• Roma have held talks with Manchester United about the prospect of taking Alexis Sanchez on loan.
• Chelsea will make a move to re-sign Nathan Ake if Frank Lampard decides he needs a replacement for David Luiz once the club’s transfer ban ends.

• Christian Eriksen’s Real Madrid dream could be over – after the Spurs ace rejected Manchester United only for the Spanish giants to target a more mobile midfielder.
• Granit Xhaka has urged Arsenal to make him their new captain – insisting he deserves the role.
• Jack Colback has been axed from Newcastle’s 25-man Premier League squad – spelling an end to his career on Tyneside.

• Arsenal manager Unai Emery confirmed yesterday that he expects more of his players to leave in the coming weeks with Shkodran Mustafi at the front of the queue.
• Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has told Juventus star Paulo Dybala to ‘come to us’.

Roy Hodgson has told Wilfried Zaha he should expect a backlash from Crystal Palace fans after the Ivory Coast winger tried to force through a move away from Selhurst Park this summer.

Neil Lennon is looking to tie Callum McGregor down on a bumper new deal after insisting there was no chance he was going to allow the playmaker to follow Kieran Tierney out of Parkhead.

Harry Kane will eventually have to consider quitting Tottenham if he wants to start winning silverware, says Spurs legend Dimitar Berbatov.