Monday's gossip is led by Aston Villa midfielder Boubacar Kamara, and Manchester United have a few things on their plate too. As always, everything below is reported by the outlets named and none of it is confirmed.
The Premier League is now on a two-week international break, and the rumour mill has not stopped.
Kamara and Araujo
Chelsea, Inter Milan and Al-Hilal have all put Kamara on their watchlist after the 26-year-old France international's return from injury, according to German outlet Fussball News. Chelsea's interest is described as a summer one.
Liverpool and on-loan Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo plan to wait until the end of the season before deciding whether to turn the 27-year-old's move from Barcelona into a permanent switch for £47m, Spanish paper Sport says.
United's shopping list
Manchester United could be ready to make a huge offer for Nottingham Forest's Brazil centre-back Murillo, 24, in the summer, according to Football Insider. The same outlet says United made an approach for Manchester City defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, 25, in the summer and could try again in January.
The Manchester Evening News goes further. It says that if United sack head coach Michael Carrick, 45, then former Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, 48, and ex-Germany, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann, 39, remain the top two candidates to replace him. That is speculation only, and comes after United's 4-4 draw with Villa.
Everton and the rest
Everton are said to be ahead of Sunderland and Coventry in the race for 19-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder Abdoulaye Doumbia of Swedish side BK Hacken, and are admirers of 26-year-old Kelvin Yeboah, son of former Leeds striker Tony Yeboah, who has scored 18 goals in 32 games for Minnesota United, the Hard Tackle reports.
Elsewhere, several clubs are monitoring Lens defender Ismaelo Ganiou, 21, and a list of Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea are watching AC Milan's Belgium centre-back Koni de Winter, 24. Brazil forward Vitor Roque, 21, is valued at £42m by Palmeiras and has had contact with the representatives of Everton, Chelsea, United and Tottenham, according to Bolavip.
Gossip note: Rumours are reported as published by Fussball News, Sport, Football Insider, Teamtalk, Caught Offside, The Hard Tackle, Bolavip and the Manchester Evening News, via BBC Sport's Monday gossip column. None of it is confirmed.
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