Newcastle track Manchester City and Manchester United midfielders to replace Sandro Tonali – Paper Round

The Sun names four players – Scott McTominay, Kalvin Phillips, Joao Palhinha and Amadou Onana – who could replace Sandro Tonali at Newcastle if he has to serve a suspension for alleged betting offences.

“His absence will be a hammer blow to Newcastle’s prospects, both in terms of landing silverware and progressing far in the Champions League. And it’s prompted the club to suddenly reshape their January plans, with Man City star Kalvin Phillips now being touted for a loan move.

“Newcastle have also continued to track Scott McTominay, who has remained at Manchester United having initially seemed certain to leave in the summer. However, his valuation to United has undoubtedly risen in recent weeks, scoring in the wins over Brentford and Sheffield United before starting the Champions League clash with Copenhagen.

The Daily Mail claims that Pep Guardiola wants Bayern Munich forward Jamal Musiala, but faces competition.

“The Spaniard’s comments come just a day after Musiala scored Bayern’s third goal of the match in a 3-1 victory over Galatasaray.

“While Bayern are desperate to tie him down to a long-term contract, the attacker is currently assessing his options before committing his future.

“Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are also said to be interested in the youngster, too.”

Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy has 15 goals already this season and he is attracting interest due to a low release clause, according to The Sun.

“The goal-scoring menace has a bargain release clause that makes him an attractive target for many of the top English clubs in the new year.

“He has outscored the likes of Harry Kane, Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland who are widely regarded as the world’s best strikers.

“But what makes Guirassy even more attractive is his release clause is worth just £15million and will be active in both winter and summer transfer windows.

“Fulham are desperate to replace Aleksander Mitrovic following his £50million move to Al-Hilal over the summer.”