Gossip column: Bale, Can, Fellaini, Zaha, Hernandez, Neymar, Tosun

Football gossip

Real Madrid are frustrated by Gareth Bale's injury problems and could consider selling the 28-year-old, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham interested in the Wales forward. (Mirror)external-link

Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard, 26, is Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane's number one transfer target for next summer. (Sunday Express)external-link

Juventus are stepping up their efforts to sign Liverpool's 23-year-old Germany midfielder Emre Can. (Mirror)external-link

Arsenal are planning a £35m bid to sign Crystal Palace's Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha, 25, as a replacement for Alexis Sanchez. (Sun)external-link

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, 45, is a target for Manchester United and Paris-St Germain. (Sunday Express)external-link

Burnley manager Sean Dyche is favourite to become Everton manager as Watford boss Marco Silva wants to stay with the Hornets. (Sunday Times - subscription required)external-link

Manchester United have agreed to sell 29-year-old Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini to Besiktas for £8m in January. (Mirror)external-link

West Ham's new manager David Moyes wants to sign Liverpool's 25-year-old striker Danny Ings on loan. (Sun)external-link

Hammers striker Javier Hernandez struggled for first-team football under David Moyes when the pair were at Manchester United but the Scot has assured the 29-year-old he has a future at the club. (Observer)external-link

But West Ham forward Javier Hernandez has suffered a suspected hamstring injury playing for Mexico. (Daily Mail)external-link

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, 31, says he has no regrets about staying with the Gunners and not joining Everton, West Ham or Marseille. (Sunday Telegraph)external-link

Newcastle United are interested in signing Besiktas' 26-year-old Turkey striker Cenk Tosun, but the Istanbul club's valuation of the player is too high. (Evening Chronicle)external-link

Chelsea's France midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, 23, suffered an injury in training at the club on Friday. (Sun)external-link

Leicester City striker Demarai Gray, 21, says his development was stifled by previous Foxes managers Craig Shakespeare and Claudio Ranieri. (Leicester Mercury)external-link

Real Madrid would like to sign Paris St-Germain's Brazil striker Neymar, 25, next summer. (Marca)external-link

Neymar broke down and cried before walking out of a news conference following Brazil's 3-1 victory over Japan. (Independent)external-link

Argentina defender Javier Mascherano, 33, says he may leave Barcelona at the end of the season. (La Nacion - in Spanish)external-link

Barca will try to sign Ajax's 18-year-old centre-back Matthijs de Ligt in January. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)external-link

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Families of former British footballers have agreed to donate the brains of the ex-players to provide new and potentially conclusive medical evidence into the link between football and dementia. (Sunday Telegraph)external-link

Asked about his challenge on Leonardo Bonucci that broke the Italy defender's nose, Sweden forward Ola Toivonen said: "Yes, welcome to Sweden. That's what happens." (Fotbollskanalen - in Swedish)external-link

AC Milan defender Bonucciwill play in Monday's World Cup play-off second leg wearing a protective mask. (Corriere della Sera - in Italian)external-link

Switzerland and Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka, 25, has told Northern Ireland to get over the controversial penalty which his country were awarded in the first leg of their World Cup play-off. (Observer)external-link

West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady says sacking Slaven Bilic as manager was "one of the hardest things our board felt it had to do in 25 years in football". (Sun)external-link

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 24, strongly criticised his Manchester United team-mates after their defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. (Sun)external-link

Further delays mean Chelsea will not move into the redeveloped Stamford Bridge until 2024 at the earliest. (Daily Mail)external-link

Best of Saturday's gossip

Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho, 25, will ask the club to reject any bids they receive from Paris St-Germain as the Brazil midfielder continues to hold out for a move to Barcelona. (Sport via Daily Mail)external-link

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is monitoring West Ham's 24-year-old Argentine playmaker Manuel Lanzini. (Mirror)external-link

Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin, 22, is wanted by Juventus and the Italian giants have made contact with the Spain defender's representatives. (Sun)external-link

Paris St-Germain are tracking Barcelona's 33-year-old Argentina defender Javier Mascherano. (Diario Gol via Talksport)external-link

Chelsea's Spain striker Alvaro Morata, 25, says he would be open to a return to Real Madrid despite being sold by the European champions less than four months ago. (Mirror)external-link

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