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Transfer Talk: Nemanja Matic open to Man United exit in January

The transfer windows in Europe’s top leagues are closed, but it’s never too early to look forward to January. Click here to view the latest transfers, and keep up to date with the newest gossip below.

Matic mulling over United exit in January

Manchester Evening News claims Man United midfielder Nemanja Matic is open to leaving the club in the January transfer window, after growing increasingly frustrated at a lack of playing time under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The 31-year-old has started just two Premier League games this season, and with the European Championships just around the corner, the Serbian is worried his lack of first-team football could see him axed from his national side for the tournament next summer.

The former Chelsea man’s contract at Old Trafford expires at the end of the season, and he has been linked with a move to Inter Milan in recent weeks. United, however, have an option to extend the midfielder’s contract by a further season, to the summer of 2021, but could be tempted to cash in at the turn of the year and buy a younger replacement.

Real lie in wait for Mbappe contract snub

Real Madrid are confident Kylian Mbappe will turn down Paris Saint-Germain’s offer of a new contract, opening the door for the Frenchman to join Zinedine Zidane’s side, according to reports at Marca.

The 20-year-old has two and a half years remaining on his contract in the French capital, meaning his transfer value could begin to decrease in around six months’ time, if there is no indication that the World Cup winner will sign a new deal at the Parc des Princes.

Real president Florentino Perez is a long-term admirer of Mbappe, but the consensus among the Madrid hierarchy is there isn’t the required €300-400 million available to sign the former Monaco man as early as January, so are prepared to wait for the player to turn down a bumper contract offer and force the move through, himself.

The Parisians, meanwhile, are preparing to offer Mbappe a whopping €40 million a year to stay at the club beyond 2022.

Premier League giants in renewed Haaland hope

Premier League trio Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United have placed themselves on red alert after the father of highly-sought-after RB Salzburg striker Erling Haaland admitted his son is keen to play Premier League football.

Alf-Inge Haaland, who himself spent a decade in English football with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Man City, believes his son has the physical and technical qualities required to be a success in the English top flight.

Haaland senior said: “He’s built for the Premier League at one stage, I think. Whether that happens now or at a later stage, we don’t know.”

19-year-old Haaland junior has also been linked with moves to Real Madrid and Juventus, with reports claiming it will take a bid in the region of £90 million to prize the Norway international away from the Austrlian Bundesliga champions.

Tap ins

– Sources at Calciomercato believe AC Milan are monitoring Granit Xhaka‘s situation at Arsenal, and could make a move for axed Gunners skipper in January. Swiss international Xhaka was stripped of the captaincy by boss Unai Emery on Tuesday, and could now be sold to help ease tension in the Arsenal dressing room.

Calciomercato claims Crystal Palace are keeping tabs on Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst, as manager Roy Hodgson seeks desperately to add goals to his misfiring forward line. The 27-year-old Dutchman has scored five goals in ten Bundesliga games this season.

– Reports claim Paris Saint-Germain left back Layvin Kurzawa will leave the Ligue 1 champions at the end of the season on a free transfer. The 27-year-old joined the club in 2015 from Monaco, but is unlikely to be offered an extension to his contract, which expires next summer.

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