Transfer rumours: Phillips, Raphinha, Bellingham, Overmars, Ronaldo, Salah
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Liverpool have joined Manchester United in the battle to sign Leeds United and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 25, in a £60m deal. (Star), external
Manchester United are prepared for France midfielder Paul Pogba to leave when his contract ends next summer, and believe it is more beneficial keeping the 28-year-old until the end of the season than selling him in January. (ESPN), external
Paris St-Germain have joined the race to sign Leeds winger Raphinha, 24, after receiving glowing references from his Brazil team-mate Neymar. (Teamtalk), external
Liverpool are one of the clubs expressing an interest in signing England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 18, from Borussia Dortmund. (Sport1, via Sun), external
Barcelona have offered former midfielder Xavi, who is coach of Al Sadd in Qatar, the role of manager after the Nou Camp club sacked Ronald Koeman. (Goal) , external
Marc Overmars will leave Ajax to become Newcastle's director of football in January or February. (De Telegraaf via Voetbal Primeur - in Dutch), external
Manchester United will be forced to pay manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a £7.5m severance package if they sack him now. (Sun), external
Manchester United players turned on Solskjaer during a dressing room inquest. (Times - subscription required), external
Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, has attempted to rally the Manchester United dressing room and encouraged team-mates to support Solskjaer. (Manchester Evening News), external
Newcastle had a scout watching Bayer Leverkusen's attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, 18, as the Germany international played against Cologne on Sunday. (Bild - in German), external
Borussia Dortmund are in contact with Chelsea over the future of Germany forward Timo Werner, 25, English winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, 20, and USA winger Christian Pulisic, 23. (Teamtalk), external
Chelsea are looking at making moves for Sevilla's French defender Jules Kounde as well as Juventus and Netherlands centre-back Matthijs de Ligt, both 22, as they fear Germany's Antonio Rudiger, 28, and Denmark's Andreas Christensen could leave the club. (Eurosport, via Metro), external
Liverpool plan to use a signing-on fee to help Mohamed Salah, 29, become their highest earner but reports the Egypt forward is asking for £500,000 per week in a new contract are inaccurate. (Teamtalk), external
Michael Edwards is planning to leave his role as Liverpool's sporting director at the end of the season and the 41-year-old Englishman does not have a new job lined up. (Football Insider), external
Fiorentina director Joe Barone has not ruled out selling Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic in January, with the 21-year-old unwilling to extend his deal with the Serie A club beyond June 2023. (Football Italia) , external
Barcelona have made an initial enquiry about Monaco's Brazilian full-back Caio Henrique, 24. (AS - in Spanish), external