The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday's newspapers...

Deco, Barcelona's sporting director, has claimed they are not interested in signing Manchester United's wantaway wonderkid JJ Gabriel -

Chelsea and Aston Villa do not have a January exit clause in Alejandro Garnacho's season-long loan -

Chelsea have reportedly suffered another injury scare, with reserve goalkeeper Mike Penders set to miss Belgium's Nations League game against Italy -

James Garner believes he may never have played for England had he stayed at Manchester United -

Manchester City star Antoine Semenyo has been forced to pull out of the Ghana squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Ivory Coast and Gambia -

Liverpool winger Bradley Barcola has been clocked as the fastest Premier League player in the top 20 speed rankings after five games -

Wayne Rooney has admitted he "doubts" he will return to management in the future -

English football's leading fans' group has criticised the UK Football Policing Unit for "bringing Hillsborough into the debate" around drinking in sight of the pitch -

Rob Edwards is among the options for Southampton if Tonda Eckert receives a lengthy ban over the "Spygate" saga and the Championship club need an interim appointment -

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has welcomed the prospect of West Ham bidding to purchase the London Stadium -

Dele has been offered a shock route back into football by League Two table-toppers Barnet -

Jota is in line for a return to action for Celtic in a bounce game during the international break -

Celtic star Camilo Duran could see his international debut for Colombia delayed after he was caught up in red tape, their manager Nestor Lorenzo has revealed -

Harvey Elliott has been accused of being 'well overweight for his physique' by the Spanish press after enduring a difficult start to his loan spell at Valencia -

Scott McTominay has returned to individual training with Napoli following a heart operation -

Nike cancelled a scheduled filming session for a campaign advert featuring the former Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema on Wednesday night after the sportswear company decided the footballer did not align with the brand's values -

Ingolstadt have sacked Sabrina Wittmann as manager just six months after handing her a new two-year deal -

FIFA council members will demand that Gianni Infantino include the abandoned World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair in his proposed external review of FIFA's governance -