Manchester City defender Jerome Boateng has agreed terms to join Bayern Munich in the summer - and the German club are also monitoring City striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who is currently on loan at Real Madrid. Full story: Muenchner Merkur (in German)
City's technical director Mike Rigg insists Boateng is not for sale but admits Adebayor "would fit in" at Bayern. Full story: Bild (in German)
TRANSFER GOSSIP
Derby are lining up a shock move for Manchester United striker Michael Owen after manager Nigel Clough said he wanted "six or eight players, with at least one 'biggish' signing" over the summer. Full story: Metro
Manchester City will not consider selling club captain Carlos Tevez for less than £50m this summer with the Argentine forward attracting the interest of Inter Milan. Full story: Daily Telegraph
Porto president Pinto da Costa has revealed he will listen to offers for the club's star trio - defender Rolando and strikers Hulk and Radamel Falcao. Full story: Metro
Manchester United's chief European scout Martin Ferguson is keeping tabs on Espanyol striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, who is also attracting the interest of Tottenham, Everton and Fulham. United are also watching Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez. Full story: Daily Mail
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, who is also Italy's prime minister, has promised a summer of spending to turn the side into Champions League winners - and Tottenham winger Gareth Bale is on their hit list. Full story: Daily Mirror
But Welshman Bale insists he will not be leaving White Hart Lane this summer. Full story: Daily Mirror
Liverpool flop Alberto Aquilani's permanent move to Juventus could be off after the Italian side said they would not pay the agreed fee. Full story: Daily Mirror
Former Tottenham and West Ham striker Freddie Kanoute is to leave Spanish side Sevilla in the summer - but says he has already turned down offers to return to English football. Full story: talkSPORT
Spanish side Sevilla are interested in signing Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. Full story: Daily Mail
Tottenham themselves are ready to offer £500,000 for Ipswich's 18-year-old forward Caolan Lavery. Full story: the Sun
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is preparing to hijack Manchester United's rumoured £20m transfer of Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell. Full story: Caught Offside
Leeds forward Max Gradel is ready to turn down Newcastle and sign a new contract at Elland Road. Full story: Daily Mail
The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland player of the year Emilio Izaguirre, who has been linked with several English teams, says he has no wish to leave Celtic after his impressive debut season. Full story: Daily Express
Aston Villa's Ashley Young, who is out of contract at the end of next season, is a summer target for Real Madrid. Full story: Daily Mail
Fulham manager Mark Hughes is stepping up his interest in Young Boys of Berne striker Henri Bienvenu Ntsama. Full story: Daily Mail
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is tracking Toulouse's £5m-rated defensive pair Cheikh M'Bengue and Franck Tabanou. Full story: the Sun
Magpies defender Jose Enrique, who is being courted by Liverpool, Arsenal and Bayern Munich, has admitted his Newcastle future is in doubt and that he would be "happy" with a move. Full story: Daily Mirror
Newcastle United will step up their attempts to sign highly-rated Saint-Etienne midfielder Blaise Matuidi in the summer. Full story: Inside Futbol
QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt is attracting the interest of several top European clubs with Lazio plotting a summer move for the Rangers captain. Full story: Daily Mirror
Or, Real Madrid could be set to beat Liverpool and Manchester United to the signature of QPR's Taarabt. Full story: Metro
Premier League bound QPR are themselves hopeful of bringing £12m-rated Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh to Loftus Road this summer. Full story: Caught Offside
Tottenham are interested in swapping forward Giovani dos Santos or winger Niko Kranjcar for £13.5m-rated Sevilla midfielder Diego Perotti. Full story: goal.com
Rangers are preparing a £1.5m summer move for 24-year-old Macedonia striker Ivan Trickovski, presently with APOEL Nicosia in the Cypriot league. (the Sun)
Rangers defender Madjid Bougherra is more likely to seek a lucrative contract in Qatar than accept any offer to join Queens Park Rangers should they return to England's top-flight. (the Herald)
Walter Smith hopes to secure the services of Kyle Bartley, the defender who impressed on loan from Arsenal, for next season before standing down as Rangers manager. (Daily Express)
Vladimir Weiss's father has ruled out the possibility of the winger returning to Rangers on loan from Manchester City next season, with Vladimir senior targetting a move to Spain for his son. Daily Express)
Israel international Beram Kayal says he wants to remain with Celtic next season, despite stories linking the midfielder with top English clubs after a successful first season in Scottish football. (Various)
Aarhus say they cannot match Celtic's asking price for their former striker, Morten Rasmussen, who is on loan with Danish rivals Aalborg. (Daily Record)
David Robertson has rejected a new contract with Dundee United and the midfielder is poised to sign for Scottish Premier League rivals St Johnstone as he wishes a new challenge. (Various)
OTHER GOSSIP
Former West Ham captain Julian Dicks says the team's relegation struggle is because players who are good enough to keep them up are not working hard enough. Full story: Daily Star
West Ham, meanwhile, are interested in replacing current boss Avram Grant with QPR manager Neil Warnock. Full story: the Sun
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says he wants the final say on all future transfer deals and that is believed to be the reason behind the delay in owner John W Henry giving the Scot the Anfield managerial post on a permanent basis. Full story: the Sun
Craig Whyte's takeover bid for Rangers suffered another setback when chairman Alastair Johnston revealed that the board of directors are still not satisfied he has the cash to move the club forward. (Daily Record)
Rangers directors are set to give their permission but not their approval to Craig Whyte's takeover bid for the club, effectively washing their hands of responsibility and leaving the decision to current owner Sir David Murray. Whyte's camp are confident of taking the controlling interest from Murray within 48 hours. (Daily Mail)
A further, key meeting will take place today between current owner Sir David Murray and advisors to Craig Whyte, whose takeover of Rangers could be finalised with 24 hours despite the businessman appearing to backtrack on his pledge to invest £5m per year on new players. (the Times)
Celtic have privately urged Uefa to intervene in the sectarianism debate in Scottish football with the hope of making the Scottish Football Association and Scottish Premier League more forceful in tackling the problem. (the Times)
In private correspondence with the Scottish Football Association, Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has insisted that his club does not have a sectarianism problem in a clear effort to distance them from the current difficulties being faced by Old Firm rivals Rangers. (the Times)
AND FINALLY
Norwich manager Paul Lambert is set to be given the freedom of the city after the club's back-to-back promotions to reach the Premier League. Full story: Daily Mirror
Norwich should build a statue of celebrity cook and club director Delia Smith at Carrow Road after reaching the top flight, according to Canaries chief executive David McNally. Full story: the Sun
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