Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, is set to agree a deal to join Inter Miami next season. (Times – subscription required)
Chelsea and United States forward Christian Pulisic, 24, is being monitored by Manchester United, Newcastle and Arsenal. (Mail)
Manchester United are exploring a loan move for Pulisic in January. (ESPN)
Liverpool want to sign two midfielders next year with three of their senior midfielders – Englishmen Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 29, and James Milner, 36, and Guinean Naby Keita, 27 – out of contract at the end of the season. (Football Insider)
Liverpool have held discussions with two Middle East-based consortiums over a takeover. (Mail)
Newcastle are prepared to make a move for Vasco da Gama’s Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos, 18, in January. (Northern Echo)
Rio Ferdinand says his ex-Manchester United team-mate David Beckham will “come with a consortium” to buy the Old Trafford club. (FIVE)
Tottenham have “concrete” interest in signing Club Brugge’s Denmark winger Andreas Skov Olsen, 22, in January. (Het Nieuwsblad via Express)
The long-term future of Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 30, at Aston Villa is in doubt due to friction with new manager Unai Emery. (Football Insider)
Chelsea have been scouting Ecuador and Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie, 20, at the World Cup. (Mirror)
Juventus are plotting a move for Athletic Bilbao and Spain forward Nico Williams, 20. (AS – in Spanish)
AC Milan want to sign 22-year-old Switzerland forward Noah Okafor from Red Bull Salzburg. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
AC Milan also want to bring in Morocco midfielder Hakim Ziyech, 29, on loan from Chelsea, with a view to making it permanent. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)
Barcelona will offer a new five-year deal to 19-year-old Spanish left-back Alejandro Balde. (Fabrizio Romano)
Inter are lining up a £20m move for Fulham and United States left-back Antonee Robinson, 25. (Sun)
Leeds will give 19-year-old Spanish striker Mateo Joseph a new contract a year after he signed from Espanyol. (Sun)
How to follow the Fifa World Cup on the BBC
The World Cup in Qatar has started – and BBC Sport has you covered with all the fixture and TV information.
You can follow live text commentary of every game on the BBC Sport website, plus reports, news and analysis throughout the tournament.
There will be coverage of all 64 matches on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, with a World Cup Daily podcast.
Monday, 28 November (all times GMT)
Group G: Cameroon v Serbia (10:00) – ITV
Group H: South Korea v Ghana (13:00) – BBC
Group G: Brazil v Switzerland (16:00) – ITV
Group H: Portugal v Uruguay (19:00) – ITV
