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Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola, 44, will be ready to move to the Premier League at the end of the season if he fails to agree a new contract with the German club, with London his preferred destination.

(Daily Mail) 

Manchester United will have to double their summer offer of around £20m to buy Southampton’s Senegal forward Sadio Mane, 23.


(Daily Telegraph) 

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has warned captain Vincent Kompany, 29, his days of being a Manchester City “untouchable” are gone.

(Daily Mirror) 

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has told Wayne Rooney, 30 today, that the length of the England captain’s career will depend on “how he lives for his profession”.


(The Sun – subscription required) 

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce says the Black Cats have proved they handle derby-day pressure better than his former club Newcastle.

(Newcastle Chronicle) 

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has warned fans he cannot create a “genius plan”, when his new side are not yet a Bayern Munich or Barcelona.


(Daily Mirror) 

Tottenham’s defensive midfielder Eric Dier, 21, says the key to handling Chelsea’s temperamental striker Diego Costa, 27, is to be nice to him.

(The Guardian) 

Portsmouth are monitoring Brighton’s third-choice goalkeeper Christian Walton, 19, an England Under-20 international.


(The Argus) 

QPR goalkeeper Rob Green believes he can play until he is 45, another 10 years.

(GetWestLondon) 

Best of social media

Liverpool striker Danny Ings,


out for the rest of the season

with injury,


posted a picture of himself 

on crutches with the Player of the Month award for September: “First day back today, this cheered me up. Thank you to all the @LFC family.”

Even Premier League footballers have problems, with Crystal Palace striker Connor Wickham

tweeting: 

“Cracked alloy! Fantastic.”

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish does what every man should –


remember his mum’s birthday. 

The FA Cup returns on Saturday with the final qualifying round and Ryman League Bognor Regis Town, AKA The Rocks, travel to National League South outfit Wealdstone hoping to cause another upset:

And finally

Former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is coming to a big screen near you, with the Italian reportedly landing a cameo role in the forthcoming Star Trek film.


(Corriere della Sera via Metro)