Man City consider Amorim if Guardiola leaves - Wednesday's gossip

Ruben Amorim on Manchester City's list if Pep Guardiola leaves, Alphonso Davies key target for Manchester United, Barcelona interested in Romeo Lavia and Carney Chukwuemeka.

Manchester City are strongly considering the Sporting head coach Ruben Amorim, 39, as their next manager if Pep Guardiola, 53, leaves when his contract expires at the end of the season. (Guardian) , external

Bayern Munich's Canada defender Alphonso Davies, 23, is a key target for Manchester United next summer. (Sky Germany), external

Barcelona could target Belgium midfielder Romeo Lavia and English attacking midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka, both 20, from Chelsea in January. (Sport - in Spanish), external

Sweden forward Alexander Isak, 25, has put clubs including Arsenal on alert as he continues to stall on signing a new contract at Newcastle. (talkSPORT), external

Senegal midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate, 34, had a medical at Leeds on Tuesday as a free agent following his departure from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider), external

Paris Saint-Germain remain interested in signing 26-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford from Manchester United after their summer approach was knocked back. (Team talk), external

Chelsea are not prepared to entertain offers for France forward Christopher Nkunku, 26, amid links with Paris St-Germain. (Football Insider), external

Tottenham and Crystal Palace are both interested in 21-year-old Lille and Iceland winger Hakon Arnar Haraldsson. (Football Transfers), external

The release clause for Espanyol's 23-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who was wanted by Arsenal in the summer, has been cut to 25m euros (£20.83m). (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish), external

Manchester City are likely to demand a world record transfer fee for Norway striker Erling Haaland, 24, to join either Real Madrid or Barcelona. (Team talk), external

Meanwhile, City have joined Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham in keeping tabs on Shakhtar Donetsk and Ukraine midfielder Georgiy Sudakov, 22. (I Sport), external