
TRANSFER RUMOURS
Celtic are lining up a loan move for Tottenham striker Robbie Keane with a view to a permanent deal at the end of the season. (Daily Mail)
Spurs are keen on West Ham's Carlton Cole as a replacement. (Daily Mail)
West Brom have put an �8m price tag on defender Curtis Davies after Spurs made yet another enquiry. (People)
So Tottenham will dig out the telephone number to Upton Park again as they will instead turn their attention to Hammers centre-back Anton Ferdinand. (Mirror)
Spurs and Bolton will battle it out for Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse, who is on loan at Marseille. (News of the World)
Watford are set to accept West Ham's �8m bid for Ashley Young. (Various)
But the England under-21 international winger's move to Upton Park could yet be hijacked by Premiership rivals Tottenham... or Aston Villa. (NotW)
West Ham midfielder Matthew Etherington could join Fulham this week. (NotW)
Russian midfielder Alexi Smertin will opt for Fulham instead of West Ham when he leaves Dinamo Moscow. (Express)
West Ham hope to lure Mark Viduka from Middlesbrough by offering under-fire skipper Nigel Reo-Coker in part exchange. (People)
That deal is dead as the Australian does not want to swap life in Yorkshire for London - which has alerted Everton, Newcastle and Liverpool. (NotW)
Liverpool will off-load midfielder Darren Potter to Wolves and defender Gabriel Paletta on loan to Gimnastic in Spain. (Daily Mail)
Blackburn defender Lucas Neill will seal a move to Liverpool this week, with Stephen Warnock moving in the other direction. (The People)
Rovers are interested in West Ham duo Teddy Sheringham and Paul Konchesky. (NotW)
Blackburn boss Mark Hughes will move for Everton's �5m-rated former Rovers striker James Beattie. (NotW)
And while Hughes will not let defender Andy Todd join Rangers, he will allow Dominic Matteo to move north to the Ibrox outfit. (NotW)
Blackburn are targetting Feyenoord's Moroccan striker Ali Boussaboun. (NotW)
Micah Richards will stay at Manchester City, with Chelsea confirming they will not bid for him. (NotW)
Defender Richards has opened talks on a new City deal - less than six months after signing a bumper contract aimed at keeping him at the club. (People)
Manchester City are set to lose Claudio Reyna who will return to America and join MLS side New York Red Bulls - along with Ronaldo. (Mail on Sunday)
Or is Real Madrid striker Ronaldo heading to Newcastle? The Magpies are ready with a �5m approach. (NotW)
Manchester United have won the race to sign Southampton's Gareth Bale and will clinch an �8m summer deal. (Mirror)
Gabriel Heinze admits his United career is over. Inter Milan, Juventus, PSG and Valencia are interested. (NotW)
Sheffield United will complete their January shopping with the signings of Colchester right-back Greg Halford and Leeds striker David Healy. (People)
Aston Villa are set to offer �12m for Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy in an effort to stop their slump. (NotW)
Wolves will listen to offers for striker Jemal Johnson so they can raise cash for a bid for Scunthorpe forward Billy Sharp. (Sunday Mirror)
Sunderland have blocked Charlton's move for Dean Whitehead. (People)
Charlton are confident they can bring in Sevilla's Kepa Blanco on loan after a deal broke down because the striker had to play a cup game. (NotW)
They shouldn't be. Manchester City have won the race for the Spanish international striker. (Sunday Mirror)
Middlesbrough are set to bring in West Brom's Hungarian winger Zoltan Gera in a �3m deal. (News of the World)
West Brom will sign Everton goalkeeper Richard Wright. (Sunday Mirror)
Crystal Palace have rejected approaches from Reading, Charlton and Bolton for midfielder Tom Soares. (NotW)
Reading, Middlesbrough and Wigan all want Jeremie Aliadiere, but the Arsenal striker does not want a move. (People)
The Gunners could off-load midfielder Fabrice Muamba, on loan at Birmingham, for �2.5m. Fulham, Middlesbrough and Everton are interested. (People)
Derby are set to dip into the transfer market again to sign West Ham defender Tyrone Mears. (Sunday Mirror)
Wigan have failed with a �7m bid for Manchester United's Alan Smith. (NotW)
OTHER GOSSIP
Chelsea are set to move for ex-Italy coach Marcello Lippi - if manager Jose Mourinho quits in the summer. (People)
Mourinho, who is wanted by six clubs, will have showdown talks with Blues owner Roman Abramovich. (Sunday Mirror)
And the Portuguese manager has already told Abramovich that he will leave immediately if the Russian pays off his contract. That redundancy cheque would amount to �25m. (Sunday Times)
Abramovich blocked a bid to bring Aston Villa's Milan Baros to Chelsea, with Shaun Wright-Phillips going in the opposite direction. (News of the World)
Mourinho has told 'friends' Andriy Shevchenko has come to Chelsea to be "on holiday". (Sunday Independent)
And there are also reports Mourinho has been told to hire a Russian assistant in place of Steve Clarke. (Independent)
Chelsea captain John Terry is ready to lead a players' protest to keep manager Mourinho at the club. (Various)
The battle for the Scotland job is down to a two-horse race between Tommy Burns and Alex McLeish. (News of the World)
Joe Jordan is the favourite to become Scotland boss - and the Portsmouth coach would jump at it. (The People)
Elsewhere Alex McLeish and Gary McAllister have emerged as the front-runners for the Scotland manager's job. (Sunday Mail)
And then we go full circle. The Scottish FA will make a choice between Alex McLeish or Tommy Burns as the new national manager. (Sunday Herald)
If Jack Kachkar's �50m bid for Marseille is accepted this week the Canadian will install Sven-Goran Eriksson as manager. (Daily Mail)
John Kennedy will return to Celtic's first-team squad after almost three years of injury hell. (Sunday Mail)
Milan Mandaric will bring in Iain Dowie as Leicester boss when his �25m takeover finally goes through. (People)
League Two strugglers Boston are facing a financial crisis that could put them out of business. (Sunday Mirror)
Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder has been told by a high-ranking FA official that English football will have a winter break in the near future. (Various)
Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard is on target to make a pre-season return from a knee injury he suffered last September that could have ended his career. (Sunday Mirror)
Chris Burke will this week sign a three-year contract extension with Rangers. (Sunday Mail)
AND FINALLY...
Merlin have added a star-rating system to their forthcoming sticker album, with 20 Premiership players awarded the maximum of five - including Thierry Henry, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney... and Carlos Tevez. (The People)
Despite Fabio Capello saying David Beckham would never play for Real Madrid again, the club shop sold one replica shirt on Saturday. On the Englishman's first day in the Spanish capital they sold 8,000. (Daily Mail)
It is not just West Ham's first team that is struggling, as their under-16s found out against Arsenal. The match was stopped with 10 minutes remaining and the Gunners 9-0 up. (People)
Manchester United striker Henrik Larsson says he will carry on playing until he is 42. (News of the World)
Manchester City new boy Djamel Abdoun, on loan from Ajaccio, has described himself as the new Cristiano Ronaldo. Watch this space. (Sunday Mirror)
And City striker Bernardo Corradi has a "sweet soul, is cultured, knows how to take care of a woman and is not your standard footballer with rough manners". So says his new woman, Italian actress Elena Santarelli. (Sunday Mirror)