Arsenal will revisit their pursuit of Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz during the January break.

Arsenal had three bids for Luiz rejected in September 2022 -- the final offer totalling around £25 million ($31.6m) -- and the Brazil international subsequently signed a new contract which ties him to Villa Park until 2026.

Arsenal have limited funds available after spending more than £200 million in the summer.

FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta has been named the 2023 MLS MVP.

Acosta, 29, received 60.37% of the vote among players, media and technical staff to easily beat LAFC forward Denis Bouanga, who received 14.97%.

Acosta led the league with 31 goal contributions during the regular season, with 17 goals and 14 assists, and helped Cincinnati to their first Supporters Shield.

"I'm very proud of this team," Acosta said in a video produced by the team that was shot when he was told he had won the award.

"I think everybody deserves something this year. We deserve more. We have to give it our all. Let's go."

He later joked, "I don't want to go to practice. I won the MVP."

Gavi will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL while playing for Spain on Sunday. Gavi also injured his lateral meniscus. 

"Tests carried out on Monday on the first team player Gavi have shown that he has a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and an associated injury to the lateral meniscus," Barça said in a statement.

"The player will have surgery in the coming days after which a new medical update will be released."

Barcelona is angry over the injury as Spain had already secured their place at Euro 2024.

Bayern Munich has signed Adelaide United teenager Nestory Irankunda for £2.85 million.

Irankunda’s move to Bayern had been long-expected and was confirmed on Tuesday night.

“I’m happy to have this all finalised and to be heading to one of the best clubs in the world, it’s a real dream come true,” Irankunda said in a statement. “It’s going to be great to be able to see out the season with Adelaide United and try to have some success."

Napoli have hired Walter Mazzarri as their manager after firing Rudi Garcia.

Mazzarri previously managed Napoli from 2009 until 2013.

Napoli sit fourth in Serie A, 10 points behind league leaders Inter Milan. 

Manchester United are refusing to meet with agents they believe are preparing to pitch their clients to replace Erik ten Hag as manager.

Despite a run of nine defeats in 18 games to start the new campaign, Ten Hag continues to have the confidence of key decision makers with United.

The representative of a well-known manager, who is out of work, had a scheduled meeting cancelled because of concerns the conversation would focus on the potential uncertainty surrounding the manager's job.

Mauricio Pochettino has apologized to Pep Guardiola and the match officials after his furious outburst at the end of Chelsea's 4-4 draw with Manchester City.

Pochettino argued with referee Anthony Taylor about stopping the match when Chelsea were searching for a fifth goal.

Pochettino failed to shake hands with Guardiola and was booked for the encounter with Taylor.

"I need to apologize to Anthony [Taylor] and the officials," said Pochettino. "In this moment, I feel Raheem [Sterling] can go through to score the fifth. In this moment when we finish the game, I turn to Anthony and say 'What the, you know, is going on? Why stop in this moment the action?'

"Then, I turned and said 'I deserve to be booked' because yes, I crossed the limit. I want to apologize because it is not a good image for me and for football, this type of behavior."

Pushed on ignoring Guardiola at full time, Pochettino said: "I want to apologize to him also. In this moment, I didn't see him. I was only focused on the action. So I want to apologize to Pep also."

Guardiola played down the incident when asked. "No problem," he said. "It is not a problem. I don't want to talk about that, it is fine. Everyone with the emotions, it happened to me sometimes. It's fine, honestly. I don't want you to misunderstand me, in the past it happened with Pochettino but it's fine. Completely, completely fine."

Barcelona has "total" faith in Xavi Hernandez despite the club's recent dip in form.

Barcelona were defeated 1-0 by Shakhtar Donetsk in Tuesday's Champions League match.

Sources close to Xavi told ESPN that any questions about his future as coach were "out of place" given his track record at the club.

Xavi was hired as manager in 2021.

Inter Miami has agreed to sign Luis Suarez on a one-year deal with an option for a second year.

Suarez, 36, will depart the Porto Alegre-based club at the end of the Brazilian Serie A season in December, despite only being halfway through the two-year contract he signed in December 2022.

Inter Miami also has former Barcelona players Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. Suarez spent six seasons with Barcelona.

Barcelona are tracking Mexico international Santiago Gimenez.

Gimenez has scored 13 times in 10 Eredivisie matches for Feyenoord.

Baraa have sent various scouts to watch Gimenez since he joined Feyenoord from Cruz Azul in 2022. Gimenez has been compared to Luis Suarez as a goal scorer.