All the top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...
DAILY
STAR
Cristiano Ronaldo could be on for an instant return to 🍏 the Premier League with
Chelsea reportedly set to perform a transfer U-turn.
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more accessible video 🍏 player Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag says it is 'time to
move on' following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo
THE 🍏 SUN
Manchester United are set
to enquire about Goncalo Ramos' availability after the 2024 World Cup, reports
suggest.
Al Nassr manager Rudi 🍏 Garcia has revealed he would be "delighted" to coach
Cristiano Ronaldo.
Chelsea will not be able to recall Romelu Lukaku in 🍏 the January
transfer window despite their current injury crisis.
Arsenal are in a bidding war with
Newcastle and a number of 🍏 other Premier League clubs over top target Mykhaylo
Mudryk.
Chelsea and Tottenham are eyeing a raid on cash-strapped Italian giants
Juventus 🍏 for USA World Cup star Weston McKennie, according to reports.
France team
staff members are allegedly blaming England for Adrien Rabiot 🍏 and Dayot Upamecano
catching flu.
Reiss Nelson is hoping to sign a new deal to extend his stay at
Arsenal.
Arsenal and 🍏 Tottenham are on red alert with summer transfer target Isco put up
for sale by Sevilla after just six months, 🍏 a report claims.
Bayern Munich are
reportedly interested in Sevilla and Morocco keeper Bono following his sensational
World Cup displays.
Image: Yassine 🍏 Bounou has only conceded three goals in six games in
Qatar
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to expand his already-bulging business portfolio 🍏 with a
new real estate project in his native Madeira.
Lionel Messi has been labelled as the
"best player in history" 🍏 by Luka Modric.
THE TIMES
Manchester City stand to receive
about £4.5m from FIFA for their 16 players involved at the World 🍏 Cup in Qatar - the
most of any club in the world.
Argentina's players celebrated their World Cup
semi-final win over 🍏 Croatia by singing a song that insults the English and references
the Falklands War.
Cristiano Ronaldo has begun training at his 🍏 former club Real Madrid
after making a personal plea for help to the president, Florentino Pérez, while he
looks for 🍏 a new club.
Chelsea face competition from Manchester United and Liverpool for
Borussia Dortmund's latest attacking talent, Youssoufa Moukoko, but interested 🍏 clubs
will have to convince the 18-year-old German that he will not be signed to sit on the
bench.
New manager 🍏 Michael Beale made a deliberate point of talking down Rangers' title
prospects as he acknowledged how powerful Celtic look at 🍏 the top of the cinch
Premiership.
DAILY MAIL
Manchester United have told manager Erik ten Hag that an Old
Trafford takeover would 🍏 give him greater spending power to put the club back at the top
of English football.
England players hatched an improvised 🍏 plan led by captain Harry
Kane to fulfil their vow of taking a knee at the World Cup due to 🍏 complications caused
by FIFA's kick-off protocols.
Arsenal are reportedly preparing a 'final attempt' to
sign Youri Tielemans from Leicester City this 🍏 January.
Portugal star Joao Felix is
being offered to Premier League clubs as he seeks an escape route from Atletico Madrid
🍏 in January.
Image: Joao Felix scored only once for Portugal at this year's World
Cup
Chelsea have reportedly made an offer for 🍏 Borussia Dortmund starlet Youssoufa
Moukoko - in an attempt to beat Barcelona to the signing of the forward.
Portugal boss
Fernando 🍏 Santos is set to be sacked after their World Cup quarter-final exit, with
Lille manager Paulo Fonseca the frontrunner to 🍏 replace him.
Lee Carsley is reportedly
being backed as the 'long-term successor' to take over from Stephen Kenny as the next
🍏 Republic of Ireland manager.
DAILY MIRROR
Germany and Real Madrid legend Toni Kroos has
named former Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker as his 🍏 preferred candidate to take on the
vacant national team technical director role.
THE ATHLETIC
Shakhtar Donetsk intend to
argue that FIFA breached 🍏 Ukrainian law, Swiss law and European Union competition law
when the Ukrainian club's £43m legal case against world football's governing 🍏 body is
heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland next week.
Several
clubs have held talks with 🍏 Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin over the signing of
Mykhaylo Mudryk.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Gareth Southgate is not expected to announce whether
or 🍏 not he will stay on as England manager before the New Year.
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England squad may be enough to tempt Gareth Southgate to stay on, 🍏 but does not think
the FA should look abroad for a new manager in case Southgate does decide to leave.
The
🍏 future of the European Super League reaches a crucial tipping point on Thursday with
the legal challenge to UEFA's so-called 🍏 monopoly on club competition in part being
funded by the millions of euros originally invested in the project by the 🍏 Premier
League's "big six".
DAILY EXPRESS
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has 'directly
asked' for the signing of Inter Milan right-back 🍏 Denzel Dumfries, according to reports
in Italy.
Arsenal are set for a clearer path to the potential signing of Joao Felix
🍏 than first expected.
DAILY RECORD
Jermain Defoe is set to pull on the Rangers jersey
one more time as part of a 🍏 star-studded Ibrox heroes XI that will face a legends
team.
Connor Ronan looks set to leave Wolves in January with the 🍏 club likely to
sanction a loan move for the midfielder, with the Republic of Ireland international a
long-term target for 🍏 Aberdeen and Hibs.
SCOTTISH SUN
Celtic have been namechecked as
one of the many teams after Real Valladolid starlet Ivan Fresnada.
Michael Beale 🍏 still
hopes Rangers can keep Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent.
