
TRANSFER RUMOURS
Bayern Munich will allow Owen Hargreaves to join Manchester United in January - provided the German club sign Newcastle's Emre. (The Sun)
Spanish striker Fernando Torres wants Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips to join him at Atletico Madrid. (The Sun)
Reading boss Steve Coppell will not allow defender Sam Sodje to go to Leeds on loan. (Daily Star)
Walsall have accepted a bid from Manchester United for their teenage striker, Evandro Brandao. (Daily Mirror)
Portsmouth want to sign West Brom's Hungarian midfielder, Zoltan Gera, in January. (Daily Mirror)
Aston Villa are trailing QPR winger Lee Cook. (Daily Mirror)
New Dundee United boss Craig Levein is set to send Lee Wilkie out on loan to regain his form. (Daily Record)
Australian club Perth Glory have ruled out signing former Everton and Rangers striker Duncan Ferguson. (Various)
Barcelona are poised to bid for West Ham striker Carlos Tevez in January. (Daily Mail)
Charlie Millar and Robbie Winters want to return to Scotland after helping Brann Bergen to second in the Norwegian League. (Daily Record)
OTHER GOSSIP
Bryan Robson will not be Sheffield Wednesday's new manager because his wage demands are too high. (Daily Star)
Chelsea will be fined �16,000 after they collected six bookings against Barcelona. (The Sun)
Abel Xavier will be in Middlesbrough's team to face Watford on Saturday after more than a year out following his drugs ban. (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini has fallen out with boss Jose Mourinho because he failed to start against Barcelona. (Daily Express)
Peter Taylor has told the FA he wants a break from managing the England Under-21 side so he can focus on his job at Crystal Palace. (Daily Express)
Middlesbrough will try to force through a rule change at a Premier League meeting next week so Gareth Southgate can continue as manager. (Guardian)
Rangers' Sasa Papac and Hearts' Mirsad Belija are among 15 players threatening to quit Bosnia-Herzegovina, alleging selection interference and corruption in their FA. (Daily Record)
Long-serving Hearts coach and two-time caretaker boss John McGlynn would like to become a manager in his own right. (The Scotsman)
Falkirk striker Pedro Moutinho faces a scan after suffering a dislocated shoulder in a reserve game on Tuesday. (Various)
AND FINALLY...
Aggie MacKenzie, from television programme 'How Clean Is Your House?', has some words of advice for Jose Mourinho after he slid across the Nou Camp turf in his suit to celebrate Drogba's goal. "Grass stains are really hard. You need a biological washing powder that contains enzymes that will break down the proteins in grass stains." (Times)