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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Chelsea are poised to spend £50m on Marseille midfielder Giannelli Imbula, 21, and FC Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala, 22, in the January transfer window.

Giannelli Imbula joined Marseille from Guingamp at the start of the season

Full story: Metro

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is due to address his team's striker shortage by attempting to sign Iceland's Alfred Finnbogason, 24, from Dutch club Heerenveen.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom, 20, looks set to join Championship club Derby County on loan.

Full story: Daily Mirror

OTHER GOSSIP

Sir Alex Ferguson reveals losing the Premier League title to Manchester City during his penultimate season at Manchester United was the biggest blow of his managerial career.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Manchester United are on the verge of losing the title if David Moyes does not quickly rediscover the club's air of invincibility, according to Alan Hansen.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Former England captain Alan Shearer has urged manager Roy Hodgson not to bow to calls for Chelsea's John Terry to be tempted out of international retirement.

Full story: The Sun (subscription required)

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is likely to escape a touchline ban for his side's visit of Manchester City after the Portuguese was sent to the stands for an outburst aimed at referee Anthony Taylor during Saturday's 4-1 win over Cardiff City.

Full story: The Sun (subscription required)

Meanwhile, Cardiff will seek an explanation from the Professional Game Match Officials Limited general manager, Mike Riley, as to why the referee, Taylor, allowed Samuel Eto'o's controversial Chelsea equaliser to stand.

John Terry quit international football in September 2012

Full story: The Guardian

Arsenal forward Theo Walcott, 24, has been ruled out for at least another two weeks after suffering a setback on his recovery from abdominal surgery. He will miss the Gunners' next three games.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp says his side can beat Arsenal at the Emirates in their Champions League group fixture on Tuesday, despite his ban from the touchline for abusing a match official during the 2-1 win over Napoli.

Full story: The Sun (subscription required)

Meanwhile, ahead of the fixture, Brentford manager and former Manchester City striker Uwe Rosler says German football is more modern that the English game.

Full story: The Independent

Former Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean is set for a return to management with Asian Singapore League club Brunei DPMM.

Full story: The Sun (subscription required)

Neil Warnock could make a return to football as Birmingham City's director of football if his former QPR chairman Gianni Paladini completes a takeover of the Championship club.

Full story: Daily Mirror

In the wake of assistant referee David Bryan being hit by a smoke bomb in Tottenham's 2-0 win at Aston Villa, former Premier League referee Graham Poll says the safety of officials must be scrutinised before it is too late.

Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle United defender Paul Dummett, 22, is on the verge of signing a new contract with the club after scoring his first senior goal against Liverpool on Saturday.

Full story: The Sun (subscription required)

GLOBAL GOSSIP (sourced by BBC monitoring)

Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon, 35, says it is "strange" to have a goalkeeper like Iker Casillas on the bench. Casillas, 32, has played only once for Real Madrid this season and may leave in January.

Full story: Marca (in Spanish)

AND FINALLY

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini fired up his players for their 3-1 victory over West Ham by lying to them about Manchester United's result. Pellegrini told his players their rivals had beaten Southampton, neglecting to mention the Saints' late equaliser.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill scored the fastest goal in Major League Soccer history when he struck for New York Red Bulls just seven seconds into their clash with Houston Dynamo.

Full story: The Guardian