Manchester United's Louis van Gaal set to swoop for Valencia trio

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Newcastle are hoping to make a January move for Tottenham outcast Andros Townsend, but they will face competition from Aston Villa, West Brom and Sunderland.

Cristiano Ronaldo feels Manchester United's Memphis Depay is one of the best young players in the world and will bounce back from being dropped by Louis van Gaal.

Real Madrid great Ronaldo also believes Jose Mourinho is the best manager in the world despite the pair not enjoying the greatest of relationships when Mourinho was in charge at the Bernabeu.

Roy Hodgson delivered an amazing put-down to Jamie Vardy and told him to forget about playing as a center-forward for England.

Per Mertesacker has warned that Arsenal's title challenge could fall apart in Sunday's North London derby against Tottenham.

Remi Garde has been promised money to spend in January to keep Aston Villa up and has demanded the final say on all signings.

Eddie Howe says he has no sympathy for Steve McClaren's woes at Newcastle just 24 hours before they meet in a critical relegation battle.

Jermain Defoe believes his partnership with Steven Fletcher can fire Sunderland to safety.

Manchester United are plotting a triple raid on Valencia, with Louis van Gaal interested in signing center-back Shkodran Mustafi, left-back Jose Luis Gaya and midfielder Andre Gomes.

Roy Hodgson has told Jamie Vardy he has no right to demand to play as a central striker for England despite his trailblazing form for Leicester City.

Liverpool could move for Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen as competition for Simon Mignolet, with Jurgen Klopp a big fan of the former Borussia Monchengladbach number one.

Jesse Lingard says Louis van Gaal ordered his Manchester United players to ignore the fans' cries of 'attack, attack, attack' against CSKA Moscow.

Jose Mourinho will be able to communicate with his backroom team at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday despite his stadium ban - he will watch the game against Stoke from the Chelsea hotel.

Leighton Baines is set for a run-out for Everton in a behind closed doors friendly next week - the England left-back has not played this season because of an ankle injury.

Everton have put a £45million ($68.1m) price tag on striker Romelu Lukaku in an attempt to ward off potential buyers next summer.

UEFA are expected to move away from charging Manchester City after their supporters booed the Champions League anthem.

Nemanja Matic is sure Chelsea can cope without Jose Mourinho on the touchline against Stoke this weekend and has total faith in the rest of the club's coaching staff.

Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has revealed England goalkeeper Fraser Forster is close to making his comeback after knee surgery in March.

Claudio Ranieri has told Riyad Mahrez to forget about leaving Leicester and carry on 'growing up' before he joins one of the top sides.

Sam Allardyce has warned his Sunderland players that relegation can damage their lives on and off the pitch.

Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny is expected to return to the side to face Tottenham on Sunday despite missing the 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich through injury.

Jonny Evans has backed Wayne Rooney to return to his best form for Manchester United but hopes it will not happen this weekend when he takes on his former team-mate with West Brom.