Transfer news and football gossip: Liverpool to bid for Dembele, Tottenham moving for ‘next Steven Gerrard’, Arsenal tracking duo

Transfer news and football gossip: Liverpool to bid for Dembele, Tottenham moving for ‘next Steven Gerrard’, Arsenal tracking duo
talkSPORT.com round up all the biggest football gossip from Wednesday’s papers and online…4Liverpool are set to launch a club-record 85million bid for Ousmane Dembele, the Barcelona forward, in the January transfer window. (FULL STORY)Tottenham Hotspur are planning a 35million January move for Nicolo Barella, the Cagliari midfielder dubbed the ‘next Steven Gerrard. (Sun)Arsenal have sent scouts to watch Atalanta’s Gianluca Mancini ahead of a potential January swoop for the centre-half. (Sun)4

Mancini has caught the eye playing for Atalanta this season

The Gunners have also been watching KRC Genk with reports suggesting they are still tracking Sander Berge. The Norway midfielder was linked with Arsenal earlier this year. (Voetbal Nieuws)Southampton are one of three teams showing interested in Slovenia starlet Gal Puconja, a number 10 born in 2004. (Tuttomercatoweb)Manchester United have opened contract talks with Ander Herrera and Juan Mata in an attempt to extend their deals. (Sky Sports)Alexis Sanchez is ready to leave Man United just a year after joining from Arsenal. If he continues to be exiled by Jose Mourinho, the United manager, Sanchez will push for a January exit. (Evening Standard)4

Sanchez is already seeking his Old Trafford exit

Sanchez has reportedly already been offered to Real Madrid. (FULL STORY)Fenerbahce midfielder Ozan Tufan has been linked with a January move to the Premier League, with Crystal Palace and Fulham said to be keen on the 23-year-old. (Aksam)

And here are the top talkSPORT.com stories…

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Solari has made the step up from interim to permanent manager

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Ferguson leads tributes to former Manchester United youth

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Emiliano Sala: Two people arrested after photo of dead footballer's body in morgue posted online. Police say there is 'no evidence to suggest a break-in at the mortuary' after 48-year-old

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FORMER Arsenal star Emmanuel Frimpong has slammed Granit Xhaka's display in the weekend draw with Brighton. He made just six Premier League appearances for the Gunners before spending time
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~ Manchester City increase season ticket prices by three per

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Arsenal press conference RECAP as Unai Emery talks Ozil, Ramsey and FA Cup tie at Blackpool Emery on Man City vs Liverpool. Emery hits out at Keylor Navas speculation
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Angel Rangel (right) scored twice for QPR at Stoke last month. Queens Park Rangers defender Angel Rangel has extended his QPR boss Steve McClaren said: "When he first arrived he wasn't fit, but he has worked so hard. We didn't realise the kind of impact
Steve McClaren joins Queens Park Rangers coaching team

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Former Leeds United player Phil Masinga has died aged 49. The South African FA president Danny Jordan confirmed Masinga had died at a hospital in Johannesburg after battling a long illness. The striker scored five times for the Whites over two seasons after joining from Mamelodi Sundowns in 1994.
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Championship play-offs: West Brom skipper Chris Brunt won't

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Pochettino, who has been openly hinting about quitting White Hart Lane if Spurs win the Champions League, is the favourite to take over from Allegri at Juve. While
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