The Aston Villa striker has been in advanced talks with Aitor Karanka’s side over a potential January?move. But with?Les Canaris floundering at the bottom end of Ligue 1, the midfielder is earning rave reviews. Injury-plagued Carroll missed three months this season with a knee injury. s in the Premier LeagueDiego Costa scores a screamer for Chelsea at SouthamptonAnd last season he incredibly stated he wanted to sign Lionel Messi and even tried to snap up Ronaldinho before deciding, aged 36, he was too old. Related storiesNo ZonziSteven N'Zonzi has turned down approach from Everton to return to the Pr. osta was set to LEAVE Chelsea this summer - before Antonio Conte talked him round Buoyed by the massive payout after selling Oscar for £60million, Conte will lodge an initial bid of around £34m for the Bayern Munich star. Express just eight clubs earn over that amount in Europe, with Liverpool looking break that barrier in the near future. art to join Liverpool with Champions League footballItalian StallionsSix Italian-based youngsters who can help Serie A soar back to the top of world footballBOOKIES BEWAREWith nearly a full New Year's fixture list for punters to have a flutter on, we reveal Britain's top ten hotspots for football accumulator winsKARREN BRADYI don't know why Swansea sacked Garry Monk in the first place, he was doing a very good job Tottenham are also believed to be keen but Nourinho believes the player he managed while bossing Real would prefer a switch to Old Trafford. Keep up to date with ALL the Real Madrid?news, gossip and transfers on our club pageWhen asked about. But he got it against Southampton and his second-half? performance gave us momentum.