TRANSFER GOSSIP
Everton have joined the race for Middlesbrough's £6m-rated winger Adam Johnson.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City striker David Ball is wanted on loan by injury-hit Championship side Sheffield United.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will put Huddersfield keeper Alex Smithies at the top of his wish-list when he takes over as boss of Middlesbrough.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester United right-back Danny Simpson, who is on loan at Newcastle United, is ready to quit Old Trafford.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City face competition for Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, with the former Arsenal star also wanted by Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Coventry's number two keeper Dimi Konstantopoulos says he may seek a loan move away from the Ricoh Arena if his lack of match action continues.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
OTHER GOSSIP
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has revealed that it was only on the team coach going to Anfield that he decided to use Spanish striker Fernando Torres from the start against Manchester United.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp blamed suspended Jermain Defoe for his side's defeat to Stoke, saying the in-form striker would have made the difference on Saturday.
Full story: The Sun
Portsmouth manager Paul Hart says he will be responsible for improving the club's fortunes over the coming months and not new director of football Avram Grant.
Full story: Daily Express
Meanwhile, Portsmouth have received a £15m 'loan' from Israeli property developer Levi Kushnir as new owner Ali Al-Faraj attempts to restructure the club financially.
Full story: The Sun
Lloyds Banking Group has threatened to put Rangers into administration after initially rejecting a business plan designed to slash the clubs debt. (The Herald)
Lloyds has placed Donald Muir, who helped rescue Northern Rock, on to Rangers' board and is effectively running the football club. (The Herald)
Dave King, the Glasgow-born South Africa-based multi-millionaire, is the leading contender to buy Rangers but is having difficulty concluding a deal as Lloyds £30m, equal to the club's total debt. (The Herald)
Rangers sources have emphatically denied that a takeover by Dave King is imminent. (Daily Telegraph)
Rangers' entire first-team squad will be systematically sold and the coaching staff dismantled if senior management does not win its battle with Lloyds. (The Herald)
Rangers manager Walter Smith says making all his players available for sale in January is having a detrimental affect on the motivation of his side. (Daily Record)
Celtic captain Stephen McManus says showdown talks with manager Tony Mowbray, who had earlier said that all his players were battling to save their careers with the club, helped send the team back to the Scottish Premier League. (Various)
Former Rangers goalkeeper Andy Goram says then Celtic chairman Fergus McCann tried to sign him after he left Ibrox a decade ago. (The Sun)
AND FINALLY
Football could be heading for a swine flu crisis after Blackburn stars David Dunn and Chris Samba were diagnosed with the virus.
Full story:Daily Mirror
Millwall have vowed to ban for life the fan who taunted Leeds United supporters by wearing a Galatasaray shirt during Saturday's League One match. Two Leeds fans were stabbed to death the day before the Uefa Cup semi-final against the Turkish club in 2000.
Full story: The Sun