Nottingham Forest and Arsenal keen on Wolves’ Matheus Cunha, Chelsea to hold more talks over Alejandro Garnacho, plus more.

Nottingham Forest have made Wolves and Brazil forward Matheus Cunha their top January target in the push for Champions League qualification. (Mail), external

Arsenal have also shown firm interest in signing 25-year-old Cunha in the January transfer window. (Fichajes), external

There have been no bids for Cunha and Wolves remain hopeful he will sign a new long-term contract. (Express and Star), external

Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal are interested in signing Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah if the Egypt forward leaves on a free transfer this summer, but Paris St-Germain are not targeting the 32-year-old. (Florian Plettenburg), external

Chelsea are set to hold more talks with Manchester United over Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho, 20, who is valued at £50m. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

United have made enquiries for Bournemouth and Hungary’s Milos Kerkez, 21, Wolves and Algeria’s Rayan Ait-Nouri, 23, and Crystal Palace and England’s Tyrick Mitchell, 25, as Ruben Amorim prioritises signing a left wing-back. (The i)

Lando Norris says he is “ready to bring the fight to everyone” having “learned a lot” during his breakthrough season in 2024.

McLaren’s Norris had his first four Formula 1 grand prix wins as he finished second to Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship.

The 25-year-old Briton says missing out on the title to Dutchman Verstappen hurt, but that he’s ready to come back stronger in 2025.

“When that realisation kind of sets in of ‘it’s gone’, it’s a tough one,” Norris told the BBC podcast F1: Back at Base.

“This is what I’ve done since I was a kid, this is all I want to do. So, as soon as that kind of candle is gone and it’s over, it hurts.”

Norris’ second place was his highest finish in the drivers’ standings after he narrowed the gap to Verstappen in the final phase of the season.

He ignited his title challenge with his maiden F1 victory at May’s Miami Grand Prix and signed off the season with eight pole positions in addition to his four wins.

Norris got within 47 points with four races to go but Verstappen’s victory in Brazil gave him the opportunity to secure the title at the following race in Las Vegas.

“It’s been a year where, actually, I’ve been pretty proud of my performance. Proud of performing under the pressure that we’ve been under, delivering when I have,” Norris said in the podcast.

“I’ve made my mistakes and, at the same time, I’ve learned a lot from those mistakes.

“So for us to go into next year, going ‘we have what it takes, we have a car’… I believe I’m a good enough driver and I’ve got everything it takes.

“I’m excited to go into 2025 knowing I’ve learned a lot, I’ve improved a lot and I’m ready to bring the fight to everyone.

“Confidence is something I’ve struggled with in the past and probably I’ve only built enough up throughout this season to go ‘I’m confident that I’m a good enough driver to win a championship next year’ and I can bring a fight to whoever wants to fight me for it.”

Lewis Hamilton has had his first experience of a Ferrari Formula 1 car at the team’s Fiorano test track.

The 40-year-old seven-time champion tested a 2023 car on Wednesday as part of his acclimatisation work with his new team.

His test follows two days of work at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, of which the Fiorano track is a part.

Hamilton’s running was complete by shortly after 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT). Team-mate Charles Leclerc will drive the car in the afternoon as he begins to get back up to speed after the winter break.

Ferrari will release more information about Hamilton’s running later on Wednesday.

Hamilton will be limited to a total of 1,000km (621 miles) of what is known as testing of previous cars running by F1’s regulations.

The test will help him learn the way the Ferrari engine operates and allow him to build trust and working practices with his new race engineer Riccardo Adami and the rest of the team.

Adami worked with Carlos Sainz for the last four years and before that four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton has driven only Mercedes engine throughout his 18-year F1 career.

Modern F1 engines are 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids with sophisticated energy recovery systems and complicated control processes, many of which are operated by the driver in the cockpit.

Although the multiple power and performance modes of the various engines are all designed to do similar things, each manufacturer has different software and operating procedures, which take time to familiarise oneself with.