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Matt Taylor is leaving Exeter City to take over at Rotherham. Jurgen Klopp wants to play less games in football. FA Cup draw makes the 4th qualifying round for the first time. National League sides are in the pot for firsttime. National league South Blyth Spartans host Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham in FA cup. 9th-tier Congleton Town face a trip to Kidderminster Harriers. If they get past a replay with AFC Fylde, they could play a League 1 or 2 team in first round proper.
Chris Wilder has been sacked as Middlesbrough manager. Rob Edwards is favourite for the job despite being sacked by Watford a week ago. Carlos Corberan is also on the club's radar. Eric ten Hag wants to stop giving players new contracts. Chelsea and Arsenal are interested in Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic. Manchester United want to sell players on long-term contracts rather than carry them. They want a change in approach. John Terry, Roy Keane and Duncan Ferguson are potential candidates. Bournemouth's Gary O'Neil, Sean Dyche and Scott Parker are also in the frame.
Manchester United's attitude was bad from the start of the derby. Chelsea are interested in signing Christopher Nkunku and Josko Gvardiol from Red Bull Leipzig. Liverpool are preparing themselves for a transfer battle to land Youri Tielemans. Haaland's hat-trick in the Manchester derby earned him a perfect rating from L'Equipe. Lionel Messi is the only player to get a ten-out-ten twice for two Champions League performances for Barcelona. He is in good company with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Robert Lewandowski.
Manchester United are interested in signing Benfica striker Goncalo Ramos. Chris Wilder has been sacked as Middlesbrough manager. Phil Foden is close to signing a new contract with Manchester City. Erik ten Hag has deemed Donny van de Beek surplus to requirements. The Athletic reveal that the final details of a six-year contract are being prepared. The Dutchman has started just four Premier League games for the Red Devils since his big-money transfer. He was shipped out to Everton on loan at the back end of last season. His contract at Old Trafford is up this week.
Arsenal are interested in signing Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus. PSG, Bayern Munich and Chelsea are also interested. Sevilla and Valencia are keen on Manchester United's Anthony Martial. Reims want to sign Arsenal's Folarin Balogun permanently. Erling wants Jude to join him at Borussia Dortmund. He is also keen to follow in the footsteps of his former team-mate Filipe Luis. He wants to move to Manchester City. The 19-year-old midfielder is attracting interest from a number of clubs. Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester Utd are all interested, but Haaland is keeping his options open.
