Kaka will be staying at AC Milan and will not move to Manchester City, the club owner Silvio Berlusconi is quoted as saying by Italian media on Monday. (Reuters, 2203 GMT)

Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Andrei Arshavin is edging closer to a move to Arsenal.

"Negotiations with Arsenal continue and the chances are very high that Arshavin will soon play in the English Premier League," said Zenit St Petersburg coach Dick Advocaat. (Daily Mail website 1425 GMT).

AC Milan are lining up Franck Ribery as a �35m replacement for Kaka, should he be sold to Man City. (Channel 4, 1222)

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has hit out at Newcastle's Andy Carroll for a "nasty" challenge on Blackburn's Christopher Samba at the weekend. (Blackburn official website, 1211)

Former Manchester City striker Bernardo Corradi has warned Kaka not to leave AC Milan for Eastlands. Corradi said: "Personally, I'd choose Milan over Manchester City every time for the rest of my life." (Setanta Sports News, 1206)

Craig Bellamy has been photographed leaving a Manchester hotel with Manchester City's chief operating officer, Paul Aldridge. (Daily Mail, 1129)

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti insists his club have not received an offer from Manchester City for midfielder Daniele de Rossi. (Press Association, 1053)

Bolton Wanderers are poised to take striker Pavel Pogrebnyak from Zenit St Petersburg on loan. (Manchester Evening News, 1043)

Sunderland want West Ham's James Collins, a former team-mate of Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney, as a solution to their shortage of fit defenders. (Sunderland Echo, 1036)

Manchester United are interested in Sochaux's 16-year-old French youngster Yven Moyo. (Setanta Sports News, 1001)

Manchester City will tie up an �18m deal for Hamburg defensive midfielder Nigel De Jong in the next 48 hours. (Manchester Evening News, 0909)

Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear was in France on Sunday, scouting Rennes midfielder Stephane Mbia and Lille centre-back Adil Rami. (The Journal, Newcastle, 0837)

Kaka will meet Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi to discuss a move to Manchester City later on Monday, while West Ham have agreed a fee with City for striker Craig Bellamy, who is en route to Manchester for a medical. (Sky Sports News, 0830)
Man City agree price for Bellamy

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has told his club they must sign Kaka now or risk missing out on AC Milan's Brazilian star forever. (Various)

With that in mind, City's executive chairman Garry Cook will meet Milan vice-president Adriano Gallini and Kaka's father Bosco Leite in Italy on Monday. (Various)

Milan have accepted a �130m offer from City for Kaka, but the Brazilian is still yet to be persuaded that the move is worthwhile. (Daily Express)

Real Madrid are lurking should Kaka reject City's overtures, but their highest offer still comes in �30m below City's latest bid. (Daily Express)

Kaka has demanded clauses in his Manchester City contract that will allow him to quit City in a year's time if they are not competing for the Premier League title. (Daily Mirror)

Pablo Zabaleta, who scored the Eastlands club's winner against Wigan on Saturday, has implored Kaka to join City. (Sun)

Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Wilson Palacios to White Hart Lane on Tuesday after agreeing terms on a �14m deal with Wigan for the midfielder. (Sun)

But the move for Palacios could be held up because Tottenham want to spread the fee over a number of years. (Daily Star)

Wigan are offering to double the Honduran international's wages in a bid to persuade him to stay at the club. (Daily Mail)

Spurs also want Newcastle back-up goalkeeper Steve Harper, but the Tyneside veteran may not be allowed to leave if number one stopper Shay Given is sold to Manchester City. (Various)

Newcastle will go back to Rennes with an increased offer for Stephane Mbia after the French club turned down a �5m bid for the midfielder. (Times)

Everton are waiting to take Jermaine Pennant from arch-rivals Liverpool on a free transfer in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City have won their battle with Tottenham to sign Craig Bellamy from West Ham. City will pay up to �15m, almost twice the fee the Hammers paid for Bellamy 18 months ago. (Various)

Bellamy's move to City is the result of a remarkable "gentleman's agreement" between Harry Redknapp and Mark Hughes, which sees City and Hughes dropping out of the race to sign Wilson Palacios, while Spurs and Redknapp have ended their interest in Bellamy. (Various)

Hughes is confident that City will tie up a deal for Nigel De Jong later in the week. (Times)

West Ham will use some of the Craig Bellamy cash to fund a �5m bid for Cardiff midfielder Joe Ledley. (Sun)

Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola is also considering Pablo Daniel Osvaldo as a replacement for Bellamy. Osvaldo would cost West Ham �7m from Fiorentina. (Times)

Inter Milan are interested in signing Jermaine Jenas, who has decided he has no future at Spurs (but see below). (Daily Mail)

Wigan want to bring Reading winger Stephen Hunt to the club for �5m, but will come up against Spurs, who are also keen. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal hope to sign Russian striker Andrei Arshavin by the end of the week in a deal worth up to �14m. (Various)

Middlesbrough are keen to ship out Egyptian striker Mido and replace him with Aston Villa's Marlon Harewood. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth are battling Palmeiras for Villarreal defender Edmilson. (Daily Mail)

Blackburn are lining up a �1.3m move for Metz striker Babacar Gueye. (Various)

QPR will make a bid to sign Reading's Leroy Lita for �1.3m. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United will bring Chesterfield striker Jamie Ward to Bramall Lane in a �400,000 deal. (Daily Mail)

Hibs have moved to take Austrian defender Markus Berger on loan from from Portuguese side Academica. (Daily Express)

Celtic will run the rule over left-back Stephan Kling, who is currently with Austrian side SCR Altach. (Daily Mail)

Motherwell are set to sign Inverness goalkeeper Michael Fraser on a pre-contract agreement. (Scottish Sun)

St Mirren playmaker Andy Dorman will reject a host of English clubs to concentrate on the SPL. (Daily Record)

Chelsea have rubbished reports that Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich is keen to sell the club. (Various)

Marlon King could be on his way out of Hull following a bust-up with manager Phil Brown, having been left out of the team to face Arsenal at the weekend. (Various)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is upset that the club have taken their time with a new contract for Danish centre-back Daniel Agger, who is wanted by AC Milan. (Various)

But Benitez insists Liverpool's preparations for Monday's derby encounter with Everton have been helped, not hindered, by his own protracted contract negotiations with the club's owners. (Various)

Daniel Sturridge's Manchester City future is in doubt as he waits for contract negotiations to resume. (Daily Mirror)

Craig Bellamy's last act as a West Ham player will be to receive a fine from the club for the way he responded to his impending move. (Daily Telegraph)

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says his wife would have been capable of converting Darren Bent's horror miss against Portsmouth on Sunday. (Various)
Redknapp amazed by Bent late miss

Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho says rumours he is interested in signing Jermaine Jenas have only come about because he kept picking Jenas in his Daily Telegraph fantasy football team last season. (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Jenas bid is fantasy - Mourinho

Kaka kept his own shirt at the end of AC Milan's game against Fiorentina on Saturday, leading to speculation he was saving it as the last he wore for the club. (Daily Mail)

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