Tottenham are preparing a �10m offer for Micah Richards in the hope that Chelsea's interest in the Manchester City defender cools. (Telegraph)

Spurs have joined Juventus and Valencia in the race to sign Manchester United's Gabriel Heinze. (Various)

Tottenham will only land the Argentine left-back if United can sign Southampton's Gareth Bale. (Various)

The Premiership leaders are 90% of the way to closing a deal for Bale, which could rise as high as �10m. (Guardian)

West Ham have offered �4m for Matthew Upson. Birmingham want �8m. (Various)

The Hammers have also looked at Tottenham's Anthony Gardner and Callum Davenport in their efforts to bolster the defensive ranks. (Daily Express)

And Upton Park officials have not given up hope of persuading Watford's Ashley Young to sign a deal. (Telegraph)

Fulham have been put off by Charlton's �14m valuation of Darren Bent. (Times)

And England international striker Bent has told West Ham he wants a �100,000-a-week deal. (Star)

Dennis Rommedahl has told Charlton he will move to FC Copenhagen in the summer if the club go down. (Times)

Tottenham's Edgar Davids has knocked back Charlton's interest. (Independent)

And Charlton boss Alan Pardew has shelved plans to sign Sheffield Wednesday defender Madjid Bougherra. (Guardian)

Talks between the Addicks and Portsmouth over a swap deal involving Souleymane Diawara and Andy O'Brien have collapsed. (Mail)

And that has alerted Leeds who could end their search for a defensive replacement for Matthew Kilgallon with a move for O'Brien. (Times)

PSV Eindhoven have asked about signing Pompey's leading scorer Kanu. (Mail)

Portsmouth have been priced out of the market for Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari. Udinese want �10m. (Star)

But they have joined the race to sign �3m-rated Lyn Oslo striker Edu. The Nigerian had a trial at Wigan. (Mail)

Arsenal full-back Lauren has turned down offers from Bolton and Newcastle. Portsmouth, Villarreal, West Ham and Sevilla remain in the chase. (Times)

And then there are French champions Lyon, who are front-runners in the race for the fit-again right-back. (Mirror)

There are also conflicting reports over who is in pole position in the race to sign Kepo Blanco from Sevilla. Put your money on Manchester City. (Times)

Elsewhere, Charlton are set to secure the Spainish striker's services. (Sun)

And West Ham have stated an interest in the much-wanted 23-year-old. (Mail)

Liverpool look set to give want-away Blackburn defender Lucas Neill the cold shoulder after he asked for a �30,000-a-week pay packet. (Mirror)

Former Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier is interested in signing Milan Baros again, with the striker set for a move from Aston Villa to Lyon. (Times)

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby could also be heading to the continent. Real Sociedad want him on loan. (Mail)

Sebastian Larsson is poised to join Birmingham from the Gunners. (Various)

Wigan are trying to tempt Fulham into freeing midfielder Papa Bouba Diop on loan, with a view to a permanent deal in the summer. (Mail)

Latics boss Paul Jewell has rubbished a �750,000 offer from Rangers for striker Lee McCulloch. He said: "The offer can only be described as derisory." (Mirror)

Jewell is set to get a call from Celtic boss Gordon Strachan who wants Wigan back-up keeper John Filan. (Mirror)

Present Bhoys reserve David Marshall is going to join Norwich. (Mirror)

Celtic will have to increase their �500,000 offer for Burnley's Kyle Lafferty if they want to land the Northen Ireland striker. (Various)

The SPL leaders are also tracking Bayer Leverkusen's Ukraine international striker Andriy Voronin and Sheffield United's Geoff Horsfield. (Guardian)

And they have been given the go-ahead to sign Swiss youngster Zdravko Kuzmanovic, 19, from Palermo. (Record)

Rangers want to sign Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu. (Record)

Emre will not be leaving Newcastle despite the allegations of racism against him and Bayern Munich's long-standing interest. (Times)

Real Madrid striker Ronaldo may join AC Milan on loan before securing a permanent summer deal. (Guardian)

Barnsley want former Sheffield United striker Neil Shipperley. (Star)

Striker Emile Mpenza is set for a move from Al Rayyan to Blackburn. (Times)

Birmingham's David Dunn will choose Bolton over former club Blackburn, who came in with a late bid for the injury-prone midfielder. (Various)

Chelsea are close to completing a �2m deal for Bolton's Tal Ben Haim. (Various)

And the Blues will spend �20m at the end of the season on Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres - a player Jose Mourinho does not rate. (Daily Star)

Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has told Roman Abramovich he should get AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti in to replace Mourinho. (Various)

Ancelotti will be leaving the San Siro in the summer with either Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard or Holland head coach Marco van Basten taking over. (Mirror)

Mourinho may pick Shevchenko against Liverpool just to keep the peace at "crisis club" Chelsea. (Various)

But Abramovich may not be there to see the striker in action as he has threatened to boycott Saturday's match at Anfield. The Russian does not think Blues fans appreciate him enough. (Daily Mail)

England international striker Darren Bent has put a ring round 10 February in his diary and Charlton's match against Manchester United for a return from his knee injury. (Independent)

Midfielder Javier Mascherano will make an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport if Fifa blocks his loan move from West Ham to Liverpool. (Star)

Fulham boss Chris Coleman will be at the FA Cup match against Leicester despite three days in hospital with suspected blood poisoning. (Various)

Agent Pini Zahavi negotiated himself a �3m fee when he helped Middlesbrough sign Yakubu from Portsmouth. (Guardian)

Sven-Goran Eriksson has taken a step closer to becoming Marseille boss as Jack Kachkar's �66m deal to buy the club is nearing completion. (Times)

David Beckham could sue Real Madrid for damages over the way the Spanish club have treated him. (Times)

Eriksson's �6,500-a-day cheque from the Football Association has been well documented, but he is not the only former member of staff banking a tidy sum. The Swede's former number two Tord Grip is getting �600 each day to boost his pension. (Sun)

Fulham's Moritz Volz is revising for his A-Levels. "I'm working my socks off," he said. "It's pretty tough and there's a lot to soak up." (Star)

On securing the services of Berti Vogts as Nigeria coach, former national boss Christian Chukwu said: "If one has to eat a frog, it has to be a big one. For the first time we have gone for a truly world-class coach." (Daily Record)