🚨 Bruno Fernandes transfer, Antoine Semenyo's preference, Man City targeting rival manager, Liverpool's £83m move, Arteta wants Real Madrid star & more.

Plus all the latest transfer updates from the world of football.

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Good morning everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Briefing! Thanks as always for reading, and hope you enjoy :-)

Today’s top stories:

• Chelsea & Man Utd want 26-year-old.

• Man City targeting rival manager.

• LFC target wants Man United move.

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Arsenal

• Arsenal and Manchester United are set to go against each other in the race to sign Olympiacos midfielder Christos Mouzakitis. (Area Napoli)

• Arsenal plot swoop for 19-year-old after Xabi Alonso hands him Real Madrid debut. More details!

• One name that Arsenal are seriously considering for a move is midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, who is also a target of Chelsea. (Caught Offside)

• Arsenal keeping tabs on Premier League star despite not being at the front of the queue. Full Story here!

Atletico Madrid

• Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is now also a target for Atletico Madrid in case he doesn’t end up staying at Barcelona. (Fichajes)

Barcelona

• Barcelona are plotting a move for Aston Villa defender Pau Torres. (Fichajes)

Chelsea

• Chelsea have been made aware of the possibility of former defender Thiago Silva’s availability. (TEAMtalk)

• Chelsea and Man United are closely monitoring Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams. (Caught Offside)

  

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Liverpool

• Liverpool target move for £83m attacker by establishing contact to sign him. Full Story here!

• Liverpool target Antoine Semenyo has made Manchester United his preferred destination. (Miguel Delaney)

• Premier League manager rules out January move for Liverpool & Man United target. More details!

• Ian Ladyman on Liverpool interest in Marc Guehi: “I still think Liverpool have a really good chance of signing Guehi. The only question is whether that’s in January for a fee or in the summer for nothing. I think Liverpool have every chance of getting him in January – if not, then in the summer.”

• Gary Neville on Mohamed Salah: “Salah will not sit down and watch Gakpo play football, these players don’t sit and watch players that are inferior.”

Manchester City

• Manchester City have identified Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca as a potential candidate to succeed Pep Guardiola at the club. (David Ornstein)

• Manchester City are stepping up their pursuit of one of France’s most exciting young forwards Mathys Detourbet. (Footmercato)

Manchester United

• Man United target open to the idea of Liverpool move, Richard Hughes could play key role. More details!

• Manchester United have been linked with a move for the Portuguese international midfielder Ruben Neves. (Daily Mail)

• Dean Jones on Man United midfield target: “If Man Utd look outside the Premier League for a Bruno replacement, then I would expect Angelo Stiller to be in the mix as a target. For some time now, I have been hearing his name mentioned as a target, but always with the caveat that he would replace Kobbie Mainoo or Fernandes. At this rate, both players look like they might leave soon, so at a time when Man Utd want more tenacity in the centre of the field, I think Stiller might come into conversations. Stiller can play in a deep midfield role, but also create, and if they find another midfielder to go in there too, which will be the plan, then they can start looking at a long-term plan.”

• Ruben Amorim has ruthless plan to sacrifice Man United player to make way for new signings. Full Story here!

• Ben Jacobs on Kobbie Mainoo: “My understanding is Kobbie Mainoo was speaking through his brother, he knew about the t-shirt, and he endorsed the message.”

• Ian Wright on Bruno Fernandes: “When you look at Bruno’s quotes, it comes back to Man United being indecisive. So someone comes in for Bruno Fernandes last summer… you shut that down. He didn’t want to go. Bruno is basically saying the club went, ‘it’s up to you if you want to leave’. That’s not what you want to hear when you’re the person who has basically held the club up by yourself. You want the club to say, ‘you’re not going nowhere, you’re a massive part of this’. But Manchester United didn’t do that. They gave him the option and said, ‘if you want to go, you can go’. What is that saying to him? I would take him tomorrow (at Arsenal).”

• Manchester United are stepping up their pursuit of one of the Bundesliga’s most exciting young talents, with Köln winger Said El Mala emerging as a prime target ahead of next summer’s transfer window. (Bild)

• Manchester United are eager to seal the transfers of Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo and Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson. (Caught Offside)

• Man United midfield target wants to leave Premier League club in January. Full Story here!

• Bruno Fernandes’ long-term future at Manchester United is once again under the spotlight, with Bayern Munich emerging as serious admirers of the Portuguese midfielder. (talkSPORT)

• Manchester United are willing to ‘listen to offers’ for Altay Bayindir in January amid interest from his home nation. (Turkish Football)

• Manchester United retain their interest in Carlos Baleba after initially holding talks over the summer. (Fabrizio Romano)

Newcastle United

• Newcastle United face Crystal Palace competition in signing the Bayern Munich defender Sacha Boey. (TEAMtalk)

Real Madrid

• Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso is on the shortlist to succeed Pep Guardiola at Man City. (Indy Kaila)

  

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Tottenham

• David Ornstein on Tottenham’s transfer plans: “There will be money available if the right profile comes to them, and if it will improve the team in their eyes. They like Antoine Semenyo, for example, if it’s not going to be him, maybe some other players in that wide attacking position, which is something they looked at last summer with Savinho from Manchester City. It didn’t come to fruition. Maybe it will in January, and they’ll hope that Thomas Frank can bring the results over time.”

West Ham United

• West Ham United are stepping up their search for a new centre-forward ahead of the January transfer window and are now exploring a move for Fiorentina striker Moise Kean. (Quotidiano Sportivo)