Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is ready to make a cut-price offer for 31-year-old Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
( Daily Mirror )
Tottenham are preparing an offer for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, 22, but believe the £25m price tag is unrealistic.
( Daily Telegraph )
Manchester City's Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta, 28, wants to move to Italy and would like to play for Fiorentina.
( Goal )
Midfielder Joey Barton, 30 has reached agreement on a return to Marseilles as QPR continue with plans to restructure their squad.
( The Times )
Wayne Rooney, 27, still wants to quit Manchester United and Chelsea believe they can land the unsettled £25m striker.
( Daily Star )
Real Madrid have made a £36m bid for Juventus and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, 26, who is also a target for Manchester United.
( talkSPORT )
Chelsea are lining up an £11.2m offer for Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, 29, a long-term target.
( Metro )
Norwich City boss Chris Hughton is plotting a £6m move for Juventus's Italy striker Fabio Quagliarella, 30.
( Daily Mirror )
Manchester City target Alvaro Negredo, 27, is edging closer to a move away from Sevilla, with coach Unai Emery saying it would be "best for everyone" if he left.
( Manchester Evening News )
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a move for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 26, and is preparing to up his offer from £30m to £35m.
( London Evening Standard )
Manchester United boss David Moyes is set to turn his attentions to Lazio and Italy attacking midfielder Antonio Candreva, 26, if United miss out on Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 22.
( Daily Express )
Arsenal could make a bid to bring Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul, 25, to North London.
( Daily Star )
Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone, 26, is on the verge of joining Sunderland after the clubs agreed a £5m fee.
( London Evening Standard )
Liverpool have set their sights on Galatasaray forward Burak Yilmaz, 27.
( Metro )
Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25, is being lined up for a move to Premier League new boys Hull and a reunion with Tigers boss Steve Bruce after his move to Eintracht Frankfurt collapsed.
( The Sun )
Manchester City have joined the chase to sign Paris St-Germain and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 31.
( L'Equipe )
However, Ibrahimovic could follow coach Carlo Ancelotti and head to Real Madrid.
( Marca )
OTHER GOSSIP
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has held preliminary contract talks with the club, with the Frenchman also stating his long-term desire to stay with the Gunners.
( Daily Telegraph )
Swansea now have seven Spaniards in their first-team squad and boss Michael Laudrup is wary of undermining their identity as a Welsh team.
( Daily Mirror )
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, 30, has called on the club to strengthen their attacking options.
( Daily Mail )
West Ham have applied for a work permit for Colombian forward Duvan Zapata, 22, to try to smooth his £6.8m arrival from Estudiantes.
( The Guardian )
AND FINALLY
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is such a regular visitor to St Lucia that he speaks the local French-based Creole with his family and French-speaking team-mates past and present, William Gallas and Pascal Chimbonda.
( The Guardian )
Former England striker Emile Heskey has been putting a team of WAGs assembled by fiancee Chantelle Tagoe through their paces for a charity football match.
( Daily Mail )
Source BBC Sport