Football gossip: Ordonez, Salah, Mateta, Fernandes, Traore, Vinicius Jr

Liverpool are set to spend £43m on defender Joel Ordonez, Roma want Mohamed Salah back, while Manchester United eye Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeremy Jacquet.

Liverpool are set to sign Club Brugge’s Ecuador defender Joel Ordonez, 21, in January for a fee of up to £43m. (Mirror)

Roma are keen to re-sign Liverpool‘s 33-year-old Egypt winger Mohamed Salah but are unlikely to make a move until the summer. (La Repubblica – in Italian, subscription)

Manchester United are interested in Crystal Palace‘s 28-year-old France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta and Rennes’ 20-year-old French defender Jeremy Jacquet. (Sky Sports)

Manchester United are planning to sell Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 31, and are not ruling out the possibility of a January exit. (Football Insider)

West Ham continue to pursue Fulham‘s Spain winger Adama Traore, 29, although his wage demands could prevent a deal from being agreed. (Telegraph – subscription)

Real Madrid are expected to resume contract negotiations with 25-year-old Brazil forward Vinicius Jr, who is keen to stay. (AS – in Spanish)

West Ham have agreed to sign Lazio’s 27-year-old Argentina striker Taty Castellanos for 29m euros (£25m). (Fabrizio Romano)

Nottingham Forest want Wolves‘ Norway forward Jorgen Strand Larsen. The 25-year-old is also on Crystal Palace’s radar. (Telegraph – subscription)

Chelsea are considering making an offer for Santos’ 19-year-old Brazilian defender Souza, although AC Milan are frontrunners for his signature. (AS – in Spanish)

Fulham, Crystal Palace and Sunderland are monitoring Paris FC’s 27-year-old Algeria midfielder Ilan Kebbal. (Football Insider)

Chelsea are interested in 18-year-old Greece and Genk midfielder Konstantinos Karetsas, who has been linked with Arsenal. (Mirror)

Inter Milan want to turn 30-year-old Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji’s loan from Manchester City into a permanent move. (Gazzetta – in Italian)

Manchester United are not planning to recall 18-year-old English defender Harry Amass from his loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday. (Sun)

Newcastle are set to approach Toulouse over signing 19-year-old French defender Dayann Methalie. (Mail)

West Ham are interested in out of favour Chelsea and England midfielder Raheem Sterling, 31. (Talksport)

Bayern Munich would sell 30-year-old Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka in January, with Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United interested.