Didier Drogba's agent Thierno Seydi says the Chelsea striker has not met up with Inter Milan officials to discuss a possible transfer. (Daily Star)
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is lining up a £3m bid for England and Wigan forward Emile Heskey. (Daily Star)
West Ham striker Dean Ashton will be sold in the January transfer window, with the Hammers desperate to raise funds in light of the Carlos Tevez saga. (Daily Mirror)
Other players set to be shown the door at Upton Park include Nigel Quashie, Lee Bowyer, Luis Boa Morte, Calum Davenport, Danny Gabbidon and Jonathan Spector. (Daily Mirror)
Everton manager David Moyes is lining up Portsmouth striker David Nugent after Toffees forward Yakubu was ruled out for the rest of the season. (The Sun)
Chelsea are considering a loan move for CSKA Moscow's Brazilian striker Vagner Love. (The Independent)
Chelsea are also interested in Wigan striker Amr Zaki and Lyon forward Karim Benzema but may have to offload Wayne Bridge, Florent Malouda and Alex first. (The Independent)
Chelsea are also chasing Fluminense defender Thiago Silva, who claims he has been offered a contract by the Blues. (Daily Mail)
Liverpool and Arsenal will battle it out for French midfield wonderkid Paul Pogba from Le Havre. (The Sun)
Manchester United defender Danny Simpson, who is currently on loan at Blackburn, says he will quit Old Trafford if he is not a first-team regular next season. (Daily Mirror)
Blackburn Rovers are lining up a move for former Liverpool defender Steve Finnan, who is currently playing in Spain for Espanyol. (Daily Mirror)
Hull manager Phil Brown is planning a £2.5m swoop for Monaco defender Nicolas Nikolou. (The Sun)
Wigan will make loanee left-back Maynor Figueroa's move from Deportivo Olimpia permanent in the January transfer window. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham and Newcastle are lining up Sporting Lisbon's £20m Brazilian striker Liedson. (Daily Mirror)
Wednesday 3rd Dec 2008
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has rejected a move to Manchester City. The Premier League big spenders tabled a world record £129m bid. (Private Spanish radio station Cadena Ser)
Manchester City are determined to spend £70m to sign a "world superstar" in the January transfer window with Kaka, Lionel Messi, Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Samuel Eto'o all in the frame. (Independent)
Manchester City and Chelsea are leading the race to sign 26-year-old Valencia striker David Villa. (Mirror)
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz wants a move to Manchester City in January. Rovers turned down a £12m bid from City in the summer, but are prepared to up their offer to £15m, with defender Nedum Onuoha thrown in. (Daily Mail)
City boss Mark Hughes is also contemplating a £6m bid for Italy's World Cup winning left-back Fabio Grosso, 31, from Lyon. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will make a £3m move for Portsmouth keeper David James in the January transfer window. (Mirror)
Meanwhile, Newcastle's Shay Given insists he has no plans to join Spurs as a replacement for under-fire keeper Heurelho Gomes. (Various)
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out making any big money signings in the transfer window. (Guardian)
Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger is a target for AC Milan after new pay talks stalled. (Various)
Wigan boss Steve Bruce is ready to bring Marlon King back from his season-long loan deal at Hull if Emile Heskey joins Aston Villa in the transfer window. (Mirror)
Bruce has been told there will be no money to spend in the January transfer window unless he sells first. (Sun)
Villa, Liverpool and Manchester United are eyeing £7m-rated winger Antonio Valencia could be good news for the Wigan boss. (Mirror)
Spanish giants Barcelona are ready to hijack Portsmouth's bid to permanently sign on-loan defender Nadir Belhadj for £3.5m from Lens. (Mirror)
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will pay £1m to lure Lee Bowyer from West Ham. (Various)
Newcastle and Sunderland are set to fight for Sheffield United defender Kyle Naughton. (Sun)
Tuesday 2nd Dec 2008
Manchester City's Robinho has urged the club to buy Brazilian defenders Kleber and Thiago Silva. (Various)
Everton are lining up a shock move for 37-year-old striker Henrik Larsson, who is a free agent after ending the Swedish season at Helsingborg. (Various)
Arsenal are weighing up a £6m move for Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure, the brother of Gunners defender Kolo. (The Sun)
Liverpool and Manchester United have their eyes on Argentina midfielder Franco Zuculini. (Sun)
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill will be handed £18m to sign a new striker in January. (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is at the centre of a fresh tug-of-war between the Blues and Inter Milan. (The Sun)
Arsenal defender Armand Traore, who is on loan at Portsmouth, is wanted by Middlesbrough. (Mirror)
West Ham have failed to sign Juventus striker Sebastian Giovinco as the Italians see the 20-year-old as part of their first-team plans. (Mirror)
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is lining up a £1m bid for Doncaster midfielder Brian Stock. (Various)
Wigan striker Marlon King is eager to make his loan move to Hull a permanent switch in January. (Daily Star)
Hull defender Wayne Brown, 31, has been assured he does have a future at the club. (Star)
Ajax forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will reject a move to the Premier League in favour of joining Real Madrid in a £17m switch. (Various)
Monday 1st Dec 2008
Manchester United will sign Serbian teenager Adem Ljajic from Partizan Belgrade once he has won an international cap. (Daily Mirror)
West Ham want to agree a loan deal for 20-year-old Juventus forward Sebastian Giovinco. (Daily Mirror)
Wigan are keen to sell striker Emile Heskey in January rather than lose him for nothing when his contract expires in the summer. (Various)
Liverpool and Manchester City are both keen on Heskey. (Daily Mirror)
West Brom are to give a trial to Bohemians' Lithuanian midfielder Mindaugas Kalonas this week. (Daily Express)
West Ham's Icelandic owners have rejected three offers to buy them out as they are well short of their £120m valuation. (Daily Mirror)Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka and Sunderland's Djibril Cisse and El-Hadji Diouf are among the stars invited to attend a huge Christmas party hosted by hip-hop artists Lil Wayne and Akon. However, their clubs have banned them from attending the Florida bash. (The Sun
Sunday 30th Nov 2008
William Gallas could be set for a shock move to London rivals Tottenham with Harry Redknapp ready to take on the Arsenal defender. (Sunday Mirror)
"Get Lost Gallas" says the Star. The Gunners board are reported to be putting boss Arsene Wenger under pressure to offload the former skipper in the January sales. Paris St Germain and AC Milan are believed to be interested.
And the Man United boss is one person not going anywhere. Sir Alex Ferguson plans to stick around until he is 70. "Why would I pack it in at the moment?" (News of the World)
According to Sir Alex there's only one thing going to stop him quitting. "If my health deteriorated, that solves the problem for everyone. You would be rid of me for good." (News of the World)
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is close to signing a new deal at Anfield. Despite interest from Real Madrid the Spaniard has told the board he wants to stay. (News of the World)
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari had a spat with Didier Drogba after the striker failed to acknowledge the Blues fans at the end of the draw with Bordeaux in midweek. (News of the World)
Middlesbrough are set to spark a three-way scrap for Stewart Downing with Spurs, Liverpool and Manchester City ready to splash out £12m. (News of the World)
Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski could be off to Eastlands with Man City leading the chase for a cool £12m. (Star) Sounds like a bargain.
Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear has been told he won't have any cash to spend in the January sales. (Sunday Express)
Elsewhere at St James' Park, Michael Owen could return to Anfield for a cut-price £2m. (News of the World)
Pascal Chimbonda has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Lyon, with the French champions set to make an offer for the Sunderland defender. (Sunday Express)
Micah Richards has found a new way of keeping up with opposing strikers. The Man City defender has bought a Harley Davidson, but there's only one problem...he doesn't have a licence. (News of the World)
Man City boss Mark Hughes has a headache ahead of the Manchester derby as he faces a battle to keep hold of Robinho. The Brazilian superstar wants assurances over the future of his fellow countrymen Elano and Jo. (The Star)
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