Paper Round: Wenger eyes Bayern role, Pulisic a summer option for Chelsea and Liverpool

Arsene Wenger is interested in taking charge of Bayern Munich, the Telegraph reports. The former Arsenal boss rejected a return at Fulham earlier this month, but with Niko Kovac struggling at Bayern – who blew a 3-1 lead to draw with Fortuna on the weekend – Wenger has been mooted as a possible replacement.

Paper Round’s view: It would be some move for the man who seemed to perennially lose to Bayern Munich 5-1 in the Champions League last 16 – there or there abouts anyway. Kovac appears to have lost the dressing room at Bayern, would the players rally around Wenger? Tough to say.

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Another from the Telegraph, who claim Borussia Dortmund are willing to sell Christian Pulisic for £70m to Chelsea or Liverpool, so long as he stays until the summer. The 20-year-old will have 12 months left on his contract at the end of the season, which means the £70m fee could put off both sides.

Paper Round’s view: So Dortmund have supposedly named their price, but potential suitors may be unwilling to pay. That plays into their hands, right? Unless he doesn’t sign a new contract…

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AC Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso has refused to rule out the possibility Zlatan Ibrahimovic could return to the club, The Sun reports. The striker failed to make the MLS play-offs with LA Galaxy, and now the Swede has been linked with a return to the club he steered to Serie A glory in 2011. Gattuso told Sky Italia: We'll see, but I think right now we need to concentrate on what we've got and what we need to do. There's no point thinking about it now.”

Paper Round’s view: Zlatan loves an entrance, and also to make his mark at a new club and often a new league, too. Would he want to return to a former haunt? Unless it was back home with Malmo, it does not seem overly likely.

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Finally, from the Telegraph (again!) it’s the report that claims Manchester United have expressed an interest in signing West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic. A January bid is unlikely, however, with United set to monitor the Austrian for the rest of the season before making a possible move in the summer.

Paper Round’s view: Arnautovic would be a valuable squad addition but surely not the answer to their attacking problems. Those issues are arguably because Jose Mourinho is still there – but perhaps that won’t be the case come summer.