Transfer gossip: Liverpool linked with QPR keeper

A round-up of the latest transfer speculation involving QPR and Chelsea…

Liverpool are lining up QPR goalkeeper Robert Green as competition for Simon Mignolet, the Evening Standard say.

West London Sport recently revealed Rangers were looking to offload Green as he is five appearances away from automatically earning himself a new contract, due to a clause in his current deal.

The Standard suggest Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are also interested in the 35-year-old, with Palace prepared to allow Alex McCarthy to go back to QPR.

The Derbyshire Telegraph reckon Burton Albion’s Nasser El Khayati is a potential replacement for Charlie Austin at Loftus Road.

It is claimed that El Khayati, a key player for Burton during Rangers boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s time in charge of the Brewers, is attracting interest from a number of clubs.

Birmingham City are also said to be interested in the 26-year-old, who has scored eight goals this season.

The Daily Telegraph picks up on rumours from the European media linking Chelsea with Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gundogan, Valencia defender Aymen Abdennour and Dinamo Zagreb keeper Adrian Semper.

Reports in Spain suggest Dortmund may use midfielder Gundogan as part of a swap deal for Ramires, while the French press claim the Blues retain an interest in Abdennour, who left Monaco for Valencia in the summer.

The Telegraph also quotes Dinamo manager Zoran Mamic as saying the Blues had representatives in Zagreb to table an offer for Semper.

And once again, Blues striker Diego Costa is being tipped for a return to Atletico Madrid by the Spanish press.

The Independent believes Atletico may need to do a deal this month to preempt the transfer ban placed on them by Fifa.