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Wilfried Zaha is reportedly intent on quitting Crystal Palace this month – and Chelsea are waiting in the wings to pounce.

Zaha

Sky Sports News claims the 27-year-old wants to join an elite European club in order to win trophies.

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Emre Can and Adrien Rabiot will not be allowed to leave Juventus this month.

That is according to the club's director Fabio Paratici, who is in charge of transfer dealings for the Italian giants.

Both Can and Rabiot have been linked with moves away from the Allianz Stadium.
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Man City are monitoring long-term United transfer target Milan Skriniar with the view to making a January swoop, according to reports.

The defender, 24, joined Inter Milan from Sampdoria in 2017 and has established himself as one of Europe's top centre-backs.

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European champions Liverpool have struck a new multi-year kit deal with Nike, the club have announced.

The runaway Premier League leaders will wear Nike from June 2020 after five years with New Balance.
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Olivier Giroud should leave Chelsea in the January transfer window in order to play more regularly.

That's the view of France national team manager Didier Deschamps who might just be developing concerns over the striker ahead of next summer's European Championships.

Despite signing a one-year contract extension earlier in the year, Giroud has found first-team opportunities at Stamford Bridge limited this season due to the emergence of Tammy Abraham.

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Super Eagles target, Eberechi Eze hopes of securing a dream move to Tottenham may have been scuttled with the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino.

The £20million-rated midfielder has been tracked by the majority of Premier League clubs after making a huge impact in the Championship with Queens Park Rangers.

Prior to his sack, Pochettino had instructed his scouts to monitor the youngster ahead of the January transfer window.

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Everton have moved to beat Atletico Madrid to the signing of River Plate striker Rafael Borre.
The 24 year-old helped River reach the Copa Libertadores final last month and his form has caught the eye of Atletico coach Diego Simeone.

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Manchester City remained on course to lift the League Cup in England for a third successive season after overcoming third-tier Oxford United 3-1 on Wednesday.

Manchester City players celebrate Chelsea win

They will now face Manchester United in the semi-finals, after their city rivals also overcame Colchester United in another quarter-final fixture.

Pep Guardiola’s side were given a stern test on a wet and windy night at a noisy Kassam Stadium but two goals from Raheem Sterling eventually saw them through.

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Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri admitted his anger in the latter part of the match against Udinese which saw the Bianconeri give up their clean sheet despite winning 3-1 to go top of Seria A.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring early on for Juve, then doubled the lead 37 minutes in, before Leonardo Bonucci got a third just before half time. Ignacio Pussetto grabbed a consolation at the death for Udinese.

“The last 20 minutes made me a little angry,” Sarri told the press, “we had to do a lot better as a team.

“When 3-0 up the team was almost split in two, which shouldn’t happen.”

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Caretaker Arsenal manager Freddie Ljungberg believes the club must make a permanent appointment quickly to halt their slide after a Kevin De Bruyne inspired Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 win at the Emirates on Sunday.

Arsenal players dejected

De Bruyne scored twice and teed up Raheem Sterling for City's other goal to leave Arsenal down in ninth in the Premier League on the back of just one win in their last 12 games in all competitions.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said his team played better in last week’s loss in the Manchester derby and not against Arsenal.

City cruised to a 3-0 lead in the first half against a demoralised Arsenal side with a marvellous Kevin De Bruyne brace sandwiching a Raheem Sterling goal, which the Belgian set up on Sunday.

Although they couldn’t extend their lead, the Gunners didn’t trouble them.

City went down to a 2-1 defeat at home to their local rivals last week, a result that probably ruled them out of contention for a third straight title, but their Catalan coach insisted he was happier with that display.

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