Chelsea hope to sign Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim - as a peace offering to Blues boss Jose Mourinho. (Various)

And if the champions fail to land Ben Haim they will move for Deportivo La Coruna's Jorge Andrade. (Daily Mail)

But Mourinho will be told he cannot buy a striker. (Daily Star)

Everton are set to make a �5.5m swoop for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton. (Various)

Simon Davies is heading for the Everton exit in a �2m Fulham move. (Daily Mail)

Watford winger Ashley Young has rejected a �10m move to West Ham and a �50,000-a-week wage packet. (Various)

Young wants to move to Tottenham and any deal could involve Callum Davenport and Wayne Routledge heading the other way to Vicarage Road. (Independent)

However, Davenport is being used as bait elsewhere. Spurs hope to land Derby midfielder Giles Barnes by offering �2m and the defender in exchange. (Sun)

And the Rams could splash that cash on Crewe defender Billy Jones. (Sun)

Aston Villa are also keeping tabs on what is going on with England under-21 international Young. (Various)

Milan Baros could be heading for the Villa Park exit to German Bundeliga leaders Werder Bremen. (Times)

But Rangers winger Chris Burke could be coming in through that revolving Aston Villa door. (Daily Mail)

Fulham have identified Polish striker Radoslav Matusiak as a transfer window target, although Aston Villa are also interested. (Sun)

Fulham are also interested in Sheffield United forward Danny Webber. (Times)

Blades boss Neil Warnock has been busy in the last few days and that will continue with a move for Levante striker Albert Meyong Ze. (Daily Star)

And the Blades are confident of beating Wigan, Reading and Charlton in the race to land Colchester's �4m-rated defender Greg Halford. (Times)

Defender Jonathan Fortune will leave Charlton for Burnely. (Daily Mail)

Hull are tempted by Derby midfielder Seth Johnson and Sheffield United defender Chris Lucketti. (Daily Star)

West Ham are in talks with Arsenal defender Lauren - but Portsmouth, Newcastle, Villarreal, Seville and Lyon are also interested. (Daily Express)

Lauren does not fancy a move to West Ham who are now chasing Juventus defender Jonathan Zebina. (Times)

And the Hammers are also hoping to trump Liverpool in the race to sign Blackburn right-back Lucas Neill by offering better wages. (Daily Express)

Wigan want West Ham striker Bobby Zamora. (Times)

Fifa may relax regulations to let West Ham midfielder Javier Mascherano join Liverpool on loan. (Independent)

Middlesbrough are set to spend �6m on Benfica midfielder Manuel Fernandes - who has been on loan at Portsmouth this season. (Sun)

And Boro will finalise a deal for South Korea striker Lee Dong-Gook within the next 48 hours. (Daily Star)

Paul Le Guen will return to Rangers... to sign Jeremy Clement in a �2m deal for Paris St Germain. (Daily Record)

West Brom will re-open talks with Hibs duo Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson - but the Baggies fear the Old Firm clubs will instead land the duo. (Daily Record)

Manchester United will not pay more than �5.5m for Southampton's Gareth Bale. (Daily Mail)

Saints are interested in recruiting Nottingham Forest striker Nathan Tyson. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham are keeping tabs on Celta Vigo left winger Nene. (Daily Mail)

Fulham's efforts to sign Hearts keeper Craig Gordon are set to fail, with Arsenal a more likely summer destination. (Daily Record)

And back to where we began. Bolton will draft in Rennes defender Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe if Tal Ben Haim moves to Chelsea in the next fortnight. (Mirror)

Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko, 30, has been told he is too old for the Premiership - by Arsenal rival Alexander Hleb, 25. (The Sun)

The players at Stamford Bridge blame out-of-form Shevchenko for the row between owner Roman Abramovich and Mourinho. (Daily Mirror)

Mourinho held clear-the-air talks with Shevchenko on Monday in a bid to heal the rift with the �30m forward. (Daily Express)

Mourinho's relationship with Abramovich has deteriorated to such an extent that the pair are now refusing to talk to each other. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea want Frank Lampard and John Terry to sign new deals this year - to stop them leaving with Mourinho. (Sun)

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech must wear a special protective headguard when he plays for the next three years after fracturing his skull. (Mirror)

Manchester City have rejected a takeover offer of only �10m from a consortium that was in talks with the club for a month. (The Sun)

Lord Stevens' bungs inquiry team is set to quiz Israeli 'super agent' Pini Zahavi. (Guardian)

Former England midfielder David Beckham is furious with Real Madrid head coach Fabio Capello for making him an outcast over his move to LA Galaxy. (The Sun)

Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard believes Capello has made a mistake with Beckham and cites his treatment of Henrik Larsson last season as the best way to deal with a want-away player.

Spurs and Arsenal are wrangling over ticket prices and allocation for their Carling Cup semi-final. (Daily Mail)

Bryan Byrne, who is a pacy midfielder from the Republic of Ireland, had been looking forward to playing on the right wing for LA Galaxy after talks with the club - until the Major League Soccer outfit signed David Beckham. (The Sun)