🚨 Arne Slot replacement, Man United January exit, Real Madrid want Liverpool target, update on Guardiola's successor & more.
Plus Premier League Round-up and latest transfer updates.
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Today’s top stories:
Arsenal extend lead at the top.
Real Madrid edge El Clasico.
Updates on Casemiro, Semenyo, Guehi & more.
Premier League Round-up
Eze scores against Palace to hand Arsenal crucial 3 points
Eberechi Eze netted his maiden Premier League goal for Arsenal as the league leaders’ set-piece precision earned a 1-0 victory over his former side, Crystal Palace, on Sunday.
Eze found the breakthrough late in the first half at the Emirates Stadium, sealing three crucial points that allowed Arsenal to capitalise on defeats for title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.
FT Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace [Pictures from NBC Sports]
Matty Cash’s stunner sinks Man City at Villa Park
Matty Cash’s superb first-half strike gave Aston Villa a fine 1-0 victory over Manchester City, dealing an early blow to the champions’ Premier League title hopes.
Cash drilled in from the edge of the box in the 19th minute, securing a fourth straight league win for Villa as they marked Unai Emery’s third anniversary in charge in style.
It was a third successive home win against Pep Guardiola’s side, who fell six points behind leaders Arsenal.
FT Aston Villa 1-0 Man City [Pictures from NBC Sports]
Micky ven de Van at the double as Spurs beat Everton
Two headed goals from Tottenham Hotspur’s Micky van de Ven powered a 3-0 Premier League victory over Everton on Sunday, with the visitors becoming the first team to win at the Merseyside club’s new stadium.
Guglielmo Vicario produced several outstanding second-half saves as Spurs protected their lead, and substitute Pape Matar Sarr nodded in a late third to seal a result that lifted Tottenham to third place on 17 points from nine games.
FT Everton 0-3 Tottenham [Pictures from NBC Sports]
Premier League scores in full
Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 1-0 Man City
Everton 0-3 Tottenham
Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Wolves 2-3 Burnley
El Clasico Round-up
Bellingham scores winner against Barcelona
Real Madrid move five points clear at the top of La Liga after first-half goals from Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham.
Fermín López had drawn Barcelona level, and Wojciech Szczesny kept them alive with a second-half penalty save to deny Mbappé.
FT Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona [Pictures from Bein Sports]
Arsenal
Mikel Arteta after Palace win: “I told the boys that I probably value this victory more than any other victory this season. We knew the difficulty of it after playing every three days… Also, now the crowd is playing with us. It makes such a difference. Thanks to our fans”.
Mikel Arteta on the injury concerns: “Declan was struggling from the first half after a knock he took, and Ricky as well.”
Aston Villa
Unai Emery on Harvey Elliott left out of Villa squad: “I told him to keep going. We signed Harvey because I believe in him. I am happy with him, he’s training well. His commitment is fantastic, he’s a good guy. It was a tactical decision”.
England midfielder Morgan Rogers, 23, is in advanced talks with Aston Villa over a new contract. (Football Insider)
Barcelona
Barcelona have tabled an offer in the region of 30m euros (£26.2m) for 29-year-old Colombia and Crystal Palace right-back Daniel Munoz. (Fichajes)
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Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich are now well-placed in the race to sign Marc Guéhi, with the defender’s representatives spotted in discussion with the Bundesliga champions this week. (Christian Falk)
Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano is yet to extend his contract and is a target for both Real Madrid and Chelsea. The 26-year-old could leave the Bavarian giants for nothing at the end of the season if an agreement can’t be reached. (Christian Falk)
Bournemouth
Bournemouth rejected bids of £50m from Tottenham and Manchester United for 25-year-old Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo in the summer. (Telegraph)
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Inter Milan
Inter are preparing an offer worth €58M in an attempt to hijack Real Madrid’s deal with Como to take Nico Paz back to Spain next summer. (Flashscore)
Juventus
Juventus are monitoring Chelsea’s Malo Gusto, 22, as they consider making a move for the France right-back in January. (Calciomercarto)
Liverpool
Liverpool owners confident of appointing 58-year-old manager to replace Arne Slot. Full Story here!
Andy Robertson sends warning to Liverpool teammates after Brentford defeat. More details!
Manchester City
Manchester City have been tipped to consider former club captain and current Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany as Pep Guardiola’s successor at the Etihad. (TEAMtalk)
Manchester United
Tottenham were willing to go above Manchester United’s bids for Bryan Mbeumo in the summer. There was a meeting at Brentford where the club were trying to convince Mbeumo to choose Tottenham due to increased financial package. Mbeumo constantly declined, as he said he had given his word to United. (Centre Devils)
Galatasaray have set their sights on a mid-season move for Manchester United’s Manuel Ugarte. (Erol Evcen)
Caught Offside sources name clubs competing to sign Man United star Joshua Zirkzee.
Manchester United are expected to prioritise a move for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton above and beyond any pursuit of Brighton’s Carlos Baleba. (TEAMtalk)
Manchester United are not planning to trigger an extension to Casemiro’s current deal and the 33-year-old Brazil midfielder could leave for free at the end of the season. (Football Insider)
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has vetoed a surprise move for Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker is in the final year of his Barcelona contract and has yet to be offered an extension. Although he’s expected to become a free agent next summer, Ratcliffe has made it clear that United will avoid repeating past errors by steering clear of ageing stars nearing the end of their careers. (Mirror)
(Photo by Judit Cartiel/Getty Images) Manchester United are willing to sanction a January loan deal for Joshua Zirkzee, 24, with Roma now among the clubs interested in the Netherlands forward. (TBR Football)
Napoli
Scott McTominay could be poised for a remarkable Premier League comeback after facing challenges off the pitch during his time in Italy. (Sun Sport)
Newcastle United
Newcastle, Brighton, Fulham and Brentford are interested in 23-year-old Middlesbrough and England Under-21 midfielder Hayden Hackney. The likes of Porto, Atalanta, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen are also showing an interest. (TBR Football)
Real Madrid
Xabi Alonso on Vini’s reaction to the change: “Let me focus on beautiful things, good things. We did great and Vini was a big part of it, he did very well. We will talk about his reaction, for sure we will… we will do it in private. Now I want to focus on good things”.
Real Madrid have entered the race for 22-year old Elliot Anderson’s signature. Liverpool and Manchester United are also both closely pursuing the Nottingham Forest midfielder, who has been in sensational form this season. (Defensa Central)
Tottenham
Tottenham scouts were spotted monitoring Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Can Uzun during their defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League last week. Frankfurt are reluctant to part with the 19-year-old, but could be persuaded by a bid of €70 million. (Sun Sport)
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank is not impressed with Dominic Solanke, 28, and could look to sell the England striker in January. (Football Insider)