Jermain Defoe will end speculation about his Tottenham future by signing a new long-term deal to stay at White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough defender Jonathan Woodgate has turned down Tottenham and would prefer a move to Newcastle. (The Sun)

Liverpool risk losing Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano if they fail to fork out the �17m to sign him on a regular basis. (Daily Star)

Sven-Goran Eriksson will lead the race to sign David Beckham for Manchester City if he returns to play in England. (The Sun)

Olof Mellberg could play his final game for Aston Villa in the Premier League encounter with Blackburn before moving to Juventus. (The Sun)

Tottenham are still hoping to land Portugese midfielder Tiago from Juventus. (Various)

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is watching AZ Alkmaar forward Moussa Dembele and is also interested in Wigan's Jason Koumas. (Daily Mail)

Inter Milan have rejected a bid from Manchester City for Colombian centre-half Nelson Rivas. (Daily Mail)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez wants Argentina winger Pablo Aimar who played under him at Valencia. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton are after MK Dons manager Paul Ince after George Burley took up the Scotland job. (Daily Mirror)

Alan Shearer will be groomed as a future Newcastle boss under Kevin Keegan's guidance. (Various) �

Manchester City have been told they will have to cough up a ludicrous �44m for Seville striker Luis Fabiano. (Sun) �

Rangers have pulled Amdy Faye out of his trial with Blackburn because Rovers Mark Hughes was taking too long to decide over him. (Daily Mirror) �

Sam Allardyce could be a target of the FA of Ireland to replace Steve Staunton as national team boss. (Daily Mail)

Rangers want to boost their squad with Aston villa striker Luke Moore, but have have seen Daniel Cousin's proposed move to Fulham because the transfer needs to be sanctioned by Fifa (Independent).

Rangers are chasing striker Marcus Bent on loan from Wigan after being quoted �3.5m by Aston Villa for Luke Moore. (The Sun)

Celtic have offered a contract to Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan after a successful trial. (Various)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan says the arrival of Brad Guzan does not mean that Artur Boruc is leaving the club. (Daily Mail)

Departing Dundee United goalkeeper Grzegorz Szamotulski has been offered to Rangers. (Daily Record)

Borussia Dortmund have signed Alexander Bade instead of Dundee United's Grzegorz Szamotulski. (Daily Mail)

Toronto are vying with Aberdeen for the signature of NCAA striker Joseph Lapira. (Daily Record)

New Scotland manager George Burley wants Celtic defender Steven Pressley to join his coaching team. (Daily Star)

Terry Butcher will decide over the weekend whether to be George Burley's assistant with Scotland. (Daily Record)

Former Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona coach Raddy Antic is wanted by managerless Hearts. (Daily Star)

Arsenal are sweating on the fitness of defender Kolo Toure after he was carried off in Ivory Coast's 4-1 win over Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations. (Various)

Paul Robinson insists he never handed in a transfer request and wants to prove to Spurs boss Juande Ramos he is worth another chance in the side. (Daily Mirror)

Former Saints defender Micky Adams is interested in succeeding George Burley as Southampton manager. (Daily Star)

The Sun will give Havant & Waterlooville keeper Kevin Scriven a new Mercedes if he keeps a clean sheet against Liverpool in their FA Cup fourth-round tie at Anfield. (The Independent)

Defiant boss Arsene Wenger insists the match stats prove Arsenal were the better side in Tuesday's humiliating 5-1 Carling Cup semi-final thrashing by arch-rivals Tottenham. (Daily Mirror)