Gossip column: Sanchez, Draxler, Butland, Courtois, Opare, Zidane

Transfer news

Paris St-Germain are the favourites to sign 28-year-old Arsenal and Chile forward Alexis Sanchez. The French club want him to replace their Brazil forward Neymar, 25, who is likely to leave for Real Madrid next season. (Sunday Mirror)

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is set to open talks with Barcelona, although Manchester United are also keen to sign the 29-year-old Germany international. (Sun on Sunday)

Chelsea are considering an approach for Stoke's 24-year-old England goalkeeper Jack Butland, as contract talks with their Belgium international Thibaut Courtois, 25, have stalled. (Mail on Sunday)

Arsenal are expected to make a new bid for Monaco's 22-year-old France winger Thomas Lemar in January, but it will be well below the £90m they offered in August. (Mail on Sunday)

Stoke are planning to make a £2.5m bid for Augsburg's 27-year-old Ghana right-back Daniel Opare. (Sun on Sunday)

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane suggested he is planning to add to his squad in the next transfer window, but says that no players will leave. (Marca)

Napoli and Belgium forward Dries Mertens, 30, says Barcelona were interested in signing him earlier this year, but he turned the move down. (Het Laatste Nieuws, via FourFourTwo)

Watford intend to report Everton to the Premier League should the Merseyside club's major shareholder Farhad Moshiri continue with his pursuit of Hornets boss Marco Silva. (Sunday Times - subscription required)

However, Everton's search for a new manager has opened up a boardroom rift between Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright with the club's owner eager to appoint a big name at odds with the latter's desire for a hungry young boss. (Sunday Mirror)

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has urged the club to go all out to sign 27-year-old Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David de Gea. (Don Balon via Talksport)

Chelsea are poised to beat Arsenal and Manchester City to the signing of Hamburg's 17-year-old striker Jann-Fiete Arp. (Metro)

Newcastle are keen to secure a loan deal for out-of-favour Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw, 22, and help the England international revive his career on Tyneside. (Sunday Mirror)

Meanwhile...

Burnley midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson, 27, has tipped Clarets boss Sean Dyche to become the next England manager. (Daily Star Sunday)

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said his side had "too many attackers" in Saturday's 1-0 win over Brighton. (Observer)

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino claimed his side are out of the Premier League title race after drawing at home to West Brom. (Sunday Telegraph)

Paris St-Germain have agreed a new sponsorship deal with Nike, in which they will earn £53m a year from next June. (Paris United - in French)

Ex-England boss Sam Allardyce said he is not yet thinking about a return to management. (Daily Star Sunday)

West Brom caretaker manager Gary Megson revealed he spoke to sacked former boss Tony Pulis on the telephone 40 minutes before they kicked off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham. (Sky Sports)

Best of Saturday's gossip

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 32, has held secret talks with Paris St-Germain. (DiarioGol, in Spanish)

Alan Pardew is set to be named the new West Brom manager and the former Crystal Palace boss could start work on Monday. (Sun)

Germany and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, 29, will be offered a £350,000-a-week deal to move to Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

But Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has denied any deal has been agreed to take Ozil away from Emirates Stadium. (Daily Star)

Boss Antonio Conte is urging Chelsea to resolve contract issues with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. (Guardian)