Paper Talk: Schweinsteiger set for big pay-off; Bentaleb exit

Bastian Schweinsteiger: Set for the boot

Bastian Schweinsteiger: Set for the boot

Manchester United are hoping to pay off Bastian Schweinsteiger in January, while Ander Herrera is in line for a new deal.

UNITED TO CUT LOSSES ON SCHWEINI; CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR HERRERA

Manchester United are prepared to release Bastian Schweinsteiger with a £10million severance package, according to a report.

Despite this week returning to first-team training this week the 32-year-old has no future at Old Trafford and Jose Mourinho wants to offload the former Germany international in January – if the club can get someone to take him.

The Sun claim “United have all but resigned themselves to the fact they will have to give 32-year-old the staggering payoff “.

The Bayern Munich legend is believed to be on around £180,000-a-week and is owed around £18.7million in wages with two years to run on the three-year deal he penned in July 2015.

The paper quotes an ‘Old Trafford insider’: “Bastian is fulfilling his obligations by training each day and is in terrific shape.

“He’s looking as good as he has since he arrived at the club.

“United are hoping a club will still come forward to take him off their hands in the upcoming window, but there are no takers as of yet.”

Schweinsteiger has not featured under Mourinho this season and are hoping to offload him in January rather than pay him until the end of the season.

Meanwhile, Clubcall claim Ander Herrera, 27, is ready to sign a new deal with United which will take him beyond his 30th birthday.

Herrera’s existing deal runs out in the summer of 2018. In addition, United are believed to have the option of a further year.

The £30million midfield recruit from Athletic Bilbao, who has been inconsistent since his arrival in 2014, is currently on around £90,000 a week and although he’s unlikely to see a major raise he will welcome the security of another long-term deal.

Ander Herrera

AND THE REST

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has asked his agent to say sorry to City manager Pep Guardiola. Dimitri Seluk criticised Guardiola’s decision to leave the 32-year-old out of his side (Mirror)

Reported Liverpool target Geoffrey Kondogbia has hinted that he may be set to quit Inter Milan (L’Equipe)

England and Scotland are unlikely to be punished with a points deduction if they defy FIFA and wear armbands with poppies in next week’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley. (Independent)

Napoli are considering making an offer for 25-year-old striker Simone Zaza, whose transfer from Juventus to West Ham will be made permanent if he plays 10 matches for the Hammers. (Il Mattino)

Former Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is in line to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as manager of Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG. (Telegraph)

Barcelona’s 29-year-old forward Lionel Messi will not face any punishment by UEFA, despite reports he clashed with Manchester City players in the tunnel after Tuesday’s 3-1 Champions League defeat. (Mirror)

Borussia Dortmund left striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang out of Wednesday’s Champions League victory over Sporting Lisbon because the 27-year-old returned late from a party in Italy. (Bild)

Former Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink could take over at Inter Milan following the sacking of Frank de Boer. (Mail)

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Tottenham are “one-dimensional” with “predictable” tactics says ex-Spurs midfielder Danny Murphy (Mirror)

Gareth Bale can become the best player in the world if he gets a bit nastier, says ex-Liverpool and England striker Stan Collymore (Mirror)

Bournemouth midfielder Jack Wilshere joked about his injury record as he enjoyed a spot of paddle boarding on the south coast (various)

Dimitar Berbatov could make his shock return to the Premier League with Swansea (Mirror)

Watford manager Walter Mazzarri fears his captain Troy Deeney is suffering from a psychological hang-up on the brink of his century of goals for the Hornets (Mirror)

Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham

Tottenham midfielder Nabil Bentaleb could seal a £17m switch to Schalke in January (Sun)

Chelsea’s 21-year-old forward Bertrand Traore has questioned the Blues’ decision to send him on loan to Ajax this season. (Evening Standard)

Queens Park Rangers are considering replacing their manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink with the former Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood. (Mail)

The American university Harvard has suspended its men’s football team for the rest of the season because they compiled a ‘report’ on the attractiveness of the women’s team. (Harvard Crimson)

Burnley defender Michael Keane is set to keep his place in Gareth Southgate’s England squad. (Daily Star)

Barcelona have opened contract talks with Luis Suarez and are confident the striker will sign a new deal despite talk of a world-record transfer to Manchester United (Mail)

The father and agent of West Ham striker Simone Zaza is heading to London this weekend for talks over his son’s future (Mail)

A Manchester United fan group claims it is planning to fly a “Mourinho Out’ banner over Old Trafford (Express)

Liverpool are set to appoint technical director Michael Edwards as their new sporting director. (Liverpool Echo)