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Paper Talk
Manchester United have been told they will have to pay £112m for 20-year-old Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos.
Winger Wilfried Saha would consider a permanent return to Crystal Palace after joining them on a season-long loan from Manchester United.
Everton have turned down Tottenham's offer to swap Kevin Mirallas for Aaron Lennon.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Southampton and Everton want Leeds United utility player Sam Byram, 21, whose contract is up in the summer.
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has been told to improve his offer for Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede.
Meanwhile, Palace and Burnley have sent scouts to watch AC Milan's 30-year-old striker Giampaolo Pazzini.
Southampton face a fight with Celtic to sign Manchester City striker John Guidetti, 22, who is currently on loan at the Scottish champions.
Cardiff City are set to sign right-back Lee Peltier, 28, from Sky Bet Championship rivals Huddersfield Town.
Tottenham are trying to tempt Everton into selling them penalty bad-boy Kevin Mirallas - and are willing to offer Aaron Lennon in part exchange.
Meanwhile, Spurs have finally started their January clear-out by agreeing a £5million deal with Swansea for right-back Kyle Naughton.
Chelsea are keen on Fiorentina's Colombia World Cup wideman Juan Cuadrado - but may need to sell Andre Schurrle, a target for Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen, and Mohamed Salah, linked with Besiktas and Roma, first.
Crystal Palace are set to win the race for £6m-rated Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede. Three of the Eagles' rivals in the relegation battle, QPR, West Brom and Hull, have also been linked with the 26-year-old.
Zenit Saint Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Manchester United.
Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy has insisted Premier League clubs will be wasting their time making offers for highly-rated pair Tyrone Mings and Teddy Bishop in the winter window.
Arsenal's Santi Cazorla and David Silva of Manchester City been earmarked as future Barcelona players by Nou Camp skipper Xavi.
West Brom are ready to sell Graham Dorrans to Burnley to free up funds and wages to land his fellow Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher from Manchester United. But Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace is standing firm in his bid to keep prized-asset striker Saido Berahino , who has been linked with Liverpool and Tottenham.
Arsenal are weighing up a move for Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote.
Zenit St-Petersburg's Belgium international midfielder Axel Witsel, 26, claims he wants to play in the Premier League with Manchester United interested in his services.
Manchester City have put Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus top of their shopping list with the midfielder having a £20m buy-out clause. Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United are also interested.
Tottenham are set to make a £6million move for Sporting Lisbon and Algeria striker Islam Slimani.
Swansea are close to signing Tottenham right-back Kyle Naughton, 26, for a fee of £5m.
Southampton are planning a swoop for Manchester City striker John Guidetti, 22, who is stalling on a permanent move to Celtic.
Striker Jermain Defoe, 32, has set his sights on winning back his England place after returning to the Premier League with Sunderland.
Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert says £25m would only be enough to buy striker Christian Benteke's left foot.
Mike Phelan is in the running to become Steve Bruce's new assistant at Hull City after his departure from Norwich.
Arsenal are keeping an eye on Leeds United's versatile Sam Byram.
Everton have sent scouts to watch Almeria winger Edgar Mendez - but Arsenal are also keen.
QPR are trying to scupper Crystal Palace's attempts to sign Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede with a late bid.
West Ham have been told they will have to pay £12m to make Carl Jenkinson's loan move from Arsenal a permanent deal.
Meanwhile, the Gunners remain in talks with Spanish club Villarreal about signing defender Gabriel Paulista.
Crystal Palace are tracking Sevilla's 28-year-old Cameroon midfielder Stephane Mbia, who is available on a free transfer.
Newcastle are interested in Hamburg's German U21 international striker Pierre-Michael Lasogga.
Chelsea defender Nathaniel Chalobah is wanted on loan by Ipswich, Watford and Reading.
Leeds are close to signing defender Sol Bamba on loan from Italian side Palermo and have also enquired about Celtic striker Anthony Stokes.
Ipswich and Charlton want to sign striker Marc-Antoine Fortune from Sky Bet Championship rivals Wigan.
Stoke have made a bid of £4.5m for Trabzonspor striker Abdul Majeed Waris.
Inter Milan want to sign Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma and Tottenham midfielder Paulinho.
Arsenal have opened talks with Spanish club Villarreal about signing 24-year-old Brazilian centre-back Gabriel Paulista.
West Brom have tabled an improved bid of £4.5m for Wigan Athletic winger Callum McManaman.
England midfielder James Milner, 29, has moved closer to leaving Manchester City after contract talks stalled.
London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are interested in Roma striker Mattia Destro.
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TRANSFER GOSSIP
Manchester United have been quoted a world-record £112m for 20-year-old Paris St-Germain and Brazil centre-back Marquinhos, the man they have identified as their top defensive target, who cost £26m from Roma in 2013. (Sun - subscription required)
United are not the team who made a £26m bid for Valencia's Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi and are more likely to move for Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, also 26, in the summer. (Manchester Evening News)
Tottenham hope to persuade Everton to sell them Belgium winger Kevin Mirallas - who missed a penalty against West Brom on Monday - and are willing to offer Aaron Lennon, also 27, in part exchange. (Daily Mirror)
But the Toffees are thought to have rejected a swap deal involving England winger Lennon. (Sun - subscription required)
Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel, 26, has alerted Manchester United by saying he is keen to play in the Premier League. (Bleacher Report)
Barcelona midfielder Xavi wants the Spanish giants to sign fellow Spaniard, Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla, 30. (Metro)
Chelsea want to sign Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado, 26, but may have to sell Germany forward Andre Schurrle, 24, and 22-year-old Egypt winger Mohamed Salah first. (Daily Mirror)
England midfielder James Milner, 29, could leave Manchester City and join an Italian or Spanish club as contract talks stall. (Guardian)
Tottenham want £5m from Swansea for their England Under-21s midfielder Tom Carroll, 22, who has been on loan at the Welsh club this term, having already agreed a deal for the same price for full-back Kyle Naughton, 26. (Independent)
Blackburn will not be pressured into selling top-scorer Rudy Gestede, 26, after they turned down an initial offer from Crystal Palace believed to be £3.5m. (Lancashire Telegraph)
However, Palace hope to complete three signings after expressing an interest in Bolton midfielder Lee Chung-yong and Hoffenheim striker Anthony Modeste, also 26, as well as stepping up their attempts to sign Gestede. (Times - subscription required)
Norwich boss Alex Neil has hinted Swansea may have to wait until the end of the transfer window to discover if they can sign Martin Olsson, with the Canaries thought to want £5m for the 26-year-old Sweden international. (South Wales Evening Post)
Arsenal have opened talks with Villarreal about signing 24-year-old Brazilian centre-back Gabriel Paulista. (Telegraph)
Crystal Palace are interested in Sevilla's 28-year-old Cameroon midfielder Stephane Mbia, who is available on a free transfer. (Daily Mail)
OTHER GOSSIP
Cristiano Ronaldo says he would like to play in Brazil when his Real Madrid career comes to an end, which is a blow to Manchester United's hopes of re-signing the 29-year-old Portugal forward. (Metro)
Manchester City's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, 26, is determined to prove he can recapture the form he was in before his knee injury by scoring the goals to beat Chelsea and Barcelona next month. (Manchester Evening News)
Former Tottenham and Newcastle player David Ginola, 47, is attempting to raise £2.3m to fund his Fifa president campaign but has managed to gather just £5,506 in the first week. (Guardian)
Former striker Michael Owen says Manchester United are "not functioning as a team" and believes 31-year-old Netherlands striker Robin van Persie is no longer living up to his reputation. (Telegraph)
Romelu Lukaku, 21, is not doing the business at Everton and the club need to buy another striker, says former Toffees goalkeeper Neville Southall. (Talksport)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Arsenal target, 26-year-old defender Winston Reid, has denied on Twitter he wants to leave West Ham in the January transfer window.
For the second game in a row, illness prevented Mario Balotelli, 24, from being included in the Liverpool squad, so the Italy striker donned his onesie to watch Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, looked to have decided against watching the game, however, as he provided an insight into his musical tastes by tweeting a photo from a Slipknot gig and the words: "Amazing concert."
It was a trip down memory lane for England winger Theo Walcott on Tuesday as he tweeted a picture of himself and Arsene Wenger holding an Arsenal shirt with the caption "9 years ago today..." Walcott joined Arsenal as a 16-year-old back in 2006 from Southampton.
Wenger, meanwhile, joined a host of sports stars and celebrities at a gala in Geneva. Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg posted a picture of Wenger, along with the caption: "Met some great people. like every year..."
AND FINALLY...
What do doodles say about players? Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, Fernandinho and Willy Caballero sketched pictures during a news conference in Abu Dhabi with intriguing results. (Manchester Evening News)
A Liverpool fan in Norway has given his daughter the middle name YNWA - the acronym for the Reds' You'll Never Walk Alone motto. (Daily Mirror)
Guardian Rumour Mill
John Ashdown
Sadly for the Mill, It's been a quiet January window so far. There has been tittle, sure, even a bit of tattle but the bottom line is that nothing much has really happened. And now the noise of a barrel scraping can be faintly heard in the distance.
Still, the Mill will keep plugging away even as the speculation drifts into ever more unrealistic territory. Take, for example, the news that Tottenham are willing to offer Aaron Lennon to Everton in part exchange for Kevin Mirallas. It won't happen, of course - swap deals very rarely do - but there it is.
And Chelsea want Fiorentina's Juan Cuadrado, he of the very fine World Cup with Colombia, to buzz around behind Diego Costa like everyone else. To make space they'll send Andre Schurrle to Werder Bremen or Bayer Leverkusen and Mohamed Salah to Besiktas or Roma.
Arsenal are back in for Newcastle's Cheick Tiote. Because reasons.
West Ham are ready to spend £2m on Hamilton defender and former world snooker champion Stephen Hendrie.
Everton scouts have earned their Watching Almeria winger Edgar Mendez badge.
West Brom and Tony Pulis have drawn up their survival masterplan. Point one is "sign Nottingham Forest wing-beefcake Michail Antonio". Other points include selling Graham Dorrans to Burnley in order to raise a bit of cash for a move for Manchester United's Darren Fletcher.
Spurs will offer Sporting Lisbon £6m in exchange for striker Islam Slimani, who has bagged seven goals in 11 appearances for the Portuguese giants this season.
Alan Pardew wants Sevilla's Stephane M'Bia, wants him so bad he can almost taste him.
And Axel Witsel wants to move to Manchester United.
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