May 22

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims he has been told by friends at Stamford Bridge that AC Milan’s Carlo Ancelotti will be in charge next season. “My friends at Chelsea tell me it will be Carlo,” he said. (Sky Italia)

Real Madrid have strongly denied reports in the Spanish media that they will sign Manchester United winger Ronaldo in the summer. “No pre-agreement exists between the club and the player, his agent or Manchester United,” said a statement. (AFP)

AC Milan star Kaka insists he will not be following Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea or Real Madrid should the manager leave in the summer. (Press Association)

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho wants to sign Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho. (La Gazzetta dello Sport)

Brazilian Douglas Maicon is set to disappoint both Chelsea and Real Madrid by staying at Inter Milan. “I will remain at Inter, I like the Italian league,” he said. (Press Association)

May 21

Real Madrid are confident of landing Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso for £23m if Florentino Perez is appointed president again.
(Full story: The Sun)

Inter Milan are preparing a double-swoop for Chelsea duo Ricardo Carvalho and Jon Mikel Obi and hope to land the pair for £21m.
(Full story: Daily Express)

Meanwhile Chelsea are confident they can hold off the advances of Barcelona and tie left-back Ashley Cole to a new deal.
(Full story: The Guardian)

Manchester United have been warned they face stiff competition to land Wigan winger Antonio Valencia.
(Full story: The Sun)

Aston Villa are prepared to lose £9m and let Gareth Barry run out the remainder of his contract, rather than sell him to a Premier League rival.
(Full story: The Sun)

Liverpool are preparing a £10m bid for Portsmouth right-back Glen Johnson. (Daily Star)

However, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez may be prepared to pay as much as £15m for the Portsmouth man.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough will slap a £9m price tag on defender David Wheater if they are relegated to the Championship on Sunday.
(Full story: The Sun)

Wheater is wanted by Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill who is hopeful of landing the centre-back for £7m. (Daily Star)

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has been assured he has a future at the club. (Daily Express)

Chelsea are leading the chase for Wolfsburg’s £6m-rated striker Edin Dzeko. (Daily Mirror)

Olympiakos are set to offer Blackburn £2m for striker Matt Derbyshire, who is on loan at the Greek side. (Daily Mirror)

Joseph Yobo looks set to leave Everton after turning down a new deal at the club.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Tottenham have joined Wigan, Middlesbrough, West Brom and Celtic in the chase for Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher. (Scottish Daily Mail)

Celtic outcast Bobo Balde has agreed to try and win a move to Birmingham City. (Full story: Daily Record)

Guinea international Balde must prove his fitness and desire during a trial period if he wants a move to Birmingham. (Scottish Sun)

Palermo lead the race to take Massimo Donati back to Italy from an unhappy spell at Celtic. (Various)

Lazio have been linked with a move for Rangers playmaker Pedro Mendes. (Daily Express)

Kilmarnock aim to sign former St Johnstone striker Keigan Parker from Huddersfield. (Scottish Sun)

Motherwell midfielder Stephen Hughes is wanted by Hearts, Nottingham Forest and Derby, while Plymouth are keeping an eye on Fir Park loan star Maros Klimpl. (Daily Express)

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray is bidding to land Hibs skipper Rob Jones after signing the giant defender for the Easter Road club three years ago. (Daily Express)

Hibs have joined the list of clubs chasing Livingston’s teenage striker Leigh Griffiths. (various)

Meanwhile, Dundee have had a £300,000 offer for Griffiths rejected by Livingston. (Daily Express)

Dundee have reopened talks with Partick Thistle about signing midfielder Gary Harkins. (Daily Record)

St Johnstone are after Dunfermline goalkeeper Paul Gallacher but may face competition from Hibs. (Daily Record)

May 19

Inter Milan and AC Milan are set to battle it out over signing Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Manchester City are stepping up their bid to take on former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan for £20m from Atletico Madrid.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Wigan have lined up a deal with Real Madrid to receive £21.5m for Latics winger Antonio Valencia.
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso could be on his way to Real Madrid for £21m if Florentino Perez returns as club president. (Daily Star)

Tottenham are targeting Lazio striker Goran Pandev. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs are lining up a bid for Wolfsburg’s Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko. (Daily Mail)
(Full story: Daily Mail)

Tottenham are weighing up an £8m offer for Celtic midfielder Scott Brown. (Daily Express)

Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson is poised for a £1m summer move to West Brom. (The Sun)

Celtic are hoping to sign Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic on loan. (The Sun)

Bruno Aguiar’s agent says the midfielder will leave Hearts, with Ajax, Celtic and Rangers showing interest. (Various)

Red Bull Salzburg left-back Ronald Gercaliu says he would be interested in joining Celtic. (The Sun)

Swindon Town have told Celtic to double their bid for striker Simon Cox after offering £1.2m for the striker and defender Sean Morrison. (Daily Mail)

Crystal Palace are ready to move for Derby’s Jamaica defender Claude Davis, who has been on loan at Selhurst Park. (Daily Express)

Bolton are keen on signing West Brom full-back Paul Robinson. (The Sun)

Ipswich and Leicester are battling for the signature of Lincoln winger Dany N’Guessan. (The Sun)

Portsmouth’s Sean Davis has turned down a new contract, with Wigan and Wolves set to move in on the midfielder. (Daily Mirror)

Wolves are set to swoop for Standard Liege centre-half Oguchi Onyewu. (Daily Mirror)

Motherwell have offered a pre-contract deal to Lincoln City defender Lee Beevers. (Daily Express)

Hearts are in pole position to sign Darlington striker Pawel Abbott. (Daily Mirror)

Aberdeen have given injury-jinxed midfielder Jamie Smith permission to fly to Canada to hold contract talks with Toronto. (Daily Record)

May 17

Carlos Tevez broke down in tears as he waved an apparent final farewell to Manchester United supporters, following the goalless draw with Arsenal that clinched their third successive Premier League title. He had earlier told Argentine TV: “I know that I am not going to continue at Manchester United.”
(Full story: Observer)

Angry supporters hurled bottles and sprayed beer at the entrance to Old Trafford in protest against the club’s alleged treatment of Tevez.
(Full story: News of the World)

Liverpool are the front-runners to sign the Argentine, in a deal variously reported to be worth between £22m and £26m.
(Full story: Sunday Express)

Sir Alex Ferguson is “not contemplating retiring” and has set his sights on at least another five years in football management.
(Full story: News of the World)

Ferguson is lining up defender Rio Ferdinand for a coaching role once his current contract expires in 2013, while Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes are both expected to take on some coaching responsibilities at the club this summer.

(Full story: News of the World)

Robin Van Persie could be set to leave Arsenal, who are considering cashing in on the striker after contract talks stalled. (Full story: News of the World)

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger’s summer transfer kitty at Arsenal has been reduced to just £13m.
(Full story: Mail on Sunday)

Mark Hughes wants to bring Benfica pair Luisao and Oscar Cardozo to Manchester City.
(Full story: News of the World)

Michael Owen will take a 50% drop in pay if it helps him secure a summer move away from Newcastle. (Full story: Sunday Express)

But Alan Shearer has asked Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to make sure the services of defender Sebastien Bassong are secured on a permanent basis, to ward off interest from Arsenal.
(Full story: Sunday Telegraph)

Aston Villa have joined Liverpool and Spurs in the queue to sign Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing.
(Full story: News of the World)

Fulham are confident they can lure Paul Scharner from Wigan in a £6m deal.
(Full story: News of the World)

Bolton boss Gary Megson is keen on a £2m deal to sign Joey Barton from Newcastle, but first has to convince the Bolton board the midfielder is worth the gamble.
(Full story: News of the World)

Rangers could miss out on Icelandic international defender Hermann Hreidarsson if they fail to win their first league championship title in four years.
(Full story: Sunday Mail)

Wigan are set to snatch Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher from under Celtic’s noses.

(Full story: News of the World)

May 14

Manchester United are favourites to beat Liverpool in the £20m race for Wigan winger Antonio Valencia. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are also interested in the Ecuadorian.
(Full story: The Sun)

United are also set clinch the £6m signing of Brazil defender Dodo from Corinthians.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has his eye on former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan, who is now at Atletico Madrid. (Daily Star)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, who has been linked with a host of top clubs, will not be leaving Anfield this summer, according to his agent. (The Guardian)

Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant believes the club would be making a mistake if they allow striker Didier Drogba to leave this summer.
(Full story: The Sun)

But Drogba will depart and the club are lining up Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor as his replacement.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Carlo Ancelotti will bid for Aston Villa’s Ashley Young if the AC Milan coach takes the job as Blues boss this summer.
(Full story: The Sun)

Chelsea will send Ricardo Quaresma back to Inter Milan but the Portugal winger is then likely to make a permanent switch to Benfica.
(Full story: The Sun)

Current boss at Stamford Bridge Guus Hiddink has recommended the club go for £15m-rated CSKA full-back or winger Yuri Zhirkov. (The Sun)

Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will turn down Arsenal and Tottenham if he can secure a move to Manchester City or Liverpool.
(Full story: The Sun)

But Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is determined to sign Cruz after putting the Paraguay forward top of his wanted list. (Daily Mail)

One player on his way to Blackburn is defender Gael Givet, who will complete a £4m permanent switch from Marseille. It will also pave the way for Stephen Warnock to leave Ewood Park.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko says he expects to remain a Tottenham player next season, insisting he has received assurances over his future. (The Independent)

Newcastle manager Alan Shearer wants Wigan midfielder Paul Scharner.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United and Blackburn are competing for the signature of Preston goalkeeper Andy Lonergan. (The Sun)

Bolton are ready to make a £4m bid for Middlesbrough midfielder Gary O’Neil.

Birmingham have cleared the way for goalkeeper Joe Hart’s arrival on loan from Manchester City by loaning out Colin Doyle to Swansea.
(Full story: Daily Mirror)

West Brom are set to beat Fulham to the signature of Stockport striker Oli Johnson. (Daily Star)

Coventry have turned their interest from Hearts winger Andrew Driver to former Sky Blues striker Gary McSheffrey, who is now at Birmingham. (Daily Star)

Celtic are set to make James McCarthy the highest-paid teenager in Scottish football history with a summer transfer bid for the Hamilton midfielder. (Daily Record)

James McCarthy’s agent was at Celtic Park on Wednesday for talks about a possible £1m-plus transfer. (The Sun)

Ipswich boss Roy Keane is lining up a summer move for Celtic veterans Paul Hartley and Bobo Balde. (Daily Express)

Cardiff have put a £5m price tag on Scotland striker Ross McCormack. (Daily Record)

Cardiff are closing in on Norwich’s 25-year-old midfielder Sammy Clingan. (Daily Star)

Rangers have offered a new contract to Dean Furman, but the midfielder is also wanted by Bradford after impressing on loan. (Daily Record)

Tranmere’s Charlie Barnet is wanted by Barnsley and Blackpool. (Daily Mirror)

Crystal Palace are keeping an eye on Norwich’s out-of-contract winger Lee Croft. (Daily Star)

QPR’s Liam Miller has been linked with move to Cork City when his contract expires this summer. (Daily Star)

Striker Barry Hayles is in talks with Cheltenham and Walsall after being released by Leicester. (Daily Star)

Forward Lloyd Owusu is thinking over offers from Brighton and Adelaide after being released by Cheltenham. (Daily Star)

August 8

Roma could use their trip to London this weekend – when they play Tottenham – to try to negotiate a deal for Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda. (Channel 4 Football Italia, 0950 BST)

Rennes midfielder Stephane Mbia claims he is the subject of an offer of “more than 8m euros” from Everton. (L’Equipe, 0930 BST)

Liverpool’s owners have failed to raise the cash to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa and now the move could be off – again. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is set to incur the wrath of boss Kevin Keegan by demanding forward Alan Smith be sold to Everton. (Various)

Everton boss David Moyes will up his bid to £13m for Joao Moutinho as he spends the money generated by the sale of striker Andy Johnson. (The Sun)

Tottenham will switch their attentions away from Zenit St Petersburg forward Andrei Arshavin if his club do not lower their £19m asking price. (Daily Express)

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill will beat Portsmouth to the signature of Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Daily Star)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is interested in bringing Reading striker Kevin Doyle to the club. (Daily Mail)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan wants to sign midfielder Sean Davis from Portsmouth for £2.5m. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal right-back Just Hoyte is a £3m target for Middlesbrough after the Teessiders sold Luke Young to Aston Villa. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn will wrap up a deal for Ghanaian midfielder Anthony Annan after he impressed on trial from IK Start but they will miss out on a move for MK Dons captain Keith Andrews. (Daily Mirror)

Premier League newcomers Stoke will bring in Charlton midfielder Amdy Faye for £1m. (Daily Mail)

August 1

Udinese have dismissed reports that Gokhan Inler is set for a move to Emirates Stadium, declaring that the Switzerland international is not for sale. (setanta.com, 1608 BST)

Barcelona technical secretary Txiki Begiristain has revealed Samuel Eto’o is attracting interest from “four or five big clubs”, but insists there are no official offers as yet. (PA, 1330 BST)

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon says he was “amazed” to read newspaper reports linking his side with a move for Werder Bremen playmaker Diego. (Press Association, 1310 BST)

Spanish champions Real Madrid have completed the signing of Dutch international midfielder Rafael van der Vaart from German side Hamburg for £7.1m. A potential blow for Cristiano Ronaldo, perhaps? (Spanish radio Cadena Ser, 1031 BST)

Tottenham’s bid for Andrei Arshavin has stalled as Russian side Zenit St Petersburg want £24m, not the £16m Spurs are offering. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, Spurs have pulled out of a move for Real Zaragoza’s Argentine striker Diego Milito. (The Times)

Chelsea are preparing a £25m swoop for Werder Bremen’s Brazilian midfielder Diego. (Daily Star, Daily Express)

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill wants to take Manchester United’s French defender Mikael Silvestre on a year’s loan. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal are closing in on a £10m deal for Udinese’s Swiss midfielder Gokhan Inler. (Daily Star)

Cristiano Ronaldo will tell Sir Alex Ferguson in person next week that he wants to join Real Madrid. (Various)

Everton boss David Moyes wants to get rid of left-back Leighton Baines just a year after signing him for £6m. Moyes wants to trade him for Blackburn’s Stephen Warnock. (The Sun)

Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater is on the brink of joining Spurs. (Daily Star)

Bolton have rejected a £1.75m bid for defender Abdoulaye Meite. (Daily Mail)

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has dismissed rumours linking the Catalan club with a move for Juventus’ French hitman David Trezeguet. (Independent)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince reckons the signing of Chilean midfielder Carlos Villaneuva, 22, will help fans forget about the sale of David Bentley to Tottenham. (Various)

Everton have enquired about the availability of Club America goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, according to the player’s agent. (The Times)

Real Madrid are set to offer forward Robinho a £16m tax-free five-year deal which he will sign, disappointing admirers Chelsea. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth flop David Nugent is a £5m target for ambitious Ipswich (Various)

Gareth Barry believes his protracted £19m move from Aston Villa to Liverpool will be finalised over the weekend once Villa accept a restructured offer. (Daily Mail)

Portsmouth hope to conclude a deal for Tottenham centre-back Younes Kaboul in the next few days. (The Times)

Andy Johnson’s £12m move from Everton to Fulham has hit a snag after problems with the England striker’s medical. (Daily Star)

West Ham are close to signing Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka. (The Sun)

Wolves have taken former Manchester City left-back Ben Thatcher on trial. (Daily Mail)

Bolton have rejected an ambitious £1.5m offer for striker Kevin Davies from Hull, who are also in talks with Ivan Campo. (Various)

Jimmy Bullard has dashed Wigan’s hopes fo re-signing him by saying he is happy at Fulham. (The Sun)

Rangers boss Walter Smith is set to sign Cardiff’s Dutch defender Glenn Loovens in a £2m deal. (Daily Mirror)

July 31

Derby boss Paul Jewell has revealed goalkeeper Stephen Bywater is close to moving to Tottenham. (Derby Evening Telegraph, 1400 BST)

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko will not return to the San Siro this summer. (Press Association, 1356 BST)

QPR are understood to have signed striker Dani Parejo from Real Madrid on a two-year loan deal. (various, 1330 BST)

Cristiano Ronaldo intends to tell Manchester United next week he wants to leave the club and join Real Madrid. (AS, 1225 BST)

Zenit St Petersburg claim they still have not been contacted by Tottenham regarding a possible deal to take Andrei Arshavin to White Hart Lane. (BBC Sport, 0835 BST)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince will try to complete a deal for £6m-rated Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant. (Daily Mail)

Gareth Barry will demand that Aston Villa sell him to Liverpool after Villa last night said the Merseyside club had missed a deadline to sign the midfielder. (Various)

Arsenal could also renew their interest in Gareth Barry in a player-exchange deal with Villa. (The Sun)

Tottenham are poised to complete a £50m double swoop for Russian strike duo Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin. (Various)

Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre is wanted by Paris St Germain but is holding out for his testimonial at Old Trafford. (Daily Mail)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince will try to complete a deal for £6m-rated Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant. (Daily Mail)

Gareth Barry will demand that Aston Villa sell him to Liverpool after Villa last night said the Merseyside club had missed a deadline to sign the midfielder. (Various)

Arsenal could also renew their interest in Gareth Barry in a player-exchange deal with Villa. (The Sun)

Tottenham are poised to complete a £50m double swoop for Russian strike duo Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin. (Various)

Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre is wanted by Paris St Germain but is holding out for his testimonial at Old Trafford. (Daily Mail)

July 24

Premier League newcomers Hull City are set to sign Tottenham defender Anthony Gardner on loan until the end of January. (BBC Humberside, 1350 BST)

Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is expected to complete a £12.7m move to Inter Milan on Thursday. (BBC Sport, 1214 BST)

Blackburn manager Paul Ince will not be making an offer for Ecuadorian midfielder Segundo Castillo after running the rule over the South American at the club’s pre-season trip in Germany. (Lancashire Telegraph, 1030 BST)

Rangers manager Walter Smith has opened talks with Portsmouth over a possible swoop for their Portugese playmaker Pedro Mendes. (Daily Record)

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee fears Norwich will hijack his bid to lure John Kennedy on loan from Celtic. (Daily Express)

Fulham could be willing to lower their £4m asking price for Northern Irish midfielder Steven Davis as his on-off transfer saga to Rangers continues. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham are ready to let striker Dimitar Berbatov join AC Milan for a cut-price £25m to stop the Bulgarian going to Manchester United. (The Sun)

Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel is in limbo over his £2.5m switch to Aston Villa. The American’s transfer hinges on Rovers getting the green light to sign Spurs’ Paul Robinson. (The Sun)

However, Robinson is closing in on a move to Ewood Park and Blackburn boss Paul Ince expects to be able to announce a deal for the England goalkeeper by the weekend. (The Times)

Emmanuel Adebayor fears he has blown his move to Barcelona as the Spanish club are unimpressed by the Arsenal striker’s attitude and will not pay the £37.5m asking price. (The Sun)

Furious Everton boss David Moyes will delay Andy Johnson’s £10m move to Fulham until he finds a replacement after the striker pulled out of a pre-season friendly at the last minute. (Daily Star)

But Moyes is already planning to spend the money from the Johnson sale on £20m-rated CSKA striker Vagner Love. (The Sun)

Liverpool and Aston Villa remain at loggerheads over the transfer of Gareth Barry, with Villa boss Martin O’Neill maintaining that he still wants £18m straight cash for the England midfielder. (Daily Express)

Manchester City expect to hold talks with Tal Ben-Haim over the next 48 hours after offering Chelsea a package worth £4m for the Israel defender. (The Times)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is making a £6m move for Celtic’s Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate will make a £5m swoop for Reading’s James Harper this weekend after selling Lee Cattermole to Wigan. (Various)

Hull have agreed a £2.5m fee with Tottenham for centre-back Anthony Gardner. (Daily Mirror)

The Premier League newcomers are also poised to sign Nigerian international Seyi Olofinjana after agreeing a £2m fee with Wolves for the midfielder. (Daily Star)

And Hull boss Phil Brown has claimed a deal for Wigan striker Marlon King is “almost 90% done”. (The Guardian)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince is ready to make a £6m bid for Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant, but he may have to increase the bid. (The Sun)

West Ham plan to offer teenage striker Freddie Sears a long-term deal in a bid to stave off interest from Arsenal and Tottenham. (The Sun)

Nottingham Forest have joined QPR in the race to sign Crystal Palace’s £2m midfielder Ben Watson. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom are ready to make an improved bid of £2m for Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite. (Daily Star)

Wolves are leading the chase to sign freed Celtic defender Bobo Balde. (Daily Record)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has opened the door for Rangers to take England Under-21 midfielder Adam Johnson on loan. (Daily Record)

Premier League new boys West Brom have failed in their bid to sign defender James Collins from West Ham as the Welsh international does not want to leave. (Birmingham Mail)

Daniel Nardiello expects to leave QPR and the Welsh international striker could move to Championship rivals Blackpool. (Blackpool Gazette)

July 21

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o could end up staying at the Nou Camp, according to the player’s agent. (PA, 1640 BST)

Real Madrid’s Robinho wants to stay in Spain, despite repeated speculation linking him with a move to Chelsea. “I want to stay at Real Madrid for a long time,” said the 24-year-old. (PA, 1615 BST)

Zenit St Petersburg claim Tottenham have enquired about Russia star Andrei Arshavin and are ready to pay £15.9m, but Manchester City have not expressed an interest. (Russian press, 1338 BST)

Valencia will sell striker David Villa and winger David Silva in order to balance the books. (Marca and Las Provincias, 1334 BST)

Stuttgart claim they have signed £4m-rated Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz, who spent last season on loan at Sevilla. (Bild, 1259 BST)

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o says he has received offers from Chelsea, Tottenham and Inter Milan. (Corriere dello Sport, 1100 BST)

Chelsea are set to smash the world record transfer fee with a 150 million Euros (£119m) for AC Milan’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka. (Gazzetta dello Sport, 1001 BST)

Brazil striker Robinho has told Real Madrid he is desperate to join Chelsea. (The Sun)

But forward Didier Drogba looks to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge after he was left out of the club’s tour to China. (Daily Mirror)

Barcelona are thought to be preparing a £22m bid for Drogba. (Daily Express)

Inter Milan are prepared to wait for England midfielder Frank Lampard’s contract at Chelsea to run out before signing him next season. (Daily Telegraph)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp will let up to seven players leave to finance an £8m move for Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. (Daily Telegraph)

Aston Villa could be back on the trail of Newcastle winger James Milner after abandoning their attempts to sign Blackburn midfielder David Bentley. (Daily Telegraph)

Fulham are ready to splash out £10.5m on Everton striker Andrew Johnson. (The Sun)

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos will spend the £57m from the sale of Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov on strikers Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) and Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow) and wingers David Bentley (Blackburn) and Diego Capel (Sevilla). (The Sun)

Everton also want Real Zaragoza star Milito but would prefer to have him on loan first and the Spanish club are not keen. (Daily Mirror)

The Toffees are ready to smash their transfer record to land £18m-rated Sporting Lisbon playmaker Joao Moutinho. (Daily Express)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon remains confident of signing Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo. (Daily Mirror)

Stoke want Sunderland reserve keeper Marton Fulop for £3m. (Daily Mirror)

Huddersfield will make a £700,000 bid for Ipswich pair Alan Lee and Gary Roberts. (Daily Mirror)

Leeds have made a £100,000 bid for Dean Windass and Hull could sell if they cannot offer the 39-year-old first-team football. (Daily Mirror)

Striker Marlon King will be at Hull today for a medical ahead of his £3m move from Wigan. (Daily Express)

Liverpool are poised to sign 19-year-old French striker David Ngog. (Daily Mail)

Sunderland remain hopeful of clinching a £23m deal for Tottenham’s Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, Younes Kaboul and Teemu Tainio. (Times)

Bordeaux president Jean Louis Triaud has told Celtic they have no chance of signing Fernando Cavenaghi. (Daily Record)

Winger Peter Lovenkrands wants a move back to Rangers from Schalke. (Daily Record)

July 18

Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti claims Frank Lampard has given his “approval” to join the Italian champions if they agree a fee with Chelsea. (www.inter.it, 1535 BST)

Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul “wouldn’t join Sunderland even if there was an earthquake”, according to his agent. (AFP news agency, 1342 BST)

Dutch clubs Feyenoord and Heerenveen want to sign Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul. (De Telegraaf, 1230 BST)

Real Madrid are set to reject offers for Brazil star Robinho from Barcelona and Chelsea. (El Mundo Deportivo, 1210 BST)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced he will land Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov before the start of the season. (The Sun)

Ferguson has met United winger Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time in almost two months in a bid to stop the player joining Real Madrid. (The Guardian)

Barcelona are poised to make a £24m bid for Berbatov after missing out on Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea have rejected Barcelona’s offer of a swap deal involving Samuel Eto’o and Blues forward Didier Drogba. (The Sun)

Liverpool will sell Andrei Voronin to a German club for around £3m to help finance the signing of Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. (Daily Mirror)

Reading striker Dave Kitson is set to complete a £5m move to Stoke. (The Sun, Daily Mirror)

England goalkeeper Scott Carson will join West Brom from Liverpool after rejecting a move to Stoke. (Daily Mirror, Daily Star)

Sunderland are closing in on the signing of Croatia striker Mladen Petric from Borussia Dortmund for around £5m. (The Sun)

Wigan plan to make Everton an improved offer for Andrew Johnson after having a £9m bid for the England striker rejected. (The Guardian)

Niko Kranjar will stay at Portsmouth after snubbing a £12m move to Monaco. (The Sun)

Pompey rejected Monaco’s offer for the Croatia midfielder. (The Independent)

Portsmouth defender Noe Pamarot has snubbed a move to Hull City. (Daily Mail)

Slavia Prague defender Marek Suchy says he is interested in a move to Ibrox. (The Sun)

Auxerre defender Gabriel Tamas says he expects to join Celtic by the end of the week. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle and Everton are locked in a £4m tug of war for Tottenham’s Pascal Chimbonda. (The Sun)

Newcastle are looking at other targets after losing out to Benfica in the race to sign Argentine midfielder Pablo Aimar from Real Zaragoza. (The Independent)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince hopes to pull off the £3.5m signing of Chilean midfielder Carlos Villanueva from Audax Italiano. (Daily Mirror)

Russian star Andrei Arshavin is worried his dream move to Barcelona from Zenit St Petersburg is on the brink of collapse. (The Sun)

Frank Lampard has told Inter Milan he will look elsewhere if his move to the Italian club from Chelsea is not completed soon. (Daily Mirror)

Leeds are set to sign Wolves’ Jay Bothroyd in a £300,000 deal. (Daily Star)

Sheffield Wednesday have rejected a £1.75m bid from Wolves for defender Mark Beevers. (Daily Star)

Newcastle have had a £2m bid for England left-back Stephen Warnock rejected by Blackburn. (Daily Mirror)

Plymouth are keen to sign Crystal Palace striker Shefki Kuqi. (Daily Star)

Rangers boss Walter Smith will offer Daniel Cousin to Cardiff in exchange for the Bluebirds’ Dutch defender Glenn Loovens. (Daily Record)

Ipswich want to sign former Manchester United wide man Quinton Fortune. (Daily Express)

Claude Makelele will be the first big-name player to leave Chelsea under new boss Phil Scolari. (The Sun)

Sebastian Larsson will demand showdown talks with Birmingham City chairman David Gold to engineer a move away from St Andrews. (The Sun)

July 10

Arsenal midfielder Alex Hleb has agreed a four-year-deal with Barcelona and is set to sign for £15m. (The Sun)

The Gunners are also poised to lose Brazil midfielder Gilberto Silva to Greek side Panathinaikos. (Various)

But Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will use the cash to complete a £11.5m deal for Marseille’s Samir Nasri. (The Sun)

Arsenal are thought to have bid £19m for Andrei Arshavin but his club Zenit St Petersburg want £24m. But his agent hopes a deal can be struck. (Star)

The Gunners are also interested in 22-year-old Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, who is rated at £8m by his club River Plate. (The Sun)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has personally blocked Inter Milan’s attempts to buy midfielder Frank Lampard. (Various)

But Inter president Massimo Moratti will seek personal talks with Abramovich in the hope of ending the stalemate. (The Sun)

Lampard himself has told friends he is determined to leave Chelsea and says it is time for him to go. (Daily Express)

The Blues may need a replacement Didier Drogba, who insists he still wants to leave Stamford Bridge. (Daily Star)

But Chelsea have been told by Real Madrid that it will cost £30m to sign Brazil forward Robinho. (Daily Star)

Cameroon goalkeeper Carlos Kameni has rejected a £4.5m move to Tottenham because the London club wanted a clause in his contract preventing him playing in the Africa Cup of Nations. (Daily Express)

Liverpool are interested in signing Valencia’s Spanish international winger David Silva. (The Sun)

Reds manager Rafael Benitez has turned his attention to Silva after baulking at Valencia’s £32m valuation of striker David Villa. (The Sun)

Benitez’s transfer plans have taken a further knock after Juventus hinted they will not pay £15m for midfielder Xabi Alonso. That could affect Liverpool’s chances of raising the cash to sign Aston Villa’s Gareth Barry. (The Sun)

West Ham are set to miss out on Lazio’s Switzerland international midfielder Valon Behrami, who instead wants to join Werder Bremen. (The Sun)

Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is ready to offload a whole team of players – plus five substitutes. Sixteen players, including Robbie Keane and Pascal Chimbonda, could be sold as Spurs look to raise £15m to sign Blackburn’s David Bentley. (The Sun)

Sunderland have failed with a £4.5m bid for West Ham left-back George McCartney bur are set to return with an improved offer for their former player. (Star)

Andy Johnson is ready to tell Everton he wants to quit. Wigan’s £10m bid for the striker will lead to a transfer scramble. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle are closing in on Udinese’s Swiss midfielder Gokham Inler after reaching the £5m buy-out clause in his contract. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn are interested in signing £6m-rated Ecuadorian midfielder Segundo Castillo. (Daily Mirror)

Ex-Chelsea full-back Celestine Babayaro is training with Portsmouth. (Various)

Fulham are poised to complete a £6m deal for West Ham striker Bobby Zamora on Thursday. (Various)

The Cottagers also want Birmingham full-back Stephen Kelly. (The Sun)

Ipswich are poised to sign Southampton midfielder Rudi Skacel for £1m. But they have ended their interest in Preston keeper Andy Lonergan. (Star)

Cardiff are closing in on a £1.5m deal for unsettled Charlton striker Marcus Bent. (The Sun)

The Bluebirds are chasing Crystal Palace winger Mark Kennedy. (Daily Mirror)

Burnley are lining up a club record bid for Manchester United winger Chris Eagles. (Daily Star)

Swindon have opened talks with defender Sol Davis about a possible return six years after he left for Luton. (Daily Star)

Hamburg left-back Tomothee Atouba’s mooted move to Celtic hinges on Gordon Strachan’s willingness to pay £2m for the Cameroon international plus wages of around £30,000-a-week. (Scottish Daily Express)

Algerian international Nadir Belhadj has sent a ’sign me’ plea to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan after his countryman, Rangers midfielder Brahim Hemdani, sold the Lens wing-back on Parkhead. (Scottish Daily Mirror)

July 09

Frank Lampard is furious Luiz Felipe Scolari said at his unveiling as Chelsea boss that the England midfielder would be staying at the club. (Various)

Lampard looks to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge as Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has refused to sanction the new five-year deal the midfielder is demanding. (The Sun)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has boasted to Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal that Cristiano Ronaldo has already signed for the Spanish club. (Various)

AC Milan claim Arsenal have written to them to discuss selling Emmanuel Adebayor, but the fee could still be a stumbling point as the Gunners want £35m for the striker. (The Sun)

Manchester United and Arsenal target Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has ruled out signing a new contract with Ajax as the Amsterdam club want to include a £20m release clause in the new deal. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has demanded £17m plus defender Steve Finnan for Gareth Barry and wants the money to be paid in two instalments over two years. (Daily Mirror)

O’Neill will use the money from the Barry sale to buy Portugal right-back Miguel from Valencia for £11m. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are tracking Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito as David Moyes considers potential replacements for wantaway striker Andy Johnson. (Various)

Wigan are confident of capturing Johnson, who is believed to be unwilling to uproot his family from the north west, for a club record fee of about £11m. (Daily Telegraph)

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray has admitted he is resigned to losing Kevin Phillips after the striker rejected Albion’s final offer of a new one-year contract. (Various)

Villa and Blackburn are on alert after talks to increase goalkeeper Robert Green’s salary at West Ham stalled on Tuesday night. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United will allow Chris Eagles to leave Old Trafford as Burnley boss Owen Coyle wants to sign the midfielder in a £1m-plus deal. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich are closing in on Greece striker Angelos Charisteas after agreeing a £2.25m fee with the striker’s club Nuremburg. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is trying to do a cut-price £6m deal for Real Zaragoza’s Argentine forward Pablo Aimar. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn manager Paul Ince hopes to land Birmingham’s Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson, 23, as a £4.5m replacement for wantaway winger David Bentley. (Various)

Arsenal and Tottenham will battle it out to sign Real Madrid’s £15m-rated midfielder Ruben de la Red. (The Sun)

Stoke and Hull are ready to pay Portsmouth £3m for their striker David Nugent. (The Sun)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce will offer Kevin Kilbane to Birmingham City in a player-plus-cash deal for midfielder Olivier Kapo. (Daily Telegraph)

Leicester striker DJ Campbell is a £1.5m target for Championship rivals Watford and Cardiff with Charlton also waiting in the wings. (Daily Star)

Charlton are set to sell Madjid Bougherra to Real Betis after the Spanish side offered £2.3m for the Algeria defender. (The Times)

West Brom want to sign West Ham and Wales defender James Collins on loan. (Daily Star)

Aberdeen have opened talks with Darlington as they target striker Tommy Wright. (Press & Journal)

Rangers are expected to sign Watford defender Danny Shittu before the weekend. (Daily Express)

Hamilton Accies are lining up a loan deal for Reading teenager Tom Hateley – son of former Rangers and AC Milan striker Mark. (Daily Record)

July 07

Sevilla winger Diego Capel insists he will not be switching clubs this summer after the Primera Liga club rejected a bid from Tottenham last week. (PA Sport 1900 BST)

Holland midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has also ruled out a move to White Hart Lane. (PA Sport 1900 BST)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon believes Manchester United should be “happy and proud” to let Cristiano Ronaldo leave the club in what he believes would be “the transfer of the century”. (PA Sport 1330 BST)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso’s switch to Juventus could be off as the Italian giants are unwilling to pay £16m for him. (Football 365. 1235)

Inter Milan have made an official £6.5m opening offer for Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. (The Sun)

Chelsea are ready to bid £75m for AC Milan’s Brazilian playmaker Kaka after their initial “astronomical” bid was turned down. (Daily Express)

Another Brazil superstar, Barcelona’s Ronaldinho, has turned down a move to Manchester City, despite the offer of a salary of £200,000 a week. (Various)

Ronaldinho will join AC Milan, says Brazil boss Carlos Dunga. (Daily Mirror)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted his club are odds-on favourites to sign Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. (The Sun)

But Calderon has said any deal for the £70m-rated winger is off until he proves his fitness after he undergoes ankle surgery. (The Mirror)

Arsenal, Tottenham and Aston Villa are battling to sign Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red. (Daily Mail)

Blackburn want to sign Fulham midfielder Steve Davis, who was on loan at Rangers last season. (Daily Telegraph)

Tottenham full-back Pascal Chimbonda will this week seal an £8m switch to Valencia. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool hope to tempt Aston Villa to part with Gareth Barry by adding Steve Finnan to their existing £15m offer for the England midfielder. (Telegraph)

Manchester United and Arsenal are locked in an £18m battle to sign Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. (Daily Star)

Newcastle are preparing a £4m bid for Switzerland international midfielder Gokhan Inler. (Telegraph)

Portsmouth have sealed a club record £10m deal for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch. (Various)

Pompey boss Harry Redknapp will now sell striker David Nugent to Hull for £3m. (Various)

Redknapp is also preparing to make moves for Reading full-back Nicky Shorey and Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Various)

Fulham are leading the chase to capture Rosenborg full-back Fredrik Stoor, who is also wanted by Blackburn, Manchester City and Wigan. (Daily Mail)

Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin is stalling on a move to Arsenal, while the futures of Alex Hleb and Emmanuel Adebayor are uncertain. (Various)

Adebayor is wanted by Barcelona and the Spanish giants are set to push on with their pursuit. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood says the club will not sell Adebayor but admits Hleb may leave. (Various)

But if Adebayor does move, the Gunners will try to sign Blackburn’s Roque Santa Cruz. (Daily Mail)

Hull manager Phil Brown is set to bid £1.4m for QPR midfielder Martin Rowlands. (Various)

Brown also wants Dutch striker Roy Makaay, who is available from Feyenoord for £1,5m, and £3m-rated Wolves midfielder Seyi Olofinjana. (Telegraph)

Bolton’s young German midfielder Kevin Wolze plans to sign for Bundesliga side Wolfsburg. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton and Middlesbrough want to sign Reading’s £3.5m-rated midfielder James Harper. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce has pulled out of the race for Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic after the player said it is too cold for him in England. (Various)

Birmingham are determined to hold on to James McFadden, who is wanted by Blackburn and Celtic. (Daily Star)

Watford say defender Danny Shittu is not for sale, despite interest from Premier League clubs and Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic. (Various)

Romania left-back Razvan Rat is keen to join Celtic this summer from Shaktar Donetsk after visiting Celtic Park twice during Champions League matches. (Daily Mail)

Wolves have switched their attentions away from Christophe Berra to Norwich’s Jason Shackell after Hearts turned down a £1.5m offer. (Daily Star)

Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric is ion the verge of completing an £800,000 deal for CSKA Sofia defender Aleksander Tunchev. (Daily Mirror)

Carlisle striker Joe Garner will join Nottingham Forest this week in a £500,000 deal. (Daily Mirror)

Burnley are set to beat off competition from Cardiff to sign Dutch midfielder Remco van der Schaaf. (Daily Mail)

But the Bluebirds are set to lose striker Robbie Fowler, who will join Dubai club Al-Ahli. (The Sun)

Cardiff central defender Glenn Loovens is stalling on new contract talks because he is eyeing a move to the Premiership. (The Western Mail)

Swansea have targeted youngsters Scott Sinclair (Chelsea) and Adam Hammill (Liverpool) on loan deals, while goalkeeper targets include Crewe’s Owain Fon Williams and Swindon’s Peter Brezovan. (The Western Mail)

May 26

Chelsea will continue to pursue the players sacked boss Avram Grant wanted to sign this summer – and will pay up to £50m for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. (Daily Mail)

Grant also wanted AC Milan midfielder Kaka and Chelsea could offer Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho and cash to secure him. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal want to seal a £11m deal for Marseille playmaker Samir Nasri before he plays for France in Euro 2008. (Various)

Newcastle, Manchester City and Arsenal all want Thierry Henry but new Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola will not let him leave. (Daily Star)

Manchester City are to hold talks about signing Barcelona star Giovanni Dos Santos on loan. (Daily Mirror)

Coventry City are closing in on a £1.5m deal for transfer-listed Wolves striker Freddy Eastwood. (Daily Telegraph)

Barcelona want to sign Chelsea forward Florent Malouda. (Daily Telegraph)

Hull City boss Phil Brown wants to sign former Bolton midfielder Ivan Campo, who he worked with when he was assistant boss at Wanderers. (Daily Mirror)

Watford striker Nathan Ellington is set to join Derby for £2m. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth could sign Lyon striker Sidney Govou for £7m and Lazio midfielder Gaby Mudingayi for £8m and are also watching PSG star Amara Diane. (Daily Mirror)

Veteran Rangers defender David Weir will head back to England and could join Burnley after being told he will not be a first-choice at Ibrox next season. (Daily Record)

Dynamo Kiev look like beating Celtic in the race for Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Ognjen Vukojevic. (Daily Record)

Rangers hope to make Steven Davis’s loan move from Fulham permanent and could offer Daniel Cousin as part of the deal. (Daily Record)

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee will seek assurances from Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov about interference on team selection before he considers taking charge at Tynecastle. (Daily Record)

Filip Sebo is set to leave Rangers to join Valenciennes after scoring five goals in 11 starts during his time on loan at the French club. (Daily Record)

April 10

Chelsea could take Manchester City’s Andreas Isaksson or Thomas Sorensen of Aston Villa on emergency loan to cover their goalkeeping crisis (The Guardian).

Dundee manager Alex Rae has dismissed Liverpool’s interest in 19-year-old midfielder Kevin McDonald, saying “sitting in the reserves won’t help him” (The Independent).

On-loan striker Dougie Freedman hopes to extend his loan at Leeds rather than return to Crystal Palace (The Independent).

Manager Roy Keane says Sunderland are “beefing up” their European scouting network because of high transfer prices in Britain (Daily Star).

AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi says it is “very likely” striker Andriy Shevchenko will return to the club from Chelsea. Berlusconi is godfather to the player’s first son (The Sun).

Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor says there will be big changes at the end of the season following their Champions League failure (Daily Star).

Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy has agreed a new £40,000-a-week contract to stay until 2011 (Daily Mail).

Preston are set to move for out-of-contract Dundee United midfielder Mark Kerr but face opposition from Aberdeen and Hearts. (Various)

February 27

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will hand under-fire manager Avram Grant a £100m transfer kitty for next season. (Daily Express)

Atletico Madrid are keen to lure Liverpool manger Rafael Benitez and keeper Jose Reina to the club next season. (Daily Star)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has asked striker Louis Saha to try to persuade £30m Lyon target Karim Benzema to join the Old Trafford club. (Daily Mirror)

Meanwhile Ferguson’s number one target Dimitar Berbatov looks to be staying at Tottenham, having been promised a bumper new pay deal. (Various)

Arsenal fear key midfielder Mathieu Flamini has agreed to join Juventus. Flamini is out of contract at the end of the season. (The Independent)

Portsmouth are hopeful that striker David Nugent will join Ipswich on loan next week. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle are eyeing Carlisle’s teenage hot-shot Gary Madine for the next campaign. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce is set to swoop for Senegal skipper Lamine Diatta, who is currently a free agent. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal’s Abou Diaby is a reported target of Italian giants Inter Milan. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United defender Michael Lea is on trial at Plymouth. (Daily Star)

Crystal Palace striker Dougie Freedman is set to snub a move to Leeds United. (The Sun)

February 6

Arsenal winger Alex Hleb will stay with the Gunners despite a planned summer raid by Barcelona. (The Sun)

Tottenham and Arsenal will fight it out to land Newcastle winger Charles N’Zogbia in the summer. (Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough are set to double defender David Wheater’s wages to fend off interest from Liverpool. (The Sun)

Boro expect Wheater to sign a new long-term deal in the next two weeks. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been spotted house hunting in Barcelona while he recovers from a thigh injury. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has pledged his future to the club despite interest from Real Madrid and AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United have been sounding out clubs interested in signing striker Louis Saha. (Daily Mail)

Ipswich hope to sign out-of-favour Portsmouth striker David Nugent on loan. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham will go to court to fight a legal challenge from Kia Joorabchian over fees relating to Carlos Tevez’s spell at Upton Park. (Telegraph)

Rangers captain Barry Ferguson will spend the rest of his career at Ibrox with the club set to offer him a contract extension. (The Sun)

Dunfermline have taken St Mirren forward Alex Burke on loan until the end of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Giovanni Trapattoni is the preferred choice to be the new Republic of Ireland boss, ahead of Terry Venables and Billy Davies. (Independent)

Coventry City want to re-sign striker Gary McSheffrey on loan from Birmingham. (Daily Star)

Leeds striker Tresor Kandol wants to quit Elland Road after a bust-up with new boss Gary McAllister. (The Sun)

Former Scotland striker Gary McSwegan, 37, is training with Clyde. (Daily Record)

February 4

Manchester City will be ordered to buy Portsmouth striker Benjani by the Premier League. However, City will be allowed to renegotiate the £9m fee. (Mirror)

However, City do not want a deal to go through and they are ready to go to court to prove that Benjani is not their player. (The Sun)

Paraguay striker Nelsen Cuevas claims he has signed a pre-contract agreement with Blackburn. (Mirror)

Dutch side AZ Alkmaar are claiming new Middlesbrough striker Afonso Alves is their player and want Fifa to ban him from playing. (Mirror)

Bolton midfielder Blerim Dzemaili wants a loan move. (Mirror)

Arsenal midfielder Alex Hleb is a target for Barcelona, who claim they will meet him this week. (Daily Mail)

Teddy Sheringham’s son, Charlie, is to be offered a deal by Danish second division club Fremad Amager after an eight-day trial. (Mirror)

January 31

Tottenham have launched a late bid to sign Sevilla winger Diego Capel. (Mirror)

Arsenal striker Theo Walcott is determined to fight for his place and will snub any move to go out on loan. (Mirror)

Portsmouth are ready to offer £5m plus Lauren in order to secure the services of Real Mallorca winger Jonas Gutierrez. (Various)

Pompey have also inquired about signing Spurs striker Jermain Defoe if Benjani leaves for Manchester City. (Times)

Middlesbrough hope to sign Inter Milan forward Goran Slavkovski on loan. (Times)

Manchester City are still hopeful that Iraqi midfielder Nashat Akram will sign for the club after the Home Office becomes involved. (Independent)

Aston Villa are interested in midfielder Kevin-Prince Boeteng from Tottenham. (Times)

Norwich and Coventry are battling it out for Birmingham defender Martin Taylor. (Times)

Alvaro’s move to Newcastle from Levante looks to have fallen through. (Times)

Fulham are refusing to give up on Rangers striker Daniel Cousin despite Fifa blocking the deal. (Mirror)

Celtic are preparing a £1.25m bid for Dundee United skipper Barry Robson (various)

Falkirk are expected to sign goalkeeper Ryan Esson, who has been released by Shrewsbury. (Daily Record)

Motherwell are tracking Derby’s Bob Malcolm and Simon Lappin of Norwich. (Scottish Sun)

Hibs are thought to have had a £150,000 bid rejected for former Rangers striker Jonatan Johansson, who now plays for Malmo. (Scotsman)

Inverness Caley Thistle have tabled a £50,000 offer for Clyde striker Dougie Imrie. (Express)

Motherwell defender Jim Paterson is set to join Plymouth in a £150,000 move. (Express)

David Norris looks set to join Ipswich from Plymouth for around £2.5m. (Mirror)

Watford are trying to push through a deal for Sheffield United defender Leigh Bromby. (Mirror)

Charlton are ready to test Sunderland’s resolve by asking for cash plus Greg Halford in exchange for Andy Reid. (Star)

Ian Holloway has rejected a £1.5m bid from Ipswich for Leicester central defender Gareth McAuley. (Daily Express)

January 25

Kevin Keegan is planning to snatch David Bentley for £10m – but that planned raid could be ruined by Blackburn’s proposed takeover. (The Sun)

Portsmouth and Spurs have declared an interest in Fenerbahce’s former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman, who would be available for a fee of around £5m. (The Guardian)

Despite reports of a possible transfer window move to Manchester City, Luis Fabiano wants to remain at Sevilla for at least the rest of the season. (The Independent)

Middlesbrough face the prospect of losing both Stewart Downing and Jonathan Woodgate before the end of the month with Spurs and Newcastle interested in the England pair. (Daily Star)

Dean Ashton is a £7m target for Manchester City and West Ham may sell their striker if they can land Darren Bent from Spurs. (The Sun)

Tottenham have given Tiago until Sunday to agree to a move or they will withdraw from a deal to sign the Portugal midfield player from Juventus. (The Times)

Olof Mellberg is set to quit Aston Villa to join Juventus by the end of the month. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth are attempting to sign Milan Baros on loan from Lyon, but the forward feels the deal has become complicated and has yet to make up his mind. (The Times)

Spurs coach Juande Ramos admits he wants to sign midfielder David Albelda on a free transfer from Valencia this summer. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa have sounded out Argentine club River Plate about their Colombian striker Radamel Falcao. (Daily Mirror)

Reading’s £7m valuation of Leroy Lita appears to have priced him out of a move. Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Sunderland were all interested in the forward. (The Times)

Pascal Chimbonda has stunned Tottenham by declaring he wants to leave the club for a lucrative contract under Kevin Keegan at Newcastle. (The Sun)

Saturn Moscow’s Jan Durica’s agent says Celtic have had a £3m offer rejected for the defender. (Various)

Portsmouth are poised to launch a £2.5m offer for Celtic left-back Lee Naylor. (Daily Express)

Celtic’s hopes of signing Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio could be thwarted by the London club’s cash demands. (The Times)

Celtic are poised to pay the £1.25m asking price and beat Burnley to the signature of Dundee United’s Barry Robson. (Daily Mirror)

Dundee United goalkeeper Grzegorz Szamotulski is set to sign for Borussia Dortmund. (Daily Mail)

Roy Carroll has refused to return to Rangers after the goalkeeper’s move to Derby was held up by the Glasgow club. (The Sun)

Derby manager Paul Jewell is angry that Rangers are not allowing Roy Carroll to move until they have signed a replacement. (Various)

Belgium midfielder Thomas Buffel wants to leave Rangers in January because of his lack of first-team opportunities. (Various)

Gillingham have agreed to sell 15-year-old striker Luke Freeman to Arsenal. (The Times)

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has lined up a £600,000 bid for unsettled Sheffield United midfielder Nick Montgomery, who has revealed he wants to leave Bramall Lane. (Daily Star)

Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson, meanwhile, is contemplating a £400,000 move for Brighton skipper Dean Hammond. (Daily Star)

Derby and Reading are interested in Coventry winger Julian Gray, who has a £1m get-out clause in his contract. (The Sun)

MK Dons boss Paul Ince could move for striker Stefan Moore after he was released by QPR. (Daily Star)

Morton are demanding £250,000 from Motherwell for winger Jim McAlister. (Daily Express)

Hearts have joined the race to sign Livingston winger Graham Dorrans. (Daily Express)

Midfielder Russell Duncan will quit Inverness in the summer unless he receives an improved contract offer. (Various)

January 23

Javier Mascherano could add to Liverpool’s woes and leave the club for Italy in the summer. (Sun)

Kevin Keegan is interested taking striker Dean Ashton to Newcastle for West Ham. (Mirror)

Keegan is also keen on Liverpool defender John Arne Riise. (Mirror)

Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is interested in Argentina’s Ezequiel Garay who currently plays for Racing Santander. (Sun)

Former Manchester United keeper Roy Carroll is desperate to join Derby County from Rangers. (Mirror)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is trying to lure Milan Baros back to English football. (Various)

Villa could also lose Luke Moore to Scottish outfit Rangers. (Guardian)

Kevin Keegan has been told to keep his hands off Blackburn’s David Bentley. (Daily Star)

Reading are set to sign Mali Jimmy Kebe from Lens for £400,000. (Sun)

Watford striker Marlon King is hopeful his transfer to Fulham will still go ahead. (Guardian)

Ipswich have tabled a fresh £1.75m for Plymouth’s David Norris. (Guardian)

Ipswich have also offered Coventry £1m for striker Leon Best. (Mail)

Tottenham are close to signing Portuguese midfielder Tiago and Brazilian defender Gilberto. (Telegraph)

Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenburg has pledged his future to the club despite reported interest from Spurs. (Independent)

Birmingham hope to sign Gary Cahill from Aston Villa. (Daily Mail)

January 22

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is planning a swoop to bring David Beckham to St James’ Park. (Mirror)

Tottenham have rekindled their interest in Rangers full-back Alan Hutton and hope to complete an £8m move. (Various)

Spurs have also agreed a fee with Juventus for former Chelsea midfielder Tiago Mendes. (Various)

Fulham are hoping to sign 30-year-old former Manchester United striker Erik Nevland from FC Gronigen. (Various)

Roy Hodgson has also had a £2.5m bid rejected by Rangers for French striker Daniel Cousin. (Various)

Sunderland manager Roy Keane is planning a £1.5m bid for Manchester United full-back Philip Bardsley. (Various)

Harry Redknapp wants Peter Crouch to quit Liverpool and join him at Portsmouth. (Various)

Redknapp has also been linked with a move for former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Milan Baros, who currently plays for Lyon. (Various)

Pompey will also make a move for Villa’s Czech Republic midfielder Patrick Berger. (Various)

Kevin Keegan is ready to offer Manchester City and England defender Micah Richards £70,000 a week to join him at Newcastle. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal are considering a £7m summer move for West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green. (Daily Express)

Juventus are hoping to resurrect a move for Liverpool midfielder Mohammed Sissoko. (Various)

West Ham have been linked with a move for Villarreal’s £3m-rated Argentine midfielder Leandro Somoza. (Independent)

Everton are interested in signing Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis. (Times)

Croatia under-21 midfielder Domagoj Vida has turned down a move to Liverpool. (Various)

Reading left-back Nicky Shorey is set to sign a new contract that will make him the highest-paid player at the club. (Various)

January 17

Bolton could make a surprise move for Aston Villa’s Olof Mellberg now they have money after selling Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea (Mirror).

Chelsea will ask Barcelona for Lionel Messi or AC Milan for Kaka if Didier Drogba decides to join either team in the summer (Mirror).

Fulham will make Kansas City Wizards striker Eddie Johnson the club’s fifth American signing (Sun).

Tottenham have had no takers for Darren Bent, who they are prepared to sell at a loss despite having only signed him last summer (Independent).

Portsmouth have been told they can only sign Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe on a permanent deal and there is no chance of a loan (Independent).

Birmingham are keen to sign Huddersfield goalkeeper Matt Glennon after he helped knock them out of the FA Cup third round (Mirror).

Manchester United are close to sealing a deal for 17-year-old identical twin defenders Fabio and Rafael Silva, who are both Brazilian youth internationals (Times).

Derby have rejected another bid from Maccabi Tel Aviv for American midfielder Benny Feilhaber (Telegraph).

Real Madrid say they will “just have to keep working” on their bid to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United (The Sun).

Sheffield United are keen to sign Ugo Ehiogu from Rangers as he has made just 12 appearances in the last year (Sun).

Nottingham Forest will make a third take-it-or-leave-it offer for Coventry’s Leon Best (Star).

Spanish club Osasuna are to make an increased bid for Celtic’s Evander Sno (The Sun)

January 12

Paul Robinson has demanded to leave Tottenham after being demoted to the bench for last Wednesday’s Carling Cup semi-final with Arsenal. (The Mail)

Robinson has been told by Juande Ramos that he can leave Spurs, and would cost potential suitors £5m. (Independent)

West Ham stopper Robert Green is being lined up to replace Robinson at Spurs. He would cost £6m. (The Sun)

Spurs are expected to land long-term target Stewart Downing from Middlesbrough for £10m. (Daily Star)

Tottenham midfielder Teemu Tainio could be part of the deal that brings Downing to White Hart Lane. (The Sun)

Out of favour Spurs striker Jermain Defoe could be Harry Redknapp’s first signing as Newcastle boss – if he joins the St James’ Park club. (The Sun)

Afonso Alves’ move to Middlesbrough has hit a snag over a row about who actually owns the Brazilian striker. (The Independent)

Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is target for Spanish outfit Valencia. (The Sun)

Arsenal ‘keeper Jens Lehmann looks set to stay with the Gunners after his move to Borussia Dortmund fell through. (The Sun)

Derby hope to sign former Manchester United keeper Roy Carroll next week. (The Mirror)

Lyon striker Fred is the target of several Premiership clubs with Tottenham leading the chase for the £11m rated Brazilian. (Various)

Bolton manager Gary Megson hopes to spend all of the £15m the club received for striker Nicolas Anelka. (The Express)

January 11

Manchester United are preparing a £12m-offer for long-term target Klaas Jan Huntelaar. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, after recent interest from Real Madrid, Manchester United have said they will never sell prized asset Cristiano Ronaldo. (Various)

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka is desperate to join Chelsea and has urged the Blues to up their offer to the £15m his present club want. (The Sun)

However, Chelsea manager Avram Grant is growing impatient with Bolton and may explore other possibilities this January. (The Guardian)

Tottenham are keen to bring Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Daniel Jarque to the club. (The Times)

Former Tottenham striker Freddie Kanoute has admitted he would love the chance to return to White Hart Lane and team up with former Sevilla boss Juande Ramos. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, Ramos has told his scouts to look for a new keeper with Ajax stopper Maarten Stekelenburg a possible target. (The Times)

Fulham have been told they must find £8m if they are to take striker Marlon King from Watford to Craven Cottage. (The Sun)

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes wants to sign Wigan and Wales midfielder Jason Koumas for £3.5m. (Daily Mail)

Reading have told Sunderland to forget their interest in midfielder Stephen Hunt after the Black Cats made an improved £4.5m offer for the Irishman. (The Guardian)

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is ready to make an improved offer for Everton forward James McFadden and Hibernian defender David Murphy. (The Telegraph)

Newcastle’s proposed £3m move for Porto defender Marek Cech has been put on hold after the departure of Sam Allardyce. (The Mail)

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is close to agreeing a deal for SC Heerenveen striker Alfonso Alves. (The Times)

Arsenal midfielder Lassana Diarra says his desire to leave the club left him in the wrong frame of mind to face Spurs on Wednesday. (The Guardian)

Aston Villa have insisted that striker Marlon Harewood is not leaving the club with Watford, Stoke and Crystal Palace among the clubs interested in the former West Ham man. (Daily Express)

Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann has been rewarded with a new one-year contract. (The Mail)

Gilberto Silva has vowed to stay at Arsenal and fight for his place in the team. (Daily Mirror)

January 10

Paul Robinson’s future at Tottenham is in doubt after being dropped against Arsenal and he is reported to have had a furious bust-up with boss Juande Ramos when he heard the news. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are lining up a move for Lyon’s £11m-rated Brazilian Fred should Dimitar Berbatov seal his dream move to Manchester United. (The Guardian)

Palermo’s Mark Bresciano has played down reports linking him with a move to Fulham. (The Independent)

Valencia have joined Juventus in the race to sign Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko. (Daily Mail)

Toulouse have confirmed reports they have been contacted by Tottenham about Sweden striker Johan Elmander. (The Independent)

New boss Fabio Capello will select Wayne Bridge ahead of Chelsea team-mate Ashley Cole for the England left-back slot. (The Independent)

Middlesbrough are attempting to complete the £12m transfer of Brazilian striker Alfonso Alves from Heerenveen. (The Independent)

Defender Pascal Chimbonda is desperate to leave Tottenham in fury at the club’s plans to sign replacement right-backs. (The Guardian)

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill is preparing a £15m swoop for Chimbonda and his Spurs team-mate Jermain Defoe. (The Star)

Geovanni is poised to quit Manchester City for Deportivo La Coruna in the transfer window. (Daily Mail)

West Brom midfielder Richard Chaplow has moved to rivals Preston in a £1.35m deal. (Daily Express)

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is ready to make a £4m offer for Everton forward James McFadden. (The Star)

Portsmouth have taken South Korea striker Cho Jae-Jin on trial with a view to signing the free agent recently rejected by Newcastle. (Daily Express)

Blackburn will listen to offers for defender Stephane Henchoz, with Fulham boss Roy Hodgson leading the race for his signature. (The Star)

Wolves want to sign Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp. (The Star)

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka has agreed a salary package at Chelsea worth over £20m. (The Star)

Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has blasted Rafael Benitez for refusing to allow loanee Besian Idrizaj to return to Anfield. (The Star)

Middlesbrough are in talks with Lyon’s Brazilian striker Fred about a £10m move to join Gareth Southgate’s struggling Boro. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are set to reignite their interest in Maniche. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton want to sign Iceland right-back Gretar Steinsson from AZ Alkmaar – ahead of Newcastle and Middlesbrough. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan are hoping to sign Newcastle’s Steve Carr after new contract talks with the Magpies broke down. (Daily Mirror)

Paul Robinson had a furious bust-up with Tottenham boss Juande Ramos after being axed against Arsenal on Wednesday. (Various)

Manchester City are determined to sign Roma’s Mancini. (The Sun)

Sam Allardyce was told he would get just £8m to spend in the transfer window – a day before he was forced out. (The Sun)

The Magpies did however, agree a £5.5m fee with Arsenal for Lassana Diarra, just hours before his exit. (Various)

Fulham want to sign Watford striker Marlon King as they fight for their Premier League survival. (The Sun)

Bolton’s Stelios is at the centre of an £800,000 transfer battle between Stoke and Sheffield United. (The Sun)

Middlesbrough are keen on signing Cristiano Lucarelli from Shakhtar Donetsk. (The Times)

Former Rangers defender Jean-Alain Boumsong’s move to Fulham has been put on hold for a week. (The Times)

Bolton have held talks with Celtic over the possible transfer of defender Bobo Balde. (The Times)

Charlton want to sign Burnley striker Andy Gray in a £1m deal and are also keen on Colchester skipper Karl Duguid. (The Star)

Leicester manager Ian Holloway is ready to raid former club Plymouth for defender Paul Connolly. (The Star)

Swindon have made a bid for Reading striker Simon Cox. (The Star)

Hull have rejected Celtic’s £1m bid for Hull defender Michael Turner, insisting they want £2m. (The Star)

Rangers will move for veteran Hearts goalkeeper Steve Banks if Roy Carroll makes the switch to Derby County. (various)

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray is planning a double swoop on former club Hibs for David Murphy and Guillame Beuzelin. (Scottish Sun)

Defender Zander Diamond will commit his future to Aberdeen but striker Lee Miller wants a move to England. (Scottish Sun)

December 28

Manchester City are leading the race to sign Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Luka Modric. The Croatia star is set to cost Sven-Goran Eriksson £20m (Daily Express)

But Chelsea are also desperate to sign Modric to help ease their growing injury list, that now includes Frank Lampard. (Guardian)

Avram Grant could also move for Daniel Alves, Maicon Douglas and Nicolas Anelka in a sensational £50m spending spree. (Independent)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is in pole position to sign Barnsley keeper Heinz Muller for £1m. (Various)

Muller’s arrival would pave the way for out-of-favour Jens Lehmann to leave Arsenal and rejoin Borussia Dortmund. (Various)

Sunderland have held talks with Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage about a possible move to the Stadium of Light. Savage would cost Roy Keane around £1.5m. (Daily Mail)

Bolton are keen on Portsmouth midfielder Matt Taylor but could be put off by the £5m price tag the south coast outfit are placing on his head. (Daily Mail)

Everton boss David Moyes has placed a £25m price tag on Mikel Arteta to scare off Spanish giants Valencia. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic are negotiating with Everton about the transfer of James McFadden and hope to sign the striker in time to face Rangers on 2 January. (The Sun)

Sevilla have pulled the plug on Andreas Hinkel’s move to Borussia Dortmund after Celtic lodged an improved offer for the right-back. (Daily Record)

Celtic will lose out on Andreas Hinkel despite an improved bid because the defender wants to join Borussia Dortmund. (Daily Mail)

Bobo Balde will hold showdown talks with Celtic to find out if he has a future at the club or should join Birmingham or Sunderland during January. (Daily Express)

Bobo Balde wants his future sorted out before the African Nations Cup starts on 6 January and the defender hopes to remain with Celtic. (The Herald)

Celtic have offered out-of-favour striker Maciej Zurawski to Maccabi Tel-Aviv. (various)

Rangers are hoping to sign England Under-21 striker Luke Moore, but Aston Villa would prefer a permanent transfer to a loan deal. (The Sun)

Midfielder John Rankin has been told he can leave Inverness and hopes to move in January despite a recent return to the first-team. (The Sun)

Reading manager Steve Coppell is set to land Nigerian striker Udo Nwoko from Portuguese club Leixoes for £1.25m. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate will add Sheffield United’s Rob Hulse to his squad for around £2.2m (Daily Mirror)

Cesc Fabregas’ agent has said there is “no chance” the young Arsenal star will move to Real Madrid despite interest from the Spanish giants. (The Sun)

Chelsea are eyeing up a move for Barcelona’s 16-year-old starlet Thiago Alcantara, who has yet to sign a pro deal at the Nou Camp. (The Sun)

Bryan Robson is hoping new signing Gary Speed can persuade former Bolton colleague Ivan Campo to join him at Bramall Lane. (The Sun)

Tottenham striker Darren Bent is keen to link up with his former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley at West Ham. (Daily Star)

Dundee United hope to secure Leicester striker Eric Odhiambo on loan until the end of the season. (Daily Express)

Gretna will be paid £20,000 by Dundee United for left-back Danny Grainger, who will sign a two-and-a-half year contract. (Daily Express)

St Mirren are close to securing New England Revolution midfielder Andrew Dorman on an 18-month contract. (various)

December 13

Fabio Capello will become the highest paid coach in international football history as the Football Association will pay him about £6m-a-year to manage England. (Daily Mail)

But, no, it’s more of a bargain than that as Capello will actually be earning £4m-a-year. (Daily Mirror)

Real Madrid striker Raul says Capello will solve England’s problems – like he did in Spain when he led the Bernabeu club to league titles in his two spells with them. (Times)

John Terry has told Capello he wants to stay on as England captain after doubts were raised about his position. (The Sun)

Capello must be good – even his closest rival for the job, Italian World Cup-winning boss Marcelo Lippi, says he is the right man to manage England. (Various)

Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri, who is now in charge of Juventus, says Capello might not charm England like him but that his fellow Italian will be loved for winning. (Daily Mirror)

December 12

Fabio Capello will meet FA officials on Wednesday and the meeting is expected to end with the Italian agreeing to take over as the new England manager. (various)

And if the former Real Madrid and AC Milan coach does succeed Steve McClaren, England’s players are in for a shake-up according to Ruud Gullit and Dino Zoff. The pair claim Capello will dispense with players who do not perform. (various)

Not content with laying down the law on the pitch, Capello will also ensure there are no distractions off it by banning wags (wives and girlfriends) from being around the players in the run-up to crucial matches. (Daily Star)

John Terry’s position as England captain is under threat as some FA board members are concerned by stories of his off-field antics. (The Sun)

December 11

Fabio Capello is set to be the new England boss after Jose Mourinho ruled himself out of the running. And the former Real Madrid manager could draft in ex-England stars Alan Shearer and Stuart Pearce as part of his backroom staff. (various)

Another Italian, Marcello Lippi, also remains in the frame to succeed Steve McClaren. (Daily Express)

December 10

Italian World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi has issued a ‘come and get me’ plea to the Football Association over the England job. (Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph)

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill is leading a list of candidates queuing up for the job after Jose Mourinho snubbed the FA. (Daily Express)

Mourinho, however, has spent the weekend considering whether to continue with his candidacy for the England post. (Independent)

The FA has not given up on attracting Mourinho – despite indications he has ruled himself out of the post. (The Sun)

Former Juventus and Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has been approached about having an interview. (Various)

December 7

Jose Mourinho has flown into England for secret talks with the Football Association about succeeding sacked coach Steve McClaren. (various)

But the FA’s director of football development Trevor Brooking is at odds with chief executive Brian Barwick over the choice of coach. Brooking wants another Englishman – and wants to return to old club West Ham for Alan Curbishley. (Mail)

Marcello Lippi, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, is the surprise name on a short list of five for the England job, along with Mourinho, Fabio Capello, Jurgen Klinsmann and Martin O’Neill. (Mirror, Telegraph, Express)

Aston Villa manager O’Neill – who has publicly ruled himself out of the race – believes Mourinho would be “an excellent choice” to take over as England coach. (Times)

Jose’s father Felix is, not surprisingly given that he is his dad, a big admirer and has given his “blessing” to him taking over as England coach. (Sun)

December 6

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says the new England manager has to be English. “What makes me sad is that I am more nationalistic than you are,” he said. “You want to give it to Mourinho or Capello, and I am the only one who goes for an Englishman.” (Mirror)

FA chief executive Brian Barwick is poised to draw up a shortlist of candidates to be the next England coach, with Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klinsmann, Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi believed to be on it (Guardian).

November 16

Arsenal are lining up a £15m transfer window swoop for Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor. (Daily Express)

Thomas Sorensen’s future at Aston Villa again looks bleak after he spoke of his frustration at being left out of the first team. (The Independent)

And his mood will not be improved with the news that Villa boss Martin O’Neill is ready to pay £10m to make Scott Carson’s loan move from Liverpool permanent. (Daily Star)

Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko is set for showdown talks with coach Rafa Benitez over his Anfield future. (Daily Mirror)

Inter Milan have been linked with Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, joining Manchester United, Arsenal and Fenerbahce in a growing list of admirers. (The Independent)

Chelsea are weighing up a £2.5m move for Hertha Berlin’s Serbia international forward Marko Pantelic to cover Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba should they go to the African Cup of Nations. (The Guardian)

The Blues are also ready to step up their chase for Sevilla’s Daniel Alves when the January transfer window opens. (Daily Star)

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is prepared to shelve plans to sign Heerenveen striker Afonso Alves because of work permit problems. (Daily Mirror)

And City’s Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson has warned Eriksson that he will leave the club if he does not get his place back in the starting XI. (Daily Mirror)

Eriksson has also been linked with a move for Lokomotiv Moscow star Marat Izmailov. (The Sun)

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos says he will not sign any Sevilla players – despite reports linking the north London club with Freddie Kanoute and Daniel Alves. (The Guardian)

Reading want to sign Blackburn goalkeeper Jason Brown as they prepare for the loss of Marcus Hahnemann, who is currently involved in a contract row with the club. (Daily Star)

Everton have outlined their determination to retain the services of James McFadden after Celtic expressed their interest in the striker earlier this week. (Daily Record)

November 9

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is closing in on £10m-rated Russian international Roman Pavlyuchenko – the striker whose two goals have left England’s hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 in tatters. (The Sun)

Eriksson is also trying to prise Partizan Belgrade teenager Stevan Jovetic away from rivals Manchester United. (The Sun)

Former Spurs boss Martin Jol is holding out for the Holland job after turning down the head coach role at PSV Eindhoven. (The Times)

Wigan are sounding out a potential move for England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce and are also interested in Scotland manager Alex McLeish. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton boss George Burley is keen to sign Plymouth midfielder David Norris on loan. (The Sun)

Leicester are eyeing former Burnley boss Steve Cotterill to fill the hole left by Gary Megson. (The Times)

Meanwhile former Fulham manager Jean Tigana will fly in for talks with Foxes chairman Milan Manderic, while Joe Royle has also been linked with the vacant manager’s job. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are watching Villarreal’s Martin Caceres, currently at loan with Recreativo in La Liga. (The Sun)

Barcelona’s Eidur Gudjohnsen could be set for a return to the Premier League with West Ham, Portsmouth and Manchester City all interested in signing the former Chelsea striker. (The Sun)

November 8

Chelsea are in talks with 17-year-old Brazilian striker Lulinha – dubbed the new Ronaldinho – over an £8m move from Corinthians. (Independent)

Derby want to sign out-of-favour Celtic defender Bobo Balde in January. (Star)

Mexican keeper Guillermo Ochoa is keen on a £7m move to Manchester United. (Star)

Dimitar Berbatov’s brother says the Bulgarian striker has “outgrown” Tottenham and wants to join Manchester United. (Sun)

Newcastle are considering an £8m bid for out-of-favour Villarreal midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme. (Sun)

The Magpies are also after £8m-rated Russia skipper Andrei Arshavin. (Mirror)

West Ham could bid £5m for Panathinaikos’s Brazilian midfielder Marcelo. (Sun)

Atletico Madrid are hopeful of signing Manchester United defender Gerard Pique on loan in January ahead of a permanent deal. (Mirror)

November 6

West Ham have been linked with Inter striker Adriano and are ready to pay £14m for the Brazilian. (Independent)

Aston Villa’s Sweden international defender Olof Mellberg has refused to deny speculation linking him with a move to Juventus. (Independent)

Arsenal are on the trail of Congo international striker Tresor Mputu and will pay £500,000 for him. (Daily Star)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane says he wants to bring in three or four players in January. (Independent)

Bolton want to sign Manchester City’s £2m-rated winger Ishmael Miller, who is on loan at West Brom. (Daily Star)

Man City have been told by Seville they have no chance of signing their midfielder Christian Poulsen. (The Sun)

Derby want to re-sign Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone when the January transfer window opens. (The Sun)

Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson wants to turn his season-long loan at Aston Villa into a permanent deal to stay at the club. (The Sun)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could make a move for Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, whose contract finishes in June. (Mirror)

Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov has sought assurances he can leave the club if they finish outside the top four in the Premier League. (The Times)

West Ham captain Lucas Neill wants the club to raise his salary just 10 months after joining them. (Mirror)

Bolton want to sign Sheffield United hard-man Chris Morgan. (Mirror)

Liverpool are interested in signing Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones and could make a £12m bid for him. (Mirror)

Celtic are ready to beat Hearts in the race to sign Dundee United goalkeeper Gregorz Szamotulski in January. (Daily Record)

October 29

Sevilla trio Fredi Kanoute, Daniel Alves and Andres Palop are all being linked with moves to Tottenham. (Daily Star)

Manchester United are ready to sign Norwegian under-21 midfielder Per Skjelbred (Daily Mirror)

Charlton are planning a £2m swoop for Southampton’s Polish striker Grzegorz Rasiak. (The Sun)

October 21

Derby are ready to bid £7m for Portsmouth striker David Nugent, and they also want Newcastle’s Shola Ameobi on loan. (News of the World)

Real Madrid want Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho. (Various)

Manchester City are set to bid £10m for Heerenveen’s Brazilian striker Alfonso Alves. (Various)

Arsenal and Manchester United are locked in a battle to sign 19-year-old Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria. (News of the World)

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill wants to sign Liverpool left-back John Arne Riise. (The People)

Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal are competing for the signature of Monaco midfielder Yohan Mollo. (The People)

Newcastle will renew their interest in Barcelona’s want-away Brazilian Edmilson. (The People)

Manchester City are targeting Lyon’s France international striker Karin Benzema but will need to pay around £14m for him. (The People)

City also want Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge but face competition from West Ham. (The People)

Tottenham are set to make a cut-price £1.5m bid for West Ham midfielder Luis Boa Morte. (The People)

Arsenal are interested in signing Dynamo Kiev’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric. (The People)

Manchester United are set to land 15-year-old Norwegian striker Joshua King from Valarenga. (The People)

Tottenham are considering moving for Villarreal’s Argentine midfielder Juan Riquelme. (The People)

But Tottenham are set to lose out to Manchester United for the signature of Ghana youth international Ransford Osei. (The People)

Chelsea winger Scott Sinclair is wanted on loan by Sheffield United manager Bryan Robson. (The People)

Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko has told friends he wants to leave the club in January. (Mail on Sunday)

October 20

Manchester United are preparing a second bid to sign Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho from Barcelona. (Daily Star)

And Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso wants to move to Old Trafford to play with fellow Portugese Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani.

Jens Lehmann is heading for a showdown with Arsene Wenger over his Arsenal future after being left out of the squad to face Bolton. (Sun)

Chelsea boss Avram Grant is ready to make a controversial new signing, by bringing in old mate Michael Emenalo as his new chief scout. (Mirror)

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is ready to bid for 17-year-old Nigerian striker Macauley Christantus. (Sun)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane has urged the board to stump up more cash so he can boost his squad in the January transfer window. (Daily Mail)

October 19

Both Chelsea and Middlesbrough are eyeing up a possible move for £3m-rated Danish centre-half Simon Kjaer, 19, from FC Midtjylland. (The Sun)

Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill is planning a £2.5m raid on Steaua Bucharest for Romania midfielder Nicolae Dica. (Mirror)

Manchester United are to offer a contract to Carlos Tevez’s attacking midfielder brother Miguel. (Mirror)

Manchester City are keeping tabs on Palermo’s Brazilian striker Amauri and Australian midfielder Mark Bresciano. (Daily Mail)

October 13

Manchester United are close to signing Partizan Belgrade star Stevan Jovetic for £7m. The 17-year-old Montenegro international has scored six goals for his club side this season. (The Sun).

Arsenal could face a fight for midfielder Cesc Fabregas if Barcelona are interested in the Spain international, according to his agent. (Daily Express, The Guardian)

Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho has denied rumours he wants to leave Chelsea. (The Sun)

Celtic will offer midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura a contract for life to ensure the Japanese international spends the rest of his playing days at Parkhead. (Daily Record)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp wants to raid former club and south-coast rivals Southampton to sign winger Nathan Dyer. (The Sun)

Recently sacked Crystal Palace manager Peter Taylor could set for a quick return to management with Gillingham. (The Sun)

Millwall want to fill their manager vacancy with high-flying Tranmere’s Ronnie Moore. (Daily Mirror).

Stoke are keen to take Sheffield United’s out-of-favour centre-half Chris Lucketti on loan. (Daily Mirror)

Gretna goalkeeper Greg Fleming has signed a new 18-month contract. (Daily Record)
October 12

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is desperate to sign Newcastle’s England striker Michael Owen in the January transfer window, for about £15m. (The Sun)

Francesco Guidolin – the Italian set to be appointed QPR’s new boss – will be given £20m to spend and he wants to sign Alessandro del Piero. (Daily Mirror, Daily Express)

Liverpool are weighing up a move for Athletic Bilbao defender Fernando Amorebieta, 22. (Various)

Reds boss Rafa Benitez wants £12m for striker Peter Crouch, with Manchester City and Portsmouth leading the race. (Daily Mirror)

Nicklas Bendtner has told Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger – pick me or I’ll quit. (The Sun)

Harry Redknapp says Portsmouth will not be signing Sierra Leone striker Mohamed Kallon, despite a recent trial. (Independent)

Osasuna will renew their interest in Celtic midfielder Evander Sno in January. (The Sun)

Falkirk and German clubs are interested in Motherwell’s trialist goalkeeper, Henri Sillanpaa, presently of VPS Vaasa. (The Sun)

Dunfermline hope to extend Norwich goalkeeper Paul Gallacher’s loan period until the end of the season. (The Sun)

Barnsley have asked Everton boss David Moyes to allow Brazilian midfielder Anderson de Silva to stay at Oakwell for a further month. (Daily Star)

Hull striker Michael Bridges is set to complete a loan move to Australian outfit Sydney FC. (Various)

Manchester City defender Shaleum Logan, 19, has joined Grimsby on a month’s loan. (Daily Star)

Charlton boss Alan Pardew has denied reports claiming Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has been training with the club. (Independent)

Managerless Norwich are trying to sign West Brom misfit John Hartson, 32, on loan. (Daily Mail)

October 11

Chelsea are concerned Frank Lampard could be a disruptive influence following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho and are prepared to sell the midfielder, with Real Madrid lining up a £9m bid when the transfer window opens in January. Didier Drogba could also leave following Mourinho’s exit. (Daily Mirror)

New Chelsea boss Avram Grant wants to buy Brazilian Kaka from AC Milan even if he costs £100m. (Daily Express)

Man City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson will try to sign Jens Lehmann from Arsenal for £1m in the January transfer window. (The Sun)

Eriksson, meanwhile, will be able to buy Peter Crouch for £8m from Liverpool in the January transfer window. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack insists that he is happy at the club and wants to sees out the remaining two years of his contract. (The Sun)

Javier Mascherano has attempted to end speculation over his future by declaring he wants to sign a long-term deal with Liverpool. (The Sun)

Leicester boss Gary Megson wants to sign Collins John from Fulham on loan. (Various)

Sunderland have decided against signing former Manchester City midfielder Kiki Musampa after a trial at the club. (The Independent)

October 10

Arsene Wenger wants to buy West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green. The £6m-rated stopper is fed up with consistently being overlooked by England boss Steve McClaren and wants to boost his chances of an international call-up with a move to the Emirates. (The Sun)

Wenger is also stepping up his pursuit of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso, although reports in Portugal suggest Manchester United have first option on his transfer. (Daily Mail)

Dynamo Kiev are plotting a loan bid to take Chelsea’s Andriy Shevchenko back to the club where he made his name. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton have won the race to sign Middlesbrough defender Andrew Davies. The England under-21 international will sign a three-month loan deal with a view to a permanent move in January. (Daily Star)

Wolves are set to sign Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson on a three-month loan deal. (Daily Star)

China midfielder Li Tie has been axed by Sheffield United after failing to start a game since arriving at Bramall Lane 14 months ago. (Daily Star)

October 6

Tottenham want Mark Hughes to take over at White Hart Lane if Martin Jol is lured to Ajax. (Mirror)

Manchester rivals United and City are locked in a battle for teenage Nigerian striker Macauley Christantus, top scorer at the Under-17 World Cup. (Sun)

Chelsea are in the frame to sign Barcelona’s 18-year-old midfielder Giovani Dos Santos, hailed as the “new Ronaldinho”. (Sun)

Jermain Defoe has begged the Tottenham board to keep Martin Jol, even though he is unable to secure a regular starting place. (Various)

Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood wants to tie up Zander Diamond, Scott Severin, Michael Hart, Jamie Langfield, Barry Nicholson and Steve Lovell on long-term contracts. (Record)

Rafael Benitez has denied that his split from assistant manager Pako Ayesteran is the reason for Liverpool’s recent loss of form. (Daily Telegraph)

Martin Jol admits he tried to bring Liverpool striker Fernando Torres to White Hart Lane last season but couldn’t afford him after buying Dimitar Berbatov. (Mirror)

West Ham defender John Panstil has told his agent to find him a new club after failing to secure a place in the side under Alan Curbishley (Mirror).

Graham Kavanagh wants to stay at Sheffield Wednesday after being put out on loan by Sunderland boss Roy Keane. (Mirror)

October 5

Manchester City star Micah Richards’ talks about a new contract have stalled over the club’s refusal to grant him an escape clause. (Mirror)

QPR want former England boss Glenn Hoddle to succeed sacked John Gregory at Loftus Road. (Various)

Ajax boss Henk Ten Cate has agreed to work under Avram Grant at Chelsea as assistant coach and former Scotland captain Gary McAllister may also join the backroom staff. (Sun)

Ten Cate will not work under Grant and has demanded assurances he would be part of a Dutch team headed by Russia coach Guus Hiddink. (Guardian)

September 22

Manchester City are to reward goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel for his excellent start to the season with a new four-year contract. (Sun)

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina wants to quit Anfield for Spanish side Atletico Madrid for whom his father Miguel played in the ’70s. (Sun)

Sami Hyypia could be offered a new Liverpool contract if he continues to impress Rafael Benitez while deputising for Daniel Agger. (Daily Star)

Liverpool are waiting for international clearance to complete the signing of Canadian midfielder Michael D’Agostino, 25. (Sun).

September 20

For this column, the focus will be on who will replace Jose “Special One” Mourinho at Chelsea.

Guus Hiddink, Jurgen Klinsmann and Frank Rijkaard are all touted as strong candidates to take over the helm. (The Guardian)

Meanwhile, the former Juventus coach Didier Deschamps, Sevilla’s Juande Ramos and Fabio Capello are also believed to be on the hitlist. (The Times)

So was Jose Mourinho pushed or was he sacked?

Mourinho walks, but the club claim he was sacked. (Daily Mirror)

A bust-up between Mourinho and his captain John Terry is believed to have spelt the end for the “Special One”. (The Sun)

So who will be in charge of Chelsea for Sunday’s clash at Manchester United?

Owner Roman Abramovich is set appoint the club’s director of football Israeli Avram Grant as caretaker boss. (Daily Mirror)

Elsewhere, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is interested in signing Sporting Lisbon’s Rabiu Ibrahim. (Daily Mirror)

September 19

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants to sign 19-year-old midfielder Diego Capel from Sevilla for £8m. (Daily Mirror)

Talented 17-year-old Nigerian Macauley Chrisantus is set to snub Tottenham for Premier League rivals Arsenal. (The Sun)

West Ham will sign Giles Barnes from Derby for £5m in January – but the midfielder will then be loaned back to the Rams for the remainder of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland midfielder Graham Kavanagh is a target for Sheffield Wednesday, although Leeds and Sheffield United are monitoring the situation. (The Independent)

Championship side QPR are hoping to sign Brazilian defender Ze Maria after a delay in his move to Sheffield United. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa want to reward defender Wilfred Bouma for his good form with a new contract at the club. (Daily Express)

Aston Villa are considering a number of loan offers for England Under-21 international Gary Cahill. (The Independent)

Paul Ritchie is training with Dundee after leaving Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia. (Daily Record)

Hamilton have taken Albanian midfielder Anastas Kristo on trial. (Daily Record)

September 17

Manager Martin Jol has told Jermain Defoe he will be left to rot in the reserves if he doesn’t sign a new contract at Tottenham. (Sun)

Everton are trying to lure Barcelona’s Mexican wonder kid Efrain Juarez Valdez. (Daily Mirror)

Peter Crouch has been assured he has a future at Liverpool, despite finding himself a regular fixture on the subs’ bench. (Various)

Andriy Shevchenko’s days at Chelsea could be numbered after he failed to impress boss Jose Mourinho in the 0-0 draw against Blackburn. (Sun)

Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce admits the return to fitness of Michael Owen casts fresh doubt over the future of striker Obafemi Martins. (Daily Mail)

September 16

Juventus are ready to make a move for out-of-favour Liverpool striker Peter Crouch in January. Manchester City are also interested. (Sunday Express)

Galatasaray will make a £4m bid for Emre after he admitted he wants to quit Newcastle. (News of the World)

AC Milan could be preparing a bid for Chelsea’s Michael Ballack. (People)

West Ham expect to sign Derby midfielder Giles Barnes for £7.5m in January. (People)

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is being chased by a host of German clubs, including Stuttgart. (Sunday Mirror)

Southampton manager George Burley may make a bid for Slovakia striker Marek Mintal in January. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is pondering a move for Celtic midfielder Scott Brown. (People)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is targeting Brazilian international Afonso Alves, who plays for SC Heerenveen. (News of the World)

Michael Owen’s £9m escape clause from Newcastle does not apply again until the end of the season. (Daily Mail)

Leeds are pondering a loan deal for out-of-favour Leicester striker Matty Fryatt. (People)

New Leicester boss Gary Megson wants to make Sheffield Wednesday’s Glenn Whelan his first signing. (People)

West Brom, Sheffield United and Coventry are among eight clubs to have expressed an interest in taking Aston Villa’s Gary Cahill on loan. (People)

Watford are poised to sign ex-Everton defender Alessandro Pistone. (People)

Man City could swoop for Chelsea’s Wayne Bridge in January. (NOTW)

September 15

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists he will not sell Michael Ballack to Real Madrid in the January transfer window. (Sun)

But Andriy Shevchenko will get a last chance to save his Chelsea career as he makes his first appearance of the season against Blackburn on Saturday. (Sun)

In-demand Plymouth teenager Dan Gosling, 17, will commit himself to Argyle rather than move to West Ham or Everton. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth are to monitor Peter Crouch’s position at Liverpool if the England striker turns down a new five-year contract at Anfield. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has warned defender Steven Taylor his future at the club is in doubt if he does not accept the club’s offer of a contract extension (Various)

West Brom are trying to convince Hungary captain Zoltan Gera and midfielder Martin Albrechtsen to sign new contracts. (Daily Mirror)

September 13

Chelsea are set to sign Portuguese wonderkid Kaby after agreeing a secret £5m deal with Boavista. (Daily Mirror)

Mark Schwarzer has postponed contract talks at Middlesbrough until January – when he could sign for free with another club. (Daily Star)

Justin Hoyte faces being frozen out at Arsenal despite wanting to stay for life. (The Sun)

Birmingham have pulled the plug on a deal to sign Sierra Leone forward Mohamed Kallon. (Various)

Norwich boss Peter Grant wants to sign Wigan reject Fitz Hall on loan. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner may be loaned out in January after having showdown talks with manager Arsene Wenger. (Daily Mirror)

Ahmed Fathi has returned to Egypt just eight months after joining Sheffield United. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield Wednesday want to hijack Graham Kavanagh’s proposed switch to Leeds. (Daily Mirror)

English non-league side Dereham Town are trying to tempt Chris Sutton out of retirement. (Daily Record)

Former Dundee United midfielder Karim Kerkar, whose wife stopped him joining St Johnstone in the summer, is training with St Mirren. (Daily Record)

September 12

Aston Villa goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen and midfielder Shaun Maloney want to leave the club when the transfer window opens in January. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea have been given permission to speak to Millwall’s academy keeper Sam Walker, 15, after having a £500,000 bid accepted. (The Sun)

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce hopes Carson Yeung’s imminent takeover of the Premier League club will mean he can go on a January spending spree. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough and Reading are interested in Wolves’ Seyi Olofinjana. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson hopes to lure ex-Brazil right-back Jose Ze Maria. (Daily Mirror)

September 11

Turkish midfielder Emre wants to quit Newcastle for Galatasaray but the Magpies want £3.5m for him. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland manager Roy Keane is weighing up a £2m move for QPR’s Dexter Blackstock. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is ready to battle Sheffield United for Spurs winger Wayne Routledge. (Daily Mirror)

Hull City boss Phil Brown is giving a trial to Middlesbrough striker Malcolm Christie. (Daily Mirror)

September 10

Birmingham are set to make a £1m bid for Manchester City striker Darius Vassell in January. (The Sun)

West Ham will move for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner when the transfer window opens. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United are set to lose out to Lazio in the race to land Italian striker Fabio Vignaroli, who is a free agent after leaving Bari at the end of last season. (Daily Mirror)

Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen’s failure to sign a new deal at Bolton has alerted clubs at home and abroad. (The Sun)

Chelsea have agreed to pay Millwall £175,000 for their 6ft 5in academy keeper Sam Walker, 15. (The Sun)

September 9

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack will join Real Madrid for £8m in January. (The People)

Manchester City and Manchester United are competing to sign Ajax’s £18m-rated striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the January transfer window. (News of the World)

Liverpool are preparing a £5m bid for Newcastle’s Steven Taylor in January after the defender snubbed the Magpies’ offer of a new contract. (The People)

Tottenham are tracking Livorno keeper Marco Amelia. (Sunday Mirror)

Liverpool are to swoop for Cagliari playmaker Pasquale Foggia in January. (News of the World)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan is chasing Hull City’s highly-rated goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. (The People)

Portsmouth are plotting a New Year raid for Southampton midfielder Andrew Surman. (News of the World)

Striker Henri Camara says he could sign a permanent deal with West Ham after joining the Hammers on loan from Wigan. (News of the World)

September 8

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is plotting an £80,000-a-week loan deal for Juan Riquelme. (The Sun)

Eriksson plans a fresh bid to sign Mark Bresciano in January. (Daily Mirror)

Thomas Sorensen is ready to quit Aston Villa after falling out with manager Martin O’Neill. (The Sun)

Chelsea are set to incur the wrath of Barcelona by trying to snatch boy wonder Giovani Dos Santos. (The Sun)

Ex-Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos came close to joining Middlesbrough this summer. (The Sun)

Nicky Shorey has hinted he wants to quit Reading for West Ham. (Daily Mirror)

Stoke have not given up hope of signing former Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao. (Daily Mirror)

September 7

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is plotting an £80,000-a-week loan deal for Juan Riquelme. (The Sun)

Eriksson plans a fresh bid to sign Mark Bresciano in January. (Daily Mirror)

Thomas Sorensen is ready to quit Aston Villa after falling out with manager Martin O’Neill. (The Sun)

Chelsea are set to incur the wrath of Barcelona by trying to snatch boy wonder Giovani Dos Santos. (The Sun)

Ex-Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos came close to joining Middlesbrough this summer. (The Sun)

Nicky Shorey has hinted he wants to quit Reading for West Ham. (Daily Mirror)

Stoke have not given up hope of signing former Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao. (Daily Mirror)

September 6

Manchester United are chasing Barcelona’s latest prodigy – in the shape of 18-year-old Mexican sensation Giovani Dos Santos. (Daily Mirror)

Stoke want to sign Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Glenn Whelan on loan after failing with a permanent offer. (Daily Star)

Tottenham are ready to sign Ghana starlet Ransford Osei – the top scorer at the Under-17 World Cup. (Daily Mirror)

QPR have tried to bring Lee Cook back on loan from Fulham. (Daily Express)

Manchester City reject Hatem Trabelsi is set to sign for French side Le Mans after turning up for a trial. (Daily Mirror)

Nottingham Forest are lining up a loan move for Leicester striker Matty Fryatt after their horror start to the new season. (Daily Mirror)

Cameroon World Cup star Patrick Suffo has gone on trial at Dundee United. (Daily Record)

Dundee trialists Nathan Koo-Boothe and Marc Elston have been told they are not being offered deals. (Daily Record)

Released Hibernian striker Gerard Rossi has snubbed Dundee and moved to Slovakian third division side FC Neded. (Daily Record)

September 5

Sheffield United lead the chase to sign Tottenham winger Wayne Routledge on loan. (Various)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has made a bid for two of Millwall’s promising academy players in Tom Kilbey, 17, and keeper Sam Walker, 15. (Various)

Former Wales striker John Hartson is close to quitting West Bromwich Albion to move to home city club Swansea. (The Mirror)

Fulham outcast Ahmad Elrich will quit the Londoners to return to Australia. (Various)

September 4

Michael Ballack’s Chelsea future is uncertain after he was left out of their 25-man squad for the Champions League. (The Sun)

Reading will offer Nicky Shorey the biggest pay deal in the club’s history to stop him joining West Ham in the next transfer window. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic and Southampton are tracking Colchester’s Cameroon-born defender George Elokobi. (Daily Star)

After completing the signing of Jay-Jay Okocha, Hull will turn their attentions to a loan move for Wigan’s Fitz Hall. (The Sun)

Ipswich are planning a loan move for Aston Villa defender Stephen O’Halloran, 19. (Daily Star)

Leeds want to sign Sunderland exile Graham Kavanagh on loan. (Various)

Leeds have signed Portuguese winger Filipe Da Costa from Greek side Lonikos on a free, though he is waiting international clearance. (Daily Star)

Bolton’s Ivan Campo has snubbed a loan move to Sheffield United. (The Sun)

Norwich have taken ex-Cameroon international Lucien Mettomo on trial at Carrow Road. (Daily Star)

Wolves keeper Graham Stack has had his loan deal from Reading extended for a further four months. (Independent)

September 3

Birmingham will decide this week whether to sign former Monaco striker Mohammed Kallon. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom are planning a cheeky loan bid for Portsmouth striker David Nugent. (Daily Mirror)

LA Galaxy will block any attempts to bring David Beckham back to Europe on a short-term loan at the end of the MLS season. (Daily Star)

Tottenham winger Wayne Routledge is on his way out of the club – despite turning down a move to Celtic. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs are ready to let Phil Ifil go out on loan after Paul Stalteri did not leave in the transfer window. Bournemouth are interested. (The Sun)

Fitz Hall will be allowed to leave Wigan and find a Championship club – probably Charlton – in the next few weeks. (Daily Mirror)

Leeds midfielder Jonathan Douglas is a shock £400,000 target for League One rivals Walsall. (Daily Mirror)

September 2

David Beckham wants a loan move to play in England after the American season has finished to increase his chances of reaching 100 England caps – he currently has 97 (Express).

Everton’s Phil Jagielka could be on his way back to Sheffield United on loan (People).

Portsmouth will try and sign Eidur Gudjohnsen from Barcelona in January after a bid to sign him in August was scuppered by injury (Mirror).

Celtic forward Derek Riordan rejected a late bid by West Brom while defender Bobo Balde turned down a chance to join Sunderland. (News of the World)

Celtic were thwarted in late bids for Aston Villa’s Shaun Maloney, Tottenham’s Wayne Routledge and Trinidadian midfielder Khaleem Hyland. (News of the World)

September 1

Ronaldinho has agreed to join Chelsea from Barcelona – next season. (Express)

Rangers’ new loan signing Amdy Faye says his former Newcastle boss Graeme Souness persuaded him to move to Ibrox. (Record)

Celtic are furious at Bobo Balde turning down a loan move to Sunderland, despite not having played a first-team game since last December. (Record)

Southend initially rejected Barnsley’s second bid for Jamal Campbell-Ryce after it was smaller than their first offer. (Sun)

August 31

Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme will sensationally fly into Merseyside for last-gasp transfer deadline day talks with Everton. (Daily Mail)

West Ham are understood to be monitoring the movements of former player Joe Cole after his reported difference of opinion with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. (Daily Telegraph)

Celtic rejected a stunning £9m bid from a Premier League club for midfielder Scott Brown – who cost them £4.5m two months ago. (Daily Record)

Manchester City are making a last-gasp move for Wigan’s out-of-favour striker Henri Camara. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham expect to sign Derby midfielder Giles Barnes for about £5m on Friday. (The Sun)

After signing Yakubu and Thomas Gravesen, Everton will turn their attentions to £5m Ghanaian midfielder Stephen Appiah from Fenerbahce. (Daily Star)

Marseilles defender Habib Beye says he is going to join Newcastle United. (The Times)

Middlesbrough have renewed efforts to sign Portsmouth midfielder Gary O’Neil with a £5m offer. (Daily Mail)

Sunderland may sign Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy on Friday. (Daily Mail)

Fulham have beaten Rangers to the signing of Portsmouth defender Dejan Stefanovic. (Daily Mirror)

Glen Johnson is set to complete a £3m move to Portsmouth from Chelsea. (The Sun)

Reading’s Nicky Shorey will join West Ham on Friday – but only if the Hammers make a new bid of at least £6m. (Daily Star)

But Reading will not drop their asking price below £8m. (Daily Express)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp wants to sign Barcelona’s Eidur Gudjohnsen. (Daily Mail)

Birmingham will make a move for Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop if attempts to sign Peter Luccin from Atletico Madrid fall through. (The Guardian)

Birmingham are favourites to sign Charlton midfielder Amdy Faye, who is also wanted by Portsmouth. (The Times)

Rangers have won the race to sign Charlton midfielder Amdy Faye. (Daily Record, The Sun, Daily Star)

Derby are in negotiations about signing Scotland striker Kenny Miller from Celtic. (The Sun)

Wigan’s powerful striker Caleb Folan is signing for Hull for £1m – after snubbing a move to Charlton. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom defender Curtis Davies will complete a £9m switch to Aston Villa. (Various)

Wigan will sign Rachid Bouaouzan, Diego Placente and Marcus Bent on transfer deadline day. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough are trying to clinch a deal for Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras for about £3m. (Various)

Birmingham are hoping to sign Mohammed Kallon, the forward who has been released by Monaco. (The Times)

Pompey striker David Nugent is sweating on a pay-off which will allow him to complete a £6m switch to Derby. (The Sun, Guardian)

QPR are close to a deal for Sheffield United defender Mikele Leigertwood. (The Times)

Middlesbrough are throwing a shock lifeline to Italian defender Alessandro Pistone. (Daily Mirror)

Nottingham Forest have signed West Brom striker John Hartson on loan. (The Times)

Blackburn striker Paul Gallagher has become a target for QPR manager John Gregory. (Daily Telegraph)

Fulham are chasing Celtic defender Bobo Balde. (The Sun)

Wisla Krakow want to sign Celtic’s Poland striker, Maciej Zurawski. (The Sun)

Dynamo Kiev are interested in signing Celtic midfielder Jiri Jarosik. (The Sun)

Hearts are poised to sign 16-year-old midfielder Elias Wagner a week after he was released by Hibernian. (The Sun)

Hearts have rejected an offer from NEC Nijmegen for striker Michal Pospisil. (The Sun)

Hearts have rejected West Brom’s offer to take striker Roman Bednar on loan. (The Sun)

St Mirren have signed Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Chris Birchall on loan from Coventry. (Daily Mail)

Aberdeen striker Steve Lovell has rejected moves to Bournemouth, Southend and Yoevil. (Various)

Aberdeen have failed in an attempt to sign former Scotland striker Scott Dobie after his release by Nottingham Forest. (Various)

Aberdeen defender Dan Smith is set to join MK Dons on loan. (Various)

Sheffield Wednesday centre-back Lee Bullen could be Craig Brewster’s first signing target as he seeks to shore up Inverness’ defence. (Various)

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August 29

Chelsea and Tottenham are negotiating a swap deal involving Jermain Defoe and Shaun Wright-Phillips. (The Sun)

West Ham will have to up their bid to £6m if they want to land Reading left-back Nicky Shorey. (The Sun)

Manchester City and West Ham will have to splash out £12m to sign Adriano from inter Milan with the player not keen on a loan move. (Various)

The Brazilian striker was offered to Arsenal but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said he did not need the forward. (Various)

Manchester United are planning a £22m bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov but Spurs will want £40m. (Daily Mail)

United’s need for a striker also has them chasing Bolton’s Nicolas Anelka but they face competition from rivals Manchester City. (Various)

Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez has tested Blackburn’s resolve with a £4m bid for striker Jason Roberts. (Daily Mail)]

The Cottagers are also after a centre-back and Sammy Traore of Paris St Germain could be their man. (Daily Express)

Middlesbrough will shelve moves for Heerenveen’s Afonso Alves and Adriano as they switch their attentions to Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City are keeping themselves busy as they chase Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce wants funds to buy Chelsea right-back Glen Johnson. (The Sun)

How many players can you chase at the same time? Manchester City are going for some kind of record. They are also in the hunt for ex-Arsenal loanee and Real Madrid striker Julio Baptista. (Guardian)

Derby attempts to sign a striker has seen them set their sights on Celtic’s Kenny Miller. (Independent)

Unsettled Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen is poised for a season-long loan deal with Manchester City. (Daily Express)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has not ruled out adding to his squad before Friday’s transfer deadline. (Daily Express)

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August 28

Barcelona have insisted they do not want to sell Ronaldinho as the prospect him joining Chelsea fades away. (Times)

But Chelsea will offer £50m to clinch a deal for the Brazilian when officials of both clubs meet at Thursday’s draw for the Champions League group stages. (Mirror)

A pay rise has kept striker Dimitar Berbatov happy at Spurs for the moment with Manchester United lurking. (Various)

Bolton are trying to use the same tactic to keep forward Nicolas Anelka at the Reebok as Manchester United, West Ham and Portsmouth chasing him. (The Sun)

Everton want midfielder Kevin Nolan from Bolton after missing out on Manuel Fernandes, although Middlesbrough are also interested in the midfielder.

West Ham have stepped up their bid for Reading left-back Nicky Shorey by bidding £5m for his services. (The Sun)

Aston Villa are set to seal a deal for Fulham central defender Zat Knight after refusing to pay £10m for West Brom’s Curtis Davies. (The Sun)

But Villa will splash out £20m to land Spurs striker Jermain Defoe and Davies. (Daily Star)

Inter Milan forward Adriano has rejected a loan move to Manchester City, who will have to fork out £10m to sign him permanently. (Mirror)

Real Sociedad boss Chris Coleman is lining up a bid for Liverpool winger Harry Kewell. (Mirror)

Fulham want to give Stuttgart striker Daniel Luboja a trial. (Daily Mail)

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August 27

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will break the bank to sign Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Ronaldinho after having two meetings with his brother and agent. (Daily Mail)

Watford are poised to make a £3.5m move for West Brom striker Nathan Ellington. (Daily Mirror)

Everton have been stunned by Manuel Fernandes’ decision to join Valencia – just 24 hours after he was a guest at their game with Blackburn. (Various)

Aston Villa have offered £7m for Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker. (The Times)

Newcastle have agreed a £2m-plus deal to sign Abdoulaye Faye from Bolton – and will pay him £40,000-a-week. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane will sign Stoke’s Danny Higginbotham and Southampton striker Kenwyne Jones, while also offering a contract to Ian Harte. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth are set to sign Bolton’s Nicolas Anelka for £9m and Fulham’s Papa Bouba Diop for £3m. (Daily Mirror)

Harry Redknapp will try to sell striker David Nugent to Derby or Middlesbrough to fund his new signings. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich’s George O’Callaghan is joining Championship rivals Sheffield Wednesday. (The Sun)

Ajax are to sign Newcastle’s Spanish striker Albert Luque. (The Times)

MK Dons boss Paul Ince is flying in prolific French striker Mikel Antoine Courier for talks. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham are mulling over a fresh £8m offer for Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa are tracking Chelsea defender Glen Johnson. (Daily Mirror)

Fulham have bid £1.3m for Derby County striker Steve Howard. (The Sun)

Clubs including Everton, Fulham, Man City and Derby are scrambling to sign Celtic striker Kenny Miller. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson has ruled out selling striker Rob Hulse. (Daily Mail)

Fulham have had a £250,000 bid for Port Vale keeper Joe Anyon, 20, rejected. (Daily Mirror)

St Johnstone boss Owen Coyle is on the verge of concluding a move to bring back former Dundee United midfielder Karim Kerkar to Scotland. (Daily Record)

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August 26

Arsenal have made a £9m bid for Newcastle’s Nigerian striker Obefami Martins. (News of the World)

Leicester have launched a £1.5m bid to sign unsettled Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy. (Sunday Mirror)

Liverpool have targeted Gremio midfielder Carlos Eduardo, dubbed ‘the new Ronaldhino’. (News of the World)

Cardiff and Sheffield United are set to make a shock bid for Oldham striker Craig Davies, who only joined the club in the summer. (News of the World)

West Ham are set to sign Blackburn midfielder Tugay. (Sunday Mirror)

Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko is wanted by Major League Soccer chiefs in America. (Sunday Mirror)

Birmingham are poised to sign Senegal star Amdy Faye from Charlton. (News of the World)

Tottenham want Blackburn’s Morten Gamst Pedersen. (News of the World)

Newcastle are set to land Atletico Madrid’s Peter Luccin in the next 48 hours. (News of the World)

Birmingham are also closing in on midfielder Luccin. (Sunday Mirror)

Middlesbrough could offload midfielder Jason Euell to Premiership rivals Sunderland. (Sunday Mirror)

Preston want to sign Coventry marksman Dele Adebola. (News of the World)

Watford have targeted West Brom forward Nathan Ellington to replace Darius Henderson. (Sunday Mirror)

Bristol City have made an inquiry about unsettled Millwall striker Darren Byfield. (News of the World)

Birmingham are interested in signing Marseille’s star midfielder M’Bami. (The People)

Sunderland are ready to swap striker Stern John in a deal to bring Kenwyne Jones from Southampton. (The People)

Fulham are lining up a bid for Monaco’s Czech striker Jan Koller. (The People)

Bolton’s 29-year-old Senegalese defender Abdoulaye Faye claims Newcastle have offered him a £40,000-a-week contract. (The People)

Crystal Palace boss Peter Taylor wants to snap up out-of-favour Leicester striker Matty Fryatt. (The People)

West Ham manager Alan Curbishley is ready to revive their interest in Fenerbahce’s Ghanaian midfielder Stephen Appiah. (The People)

Arsenal are trailing Ajax left-back Urby Emanuelson. (The People)

Rangers are tracking West Ham’s George McCartney as they step their hunt for a left-back. (Mail on Sunday).

Stoke City have enquired about taking Celtic striker Derek Riordan on loan. (Sunday Mail)

Motherwell aim to sign Morton midfielder Jim McAlister in a cash-plus-player deal. (News of the World)

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August 24

Manchester City and Manchester United are battling it out for £12m-rated Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Star)

Aston Villa are considering making a £15m bid for out-of-favour Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe. (Sun)

Villa have made an improved £8m bid for defender Curtis Davies but West Brom are holding out for £12m. (Star)

Manchester City have offered Micah Richards a contract worth £10m to prevent him leaving. (Sun)

Reading have joined Aston Villa in the chase for Fulham defender Liam Rosenior, who is available for around £2m. (Sun)

Newcastle’s flop £9.5m striker Albert Luque is joining Ajax on a free transfer. (Sun)

Sunderland have offered Andy Cole a one-year deal. (Sun)

Manchester City will snap up 31-year-old Benfica striker Nuno Gomes on a free transfer. (Mirror)

City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is also considering a £7m move for Celta Vigo midfielder Borja Oubina. (Mirror)

Dynamo Kiev are trying to Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko on loan. (Mirror)

West Ham striker Bobby Zamora is being targeted by Spanish club Real Betis. (Mirror)

Osasuna have confirmed that they are interested in signing Rangers midfielder Brahim Hemdani. (Daily Record)

Rangers will launch a fresh bid for Kilmarnock striker Stevie Naismith before the transfer window closes. (Daily Mail)

Kilmarnock have signed Norwich City striker Ryan Jarvis on loan until January. (Daily Express)

Rangers will hold signing talks with Portsmouth defender Dejan Stefanovic’s agent on Monday. (Daily Express)

Derby will move for Man City’s Paul Dickov or Portsmouth summer signing David Nugent if their bid for City striker Darius Vassell fails. (Mail)

Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg may turn down a new contract and leave the club on a free next summer. (Mirror)

Leicester and Sheffield United have joined Fulham in the race for Watford striker Darius Henderson, who has handed in a transfer request. (Mirror)

Sunderland are set to sign Roma defender Sammy Kuffour on a free transfer. (Star)

Wigan have turned down Sheffield United’s £1.4m bid for Kevin Kilbane. (Star)

Thomas Gravesen is set to snub an attempt by Fulham to take the midfielder on loan from Celtic. (Daily Mail)

Aberdeen striker Craig Brewster is odds-on to return to the manager’s post at Inverness Caledonian Thistle. (Various)

Aberdeen will not stand in the way if Craig Brewster wants to become Caley Thistle boss. (Daily Mail)

Motherwell have launched a bid to sign Tottenham Hotspur striker Lee Barnard on loan. (Daily Express)

Motherwell are to hold signing talks with Leicester goalkeeper Rab Douglas after a successful trial. (Daily Express)

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August 23

Real Madrid have targeted Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and are willing to meet the troubled White Hart Lane outfit’s £20m price tag. (The Daily Star)

Chelsea are targeting Barcelona defender Juliano Belletti. (The Sun)

Birmingham want to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Peter Luccin. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa are trailing Porto right-back Jose Boswinga. (The Sun)

Watford’s Darius Henderson, whose club turned down a £1.5m offer from Fulham for the striker, has put in a request for a transfer. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham could give El Hadji Diouf a way out of Bolton by making a £10m bid for the Senegal international. (The Sun)

Wigan will hold talks with Celta Vigo left-back Diego Placente as they try to lure the Argentine to the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson wants a striker and two midfielders before the transfer window closes. (Independent)

Birmingham and Portsmouth are vying to sign Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop. (Independent)

Sunderland offered more cash and midfielder Graham Kavanagh for defender Danny Higginbotham but had their offer rejected by Stoke. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa will step up their bid to sign West Brom defender Curtis Davies by bidding an increased £8m. (Times)

Arjen Robben’s expected move to Real Madrid will give Chelsea the funds to finally complete the signing of Sevilla right-back Daniel Alves. (Times)

Fulham will make a £1.5m move for Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (Scottish Sun)

Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski may return to former club Wisla Krakow on a loan deal. (Mirror)

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August 22

West Ham want to offer Gabriel Heinze, whose proposed move to Liverpool has been blocked by his club Manchester United, an escape route. (The Sun)

After losing his attempt to force United to allow him to move to Liverpool, Heinze said: “I am not anti-United but I have to consider that my stay at United is finished.” (Daily Mirror)

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will tell Heinze he can languish in the reserves if the Argentine refuses to move abroad. (Daily Express)

Portsmouth have failed in a bid to land Yakubu, despite offering fellow striker David Nugent to Middlesbrough, plus £5m. (Various)

Pompey want to hijack Everton’s bid to sign Yakubu by selling David Nugent to Derby for about £4.5m and using the cash, plus £7m-rated Gary O’Neil, to buy the Boro star. (Daily Mirror)

Yakubu has not trained with his Middlesbrough team-mates for two days, increasing speculation that he will leave the club. (The Independent)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has denied that he has offered two of his players – Gary O’Neil and Matthew Taylor – as makeweights in swap deals. (Various)

Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun “will think about moving to a medium-sized team” if his chances at Anfield remain restricted, says his agent Ronen Katzav. (The Guardian)

Blackburn striker Aaron Mokoena would love to play for Celtic or Rangers. (The Times)

Rangers are poised to send out-of-favour striker Filip Sebo on loan to French club Valenciennes. (The Sun)

Celtic are close to sealing the £450,000 signing of 18-year-old Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Khaleem Hyland from San Juan Jabloteh. (Daily Express)

West Brom are keen to offload striker John Hartson, who wants to join Swansea, before the transfer window closes on 31 August. (The Sun)

Espanyol may bid for Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras. (The Times)

Chelsea hope to seal a deal for Sevilla defender Daniel Alves, even though they face competition from Real Madrid, because the Blues have upped their original offer of £21.5m by £3m. (The Times)

Reading contract rebels Nicky Shorey, who has been linked to West Ham, and Leroy Lita, who is wanted by Portsmouth, will not be leaving before the transfer deadline. (The Sun)

Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka has claimed the club could sell him before the transfer deadline because they need the money. (Various)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson wants to take Anelka back to Manchester City. (Daily Express)

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will allow striker Obafemi Martins to join Manchester United or Arsenal – if they table a £13m bid. (Daily Express)

Liverpool midfielder Anthony Le Tallec is being targeted by Sochaux. (Various)

Tottenham are chasing Juan Roman Riquelme, with Villarreal wanting £10m for the playmaker. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic are poised to sign 16-year-old Inter Milan defender Luca Santonocito. (The Sun)

Hibernian have put a £1m price on the head of wantaway defender Rob Jones, with Leeds only willing to pay £400,000. (The Sun)

Leeds are closing in on Hibernian defender Rob Jones. (Daily Star)

Southampton are poised to hijack Manchester City defender Danny Mills’ move to Hull. (Daily Star)

Newcastle striker Albert Luque is being targeted by Feyenoord. (The Sun)

PSV Eindhoven have rekindled their interest in Luque. (The Times)

Sunderland are targeting Stoke defender Danny Higginbotham. (Various)

Manchester City are set to revive their bid for Palermo midfielder Mark Bresciano and are also weighing up Livorno keeper Marco Amelia. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United are poised to make an improved £2m bid for Wigan winger Kevin Kilbane. (Daily Mirror)

Midfielder Seol Ki-Hyeon is staying at Reading, despite buying a house near Fulham’s training ground. (Various)

Southampton want Derby defender Darren Moore. (Daily Mirror)

Hibernian have agreed to release 16-year-old Austrian midfielder Elias Wagner – only months into his two-year contract. (Daily Record)

Dundee United have missed out on signing Cedric Roussel, the striker having joined Mons. (Daily Mail)