Porto defender Alberto Costa is on the radar of Arsenal and Manchester United, with Paris St-Germain also monitoring the 22-year-old Portuguese right-back. Manchester City will not let Erling Haaland leave on the cheap if they are relegated over financial breaches, with Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Barcelona among the interested clubs. Former Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling has been offered to two Ligue 1 clubs but neither were interested in the 31-year-old free agent. Besiktas president Serdal Adali has vowed to sign Newcastle's Joe Willock in January.

Former Newcastle boss Eddie Howe would not return to a lower or mid-ranked Premier League club, preferring an underachieving big side. Liverpool retain interest in Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni despite his new contract.