Portsmouth and Blackburn are battling for the signature of PSV Eindhoven's English left-back, Michael Ball. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic have had a �700,000 bid for Anthony Stokes rejected by Arsenal, who want �1m for the striker presently on loan with Falkirk. (Daily Express)

Stoke and West Brom both want to sign Brighton's �1m-rated teenage defender, Joel Lynch. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton boss George Burley wants to take his former skipper at Hearts, Steven Pressley, to St Mary's. (Daily Mirror)

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen has been given the go-ahead to make an approach for freed Hearts defender Steven Pressley. (The Sun)

Rangers are unlikely to make a move for Steven Pressley, preferring a younger target in January. (Daily Express)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is tracking Hibernian midfielder Michael Stewart. (Daily Mirror)

James Beattie's Everton future is in doubt after a miserable weekend during which he was substituted at half-time. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea are preparing the ground in case manager Jose Mourinho walks out on the club at the end of the season. (Daily Express)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claims Arsenal are co-operating with Manchester United to stop the Blues winning the Premiership. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, Ashley Cole and Cesc Fabregas were involved in an "amazing tunnel fracas" after the Arsenal man refused to shake his ex-team-mate's hand. (The Sun)

Man Utd chief executive David Gill says "actions are louder than words" in response to Chelsea's wish to be the world's biggest club by 2014. (The Sun)

David Beckham is set to make an emotional return to Old Trafford for a charity game on 13 March. (The Sun)

One million people lined the route as a gun carriage bore Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas on his final journey from lying-in-state in the Budapest Stadium to the Basilica of St Stephen. (Daily Mail)

Graham Kavanagh says Sunderland's poor start to life in the Championship may have been down to their Abba soundtrack in the dressing-room. (The Sun)

Aston Villa's flying winger Gabriel Agbonlahor says he relaxes by playing as himself on Pro Evolution Soccer on his computer. (Various)

"I've been studying the table and it'd be nice to get on that first page of Ceefax", says Sunderland boss Roy Keane on their top half hopes. (The Independent)