Tottenham are holding talks with Southampton teenager Gareth Bale after having a �10m bid accepted for the defender. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs and Manchester United are locked in a battle for Bale. (Daily Express)

Tottenham and Arsenal are among the clubs targeting 17-year-old Bale. (Daily Mail)

Manchester United and Tottenham face a head-to-head battle to land Bale. (Daily Star)

Bale has set his heart on a move to Manchester United, despite an �8m bid from Tottenham. (The Sun)

St Etienne defender Fousseiny Diawara is holding talks with Bolton boss Sam Allardyce. (Various)

Tottenham have struck a �3.3m deal for Benfica defender Ricardo Rocha - plus the Portuguese club will play Spurs in two friendly matches. (Various)

Rangers are interested in signing Celtic forward Shaun Maloney. (Daily Express)

Celtic have signed Rennes defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe. (Various)

Rangers midfielder Jeremy Clement will sign for Paris St Germain within 48 hours. (The Herald)

Celtic captain Neil Lennon is considering a move to the MLS in the USA. (The Sun)

Hearts have signed Ghana midfielder Laryea Kingston from Russian club Terek Grozny. (The Scotsman)

Defender Oumar Konde has completed his move from Hibernian to Panionios after signing an 18-month deal. (The Scotsman)

Celtic will today make a formal offer for Hamilton's much-touted 16-year-old midfielder, James McCarthy. (The Herald)

Porto have priced Chelsea target Ricardo Quaresma at �14m - and the Blues are not willing to stump up that cash. (The Guardian)

Anton Ferdinand has vowed not to walk out on West Ham's relegation fight to join Newcastle. (Daily Mirror)

Fulham have made a surprise �500,000 bid for Preston keeper Carlo Nash. (Daily Mail)

Keith Gillespie, who was sent off at the weekend, has stunned Sheffield United by handing in a transfer request. (Various)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp put Lomana LuaLua through an extra hour's training before holding talks over his future. (The Sun)

Reading are understood to have offered about �200,000 for Cork City defender Alan Bennett. (The Guardian)

Fulham boss Chris Coleman wants to sign Celtic forward Shaun Maloney for �500,000 after failing to agree a deal for Wayne Routledge. (The Sun)

Everton boss David Moyes has made a �2m bid for West Ham's Matt Etherington. (Daily Mirror)

Derby boss Billy Davies is close to completing a loan deal for West Ham's Tyrone Mears.(Various)

Birmingham are in talks with Sheffield Wednesday over �3m-rated defender Madjid Bougherra. (Various)

Leeds boss Dennis Wise wants Wolves keeper Michael Oakes on loan for the rest of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Dundee United have withdrawn their attempt to sign Sheffield Wednesday's Graham Coughlin after the defender was injured. (the Herald)

Former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit has told current boss Jose Mourinho to stop moaning about the club's injury crisis - after spending �200m. (Daily Mirror)

Mourinho will give Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko another chance to find his form by naming him in the starting line-up in the Carling Cup semi-final, second leg against Wycombe. (Various)

Rangers duo Libor Sionko and Jeremy Clement have spoken of the dressing room unrest as former manager Paul Le Guen and captain Barry Ferguson battled for supremacy. (Daily Record)

New West Ham signing Lucas Neill has rubbished claims that he moved to Upton Park for the money. (The Sun)

Sports minister Richard Caborn is to gather the Premier League bigwigs together in February to call for a salary cap. (Daily Express)

The Scottish FA hopes to name Alex mcLeish as national manager within 24 hours. (Daily Mirror)

The contenders for the post of commercial director at Manchester United include top circus executive Michael Bolingbroke, who is an accountant by training but is also senior vice-president in charge of shows for the Cirque du Soleil. (Daily Mail)

Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd has looked at no fewer than 25 trialists this month - but none have been deemed good enough for the Premiership strugglers. (Various)