Aston Villa, Newcastle and Middlesbrough are ready to tempt Manchester City with a �5.5m bid for Joey Barton. (Daily Mail)

Portsmouth are targeting Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips in the January transfer window. (Various)

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce will listen to offers for David Dunn in the January transfer window. (Daily Star)

Blackburn want to sign Birmingham midfielder David Dunn - three years after he left Ewood Park. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City are planning a swoop for Brazilian striker Alfonso Alves, who plays for Heerenveen. (Daily Mirror)

Jose Reyes could be sold to Real Madrid in January to raise funds for Arsenal's new year signings. (The Sun)

Arsenal have ended their interest in Nigel Reo-Coker and want a left-back in January. (The Sun)

Birmingham defender Matthew Upson is being tracked by nine Premiership clubs. (The Sun)

Derby are prepared to hand manager Billy Davies a �5m transfer kitty to go all out for a place in the Premiership. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is set to swoop for Leicester's young defender Richard Stearman. (Various)

Charlton have launched a bid to sign Steven Pressley, Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown. (Daily Record)

Tottenham manager Martin Jol is looking at Anderlecht right-back Anthony Vanden Borre. (Mirror)

Polish striker Marek Saganowski will spend four days on trial at Watford. (Mirror)

Steve Parkin will make a swift return to management at Mansfield after the sacking of Peter Shirtliff. (Mirror)

Dinamo Kiev left-back Andriy Nesmachniy will undergo a three-day medical and trial at Blackburn this week. (Mail)

Rangers are considering a transfer bid for Italy and Livorno striker Cristiano Lucarelli. (The Express)

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc's agent says the Pole will not seek a January move to the Premiership, but could be tempted by a move to Arsenal next season. (The Herald)

Sheffield United are lining up a double swoop for Helsingborgs' Luton Shelton and Andreas Granqvist after being priced out of a move for Preston's David Nugent. (Mirror)

Charlton fans have called for former West Ham boss Alan Pardew to be installed as manager after seeing the Addicks lose to Wycombe in the Carling Cup under current boss Les Reed. (Various)

Reed is facing the axe from The Valley after just seven games in charge. (Mirror)

Everton delayed their written complaint to the FA over Jose Mourinho to allow the Chelsea manager extra time to apologise, but will now press ahead after he failed to retract his comments. (The Sun)

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon played peacemaker by getting in touch with Everton to convince them not to complain to the FA. (Mirror, Mail)

The FA is unlikely to take any action against Mourinho for his comments, which could test Everton's threat to take legal action. (The Guardian)

Lord Stevens will today announce the long-awaited findings of his bung inquiry - but is not expected to name names. (Daily Star)

Stevens' report will suggest sweeping changes to the way in which the game is governed. (The Independent)

Stevens' report will shock the world of football by detailing how corruption has gained a foothold inside English football. (Daily Express)

Newcastle have confirmed an American-Swiss consortium are in talks about a �227m takeover. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd will sell the club, but only if he can find a billionaire buyer. (Mirror)

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock has been told his job is safe by plc chairman Kevin McCabe - even if the club are relegated from the Premiership. (The Sun)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has blamed the club's current problems on England manager Steve McClaren. (Daily Star)

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is set to receive an OBE in the new year's honours list - after missing out on three other occasions. (Mail)

Celtic are set to earn up to �1.5m from a lucrative post-season trip to Japan in May. (Mail)

Manchester United players dubbed Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney Batman and Robin because of a series of tricks the two pranksters have played on fellow team-mates. Midfielder Michael Carrick said: "Wayne can't shut up his big gob and Rio comes a close second." (The Sun)

Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland defender Phil Babb is the new owner of Golf Punk magazine. (The Guardian)