Tottenham are among the clubs monitoring 18-year-old Venezuelan left-sided midfielder Carlos Fernandez. (Daily Mail)

Stoke want to snap up Blackburn midfielder Aaron Mokoena at the end of the season (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is just pleased Gareth Barry is still at the club and won't be pushing him to sign a new deal in the summer. (Daily Star)

David Beckham could be confirmed as a full-time AC Milan player this weekend, if LA Galaxy can agree a fee of $10m with the Italian giants. (Sun)

Derby striker Liam Dickinson will complete an emergency loan move to Leeds after missing the deadline by 14 minutes. (Sun)

Nicolas Anelka has delivered a scathing assessment of Chelsea's title chances, saying his team are not good enough to overcome the Premier League's big guns. (Various)

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has warned young English footballers that they are in danger of being squeezed out of the game unless they match the hunger shown by African players. (Times)

Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis has begged Portsmouth not to sack manager Tony Adams. (Sun)

And Adams is ignoring newspaper speculation surrounding his future and insists he has no indication Pompey want to fire him. (Daily Telegraph)

Robbie Keane has blamed Rafael Benitez for turning his Liverpool dream into a nightmare, insisting he was "baffled" by the Spaniard's decision to ignore him. (Various)

And Keane, who has returned to Tottenham, says he would give away his medal if Liverpool won the Premier League. (Sun)

Portsmouth's former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has sympathy with Robbie Keane over his treatment at Anfield, labelling Rafael Benitez's methods as "frustrating". (Press Association)

Mark Hughes admits he cannot guarantee Manchester City will be able to turn the oil billions of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan into silverware. (Daily Telegraph).

Danish defender Daniel Agger has committed his future to Liverpool by signing anew contract worth around �70,000 a week. (Sun)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan was forced to broker a peace deal between two of his players after Aiden McGeady and Artur Boruc were embroiled in a training ground bust-up. (Various)

Lech Poznan manager Franciszek Smuda evaded questions linking him to the top job at Celtic Park next season. Reports in Poland suggest he is being lined up to replace Gordon Strachan at the end of the season. (Daily Record)

Artmedia Bratislava have blamed Hearts for a series of errors that ruined Pavel Farkas' chance to move to Tynecastle. Farkas claims he returned his contract signed, but Hearts returned it with amendments with the 1700 GMT transfer deadline approaching. (Daily Record)

Nigel Clough has ordered his Derby County players to laugh their way to safety in the Championship. "We try and put a smile on their faces in training," he insisted. (Sun)

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