Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear wants to sign Scotland and Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson. (PA - 1131 GMT)

Bayern Munich sign Hamburg's Croatian international striker Ivica Olic on a three-year contract. (AFP - 1229 GMT)

Boss Harry Redknapp fears Tottenham may be priced out of bringing Jermain Defoe back to the club after Portsmouth slapped a �20m price tag on the striker. (Press Association, various - 0622 GMT)

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has made an �8m bid for Arsenal's unsettled Ivory Coast defender Kolo Toure. (Daily Mirror)

But Toure has been told by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger he will not be allowed to quit the club after a training-ground bust-up with William Gallas last week. (Sun)

City have also targeted West Ham striker Craig Bellamy and Everton defender Joleon Lescott after landing Wayne Bridge from Chelsea. (Daily Telegraph)

Hughes also hopes to have Roque Santa Cruz and Bellamy's West Ham team-mate Scott Parker signed up by the end of next week in a �32m spree. (Sun)

Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United are no closer to securing a permanent deal for striker Carlos Tevez. (Daily Telegraph)

Harry Redknapp admits it is hard to see a future for Hossam Ghaly at White Hart Lane after the Egyptian was jeered by Spurs fans when poised to come on as a substitute in Friday's FA Cup win over Wigan. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa and Manchester City could be in the frame to sign Jermain Defoe, who called in sick before Portsmouth's FA Cup tie with Bristol City. (Times)

Portsmouth boss Tony Adams admits Defoe may have played his last game for the club after the striker told Executive Chairman Peter Storrie he wanted to leave the club.

Spurs fans chanted Defoe's name all the way through their FA Cup win over Wigan on Friday, hoping to prompt the club to re-sign the player. (Various)
Redknapp unsure over Defoe deal

Joe Kinnear admits the final decision over whether goalkeeper Shay Given leaves the club could be taken above his head. (Sun)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that the signings of Partizan Belgrade's Zoran Tosic and Adem Ljajic will end his January transfer dealings. (Various)
Man Utd seal deal for Serbian duo

Boss Sam Allardyce is close to taking Lucas Neill back to Blackburn as West Ham are keen to be rid of his huge �60,000-a-week wage bill. (Sun)

Shay Given could be another target for Manchester City after insisting he was disillusioned with Newcastle. (Sun)

Tottenham have made a �12m "take it or leave it" offer for Middlesbrough's England winger Stewart Downing. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs are also in the race for unsettled Bayern Munich forward Lukas Podolski after the German giants rejected an offer from the player's former club Cologne. (Daily Mail)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce has no doubts over keeping on-loan striker Amr Zaki at the club. "He's ours until June, there are no get-out clauses," he said. (Press Association)

Bruce has meanwhile made a �5m move for Reading winger Stephen Hunt, who only signed a new long-term contract last year. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan says he will resist a proposed �9m bid from Portsmouth for midfielder Scott Brown. (Sun)

Meanwhile, Polish side Lech Poznan say they will not be selling Bosnian midfielder Semir Stilic to Celtic for �2.5m in the January transfer window, as they believe he will be worth more in the summer.(Daily Express)

Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo has slapped a �10m price-tag on captain Christophe Berra after transfer speculation linking the defender with several top clubs in England including Manchester Utd and Liverpool. (Daily Express)

Norwich City are rumoured to be interested in Rangers' striker Andrius Velicka. The Lithuanian has also been linked with a move back to former club Hearts. (Daily Express)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned whether the Premier League fixtures have been drawn up to specifically handicap his club. (Times, Daily Mail)

Boss Luiz Felipe Scolari insists all is well in the Chelsea camp, despite talk of dressing-room unrest. (Daily Telegraph)

Sources within West Ham have denied claims owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is under pressure to sell the club. (Daily Telegraph)

Manager Arsene Wenger insists his careful spending policy has protected Arsenal from the implications of the financial crisis. (Daily Telegraph)

Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Cristiano Ronaldo that he must learn to accept the harsh physical treatment he is subjected to by opposing defenders in the Premier League after admitting that the Manchester United forward is beginning to show his frustrations. (Guardian)

Jose Mourinho insists he wants to see out the rest of his contract as Inter Milan coach, despite being linked with a move back to England in the summer. (Sun)

Short-term loan signing David Beckham is in excellent shape and could make his Serie A debut in AC Milan's first league match after the winter break at AS Roma next week, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Sir Elton John will make a surprise return to Watford just weeks after quitting as honorary life president after his "dismay" at the way the club was being run under former chairman Graham Simpson. (Daily Mail)

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