Transfer rumours: Foden, Dembele, Aouar, Diaby, Ozil, Beckham, Ramos, Kane, Hudson-Odoi
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Manchester City's England attacking midfielder Phil Foden, 20, is set to be offered a new deal which will treble his existing wages. (Star), external
City are also interested in signing France legend Lillian Thuram's highly rated son Marcus, but they face competition from Barcelona and Juventus for the 23-year-old Borussia Monchengladbach forward. (Sun), external
West Ham United are set to make a £30m offer for Lyon's France forward Moussa Dembele if the Ligue 1 club decide to sell the 24-year-old. (Sun), external
Lyon general manager Vincent Ponsot has revealed Arsenal were one of three clubs bidding to sign France midfielder Houssem Aouar in the summer transfer window, but offered below the French club's valuation for the 22-year-old. (Sport Witness), external
Bayer Leverkusen declined to even open talks with Manchester United over the prospect of selling 21-year-old French winger Moussa Diaby in the transfer window. (Bild, via Inside Futbol), external
Former Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski, now with Turkish side Antalyaspor, has criticised the Gunners and coach Mikel Arteta for their treatment of out-of-favour 32-year-old midfielder Mesut Ozil, his former Germany team-mate. (Bild, via Goal), external
David Beckham wants to sign his former Real Madrid team-mate Sergio Ramos for Inter Miami when the 34-year-old Spain defender's contract ends next summer. (AS), external
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero, 33, is training alone at Manchester United and hoping to be allowed to leave on a free transfer in January. (Sun), external
Southampton and Brentford are interested in signing LASK's 24-year-old Austrian winger Husein Balic. (Mail), external
Tottenham Hotspur and England striker Harry Kane, 27, believes Spurs have a good chance of winning a wide-open title race this season. (Mirror), external
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard insists now is not the time to discuss a new Ibrox deal for midfielder Steven Davis, the 35-year-old Northern Ireland captain. (Scottish Herald), external
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has no regrets about allowing Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 28, to stay in the Premier League with Aston Villa. (Mirror), external
Marseille have dropped out of the race for Strasbourg's £20m-rated Villa transfer target Mohamed Simakan, the 20-year-old French defender. (Birmingham Mail), external
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had a long-standing £15m valuation of English right-back Kyle Walker-Peters but allowed the 23-year-old, now flourishing at Southampton, to leave for £12m in August. (Football Insider), external
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