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• West Brom have made contact with Alan Pardew and held preliminary talks over replacing sacked boss Tony Pulis.
• Arsenal have denied that they are holding open trials after fake adverts emerged.
• Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has played down suggestions he has fallen out with Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made Schalke’s Leon Goretzka his No 1 midfield target for next summer.
• Ivan Rakitic admits he can’t be certain Lionel Messi will stay at Barcelona after the summer.
• Nacho Monreal reckons Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will be Arsenal players until at least the end of the season.
• Thibaut Courtois has put Real Madrid on alert by shelving contract negotiations until the end of the season – when he will have just one year left on his deal.
• Gary Megson has told West Brom’s stars they must drastically improve swiftly to avoid relegation.
• Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce has revealed Jonathan Kodjia is set to undergo an operation on his ankle injury.
• Leeds head coach Thomas Christiansen has described Wolves as the “best team” in the Championship.
• Arsenal will open talks with Schalke midfielder Leon Goretzka over a proposed switch to north London next season.
• Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, which surprisingly missed out on staging matches for the 13-city Euro 2020 tournament, is back in strong contention to be a host venue.
• Louis van Gaal has not been approached by Everton regarding their vacant manager’s job.
• Manchester City are battling to keep highly-rated starlet Javairo Dilrosun.
• Chris Smalling has questioned Gareth Southgate’s decision to drop him and vowed to prove the England manager wrong before the World Cup.
• Ashley Young’s resurgence this season has prompted Manchester United to trigger an option to extend his contract by an extra year.
• Newcastle owner Mike Ashley will hold out for a minimum of £350m after turning down a performance-based opening bid for the Premier League club.