Manchester City and Manchester United will go head-to-head for the �80m signature of Lyon striker Karim Benzema in January. (News of the World)

Arsenal will see off Chelsea's interest in their teenage star Jack Wilshere by offering him a professional deal worth �15,000 a week - 200 times his current wage - when he turns 17, on New Year's Day. (News of the World)

Spurs have set their sights on luring Welsh midfielder Joe Ledley, 21, from Cardiff in the January transfer window. (News of the World)

But if Tottenham's sporting director Damien Comolli doesn't rejuvenate his transfer policy, he will lose his job, following a �100m spending spree which has left Spurs at the bottom of the Premier League. (Mail on Sunday)

Daniel Agger is refusing to commit to a new deal at Liverpool until manager Rafa Benitez confirms whether the Dane has a first-team future at the club. (News of the World)

Arsenal turned down the chance to sign Brazilian midfielder Mineiro, leaving the way clear for Chelsea to pick up the 33-year-old earlier in the week. (News of the World)

Brazil legend Ronaldo, now down to 15 stone, insists there is still a chance he will join Manchester City. (Observer)

Everton will make a �4m offer to Fulham for midfielder Jimmy Bullard, while Clint Dempsey is looking to leave Craven Cottage after being frozen out of the first team by Roy Hodgson. (News of the World)

Robbie Savage is in line for a return to his first club, Crewe, in a loan move after being told he can leave Derby. (News of the World)

A South African consortium have emerged as favourites to assume ownership of Newcastle United, with five men preparing to table a joint �350m bid for the club. (News of the World)

Alan Shearer has rubbished claims by Joe Kinnear that he will join up with Kevin Keegan once new owners take over. (Mail on Sunday)

Meanwhile, Kinnear will earn �50,000 per game during his spell in charge. (Sunday Express)

Kinnear admits owner Mike Ashley had no idea about his four-year-old touchline ban when appointing him. (Mail on Sunday)

Unlike Newcastle, Portsmouth are a snip for an initial payment of just �20m. Alexandre Gaydamak has put Pompey up for sale as the club struggle under the weight of massive debts. (News of the World)

Gaydamak wants Avram Grant back at Fratton Park in his old job as technical director. (Sunday Express)

Another top-flight club in takeover talks are Spurs, who may sell to an as-yet anonymous Asian billionaire. (Observer)

Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips will be recalled to the England team for their game against Kazakhstan on 11 October, at the expense of David Beckham. (Sunday Times)

Beckham insists he will not mind if he is dropped and would be "happy going home having not even got off the bench". (Various)

Beckham may instead keep himself occupied by buying himself a US Major League Soccer team. (Sunday Express)

Sir Alex Ferguson says his plan to lengthen bans for career-threatening tackles was ignored by the FA. (Sunday Express)

Ferguson and Manchester United will open talks with Ryan Giggs in the New Year, with a view to extending his contract a further season, until summer 2010. (News of the World)

Arsene Wenger believes the away goals rule in the Champions League should be modified to the rule used in the Carling Cup, where away goals only count twice before extra time. (Sunday Express)

Steve Bruce admits that he and Mark Hughes, former team-mates at Manchester United, are not friends and have not spoken for years. (Various)

Sheffield United have no intention of agreeing to West Ham's bid for an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding the Carlos Tevez affair. (Observer)

Manchester City's Stephen Ireland has revealed he keeps several pairs of Superman pants, in case the right moment should strike. "I have given one pair to charity but I have two other pairs," said the midfielder, who famously revealed trunks sporting the Superman logo after scoring against Sunderland last season. (Various)

Portsmouth stopper David James has told Michael Owen, who has James in his fantasy league team, to drop him, having conceded 10 goals in Pompey's last two games. (Observer)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane has brought in a German so he can shuffle his pack - of hounds. Triggs, Keane's faithful household dog, has lost his first-team place to a new German shepherd. Triggs, now warming the bench, was best known for accompanying Keane on long walks following his owner's dismissal for pushing Alan Shearer in 2001, and then again when Keane quit the Republic of Ireland squad. (Sunday Times)