Gossip column: Sanchez, Ozil, Courtois, Pardew, Van Gaal, Bale

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)

Michael O'Neill has been offered a new six-year contract on improved terms to remain as Northern Ireland manager and reject the Scotland job. (Daily Mail)

Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann, 26, has insisted he does not regret rejecting Manchester United in the summer despite struggling for form so far this season. (Telefoot, via Independent)

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, and playmaker Mesut Ozil, 29, will stay at the club until the end of the season, according to team-mate Nacho Monreal. (Daily Mirror)

A deal to take Ozil to Barcelona in January has been agreed by an influential negotiator at the Nou Camp but he needs to obtain approval from the board. (Sun)

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 25, says there have been "no new developments" regarding his contract, amid speculation that he could leave Stamford Bridge. (Daily Mail)

Wales forward and Manchester United target Gareth Bale, 28, is one of eight players Real Madrid will look to sell next year. (Diaro Gol, via Manchester Evening News)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made 22-year-old Schalke midfielder Leon Goretzka his main target for next summer. (Daily Mirror)

Sevilla expect to beat Liverpool to the signing of Paris St-Germain midfielder Javier Pastore, 28. (Sport, via Talksport)

Hoffenheim hope to secure the signing of Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder and West Ham target Taras Stepanenko, 28, in January. (ESPN)

Leicester want to sign New York City's England Under-21 forward Jack Harrison. The 21-year-old is valued at £6m. (Calciomercato, via Talksport)

Meanwhile...

An Australian ballboy who sparked a mass brawl during the final of the FFA Cup - the country's equivalent of the FA Cup - was awarded a winners' medal and invited by Sydney FC to lift the trophy. (London Evening Standard)

Cardiff City are attempting to sue a former scout and two agents over claims the club "lost money" on transfers. (Wales Online)

Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe was sent a Donatello mask after his team-mates joked he looked like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. (Sun)

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has blamed the Premier League for English sides' recent failure to win the Champions League. (Daily Star)

Best of Tuesday's gossip

Former West Brom captain Derek McInnes, who manages Aberdeen, is among the contenders to replace the sacked Tony Pulis as Baggies head coach. (Scottish Sun)

However, West Brom fans want former Everton boss Ronald Koeman to succeed Pulis. (Express & Star, Wolverhampton)

Former West Ham boss Alan Pardew, ex-Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson and Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill are also in the running for the West Brom job. (Guardian)

Ex-England boss Sam Allardyce is also a target for West Brom - and it has emerged that even some of the club's players were chanting for Pulis to go. (Daily Mirror)

Pulis is one of the favourites to succeed Paul Clement if Swansea City sack him, and will also be among the main contenders for the Wales job. (Daily Telegraph)