TRANSFER GOSSIP
Chelsea have been offered the chance to sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain for £34m if they fail in their attempts to sign Liverpool forward Fernando Torres.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Nicolas Anelka is set to sign a two-year contract extension that will keep the French striker at Chelsea until 2013.
Full story: Daily Mail
But Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack looks set to leave the club with German outfit Schalke 04 showing an interest in the 33-year-old.
Full story: Daily Star
The agent of AC Milan defender Thiago Silva has rejected speculation linking the 25-year-old with a move to Chelsea.
Full story: footylatest.com
Champions League finalists Bayern Munich are keen to sign Manchester United winger Park Ji-Sung and are ready to bid £7m for the 29-year-old South Korean.
Full story: Daily Mail
Manchester United have delayed finalising Wayne Rooney's new deal until after the World Cup. Barcelona and Real Madrid are both interested in the England striker who has two years left on his contract.
Full story: The Times
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel could also be on his way to Bayern Munich after being told he can leave League Two champions Notts County.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Arsenal are poised to sign Dinamo Kiev centre-back Pape Malickou Diakhate for £10m.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Blackburn are the latest Premier League club to show an interest in Cardiff midfielder Joe Ledley who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Birmingham and Bolton are battling it out to sign Fulham left-back Paul Konchesky. Konchesky currently only has 12 months left on his contract.
Full story: Daily Mirror
West Ham are lining up a move for Shrewsbury's 17-year-old striker Tom Bradshaw.
Full story: Daily Mail
Blackburn have put a £10m price tag on defender Phil Jones after agreeing a new five-year deal with the 18-year-old.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Sunderland are the latest club to show an interest in Estudiantes' £6m-rated Argentina striker Mauro Boselli.
Full story: Daily Mail
Arsenal-bound striker Marouane Chamakh has revealed he turned down offers from Tottenham and Liverpool to join the Gunners.
Full story: Daily Star
Bayer Leverkusen have joined the race to sign Manchester United winger Zoran Tosic who is currently on loan at FC Koln in Germany.
Full story: IMscouting
Bolton are interested in Stoke striker James Beattie who has failed to make an impact at the club since his £3.5m move from Sheffield United. (Daily Star)
OTHER GOSSIP
Rafael Benitez will hold crunch talks with Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton on Thursday with his position as manager in the balance and the club reeling from Chelsea's bold move for forward Fernando Torres.
Full story: Daily Mail
Benitez will demand the £70m raised from the sale of Torres for new transfers before deciding whether to stay at Anfield.
Full story: Daily Mail
Spaniard Benitez seems set to reject the advances of Juventus who have changed the terms they have offered to him to tempt him away from Anfield.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has admitted that it could take him two years to sell the Anfield club although he and fellow American George Gillett are actively seeking new investment.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has rejected claims that he will return to the Premier League next season but has admitted he will be back. He said: "I will return for sure. Will it be next season? I don't think so, but for sure I will be back in England." (The Times)
Bury are lining up former Plymouth manager Paul Sturrock and MK Dons boss Paul Ince to replace Paul Simpson.
Full story: Daily Mail
Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan wants former Leeds boss Gary McAllister to join his backroom staff.
Full story: The Sun
AND FINALLY
England manager Fabio Capello has passed up the opportunity to spend the night in a "Presidential Suite" at the England team hotel near Rustenburg in South Africa, instead joining the players by booking into a standard room.
Full story: Daily Mail
Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has revealed that a bowl of Coco Pops is his ideal meal before a match.
Full story: Four Four Two
Portsmouth midfielder Michael Brown looks set to miss the FA Cup final against Chelsea with his wife due to give birth on the same day.
Full story: The Sun
Thursday's Footy Gossip
Re: Thursday's Footy Gossip
Two bloody years. The trouble is they want too much, at the right price I'm sure there would be more interest.Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has admitted that it could take him two years to sell the Anfield club although he and fellow American George Gillett are actively seeking new investment.
Full story: Daily Mirror
We need new investment now to start the new stadium otherwise we will seriously fall behind. With a bigger stadium we wouldn't need an ultra rich owner and could sustain a quality team from the extra revenue.