CLUBS are preparing for a winter spending spree, with Chelsea hoping to join the party after being forbidden to sign anyone other than Mateo Kovacic in the summer.

Lionel Messi has spoken out on Neymar, saying he had hoped would return to Barcelona over the summer – but instead it could be another PSG star arriving at the Nou Camp…

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• CELTIC could be set to lose defender Jack Hendry by next week.

  The Scot has yet to play this season, while he turned down a loan deal to Kilmarnock earlier this month.

  But the Portuguese transfer window remains open until September 22, and Daily Record reports Santa Clara, Tondela and Vitoria Guimaraes all want him to move to Liga NOS.

  Farense in the second tier are also hoping to attract the 24-year-old on a season-long loan.

• PAUL POGBA'S agent Mino Raiola has Crystal Palace talisman Wilfried Zaha in his sights to make sure he gets his big-money switch.

  Disillusioned former Manchester United star Zaha missed out on a £80million move to Arsenal and Everton in the summer.

  Now Raiola is leading a number of agents who are chasing Zaha, who has sacked his management company USM after their failure to land him a big club.

  Palace refused to lower their valuation of a player they re-signed from United for just £6m in 2015.

  USM will claim compensation if another party brokers a January transfer for the Ivory Coast international.

• CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI will seal his £100,000-a-week, five-year deal at Chelsea after returning from injury, writes SunSport's Mike McGrath.

  The England forward, 18, played 61 minutes in Friday’s reserve clash at Brighton after five months out with an Achilles injury.

  And the Blues are now ready to announce Hudson-Odoi’s new terms, which will put an end to Bayern Munich’s interest in the teenager.

• DIEGO SIMEONE has brought his 16-year-old son across from South America to play for Atletico Madrid's youth team.

  Giuliano has quit River Plate in Buenos Aires without permission to join his father in Spain.

  He will begin playing for Atletico's Under-18 team in the Division de Honor and will remain in Spain for the rest of the season.

  River Plate have asked for compensation from the La Liga giants according to Argentine daily newspaper Ole, and they are thought to be willing to pay £223,000.

  Fifa have approved the move.

• BARCELONA are considering a shock swoop for Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe after they failed to land Neymar in the summer, it has been claimed.

  The Catalans were hopeful of a reunion with their old forward, 27, but have reportedly grown tired with the difficulty of the deal.

  And the Spanish champions will now switch their attention to Mbappe, 20, who has many fans in Barcelona’s board room, according to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo.

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