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Trending: Ibrahimovic threat over Pogba, De Bruyne out for weeks

Here are the latest stories for Monday.

MAN UNITED: Mino Raiola has revealed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic jokingly threatened to "break his legs" if he had allowed Paul Pogba to join any other club besides Manchester United.

- Lukas Podolski has told Bild he believes Jose Mourinho's treatment of former Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is "ignoble."

- Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has hailed the impact Eric Bailly has made since arriving at the club.

MAN CITY: Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is reportedly set to be out for four weeks with the hamstring injury he sustained in Saturday's victory over Swansea City.

- Pep Guardiola has warned the rest of the Premier League that Manchester City are far from where he wants them to be despite their perfect start to the season.

CHELSEA: Chelsea are weighing up a move for Tottenham defender Ben Davies in January, sources close to the Stamford Bridge club have told ESPN FC.

- Antonio Conte admits Chelsea risk another season of mid-table mediocrity if they fail to improve their performances after Saturday's humiliation against Arsenal.

BARCELONA: Marc-Andre ter Stegen is ready to commit his future to Barcelona, according to the player's agent, after the club ignored a number of offers for their goalkeeper in the summer.

- Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has hinted that he'd like to end his career in the United States, although he has ruled out a move to the up-and-coming Chinese Super League.

- Neymar's family have said they are "very calm" after a fraud case against the Barcelona star and his father relating to the player's move to the Camp Nou was reopened last week following an appeal by Spanish prosecutors.

SERIE A: Roma and Italy forward Stephan El Shaarawy has escaped unhurt from a car crash in which his vehicle was badly damaged.

- Franceso Totti's wife has branded Roma coach Luciano Spalletti a "little man" for the way he treated her husband last season.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a doubt for the Champions League clash at home to Real Madrid on Tuesday.

ARSENAL: Mesut Ozil says Arsenal proved their critics wrong with their display in the 3-0 win against Chelsea on Saturday.

- Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn says that while Arsene Wenger banned alcohol and restricted players' diets upon his arrival at the club, his most effective change was giving the squad more freedom on the pitch.

ATLETICO MADRID: Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has revealed that he wears long sleeves on the pitch because of his admiration for David Beckham.

- Griezmann also said Atletico Madrid "need" coach Diego Simeone after being concerned that he would walk away in the summer.

LEICESTER: Danny Simpson knows Leicester need to quickly get to grips with the new grappling laws after set-piece sloppiness cost the reigning champions at Manchester United.

- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy fears the racism storm in which he was engulfed in during the summer of 2015 has left a "permanent stain'' against his name which is "worse than a criminal record."

REAL MADRID: Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has defended his decision to remove Cristiano Ronaldo in the second half of Los Blancos' 2-2 draw at Las Palmas on Saturday.

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius is aware the competition for places means he cannot afford to be complacent having won the first battle to be Jurgen Klopp's first choice.

TOTTENHAM: South Korea coach Uli Stielike has recalled Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min ahead of next month's 2018 World Cup qualification games against Qatar and Iran.

- Moussa Sissoko is one of five Tottenham Hotspur players not to have travelled to Russia for Tuesday's Champions League group-stage clash with CSKA Moscow.

WEST HAM: Talks over a new West Ham United contract for Reece Oxford have stalled, alerting Manchester United and Manchester City, sources close to the player have told ESPN FC.

- Slaven Bilic admitted the buck stops with him after West Ham plunged further into crisis with a 3-0 home defeat by Southampton.

JUVENTUS: Juventus duo Kwadwo Asamoah and Daniele Rugani have both been ruled out with knee injuries for between six to seven weeks. Asamoah and Rugani picked up their problems during Saturday's 1-0 win against Palermo.

BRAZIL: Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has admitted the hardest part of his recent international exile was being unable to explain to his children why he was not part of Dunga's Brazil plans.

PSG: Ex-Paris Saint-Germain player Jerome Rothen has told RMC Sport that the French champions miss former talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic because he "made the difference alone in complicated matches."

BAYERN MUNICH: Bayern Munich defender Mats Hummels admitted teammate Franck Ribery's actions had been "questionable" after he raised his hands to an opponent's face during the 1-0 win at Hamburg on Saturday.

FIFA: FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism task force, declaring the work complete despite ongoing concerns about discriminatory behavior in 2018 World Cup host Russia.