Paper Talk: Contract stance prompts Real to up interest in Spurs star

Real Madrid have stepped up their efforts to land a key Tottenham star, while a Chelsea man has made a U-turn and wants to stay at the club, according to Tuesday’s papers.

 

REAL STEP UP EFFORTS TO LAND SPURS STAR 

Real Madrid are reportedly ramping up their interest in Christian Eriksen, following the latest reports that the Dane has snubbed Tottenham’s latest contract offer.

The Danish playmaker was heavily linked with a move to the Bernabeu over the summer, but a move never materialised and the 27-year-old remained in north London.

Eriksen is yet to sign a new contract, which means that should he remain a Spurs player after January’s transfer deadline but could then depart the club for free next summer.

Football Insider (also via Sports Mole) reports that Spurs have offered Eriksen a bumper new deal worth £230,000-a-week, but that the former Ajax man is rejecting all offers put in front of him.

Marca claims that news has prompted Real to step up their efforts to bring in Eriksen, with the report also claiming that they may make a cut-price offer in January to see if Tottenham are willing to part with the player then rather than lose for nothing.

 

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Martin Dubravka is close to signing a new deal at Newcastle (The Sun)

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AC Milan are braced for a staggering takeover bid from the world’s second most valuable man Bernard Arnault (The Sun)

Chelsea and Brazil winger Willian wants to stay at Stamford Bridge, but the club is yet to offer the 31-year-old a new deal (Daily Express)

Pep Guardiola is contemplating shaking up Manchester City’s defence after the weekend’s shambolic capitulation at Norwich (Daily Mail)

Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte has lashed out at the Italian media for their “fixation” with formations and explained that the press in England “didn’t give a damn” (Daily Mail)

Arsenal defender Rob Holding is ready to declare himself fully fit following his 10-month injury hell to leave creaky centre-half pairing Sokratis and David Luiz in jeopardy (Daily Mail)

Former Sheffield United chairman Kevin McCabe has been told he will not be welcome at Bramall Lane if he fights the High Court ruling which awards full control of the club to his co-owner Prince Abdullah (Daily Mail)

Jurgen Klopp has laughed off suggestions from his agent that he could end up leaving Liverpool because of the weather (Daily Mirror)

Pep Guardiola may hand Joao Cancelo his first Manchester City start in the wake of Saturday’s shock defeat by Norwich (The Times)

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Liverpool supporters have been warned not to wear club colours in Naples city centre and to stay in their hotels to eat and drink before Tuesday’s Champions League opener (The Times)

Gareth Southgate’s England assistant Steve Holland will be in the Stamford Bridge stands to run the rule over Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham on Tuesday night (Daily Telegraph)

Mark Dempsey, one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first-team coaches, is expected to return to work with Manchester United next month after a period of sick leave (Daily Telegraph)

Kick It Out has been plunged into fresh turmoil after Garth Crooks quit over the appointment of Sanjay Bhandari as its new chairman (Daily Telegraph)

Rangers and Celtic have entered a new six-team cross-border competition after withdrawing from the SPFL Reserve League (Daily Record)

Christopher Jullien has set his sights on the Europa League and declared Celtic’s desire for success means they’re in it to win it (Daily Record)