🚨 STRONG interest in Chelsea star revealed, Man Utd to advance midfielder talks, HUGE blow for Arsenal, plus Spurs star silences his critics

Man Utd fans will be delighted with today's update, plus intriguing details on a deal that almost happened at Chelsea...

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Today’s top stories:

• Fabrizio Romano’s latest column is here!

• New contract for key Manchester United midfielder?

• Arsenal linked with Inter star, plus major injury blow

• Plus Chelsea, Man City, Barcelona and much more

AEK Athens

• Anthony Martial has joined AEK Athens as free agent after leaving Manchester United at the end of his contract in the summer.

• Martial had other offers, so how did he end up deciding on this new chapter in Greek football? Fabrizio Romano has the details in his latest column.

Arsenal

• Mikel Arteta: “We will lose Martin Odegaard for a while. The scans showed he has some damage especially on one of the ligaments in the ankle.”

• Arteta on the timescale of Odegaard’s injury: “Hopefully not months. We will see.”

• Riccardo Calafiori and Bukayo Saka are fully available for Arteta and Arsenal against Atalanta in the Champions League tonight.

• Yann Bisseck to Arsenal? Reports suggest there could be movement in January, but what’s the truth? Fabrizio Romano responds to the story in today’s exclusive column.

• Amadou Onana turned down Arsenal! Reports claim the Aston Villa new-boy had one concern about joining the Gunners…

Barcelona

• Jules Kounde: “Every year we have more games and less rest. We players have been saying this for 3-4 years now but nobody pays attention to us. The time will come when we will have to go on strike to make ourselves heard, as Rodri said.”

• Ansu Fati is back from injury and has been called up by Hansi Flick for Barcelona’s first Champions League game.

• Flick: “We can win the Champions League. Big clubs like Barca want to win titles and the Champions League is the best competition in the world. We’re ready to play against the best.”