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Premier League round-up
Manchester City win nine-goal thriller vs Fulham
Manchester City looked like they were on their way to a comfortable win at Craven Cottage until some late drama in a nine-goal thriller.
Erling Haaland scored a superb opener and then set up Tijjani Reijnders for a beautifully-worked second, and Phil Foden looked like he’d made it game over before half time.
However, quickfire second half goals from Alex Iwobi and Samuel Chukwueze made things tense towards the end, even if City just held on for the three points.
FT Fulham 4-5 Manchester City [Pictures from Sky Sports]
Tottenham fight back with late equaliser at Newcastle
It was a close game between Newcastle and Tottenham, with the visitors snatching a point in stoppage time.
Despite Bruno Guimaraes and Anthony Gordon twice giving Newcastle the lead, Spurs hit back through unlikely hero Cristian Romero, who headed in to make it 1-1 before an acrobatic effort later made it 2-2 at the death.
FT Newcastle 2-2 Tottenham [Pictures from Sky Sports & Canal Plus]
Deflected Grealish strike gives Everton win at Bournemouth
Jack Grealish continued his fine form for loan side Everton as he hit the winning goal away to Bournemouth last night.
The former Manchester City man cut inside before his strike took a deflection and looped in, for what eventually proved to be the game’s only goal.
FT Bournemouth 0-1 Everton [Pictures from Sky Sports]
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Arsenal
Barcelona
Barcelona player ratings from last night’s win over Atletico Madrid as one 8.5/10 star stole the show! (Football Espana)
There was some bad news from that Barca win, however, with Dani Olmo’s injury likely to rule him out for the rest of the year. (Sport)
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich are confident of agreeing a new contract with Dayot Upamecano, despite him being close to the end of his current deal and attracting interest from Liverpool and Real Madrid. (CF Bayern Insider)
Chelsea
Chelsea are leading the race to sign Castello Lukeba from RB Leipzig, though the Frenchman is also on the radar of Liverpool and other big clubs. (CaughtOffside)
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca wants the club to sign an elite attacker this January to ensure they remain in the title race with Arsenal. (Indy Kaila)
Maresca has also confirmed some worrying Chelsea injury news - full story here!
Crystal Palace
Oliver Glasner on keeping Marc Guehi this summer: “I am talking to the board and the chairman and giving them my advice. It was the same with Marc Guehi. Everybody said that I threatened to step back, that is completely wrong. I said ‘If you sell Marc Guehi, and we don’t have the right replacement, we could struggle. If you are fine with this then sell him.’ And then the chairman decided that Marc stays. I just give my advice. But it is never a wish. It is nothing to do like they have to sign players for Oliver Glasner to sign a new contract.”
Liverpool
Liverpool are one of the clubs on alert as Rodrygo Goes is set to be made available by Real Madrid after falling out of favour. (CaughtOffside)
Marc Guehi to Liverpool could be back on for this January, with the Reds re-opening direct talks over the Crystal Palace defender and preparing a bid in the region of £25-30m. (TEAMtalk)
Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future is in serious doubt again, with Saudi Pro League clubs still interested in the Egypt international even after he turned them down to sign a new contract at Anfield a few months ago. (talkSPORT)
Liverpool could rival Arsenal and Chelsea for the signing of Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga. (Fichajes)
Manchester City
Erling Haaland has set a new Premier League record, making it to 100 goals faster than any other player before - full story here!
Manchester United
Conor Gallagher to Manchester United looks like one to watch for January as he’s likely to leave Atletico Madrid and has several clubs looking into bringing him back to the Premier League. (Fabrizio Romano)
Adam Wharton is another Man Utd target for midfield this winter, with the Red Devils possibly preparing to bid big for the Crystal Palace star. (Fichajes)
Manuel Ugarte could be sold as United prepare to launch a club-record transfer bid for a new midfielder. (talkSPORT)
Manchester United also like Nathaniel Brown as an option at left-back, though Eintracht Frankfurt won’t let him leave for less than €60-70m. (Florian Plettenberg)
Newcastle United
Newcastle United are reportedly eyeing James Trafford as a January transfer window target after the goalkeeper’s difficult start to life at Manchester City. (Daily Mail)
Newcastle are eyeing Ferran Torres from Barcelona, with reports suggesting they’re ready to make a move for the Spanish forward. (Fichajes)
Real Madrid
Real Madrid are eyeing Real Betis winger Antony, with the Brazilian shining in La Liga since leaving Manchester United. (Defensa Central)
Roma
Roma are eyeing Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee and Tottenham’s Mathys Tel as targets for the upcoming January transfer window. (Il Messaggero)
Tottenham
There is growing discontent in the Tottenham dressing room with manager Thomas Frank after the team’s poor start to the season. (The Sun)
Tottenham are looking to make major changes to their attack this January as they eye up both Porto striker Samu Aghehowa and Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo. (TEAMtalk)
More on Semenyo to Spurs here!
Tottenham are among the clubs eyeing up a move to sign former Liverpool youngster Tyler Morton from Lyon. (TEAMtalk)
Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is open to leaving the club and has interest from Serie A giants Inter Milan. (Gazzetta dello Sport)