Aston Villa have doubts about making Alejandro Garnacho’s loan deal a permanent one, Brighton to stand firm on Diego Gomez amid interest, and Manchester United managerial candidates have concern over players.

Aston Villa will consider backing out of their deal to sign on-loan winger Alejandro Garnacho from Chelsea on a permanent basis if the 22-year-old Argentine’s form does not improve. (Football Insider), external

England winger Jadon Sancho, 26, who is a free agent, wants to meet Getafe’s manager before making a decision over joining the Spanish side on a deal until the end of the season. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Brighton will not sell Paraguayan midfielder Diego Gomez, 23, in January despite interest from Atletico Madrid and AC Milan. (Teamtalk), external

Real Madrid’s Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, 33, is fully focused on life at the Bernabeu despite links with Tottenham. (Bild – in German), external

Managerial candidates in contention to replace Michael Carrick as Manchester United boss believe the dressing room is “out of control” and players “talk too much”. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Liverpool are prepared to take up the 55m euro (£46m) option to buy on-loan Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo on a permanent basis if the 27-year-old Uruguay international maintains his impressive form. (Marca – in Spanish), external

Brazilian forward Endrick’s future at Real Madrid remains uncertain and the 20-year-old could leave on loan in January amid interest from AC Milan and Roma – even though manager Jose Mourinho recently ruled it out. (Marca – in Spanish), external

Spain forward Dani Olmo has no plans to leave Barcelona, despite the 28-year-old being linked with Bayern Munich. (Sky Sports Germany), external

Atletico Madrid are open to triggering the 25m euro (£21m) option to turn 26-year-old Canada forward Jonathan David’s loan move from Juventus into a permanent switch, although no final decision has been made. (Sky Sports Germany), external