Papers: Man City set their price for Sterling

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  Paper Talk Manchester City has placed a £67.5m price tag on Raheem Sterling as Barcelona prepares to make a move for the England winger. Antonio Conte has reportedly rejected the chance to take over as Newcastle manager as he is holding out for the Manchester United role to become available. Newcastle is planning a shock swoop for Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone and also wants the club's sporting director Andrea Berta. Manchester United is planning a January clear-out with Donny van de Beek and Anthony Martial at the top of the list of those players who could be on their way out of Old Trafford. Sergio Aguero might only spend a single season with Barcelona before finally linking up with his friend Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain. Everton is said to be looking at Morecambe teenager Connor Pye, who has been touted as "the next Andy Robertson." European Super League chiefs are planning a second launch with numerous changes to rules, including no permanent membership
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Karim Benzema stunner and Kylian Mbappe strike clinch Nations League trophy for France

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 Report as a Karim Benzema stunner and the controversial winner from Kylian Mbappe see world champions France fights back from Mikel Oyarzabal's opener to clinch the Nations League crown with a 2-1 win over Spain.

Kylian Mbappe gained redemption for his Euro 2020 disappointment by scoring France's Nations League-clinching goal in their 2-1 win over Spain, as the final lived up to a week of remarkable drama in the competition.

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar had missed his country's crucial spot-kick in their last-16 shoot-out exit to Switzerland in the summer but he scored a penalty to put France into this final and made no mistake when VAR surprisingly called an offside decision in his favor 10 minutes from time in Milan.

Initially this showdown between two of Europe's heavyweights had struggled to live up to the twists and turns of the midweek semis, with Raphael Varane's thigh injury the main talking point from a cagey first half - but the contest came to life in the space of three second-half minutes.

Mikel Oyarzabal (64) got the better of Varane's replacement, Dayot Upamecano, to put Spain in front just seconds after Karim Benzema had crashed a shot against the underside of the bar - but the France striker responded himself moments later with a sensational, curling shot past Unai Simon (66) to equalize 😓😓😓😓😓😓🍓🍓🍓🍓.

That set the stage for Mbappe to tuck away Theo Hernandez's deflected through ball and make the world champions the second-ever Nations League winners, a triumph which signals their return to form just over a year out from their World Cup title defense.

How it happened...

Ahead of kick-off, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp had praised the improvement in France's performance levels during their semi-final comeback win over Belgium after their below-par Euro 2020 campaign, and Didier Deschamps' side were out of the traps quickly on Sunday, with Benzema just failing to profit from a fine Paul Pogba through ball before Aymeric Laporte had to scramble away a Benjamin Pavard cross.

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