All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
Chelsea have made an audacious bid for Portsmouth's former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell. (Daily Express)
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp will rebuff the approach but has joined the hunt for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch, who is also a £12m target for Newcastle. (Daily Star, The Sun)
Meanwhile, Newcastle are poised to make a £5.5m swoop for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton and offer him a whopping £55,000-a-week salary. (Daily Mirror, Sun, Daily Express).
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Tottenham will make a £3m offer for Watford's left-sided midfielder Ashley Young when the transfer window opens next week. (Daily Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester United captain Gary Neville could be ruled out for up to six weeks as he faces a New Year operation on the calf and knee problems that have plagued him all season. (Sun)
Tony Adams has revealed he will quit as Portsmouth's assistant manager at the end of the season in an attempt to manage abroad - possibly Germany. (Daily Mail)
AND FINALLY...
Sponsors Barclays are offering a £15,000 donation to charity for the player who scores the landmark 15,000 Premiership goal in this afternoon's matches.
New Charlton boss Alan Pardew is set to sign a player first spotted by his Valley predessor Les Reed - China captain Zheng Zhi, who is to join on loan until the end of the season.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez says Steven Gerrard can be the "greatest player in the world" after the England midfielder was awarded an MBE in the New Year's honours list.