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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte wants to sign Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez in January, saying the 29-year-old would be a "good investment". (Telegraph) Tottenham are ready to drop their interest in Bordeaux winger Malcom because the French club want £45m for the 20-year-old, although Arsenal are still interested in signing the Brazilian. (Mail) Tottenham are ready to start pay talks with striker Harry Kane, 24, and extend the deals of midfielder Christian Eriksen, 25, and forward Son Heung-min, 25. (Times - subscription required) Manchester United plan to start contract negotiations with keeper David de Gea which would see the 27-year-old become the joint-highest earner at the club on £300,000-a-week. (Sun) Manchester United are unlikely to follow up their interest in Leicester's 30-year-old England striker Jamie Vardy. (Leicester Mercury) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says talks over a new deal with playmaker Mesut Ozil, 29, are "very much alive" a...

Some interesting words from  Arsene Wenger  on   Alexis Sanchez . Without saying too much, he suggests something is happening... "I cannot tell you much more about this situation. Nothing is really concrete at the moment. But there is something?  "You conclude that. It’s not that I don’t want to inform you, I don’t want to give you wrong information, nothing is decided. "A bidding war is always beneficial to the club who can take advantage, but we are not in that. "Normally he should stay until the end of the season, but we will see."