Rumour Mill

Jorginho's agent has confirmed that the Italy midfielder agreed to join Manchester City in the summer but eventually signed for Chelsea because City failed to negotiate a deal with Napoli. (Metro)

Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos says he would have left the club if Zinedine Zidane had remained as manager. (Marca)

Russell Martin has joined his former Norwich team-mate Wes Hoolahan on trial at West Brom. (Sky Sports)

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp makes his foreign players learn English when they sign for the Reds - and will get sell those who don't make enough effort. (ESPN)

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson says he watched a replay of this summer's World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia because he wanted to learn as much as he could from it. (Evening Standard)

Tottenham full-back Kieran Trippier says he has watched his goal from England's World Cup semi-final defeat to Croatia "about 100 times". (The Sun)

Real Madrid midfielder Isco refused to answer a question at a Spain news conference, telling the reporter: "You will write what you want anyway, so why should I answer? We don't need people who are constantly criticising us." (El Pais)

Former Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov is mulling over a move for Charlton Athletic after cashing in his Gunners shares - worth £600m (Daily Mirror)

Anthony Martial has put his Manchester United contract talks on hold until he knows what is happening with Jose Mourinho. (The Sun)

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly keen on Ajax youngster Frenkie de Jong - who has caught the attention of Barcelona. (Daily Star)