Paper Talk

• Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero could face action from the FA after an X-rated challenge on West Ham's Mark Noble.
• Cristiano Ronaldo is backing Louis van Gaal to bring the glory days back to Manchester United.
• Liverpool may be stuck with Mario Balotelli even if they want to sell the striker in January. The Reds were the only club interested in signing the controversial striker from AC Milan in the summer and his reputation has gone further downhill since then.
• Manchester United may have loaned Nani to Sporting Lisbon, but the Portuguese winger could still be in Louis van Gaal's plans.
• Roy Hodgson will check on the fitness of Kyle Walker before England's matches with Slovenia and Scotland.
• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce received a 'thank you' text for beating Manchester City from Jose Mourinho - the man who last season accused the West Ham boss of playing '19th-century football'.
• Everton boss Roberto Martinez has revealed there is no buy-out clause in Ross Barkley's new contract.
• Manchester United are ready to step up their interest in Heerenveen's Dutch wonderkid Daley Sinkgraven.
• QPR misfit Adel Taarabt is being lined up for a permanent move to AC Milan in January.

• Cristiano Ronaldo has been having his say on Manchester United, delivering a double blow to Louis van Gaal, he says he won't be returning to Old Trafford and his former club won't win the Premier League title this year.
• Man City's Sergio Aguero faces FA action for a stamp on West Ham's Mark Noble.
• Arsene Wenger plans to find the next Arsene Wenger - and bring in his own successor at Arsenal.
• Stoke forward Bojan could be leaving after a furious changing room bust-up.

• Tottenham technical director Franco Baldini is on the trail of Christoph Kramer after watching the Germany World Cup winner three times since the start of the season.
• Nani could still be in Manchester United's plans.
• Rio Ferdinand stunned a TV audience by revealing he could quit playing in January.

• Diego Costa is expected to start for Chelsea at Manchester United on Sunday despite his hamstring problems and an overnight stay in hospital last week with a virus. Manager Jose Mourinho has been sweating on the Spain striker's fitness but Costa is understood to have come through training on Saturday and is ready to be selected.
• Liverpool will consider a January move for West Brom striker Saido Berahino. The Baggies believe Berahino is worth in excess of £25m. Liverpool's potential interest could see a bidding battle with Tottenham.
• Former Manchester United manager David Moyes is being lined up to replace Walter Mazzarri as Inter Milan's head coach.
• Leeds United have sacked head coach Darko Milanic following their 2-1 defeat at home to Wolves on Saturday.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has demanded Louis van Gaal be afforded time to shape United, just like Sir Alex Ferguson got early in his reign and predicts they will eventually win the title.
• Tottenham face at least two years playing in Milton Keynes as they build their new stadium.
• West Ham are ready to offer Diafra Sakho an improved contract ahead of schedule.
• Bayern Munich are in discussions to sign former Brighton and Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak.

• Everton manager Roberto Martinez says Ross Barkley is not for sale.
• Manuel Pellegrini insisted on Saturday that he is not feeling any additional pressure in the Manchester City hot-seat.
• Louis van Gaal has set himself a target - to be as good as Jose Mourinho!
• Van Gaal has also told executive chairman Ed Woodward he needs two new defenders - with ex-Manchester United centre-back Ryan Shawcross in the frame.

• Manchester United are reeling from an injury blow to striker Radamel Falcao.
• Jose Mourinho has warned his Premier League rivals that the best is yet to come from Chelsea.
• Manchester United seem poised to play a friendly with AC Milan in Dubai towards the end of January.

• Chelsea will not appoint a chief executive to replace Ron Gourlay, who left the club last week with immediate effect.
• QPR manager Harry Redknapp has accused Adel Taarabt of telling "blatant lies", insisting he is on the training pitch every day.

• Louis van Gaal has revealed just how close he came to axing Ryan Giggs as his assistant at Manchester United - and how Jose Mourinho escaped a similar fate when the pair were at Barcelona.
• Manchester United may be without Radamel Falcao for their biggest match of the season. The Colombia striker is a serious doubt to face Chelsea after sustaining an injury during training; Louis van Gaal would only say it his not his knee.

SUNDAY HERALD

Celtic boss Ronny Deila says high-level efforts are already under way to persuade Manchester City loan duo John Guidetti and Jason Denayer to stay at the club long term.