Portsmouth have joined the battle to sign Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. (News of the World)

Arsenal are lining up a bid for versatile Manchester City defender Haten Trabelsi. (The People)

West Ham are set to make an �8m swoop for West Brom defender Curtis Davies. (News of the World)

Newcastle are weighing up a sensational swoop for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch. (News of the World)

Valencia striker David Villa will not be coming to Chelsea he said: "I am not attracted to the English League or Chelsea at all." (The People)

West Ham midfielder Javier Mascherano will open talks with Juventus this week. (Mail on Sunday)

Liverpool are being linked to Francisco Pavon after the Real Madrid defender admitted he was considering his future. (News of the World)

West Ham will follow up their interest in Colchester right-back Greg Halford by trying to land him for �2.5m in January (Mirror)

Arsenal are poised to make a move for Besiktas defender Gokhan Zan. (News of the World)

Newcastle will bid �2m for Mark Viduka, who only has six months left to run on his Middlesbrough contract. (The People)

Wolves are planning a �1m swoop for prolific Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp. (The People)

Reading and Sheffield United are leading the chase to sign Serbian defender Goran Gavrancic while the Royals are also keen on Hull keeper Boaz Myhill. (The People)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has targeted Manchester City defender Sylvain Distin as the answer to his defensive problems. The 29-year-old Frenchman is out of contract in the summer. (Sunday Post)

Graeme Souness is set to make a return to management with Turkish club Galatasaray, who he managed in the Nineties. (The People)

Roman Abramovich has placed �500m in a trust fund to secure the future of Chelsea when he stands down. (Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz is on the shortlist to become the next boss of the USA. (The People)

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole will ignore anything the Arsenal fans do to taunt him in Sunday's match against his former club Arsenal because he wants to show the Gunners "just what they are missing". (Sunday Express)

But Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he would become a Gooner for the day and support Arsenal against Chelsea. (Sunday Express)

Arsenal striker Thierry Henry says he does not want to become a manager when he retires from playing, saying "When you are a boss, you have five bad games and you are out." (Sunday Telegraph)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea are not a big club. (News of the World)

American tycoon George Gillett has his eyes on Newcastle after giving up his Liverpool takeover bid because Sheikh Mohammed is on the verge of securing control at Anfield. (Sunday Express)

Leicester and Hull both want to offer former Charlton boss Iain Dowie a return to management. (The People)

The proposed takeover of Manchester City is likely to be delayed until the new year as the potential investor waits to see if the club's Premiership future will be assured. (Mail on Sunday)

The man understood to be at the forefront of Man City's takeover is billionaire mobile phone mogul John Cauldwell. (Sunday Mirror)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has denied that striker Massimo Maccarone stormed out and flew back to Italy and insists the record signing was at the club training. (News of the World)

David Beckham will return to Manchester United as part of a select European side who will take on United in a charity match. (Various)

Birmingham City Steve Bruce is ready to sell injury-hit midfielder David Dunn in the transfer window.(The People)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists that the three-month loan deal for Henrik Larsson from Helsingborg will be his only business in the January transfer window. (Mail on Sunday)

Former Partick Thistle boss John Lambie has been granted a testimonial match - with Richard Gough, Ally McCoist and BBC Scotland pundit Gordon Smith expected to take part. (Various)

Keith Gillespie is ready to quit Sheffield United because he is unhappy with the terms he is being offered in new contract negotiations. (Sunday Mirror)

Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd says he uses private detectives to check up on the off-field behaviour of potential signings. (Sunday Mirror)

Former England and Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has put his home in Hampshire on the market for �1.8m. (Mail on Sunday)

Brazilian striker Ronaldo is fed up with being called fat, he said: "What annoys me is when you score goals you are called great and when you don't, you are called fat." (Sunday Times).

Cristiano Ronaldo has been spotted with Hernan Crespo and Peter Crouch at a seal sanctuary in the Fens - staff there have named the latest addition after the well-groomed Manchester United winger. (The People)

England boss Steve McClaren has emerged as a big fan of Take That crooner Gary Barlow and the pair have struck up a friendship. (Sunday Express)