TRANSFER GOSSIP
Boca Juniors' Argentine midfielder Juan Riquelme claims he has turned down an offer to join Newcastle. (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United are interested in signing £5m-rated Brazilian striker Walter, 19, who plays for Sport Club Internacional. (Daily Mirror)
United are also keen on signing Udinese's 20-year-old Chilean forward Alexi Sanchez. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham right-back Chris Gunter is wanted by Preston, who are hopeful of signing him on loan for the rest of the season. (Mirror)
Charlton are on the brink of signing 30-year-old Cameroon forward Rudolph Douala, who has spent most of his career in Portugal. (Daily Mail)
Derby boss Nigel Clough has his eye on Hamilton's highly rated 20-year-old left-back Brian Easton. (Daily Mirror)
Clough is set to complete a loan deal for Watford midfielder John Eustace on Monday. (Daily Mail)
Birmingham are set to extend the short-term contract of former Tottenham defender Stephen Carr until the end of the season. (Daily Mirror)
Leeds are keen to take Manchester United forward Lee Martin on loan for the rest of the season. (Daily Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez wants former sidekick Frank McParland, who has had spells at Bolton and Watford, to rejoin his management team - possibly in a director of football-style post. (Daily Mirror)
A possible takeover of Liverpool by Kuwait family Al-Kharafi has hit problems as divisions have appeared among the consortium. (Various)
Hull forward Geovanni has vowed to stop his sulking between now and the end of the season, saying he wants to behave for manager Phil Brown. Geovanni had been upset over his substitution in the recent home defeat by Blackburn. (Various)
Sheffield Wednesday will net at least £6m from a new, six-year kit deal with Puma. (Mail)
AND FINALLY
Manchester United trio Carlos Tevez, Ji-Sung Park and Patrice Evra have become best mates, to the bemusement of the rest of the players. Darren Fletcher said of the Argentine, the South Korean and the Frenchman: "What language do they speak? They walk around together, they banter with each other. I don't know how it works." (Daily Star)
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, who is on loan at AC Milan, says he will buy a team in Major League Soccer when he calls time on his playing career (Various)