New York Red Bulls are trying to sign Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka, who would be reunited with fellow Frenchman Thierry Henry at the MLS club. (French newspaper L'Equipe)
Manchester City will renew their attempts to bring Aston Villa forward Ashley Young to Eastlands after making a late inquiry in the January transfer window. (0830GMT) Full story: goal.com
Arsenal are planning to make a £12.8m bid for 20-year-old Paris Saint-Germain defender Mamadou Sakho in the summer. (0835GMT) Full story: imscouting.com
TRANSFER GOSSIP
Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar has ruled himself out of the running to become Edwin van der Sar's long-term replacement at Manchester United. Van der Sar announced in January he was going to retire from playing at the end of the season. Full story: talkSPORT
Chelsea will continue to spend lavishly in the summer as owner Roman Abramovich looks to strengthen his squad before Uefa's financial fair play rules kick in. The Blues are targeting Dutch right-back Gregory van der Wiel of Ajax, young Belgian internationals Eden Hazard from Lille and Romelu Lukaku of Anderlecht, Slovakia captain Marek Hamsik of Napoli and French winger Dimitri Payet of St Etienne. Full story: the Independent
Reports in France claim Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is determined to come to an early arrangement to bring Hazard to the Emirates Stadium in the summer and avoid a bidding war with the likes of Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Manchester United.Full story: footylatest.com
Liverpool are hoping to beat off the challenge of Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United to sign Werder Bremen winger Marko Marin. Full story: footylatest.com
Former Everton striker Francis Jeffers is being offered a surprise return to British football with Stuart McCall's Scottish Premier League side Motherwell after a spell in Australia with Newcastle Jets. Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City failed with a £4m deadline day bid for Belgium international winger Yassine El Ghanassy. Full story: Daily Mail
Michael Stewart, recently released by Genclerbirligi, was being lined up as Charlie Adam's replacement at Blackpool if the Scotland midfielder was sold in the January transfer window. (Various)
Celtic have been accused by Mainz and Aalborg of wrecking Morten Rasmussen's move to the Danish club by blundering with the paperwork that would have allowed the striker to switch loan clubs. (Various)
OTHER GOSSIP
Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge has branded Fernando Torres a "fake and a fraud who has spat in the faces of the Liverpool supporters who idolised him" following the Spaniard's £50m move to Chelsea. Full story: Daily Mail
Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny claims his team are the only genuine title challengers to Manchester United. Full story: Daily Mirror
Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing has urged the club to offer veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel a new deal. Full story: Daily Mirror
QPR manager Neil Warnock has claimed Adel Taarabt blew his chance of a potential big-money move to Manchester United after showing his petulant side during a recent match against Hull City. Full story: Metro
Wolves striker Steven Fletcher insists he does want his international career to continue, just 24 hours after he told Scotland manager Craig Levein he did not want to play in next week's Nations Cup clash against Northern Ireland. Full story: Daily Record
Dundee United are raging that the postponement of Wednesday's Scottish Premier League game in Inverness was delayed until the match referee had driven 170 miles from Glasgow. (Various)
AND FINALLY
Manchester United defender Gary Neville, who announced his retirement from playing on Wednesday, will be offered a coaching role at the club but he is also rumoured to be wanted by Sky Sports as one of their pundits. Full story: Daily Mirror
Neville decided to retire after finding out he had been left out of United's 25-man Champions League squad. Full story: Daily Mail
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