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Jan 14th, 2011


Daily Telegraph: Chelsea are looking to shake up their defence by putting right-back Jose Bosingwa up for sale and targeting £15 million centre-half Diego Godin from Atletico Madrid.

Daily Express: Arsene Wenger insists there is little chance of Arsenal letting anyone leave in the current transfer window. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and forward Andrey Arshavin have been linked with moves.

Daily Star: Southampton boss Nigel Adkins won’t let £10 million-rated teen Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain leave without a fight ... Gerard Houllier expects to clinch the £7.5m signing of Jean Makoun today in time for him to make his debut for Aston Villa against bitter rivals Birmingham.

Daily Mail: Mark Hughes has ruled out a move for Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor but refused to deny he was trying to bring Shaun Wright-Phillips to Fulham ... Arsenal are close to agreeing a £5million deal for Southampton youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ... West Ham are confident of pushing through a cut-price deal for Robbie Keane after emerging as favourites to sign the unsettled Tottenham striker ... Pavel Pogrebnyak has postponed a move to England until the summer after being talked into helping Stuttgart's relegation fight ... Sunderland have tabled a £4 million bid for Paris Saint Germain's want-away midfielder Stephane Sessegnon after his club rejected a loan request ... Birmingham are weighing up a return move for free scoring Brescia striker Andrea Caracciolo in case they fail in their bid to sign Kenny Miller ... Newcastle manager Pardew is ready to follow up his interest in Wolfsburg midfielder Karim Ziani and make him his second signing ...

The Sun: Chelsea are set to see off Spurs after bidding £3 million for Steven Pienaar ... Chris Eagles is on his way to Everton from Burnley in a £1.5 million deal ... Southampton are ready to fight off Man Utd and Liverpool to keep Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ... West Ham may sign Guinea winger Pascal Feindouno, released by Qatar club Al-Sadd ... Millwall's bid to sign Southampton's Jason Puncheon has stalled due to the £700,000 price tag ... Liverpool centre-half Daniel Agger is wanted by both Fiorentina and Malaga for about £3 million ... Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury will ask with Arsene Wenger to let him stay on loan at Norwich.

Daily Mirror: Chelsea were last night closing in on Benfica centre-half David Luiz as the first piece in their new defence. Paulo Ferreira will be part of the £21 million deal ... Avram Grant's bid to bring Hoffenheim’s Demba Ba to West Ham could be hijacked by Stoke ... Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is eyeing a bargain deal for former Gunner Matt Upson - but is only willing to pay a cut-price £500,000 ... Bolton boss Owen Coyle wants to snap up Middlesbrough’s David Wheater and Benfica starlet Rodrigo Moreno - but he has vowed not to waste the club’s cash ... West Ham are new favourites to sign Argentine wonderkid Pablo Mouche ... England striker Jay Bothroyd is in talks with Newcastle over a January switch ... Blackburn boss Steve Kean has won the race for Birmingham winger Sebastian Larsson - but is willing to wait until summer to clinch the deal.

09.51: Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is set to discover on Friday how much cash he has to splash in the transfer window as owner John W Henry flies in for Sunday's Merseyside derby.

10.09: Demba Ba, the Hoffenheim striker who wants to move to the Premier League, is reportedly having a medical at Stoke City.

10.21: Scott Parker has joined the long list of names being linke with Liverpool, but West Ham will be reluctant to sell.

10.28: Hull City are said to have signed Manchester United's Northern Ireland midfielder Corry Evans on loan for the rest of the season. Awaiting official confirmation on that one.

10.37: Could highly young Chile winger Alexis Sanchez be on the move? Stories doing the rounds on Friday indicate Chelsea, Manchester United and Inter Milan all want him.

10.41: Blackburn are said to be tracking Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones, who is a full United States international.

10.56: Notts County have signed Alan Judge from Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed, six-figure fee.

11.24: Southampton are determined to fight off the advances of Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal to keep highly-rated youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. That sounds more like an attempt to make sure the price is closer to £10 million.

11.33: Another Premier League to Championship loan now, with Manchester City midfielder Abdisalam Ibrahim heading out to strugglers Scunthorpe United. He is a Norway Under-21 international.

11.40: Leeds United have taken George McCartney on loan from Sunderland for a second time.

11.52: Roque Santa Cruz is having a medical at Blackburn - could he be in the Rovers side to face Chelsea this weekend?

12.01: West Ham's hopes of signing Robbie Keane on loan from Tottenham have been scuppered. "It was a loan situation," Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said of the reported offer from Upton Park. "West Ham wanted a loan but he's not for loan. We wouldn't be loaning him out. He went out on loan last year so we won't be doing that again. If someone wants him they will have to buy him."

12.21: Manchester City have confirmed that Roque Santa Cruz has returned to Blackburn Rovers on loan for the rest of the season. Will he stay fit?

12.32: Sky Sports are reporting that Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar will sign a pre-contact agreement with a major European club in the next 48 hours. Bayern Munich have been strongly linked. Talks between Chelsea and Everton have collapsed.

13.01: A fanciful story from Talksport now, with reports that Liverpool will steal Victor Obinna from West Ham. The striker, who is on loan at Upton Park from Inter Milan, could be set for a permanent move to Anfield. That will make them contenders again...

13.31: Espanyol's Victor Ruiz is said to be interesting Manchester City and Tottenham, but sporting director Ramon Planes says there have been no enquiries. "I don't know about Manchester City's or Tottenham's interest in Victor Ruiz," he told calciomercato.it.
Planes said there has been interest Pablo Daniel Osvaldo from two Premier League clubs. He added: "I've received two bids for him from Fulham and Blackburn but for us, he's a player not for sale."

14.21: Aston Villa have finally agreed a £5 million fee with French Ligue 1 side Lyon for the transfer of midfielder Jean II Makoun, so it seems like there will be no need for Mark van Bommel.

14.42: The Steven Pienaar story has now moved on a bit. Everton have confirmed that they have accepted one of two bids for the South Africa international to move this January. We still think it's Bayern Munich. He said: “We have had two offers for Steven Pienaar. One has been accepted and the player is in talks.”