Football gossip column: Rooney, Allardyce, Sakho, Blanc, Giggs

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Serie A club Inter Milan are considering making a bid for Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney, 31. (Calcio Mercato Web - in Italian)

Meanwhile, former Paris St-Germain manager Laurent Blanc is stalling on signing an agreement to replace Frank de Boer at Inter, because he believes he could replace Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.(Sun)

Wigan want to tempt former Manchester United caretaker boss Ryan Giggs to the club after sacking Gary Caldwell on Monday.(Daily Mail)

France defender Mamadou Sakho, 26, is set to be sold in January after falling out of favour at Liverpool.(L'Equipe - in French)

Wolves would like to speak to former England boss Sam Allardyce about becoming their new manager.(Sun)

Barcelona have been linked with Stoke's England international Glen Johnson, 32, as they search for an experienced right-back. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Another experienced right-back, Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta, 31, is a target for Italian champions Juventus. (Talksport)

Tottenham Hotspur have held talks with taxi company Uber over a naming rights deal for their new stadium worth £20m a year. (Squawka)

Schalke intend to activate an option to sign 21-year-old Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb - who is on a season-long loan at the German side - on a permanent basis for £17m. (Mirror)

West Brom are monitoring Cologne's 28-year-old striker Anthony Modeste and Sporting Lisbon midfielder Adrien Silva, 27, as they attempt to strengthen their squad in January. (Express and Star)

Leicester's hopes of bringing former Stoke midfielder Steven N'Zonzi back to the Premier League have been dented as the 27-year-old has opened contract extension talks with Sevilla. (Leicester Mercury)

Juventus are poised to start the bidding for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud, 20, with a £13.5m bid in January. The Manchester City and Liverpool target's contract reportedly contains a clause allowing him to leave for £8.4m in the summer. (Talksport)

Arsenal and Everton are tracking Hull's 17-year-old Josh Tymon, and both clubs plan to make bids for the defender in January. (Mirror)

Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says 20-year-old forward Alex Iwobi is "too nervous" in front of goal.(Guardian)

Paris St-Germain still want to sign Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann and would be prepared to pay the buyout clause of 100m euros (£89m) in the 25-year-old's new contract. (Fichajes.net - in Spanish)

Leicester City are interested in signing Leeds' 23-year-old left-back Charlie Taylor. (Mirror)

Spanish club Real Sociedad have given a job to a homeless man who had been sleeping rough outside the stadium. (Marca - in Spanish)
 
Tottenham's 22-year-old midfielder Eric Dier believes his Spurs and England team-mate Harry Kane, 23, should have made the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.(Daily Mail)

Liverpool are set to leave their historic Melwood training ground so that they can bring the first and youth teams together on one site. The club's academy is based six miles from Melwood, at Kirby.(Daily Express)


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Paris St-Germain still want to sign Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann and would be prepared to pay the buyout clause of 100m euros (£89m) in the 25-year-old's new contract. (Fichajes.net - in Spanish)
Leicester City are interested in signing Leeds' 23-year-old left-back Charlie Taylor. (Mirror)
Spanish club Real Sociedad have given a job to a homeless man who had been sleeping rough outside the stadium. (Marca - in Spanish)
Tottenham's 22-year-old midfielder Eric Dier believes his Spurs and England team-mate Harry Kane, 23, should have made the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.(Daily Mail)
Liverpool are set to leave their historic Melwood training ground so that they can bring the first and youth teams together on one site. The club's academy is based six miles from Melwood, at Kirby.(Daily Express)