Football gossip: Arteta, Ancelotti, Young, Traore, Werner, Dembele
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Manchester City are fuming with Arsenal for their pursuit of assistant boss Mikel Arteta and have told the Gunners it will cost them a seven-figure sum to prise him away. (Mirror), external
Arteta will meet Arsenal chief Josh Kroenke on Monday night for his third and final interview as he closes in on the manager's job. (Mail), external
Former Chelsea, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti has reached an agreement in principle to become the next Everton manager. (Sky Sports), external
Unai Emery rejected an approach from the Toffees to replace Marco Silva because he thought it was too early to take another Premier League job after being sacked by Arsenal in November. (Marca), external
English defender Ashley Young, 34, expects to leave Manchester United in the summer and is ready to talk to other clubs in January. (ESPN), external
Chelsea have added strikers RB Leipzig's German forward Timo Werner and Lyon's French forward Moussa Dembele, both 23, to their list of January transfer targets. (Mail), external
Leicester City are said to be "really interested" in making a £25m move for Juventus and Turkey defender Merih Demiral, 21, during January's transfer window. (Leicester Mercury), external
Tottenham Hotspur's senior players urged manager Jose Mourinho to sign Wolves winger Adama Traore after the 23-year-old Spaniard impressed against them at Molineux on Sunday. (Football Insider), external
Manchester City's Germany winger Leroy Sane, 23, says he has returned to the football pitch as he edges closer to recovering from knee injury picked up in the Community Shield in August. (Manchester Evening News), external
NewcastleUnited are hoping to sign Everton defenders Mason Holgate, 23, and 19-year-old Lewis Gibson, both of whom have been capped by England at youth level. (Northern Echo), external
Sheffield United are also keen on Holgate, who is valued at £14m by the Toffees. (Yorkshire Post), external
Ipswich Town want to make 26-year-old English left-back Luke Garbutt's loan move from Everton a permanent one in January. (East Anglian Daily Times), external
Liverpool are interested in signing Coventry City's 19-year-old English left-back Sam McCallum. (90min.com), external
Liverpool and Aston Villa have been monitoring the form of League Two side Swindon Town's 21-year-old German goalkeeper Steven Benda.(Football League World), external
Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis says he has "other priorities" than signing Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 38, on a free transfer. (Mirror), external
Real Madrid are interested in signing 17-year-old Angola-born French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes. (L'Equipe - in French), external