Football gossip: Mata, Allardyce, Lingard, Conte, Bilic

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata, 28, has held talks with manager Jose Mourinho over a new contract and is "desperate" to stay at the club. The Spain international has two years left on his current £130,000-a-week deal at Old Trafford. (Sun)


England manager Sam Allardyce is considering calling up Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard, 23, for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia. (Independent)

Chelsea will make a £25m move for Burnley defender Michael Keane, 23, in an effort to solve their defensive problems. (Daily Mirror)

Blues manager Antonio Conte could make a January move for Tottenham full-back Ben Davies, 23, who has failed to hold down a regular place at White Hart Lane. (ESPN)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is prepared to overhaul the Stamford Bridge squad if the players fail to convince Conte they can compete for major honours once again. (Telegraph)

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has just three games to save his job after just one win in their opening six Premier League matches. (Sun)

Stoke will continue to support manager Mark Hughes, despite the club failing to win any of their first six league games of the season and sitting 19th in the table. (Daily Mirror)

American Bob Bradley, currently at French side Le Havre, has held talks with Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins about replacing Francesco Guidolin as manager at the Liberty Stadium. (Sun)

Talks over a new contract for 17-year-old West Ham midfielder Reece Oxford have stalled, alerting Manchester United and Manchester City who are both interested in the player. Oxford has 18 months left on his deal at the London Stadium. (ESPN)

Best of social media

Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford apologised after 'liking' photos on Instagram by Mesut Ozil and Hector Bellerin, who were celebrating Arsenal's 3-0 win over the Blues.

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli posted a selfie on Twitter as the Premier League side prepared to fly to Russia to face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday.

And finally

British Olympic gold medallist and Arsenal fan Mo Farah says he would like to work as a fitness coach at Emirates Stadium once he has retired from athletics. (Daily Mail)