With the January transfer window opening in a matter of days, let's take a look at the latest transfer rumours to be making the headlines, as clubs across Europe get a one last chance this season to shuffle their squads in a final push for success, whether it in the form of trophies, UEFA Champions League/Europa League qualification, or simply to maintain their status in their respective leagues.
As the clock ticks down here is the most recent transfer gossip to be doing the rounds!
Blackburn, Fulham, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester United, Manchester City, Lille, Olympiakos, Bolton, Chelsea, Everton, Barcelona, New York Red Bulls, Dijon, AC Milan, Liverpool, Racing Club de Avellaneda, Paris Saint Germain, QPR, Arsenal, FC Köln, Olympique Lyonnais, Fiorentina, Tottenham, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Watford, Montpellier, Newcastle, Sochaux, Malaga, AS Roma, Leicester City, Doncaster Rovers, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Nottm Forest, West Ham, Valencia, Swindon Town, Huddersfield and Bournemouth..........are all caught up in transfer gossip as we speak.
Here is a round up:
Blackburn boss Steve Kean expects the green light to bid £2 million for unhappy
Fulham striker Andy Johnson (right) today - and make him one of the first signings of the winter transfer window.
QPR are also keen, but the 30-year-old is not a priority capture for them just now - Daily Mirror and The Guardian
Bayer Leverkusen are desperate to take Dimitar Berbatov back to the Bundesliga and have been in contact with the
Manchester United striker - Daily Mail
Manchester City could fuel the rivalry with
Manchester United by snapping up two of their best up-and-coming youngsters Ravel Morrison and Paul Pogba.
Both Pogba and Morrison, both 18 years-old are out of contract at the end of season and City are best-placed if neither players agrees a new deal - Daily Express, Daily Mail and footballpress.net
Manchester City are also rumoured to be lining up a £25m swoop for
Lille's Eden Hazard (right), who will be immediately loaned back to France for the remainder of this season - skysports.com and The Guardian
Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill has agreed in principal to join
Chelsea in January - footballpress.net
Bolton boss Owen Coyle will swoop for
New York Red Bulls and USA defender Tim Ream as a replacement for Gary Cahill - Daily Star
Bolton hope toalso sign Josh McEachran on loan from
Chelsea, after sending back the unwanted Gaël Kakuta, who's now heading for
Dijon - The Guardian
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas insists
Chelsea will not be trying to buy
Everton's Jack Rodwell when the transfer window reopens.
The Blues were this week linked with a £20million bid for the midfielder, who made his senior England debut last month - sportinglife.com
Chelsea are facing an unexpected battle to keep Oriol Romeu less than six months after signing him.
Barcelona are said to want to bring the midfielder, who has broken into Andre Villas-Boas' first team, back to the Nou Camp as a replacement for Serie A-bound Seydou Keita in summer - Daily Mirror
Liverpool target Teo Gutierrez (right) has been made available by his club - but only if his £8m valuation is met. The
Racing Club de Avellaneda (of Argentina) forward has been attracting the attention of a number of clubs across Europe and the impending eight game ban Luis Suarez is facing has heightened Liverpool's thoughts of adding another striker to their squad - talkSPORT
AC Milan have dismissed reports that Brazilian star Alexandre Pato has asked for a big-money move to
Paris Saint Germain. The forward admitted yesterday that his relationship with Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri is not ideal, and that has only increased speculation of a €50million (£42m) switch to France - skysports.com and Daily Mirror
Manager Arsene Wenger is set to consider offers for
Arsenal trio Marouane Chamakh, Andrey Arshavin and Sebastien Squillaci as he looks to make way for possible additions to his squad next month - Caught Offside
Andrey Arshavin appears to be closer than ever to leaving
Arsenal with
Chelsea among the clubs who could be keen on him - Metro
Arsenal will only make loan signings this
January but are preparing a £30m summer spending spree on
FC Köln striker Lukas Podolski,
Fiorentina midfielder Juan Vargas (right) and
Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff. Poldolski and Gourcuff would cost the Gunners a combined fee in the region of £15 million pounds, with Vargas' fee expected to be around £10 million - footballpress.net
Tottenham will consider a move for
Blackburn defender Chris Samba when the transfer window opens next week, after missing out on Gary Cahill - Daily Mail
Roman Pavlyuchenko's agent claims the
Tottenham Hotspur striker is prepared to join
Anzhi Makhachkala unless he receives a better offer in January. The 30 year-old forward is unhappy with his lack of playing time and has been linked with a return to former club
Spartak Moscow, along with rivals
Lokomotiv Moscow and
Queens Park Rangers - skysports.com and sportinglife.com
Blackburn are lining up a bid for £5m-rated
Watford striker Marvin Sordell - Daily Star
Montpellier owner Louis Nicollin has ruled out
selling striker Olivier Giroud (right) to
Newcastle United after claiming the club are 'too small' for the striker. Giroud is reportedly a target for Newcastle in the January transfer window as Alan Pardew seeks to boost his attack after a move for Sochaux's Modibo Maiga collapsed. The French international has also been linked with the likes of
Arsenal and
Malaga - skysports.com
Tottenham's 25 year-old defender Vedran Corluka looks set to join Italian giants
AS Roma - Daily Star and The Sun
Olympiakos have been linked to a move for
Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak - The Guardian
Middlesbrough are keen on landing
Nottingham Forest striker Ishmael Miller. The 23-year-old only moved to the City Ground in the summer, when Forest paid West Bromwich Albion just over £1million - skysports.com
Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock has ruled out a bid to sign former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb in January. Hleb has spent the first half of the season on loan at Wolfsburg from Barcelona, but the Bundesliga club will not be extending the arrangement - sportinglife.com
Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson insists will not be 'held to ransom' in the January transfer window amid reports he has made a bid for
Doncaster Rovers striker Billy Sharp (right). Foxes boss Pearson is keen to improve his squad in the New Year and reports claim that Leicester have offered £3million for Sharp - skysports.com
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is keen on bringing
Valencia defender Ricardo Costa to East London - skysports.com
Derby County manager Nigel Clough is hoping to release several members of his squad during the January transfer window. Midfielder Stephen Pearson, currently on loan at Championship rivals Bristol City, and goalkeeper Stephen Bywater could be among the first to leave the club in the New Year - skysports.com
Swindon Town will give Leon Clarke to
Huddersfield on a free after he fell out with manager Paolo di Canio, but have turned down
Bournemouth's £500,000 bid for winger Matt Ritchie, whom they rate at £2m - skysports.com and The Guardian
