Man City consider Amorim if Guardiola leaves - Wednesday's gossip

Ruben Amorim on Manchester City's list if Pep Guardiola leaves, Alphonso Davies key target for Manchester United, Barcelona interested in Romeo Lavia and Carney Chukwuemeka.

Manchester City are strongly considering the Sporting head coach Ruben Amorim, 39, as their next manager if Pep Guardiola, 53, leaves when his contract expires at the end of the season. (Guardian)

Bayern Munich's Canada defender Alphonso Davies, 23, is a key target for Manchester United next summer. (Sky Germany)

Manchester United are open to selling 24-year-old Brazil winger Antony for £40m or could let him leave on loan in January. (Mail via Goal)

Barcelona could target Belgium midfielder Romeo Lavia and English attacking midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka, both 20, from Chelsea in January. (Sport - in Spanish)

Sweden forward Alexander Isak, 25, has put clubs including Arsenal on alert as he continues to stall on signing a new contract at Newcastle. (talkSPORT)

Senegal midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate, 34, had a medical at Leeds on Tuesday as a free agent following his departure from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider)

Paris Saint-Germain remain interested in signing 26-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford from Manchester United after their summer approach was knocked back. (Team talk)

Chelsea are not prepared to entertain offers for France forward Christopher Nkunku, 26, amid links with Paris St-Germain. (Football Insider)

Tottenham and Crystal Palace are both interested in 21-year-old Lille and Iceland winger Hakon Arnar Haraldsson. (Football Transfers)

The release clause for Espanyol's 23-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who was wanted by Arsenal in the summer, has been cut to 25m euros (£20.83m). (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Manchester City are likely to demand a world record transfer fee for Norway striker Erling Haaland, 24, to join either Real Madrid or Barcelona. (Team talk)

Meanwhile, City have joined Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham in keeping tabs on Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine midfielder Georgiy Sudakov, 22. (I Sport)

Manchester City will bring 18-year-old Argentine midfielder Claudio Echeverri back in January, having let him stay at River Plate on loan after signing him in January. (Manchester Evening News)

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, 23, hopes to be fit for the Premier League game at Bournemouth on Saturday after withdrawing from England duty with a hamstring injury. (Athletic - subscription)