Gossip column: Herrera, Sanchez, Neymar, Arnautovic, Conte, Aguero

Transfer news (12:00 update)

Atletico Madrid want to sign Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera. The 28-year-old's contract expires at the end of the season. (AS via Daily Mirror)

Neymar could join Real Madrid after the 25-year-old forward has won trophies with Paris St Germain, according to Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata. (Goal via El Larguero)

Lech Poznan winger Kamil Jozwiak, 19, wants to join Leeds United, according to a spokesman for the Polish club. (Express)

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero, 29, has revealed next season will be his last at Manchester City - and he wants to join boyhood club Independiente. (Daily Mirror)

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson wants to sign Jack Wilshere in January. (The Telegraph)

Manchester United are hoping to pip Chelsea and Barcelona to Brazilian 21-year-old "wonderkid" Arthur Melo. (Daily Mirror)

Paris St-Germain are seeking to make Chelsea boss Antonio Conte their next manager. (Le Parisien via Sun)

West Ham's new boss David Moyes could sell record signing Marko Arnautovic, 28, in January, less than four months after the striker arrived for £25m. Moyes wants Bournemouth's Harry Arter, 27, fellow midfielder William Carvalho, 25, of Sporting Lisbon, and Sunderland's Ivory Coast defender Lamine Kone, 28. (Daily Mirror)

Stoke chairman Peter Coates expects Peter Crouch to be offered a new contract and is optimistic about the England striker, 36, signing it. (Stoke Sentinel)

Everton, Newcastle and Middlesbrough are tracking Leeds United forward Mallik Wilks, 18, following his impressive form on loan at Accrington Stanley. (Football Insider)

Belgium forward Kevin Mirallas, 30, will decide on his Everton future after the club appoint a new manager. (Liverpool Echo)

Arsenal face a battle to keep hold of Hector Bellerin, with Juventus keen on the 22-year-old Spanish defender. (Daily Mirror)

Germany general manager Oliver Bierhoff has suggested Schalke and Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka, 22, has agreed a move to the Premier League. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have been urged by their former captain Tony Adams to sell forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, as soon as possible. (Omnisport via Sun)

Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Benfica's Guinean attacker Umaro Embalo, 16. (Record via Metro)

Former England midfielder Frank Lampard, 39, is open to returning to Chelsea and working with his former side "in some way" after being linked with the vacant technical director role. (Evening Standard)

Former England boss Sam Allardyce is interested in becoming the next manager of the United States national team. (Sky Sports)

Spain striker Alvaro Morata, 25, says he does not regret joining Chelsea. (Marca - in Spanish)

Liverpool are closing in on 18-year-old midfielder Kai Havertz with the Bayer Leverkusen player having visited Melwood training ground. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea's Belgium forward Eden Hazard, 26, has admitted it would be a "dream" to play under Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane. (RTL via Sky Sports)

Meanwhile...

Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini wants £15m a year and regular flights back to Italy if he is to join a Premier League club again. (The Sun)

Manchester United sent a scout to Iceland to watch a match - only to discover it was being played in Qatar. (Fotbolti.net via the Sun)

Locals have been left baffled after the letters 'LFC' - the initials of Liverpool Football Club - were found carved into a Shropshire hillside by Ordnance Survey employees. (Shropshire Star)

Winger Demarai Gray, 21, says he has missed out on an England call-up because he was "held back" by Leicester. (Daily Express)

Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater, 27, is set to be exiled from England's World Cup squad after rejecting a call-up for the friendlies against Germany and Brazil. (Sun)

Fifa revived the Telstar, the first made-for-television football used at the 1970 World Cup, as it unveiled the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Eurosport)

Manchester City have denied that Amazon Prime will have access to manager Pep Guardiola's team talks after agreeing a £10m-plus deal for a behind-the-scenes TV series. (Daily Mail)

Guardiola has been accused of ruining Italian defending, by Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini. (Tuttosport via Manchester Evening News)

Manchester United are set to welcome back Paul Pogba from injury after the international break, along with fellow midfielder Michael Carrick and defender Marcos Rojo. (Daily Mail)

Non-league Dulwich Hamlet have started a fundraising appeal as a dispute between a property developer and the local council threatens their future. (Guardian)

Frank Lampard photo bombed some Chelsea fans in Tokyo. (Chelsea Twitter)

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 36, says he will not return to international football even if Sweden qualify for the World Cup. (Guardian)

Llanelli Scarlets' rugby union flanker James Davies and his fellow injured team-mates came dressed as their footballing childhood heroes for a gym session on Thursday...

They included former Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw as their 'modern-day hero'...

Best of Thursday's gossip

Real Madrid have made 24-year-old Tottenham striker Harry Kane their first choice to replace France forward Karim Benzema, 29. (Diario Gol via Daily Mirror)

Manchester United directors fear manager Jose Mourinho is ready to quit the Old Trafford club in the summer and will move to Paris St-Germain. (Sun)

Manchester United manager Mourinho is keen to add to his squad in January and is targeting Barcelona centre-back Samuel Umtiti, 23. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have set an asking price of £30m for midfielder Mesut Ozil, 29, whose contract at Emirates Stadium ends in the summer. The German has been linked with a move to Manchester United. (Daily Star)