Manchester United are ready to offer Jose Mourinho a new five-year contract in the coming weeks.

The Portuguese has been strongly linked with Paris St-Germain after he admitted he won't see his career out with United.

Mourinho is understood to be happy to at least see out his current United contract which runs until 2019.

And Goal claim the Red Devils are now ready to press ahead with their plans to table a new deal.

It is said Mourinho will be handed a five-year contract worth £65m, with an extension having always been planned.

Guillem Balague says Barcelona will try to sign Philippe Coutinho in January and are set to table £71m for the Brazilian.

Barca failed to land Coutinho in one of last summer’s most prominent transfer sagas and remain eager to land the 26-yar-old.

And Spanish football expert Balague believes: “If you ask most people they will agree it doesn't make much sense for Liverpool to sell Coutinho in January but Barcelona will still try.

"They will put about €80m [£71m] on the table and will look to test Liverpool's resolve."

Chelsea’s controversial loan policy has been slammed by ex-England ace Owen Hargreaves.

Hargreaves told BT Sport: “They shouldn’t be allowed to have 34 players on loan – the Premier League shouldn’t allow it.

“Those players should be at small teams that need quality offensive players, they should play there full time.

“I know they get say £20,000-a-week [at Chelsea] some of these young kids, but it is not beneficial for their career.

“[Chelsea] shouldn’t be able to accumulate that many players and have them on loan, I just don’t agree with it, I think the Premier League should find a way to affect that, I don’t think it is right.”