1600 GMT: Striker Emmanuel Adebayor, 27, says he will do everything he can to stay at Real Madrid, the club he joined on loan from Manchester City in January. "Playing here is a dream come true and I now feel useful again," he adds. Full story: as.com (in Spanish)
Aston Villa and England forward Ashley Young is holding out for a move to Manchester United in the summer. The 25-year-old, whose current deal expires at the end of next season, is reported to have told team-mates of his ambitions to join Sir Alex Ferguson's team. Full story: Daily Mail
Brazil striker Adriano, 29, who has had his contract with Roma terminated, has claimed his future is in his homeland despite being linked with Newcastle and Tottenham. Full story: Daily Mirror
Chelsea are lining up a move for Real Madrid and Brazilian superstar Kaka with a club source at Stamford Bridge saying: "There is a strong chance it will happen." Full story: Daily Telegraph
Juventus and Liverpool will lead the chase for Arsenal's 25-year-old defender Gael Clichy, if the French international decides not to renew his contract with the Gunners. Full story: talkSPORT
Arsenal are to seek permission to sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan following injuries to Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone. Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City are interested in Belgium Under-21 international Yassine El Ghanassy. The 20-year-old, who plays for AA Gent and can operate either upfront or as a winger, is valued at £4.3m. Full story: talkSPORT
AC Milan want to capture Tottenham midfielder Sandro after the 21-year-old Brazilian helped to dump the Italian giants out of the Champions League. Full story: caughtoffside.com
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli lasted only 57 minutes in the 2-0 defeat at Dynamo Kiev on Thursday after suffering an allergic reaction to grass. Manager Roberto Mancini said: "He had an allergy and his face was swollen." Full story: the Sun
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp fears injury-plagued defender Ledley King's days at the club could be numbered. Full story: talkSPORT
Mohamed bin Hammam, the Asian Football Confederation president, will decide within 10 days whether to challenge Sepp Blatter in Fifa's forthcoming presidential election. After 13 years of Blatter running football's international governing body, Bin Hammam of Qatar said: "People have to try change. Change is good." Full story: the Guardian
Ally McCoist has vowed to appeal against a two-match touchline ban, with the Rangers assistant manager claiming he did not challenge Celtic manager Neil Lennon to a fight during an angry exchange of words at the end of the last Old Firm derby. (Daily Record)
Rangers have not yet decided whether to appeal against assistant manager Ally McCoist's two-game touchline ban. (Press & Journal)
Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist says he has nothing to say sorry for after his touchline bust-up with Celtic manager Neil Lennon as he was defending players who had been subjected to abuse. (Various)
Madjid Bougherra and El Hadji Diouf face further punishment for dissent on top of the red cards they were shown against Celtic because referee Calum Murray has reported the Rangers pair for "misconduct of a significantly serious nature". (the Sun)
Aberdeen manager Craig Brown will risk a row with the Scottish Football Association today after banning players, apart from two-time winning Paul Hartley, from posing with the Scottish Cup because he does not think they have earned it. (Daily Record)
Scottish Football League chief executive David Longmuir has accused his Scottish Premier League counterpart, Neil Doncaster, of jumping the gun with talk of a merger between the two bodies. (Daily Telegraph)
AND FINALLY
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew says nightlife distractions are why winger Hatem Ben Arfa is staying in France to recover from a broken leg. "Other than being in the city and getting used to the restaurants and God knows what else, there's no other benefit for us at the moment," Pardew said about the £6m signing from Marseille who suffered a double fracture in October. Full story: Daily Mail
The chairman of a French village football team has been suspended after making an attempt to sign Barcelona's Lionel Messi through official channels after a night out. FC Borne's bid was intercepted by the French Football Federation. Full story: Small World News
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