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Arsenal & Chelsea target Isak - Friday's gossip

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Chelsea and Arsenal are both keen on Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, Manchester United briefed on Alphonso Davies' contract situation at Bayern Munich, Graham Potter sounded out by Wolves and West Ham.

Arsenal and Chelsea are both targeting a striker and the two London clubs have a similar list of targets, which includes Newcastle United's Sweden forward Alexander Isak, 25. (Caught Offside)

Manchester United have also made signing a striker the club's top priority in the January transfer window. (Mirror)

Bayern Munich have made significant progress regarding a contract extension for their Canada international Alphonso Davies, with Manchester United aware the 24-year-old left-back is likely to sign a new deal despite their interest. (Floran Plettenberg, Sky Germany)

Manchester United are behind Chelsea in the race to sign Lecce's 20-year-old Denmark left-back Patrick Dorgu. (Teamtalk)

Former Chelsea and Brighton manager Graham Potter has been sounded out by both Wolves and West Ham. (Talksport)

Former Borussia Dourtmund coach Edin Terzic will not become the new manager of West Ham if Lopetegui is relieved of his position, but ex-Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand is in contention. (Florian Plettenberg)

Former West Ham boss David Moyes is among the contenders for the Wolves job should Gary O'Neil be sacked but Luton boss Rob Edwards is an outsider, having been well thought of at Molineux where he spent four years as a player. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Brighton and Southampton are tracking tracking 18-year-old Motherwell teenager Lennon Miller, with the Scotland Under-21 also interesting Liverpool and Newcastle. (Daily Mail - subscription required)

Liverpool are in contact with Bayer Leverkusen over a move for 23-year-old Dutch right-back Jeremie Frimpong. (Caught Offside)

Manchester City will allow Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, 33, to join one of the City Football Group's sister clubs when he leaves the Premier League side. (Telegraph - subscription required)

But David Beckham's Inter Miami have made De Bruyne their main transfer target. (Mirror)

Everton's Guinea-Bissau striker Beto, 26, and Mali midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, 31, are both wanted by Roma. (Gazzetta dello Sport via Football Italia)

Liverpool are confident France defender Ibrahima Konate, 25, will sign a new contract with the club as talks progress over a new deal. (Fabrizio Romano)

Juventus and Marseille are interested in signing Chelsea's 23-year-old France defender Benoit Badiashile. (Caught Offside)

Chelsea have made contact with Benfica over a deal to sign Portugal centre-back Tomas Araujo, 22, with the London club willing to let French defender Axel Disasi, 26, leave in January. (Teamtalk)

Arsenal's Fabio Vieira's long-term future at the club is in doubt with the Gunners ready to listen to offers for the 24-year-old Portuguese midfielder, who is currently on loan at Porto. (Daily Mail - subscription required)

Barcelona director of football Deco has met with the representatives of Germany defender Jonathan Tah, 28, who is out of contract at Bayer Leverkusen next summer. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)