Nottingham Forest are set to appoint former Wolves and Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo in the next few days, with the Portuguese 49-year-old replacing current manager Steve Cooper. (A Bola – in Portuguese)

Manchester United football director John Murtough was in Saudi Arabia for transfer talks this month with the club willing to sell England winger Jadon Sancho, 23, French centre-back Raphael Varane, 30, French forward Anthony Martial, 28, and Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 31. (Mail)

But Varane is hopeful Manchester United will trigger the one-year extension in his contract. (Manchester Evening News)

Barcelona are ready to listen to offers for Brazil winger Raphinha, 27, with Manchester United considering proposing a swap deal involving the former Leeds United player and Sancho. (Sport – in Spanish)

Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth is the Ineos Group’s prime choice to assume the role at Manchester United, although they remain open to retaining Murtough. (Manchester Evening News)

Tottenham have held talks over a potential move for 23-year-old Nice and France centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo. (Football.London)

Wolves are poised to report financial losses of £65m but will target up to two new signings in the January transfer window. Viktoria Plzen forward Rafiu Durosinmi, 20, remains a £7m target, although Eintracht Frankfurt also want the Nigerian. (Telegraph – subscription needed)

Fulham are weighing up a January bid for Montpellier’s 23-year-old Nigerian forward Akor Adams. (Football Insider)

Barcelona could terminate Clement Lenglet’s Aston Villa loan in the January transfer window and then try to sell the 28-year-old France defender, with AC Milan interested. (Football Insider)

Chelsea are prepared to sell left-back Ian Maatsen in the January transfer window, with Manchester City, West Ham, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Roma interested in the 21-year-old Dutchman. (90min)

Chelsea have no intention of letting 21-year-old English winger Noni Madueke leave on loan in January. (Athletic – subscription needed)

Bayern Munich and Germany forward Thomas Muller, 34, is close to signing a new contract with the club. (Bild – in German, subscription needed)

Paris St-Germain’s France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, and boss Luis Enrique’s relationship has deteriorated. (AS – in Spanish)

Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the club will target a loan midfielder in January in a deal similar to the one that brought Edgar Davids to the club in 2004. (EFE, via ESPN)

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, 33, is considering coming out of international retirement to play for Germany at Euro 2024. (Bild – in German, subscription needed)

Paulo Xavier has left his role as Real Madrid’s Latin America scout to join Arsenal, and will work in South America with two other scouts. (Athletic – subscription needed)