Gossip: Zaha, Luiz, Hazard, Mkhitaryan, Coutinho, Ings, Van Dijk

Transfer news

Manchester City are ready to join Arsenal and Chelsea in the pursuit of Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, 25. (Daily Mirror)

The Gunners could offer £25m for the Brazilian during the January transfer window. (Sun)

Real Madrid are in advanced negotiations with Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard, 26. Real midfielder Marco Asensio, 21, has told the club he will leave if Hazard joins. (Diario Gol, via Daily Star)

Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann, 26, could be set to join Barcelona. (BBC Radio 5 live)

Manchester United want more than £35m for 28-year-old midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. (Daily Mail)

Mkhitaryan's former team Borussia Dortmund are in prime position to end the Armenia captain's time at Old Trafford. (Independent)

Manchester United transfer target Sergej Milinkovic, 22, says he is happy at Lazio, scuppering Jose Mourinho's plans for a £95m January move for the midfielder. (Mediaset Premium, via Daily Star)

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told his club's Premier League rivals they cannot afford to allow Manchester City to sign defender Virgil van Dijk, 26, from Southampton. (Goal)

Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino will recommend to the Saints board that they resist any offers for Van Dijk in January. (Daily Echo)

West Ham are preparing moves for Liverpool striker Danny Ings, 25, and Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter, 27, in January. (Daily Star)

Arsenal are lining up a move for Reading's academy boss Lee Herron to work under Per Mertesacker when he takes charge of the club's academy next season. (Metro)

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez says Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho would be welcomed at the Catalan club. Coutinho, 25, has been regularly linked with a move to the Nou Camp. (Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita will not join the Reds in January. A deal has already been agreed for the 22-year-old to move at the end of the season. (Daily Express)

John Obi Mikel has dismissed reports linking him with a move back to the Premier League with Everton. The 30-year-old former Chelsea midfielder says he is happy playing in the Chinese Super League for Tianjin Teda.(Tianjin TV, via Daily Mail)

Paris St-Germain manager Unai Emery has suggested the club could be in the market for a defensive midfielder in the January transfer window. Regular holding midfield player Thiago Motta has missed much of the past six weeks with a knee injury. (FourFourTwo)

Meanwhile...

John Terry says Chelsea should not regret selling Mohamed Salah, Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku because they did not make the team stronger at the time. (Sky Sports via Daily Star)

Former Chesterfield goalkeeper Tommy Lee has revealed he took about 4,000 painkillers during his career. (The Times - subscription required)

Chelsea are preparing to open contract talks with 21-year-old defender Andreas Christensen. (London Evening Standard)

Stoke City chairman Peter Coates has assured supporters he is just as concerned as they are about the club's recent decline. (Stoke Sentinel)

Manchester City's training session was shrouded in thick fog on Monday, as midfielder Yaya Toure showed on social media.

Best of Monday's gossip

Real Madrid want to sign Mohamed Salah from Liverpool and are convinced the Anfield side will sell the Egypt winger for 100m euros or in a player-plus-cash deal involving Wales forward Gareth Bale. (Calciomercato, via Teamtalk)

Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he is "most likely done as a coach" but could be persuaded to manage a big English club. (Der Telegraph - in Dutch)

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte believes it is important Manchester City are prevented from signing Southampton and Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk. (London Evening Standard)

Meanwhile, Liverpool will not make a move for Van Dijk unless Saints lower their £70m valuation of the 26-year-old. (Irish Independent)

The future of manager Rafael Benitez is key to a potential takeover of Newcastle United going through. The club's prospective new owners will pull out of buying the club if he is sacked. (Evening Chronicle)