Liverpool

A lot of you have said Jude Bellingham for Liverpool.

Peppa: Would love to see the Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez with Liverpool. What a character. Reminded me of Bruce Grobbelaar.

Aaron: Sofyan Amrabat and Enzo Fernandez. Both look ridiculously good, would love Liverpool to get them both!

Drew: Every time Alphonso Davies picked up the ball he looked like he was going to make something special happen. Sign him, Liverpool.

Lee: Alexis Mac Allister was Argentina's key player. He ain't gonna be at Brighton in January and he was the man that pulled the strings for Argentina. Would love to see him in a Liverpool shirt in January.

Chelsea

Oliver: Mohammed Kudus for Ghana really impressed me. Great with both feet, composed, strong, and with an eye for goal. Reminds me a little of Essien. Chelsea really need a bit of that in midfield right now.

Sanjo: Enzo Fernandez. He's a big step in the right direction to solving our midfield problems.

John: I thought either of the Moroccan central midfielders Amrabat and Ounahi were incredible and would make great replacements for Kante. I think Kolo Muani or Thuram, under the right guidance, could become great powerful strikers. They reminded me of Drogba. Gvardiol would make a great replacement for Thiago Silva when he leaves.

Andy: Although he wasn't a starter for France, Kolo Muani would be a great signing for Chelsea - just what we need to add some impetus and energy to our side.

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England defender Alex Greenwood has signed a contract extension committing her to Manchester City until 2026.

Greenwood, who came on as a substitute in the final when the Lionesses beat Germany to win Euro 2022 in July, joined City from Lyon in 2020.

"Feeling settled at a club for me is so important and I absolutely have that here at City, I just love being here," said the 29-year-old.

"It's an exciting time to be at City, both now and for the future."

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Everton

Joe: I feel like we could get Dominik Livakovic or maybe Harry Souttar as they were very good at the World Cup and are in our price range.

Dale: Really liked Enzo Fernandez for Argentina, Randal Kolo Muani, the Japan players and Mohammed Kudus from Ghana.

Richard: Obviously a striker is needed to cover Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Maybe try for Kylian Mbappe?

Dave: Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

Straight to the point, Dave.

Arsenal

R: Bellingham for Arsenal!

Alastair: Josko Gvardiol playing alongside William Saliba in the Arsenal defence. Could be a perfect partnership for the future.

Caleb: I believe Arsenal should go for Mohammed Kudus, the attacker for Ghana who is an Ajax player. He is forceful and direct.

We asked you which World Cup star you would like to see your club try to sign.

Yes, we know Kylian Mbappe and his 253 goals from 363 games for club and country would do very nicely, thank you.

But let's bring a bit of reality to this hypothetical question shall we...

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"He had gone as far as having English lessons."

Spanish football expert Guillem Balague has revealed just how close Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola came to convincing Argentina World Cup winner Lionel Messi to joining him in the Premier League.

"About one-and-a-half/two years ago, there was a four-hour meeting between Pep and Messi at Messi's house," Balague explained to BBC Radio Manchester. "Pep told him how he was going to use him and City had all the finances ready to take him.

"It was around the time when he had told Barcelona he was ready to leave although he did not want to.

"He decided to stay put because he thought things would change and when he found out they were not actually going to renew his contract, it was too late.

"City had already signed Jack Grealish and so Messi went to PSG instead."

Arsenal

Arsenal will open talks with England forward Bukayo Saka, 21, over a new deal in the "coming weeks and months". (Caught Offside)

The Gunners have joined the race to sign Brazil forward Matheus Cunha, 23, with Atletico Madrid preparing to sell. (Goal)

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Newcastle United

Napoli director Cristiano Giuntoli has dismissed Newcastle United's chances of signing 21-year-old Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. (Sport Express, via Fabrizio Romano)

Kvaratskhelia has plenty of admirers but says he feels at "home" at Napoli. (Football Italia)

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Chelsea

Chelsea are confident they can seal the signing of RB Leipzig and Croatia centre-back Josko Gvardiol, 20, despite being aware of rival interest. (90 min)

Chelsea are in contention to sign Borussia Dortmund's 18-year-old Germany striker Youssoufa Moukoko in January. (Give Me Sport)

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Everton

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Thinking about Premier League, shall we have a look at the latest gossip about who is going where and for how much?

Let's start at Everton who, according to the Telegraph, are close to agreeing a new contract with English winger Anthony Gordon, 21, to stave off interest from Chelsea.

Here are a couple more top lines from our daily gossip column:

Tottenham Hotspur are considering England and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, 28, as a long-term replacement for France's Hugo Lloris, 35. (Football Insider)

Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi, 26, is set to sign a new deal after the Nigeria player agreed the terms of an extended contract. (Football Insider)

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While you ponder what you would like to say about the Premier League return, why not have a go at our daily quiz.

The picture quiz has switched emphasis back from a World Cup focus to the Premier League.

Think you know your players?

You've got two minutes on the clock to name these seven players.

Go!

The countdown for the re-start of the Premier League is on.

We've only got six days until it all kicks off again. It's been well over a month since we saw the likes of Mo Salah and Erling Haaland in action.

Who are you excited about seeing? What have you missed?

And what are your predictions for the rest of the season? Who will finish at the top of the table and which three teams will be going down?

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Reading what Bournemouth manager Gary O'Neil has to say about planning for the resumption of the EFL Cup while battling a bug in the camp is sure indication that domestic football - and all it's associated news angles - is back.

Bournemouth

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Finally, Bournemouth manager Gary O’Neil his side's EFL Cup fourth-round tie at Newcastle: “They’re such a strong side. Good depth, good quality, good manager, good coaching staff, big support and huge momentum. They’ve had a fantastic start to the season.

“We go there fully committed to try and win the game and then dust ourselves down and recover for the start of the Premier League against Chelsea on the 27th.”

On a virus that has been spreading through the group: “We’ve had a tricky last 10 days, a bad virus that went through the group so we will have to make a few last-minute calls. It’s been a nasty one.

"We have enough available and I hope when we get there things will look a bit better and we can put out a really strong team."

Bournemouth

Gary O’Neil on the pride he felt on being given the Bournemouth job: "It was nice, you would expect a journey to becoming a Premier League manager to be longer than the one I was on.

"Grateful, but there wasn’t too much luck involved. I worked very hard even from the end of my playing career to make sure I was ready.

"The moment I got the note was nice, spent the evening with my family and processed the news.

"I appreciate the opportunity and I intend to grab it with both hands."

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Bournemouth

Gary O’Neil on his hopes for the January transfer window: “We have a fantastic recruitment team in place to make sure we strengthen in the right areas.

"It’s really important to know that the group we’ve already got have been excellent, 16 points on the board. We’ve been really competitive.

"To give them some help, some depth would benefit everybody. We’ll see what happens, as you know January can be tricky."

Bournemouth

Gary O’Neil on Bournemouth’s takeover by a partnership led by American businessman Bill Foley: "It’s exciting for everybody, it’s a very exciting time for the club. Bill is committed, ambitious, wants to push the club on and off the pitch.

"[There is] lots of work to be done, it doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s a really good time to be around Bournemouth.

"The pressure doesn’t change. I feel a big pressure to put results on the board for the club, make sure we push towards our goal, which is to stay in the league, and give a really good chance for the off-field stuff, the development and everything we want to happen smoothly while we are a Premier League club."

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil has been speaking ahead of his side's EFL Cup fourth-round tie against Newcastle this evening.

Asked what he thought of the World Cup, O'Neil said: "A good world Cup. I enjoyed it. During my break I got to go to a game with my boy which was nice, I had never seen a World Cup game before so we watched England v Iran game."

On the final: "The way the game went, you can’t help but enjoy it. You appreciate the high level they are performing at, at such high speed with the quality they’ve got.

"Tactically, you could take something from the start but at the end it just turned into chaos.

"From a neutral perspective it was a fantastic game of football, really enjoyed it. It’s not nice that it ends on penalties but it was a fantastic final."

Leicester City

More from Leicester City goalkeeper Daniel Iversen on tonight's EFL Cup tie at MK Dons: "You have to start from [this tie]. You cannot wait a week or two to get that form back again. Hopefully we can do that.

On playing MK Dons, who have had no World Cup break: "They've got the fitness, they've got the tempo in and they won at the weekend so that can give something to them. But I'm 100% sure that if we play our game and if we get the tempo and the speed right it's a good game for us."

On a potential repeat of his penalty shootout heroics from Leicester's second-round win against Stockport: "Hopefully we will win it in the first 90 minutes, that would be the best for me."