklin’s Gardens.
DAILY RECORD
Philippe Clement is reportedly eyeing a rapid solution to his injury crisis at Rangers – with Ivorian defender Bamo Meite said to be back on the table.
SCOTTISH SUN
Brendan Rodgers has branded Celtic supporters chanting Kieran Tierney’s name disrespectful.
Celtic have reportedly rejected two bids for Honduran winger Luis Palma.
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