TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester City have made enquiries about signing striker Wilfried Bony, 26, from Swansea in January for £30m. (Telegraph) Wednesdays Times back page City will face competition for Bonys signature from Chelsea, who are also interested in the Ivory Coast international. (Times - subscription required) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has identified central midfield as the area he will look to strengthen when the January transfer window opens. (Guardian) The Gunners are submitting a £25.5m bid for 22-year-old Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho. (Daily Star) AC Milan have told clubs including Arsenal and Liverpool that striker Stephan El Shaarawy, 22, will cost £11.5m if they want to sign him in January. (Daily Express) Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers wants to sign Villarreals 21-year-old Argentine striker Luciano Vietto, who has been dubbed the new Sergio Aguero. ( Mirror) Everton are weighing up a short-term move for Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi, 33, because of an injury to Tim Howard, 35, who has been ruled out for up to six weeks. (Daily Mail) Promising Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 16, will snub Europes top clubs and sign for Southampton. (Daily Star) OTHER GOSSIP Tony Pulis would be willing to work alongside a director of football at West Brom as long as guarantees of complete control of the club were included in his contract. (Guardian) Tony Pulis quit as Crystal Palace manager before the start of the season Pulis has also rejected the chance to replace Alan Pardew as manager at Newcastle because of fears that owner Mike Ashley would pick the team. (Daily Mail) Ashley is considering giving caretaker boss John Carver the Magpies managers job on a permanent basis. (Mirror) Neil Warnock says he is not bitter about his departure from Crystal Palace manager and thinks Pardew would be the ideal choice to succeed him at Selhurst Park. (Talksport) Pardew returned to Newcastles training ground to say goodbye to players and staff before his appointment at Palace. (Newcastle Chronicle) Brighton chief executive Paul Barber says the club are hopeful of naming Sami Hyypias successor as manager in the next few days. (Sky Sports) BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Southampton urged one of its supporters to pluck up the courage to ask out a girl he liked on its official Twitter feed. A Saints fan got in touch with the club to try to find out the name of a supporter sat near him. The club tweeted: Man up and ask if she fancies a drink - no lady can resist a hot Bovril. AND FINALLY... Some Chelsea fans put their club allegiance first by refusing to give a Christmas kiss to a model wearing a Tottenham shirt during a social experiment. (Metro)
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