Tottenham sent scouts to watch French winger Maghnes Akliouche, 23, feature for Monaco against Lyon on Saturday. (Teamtalk)
Crystal Palace have several targets lined up for January with Bayern Munich's French right-back Sacha Boey, 25, Wolves' Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes, 24, and Auxerre's French midfielder Kevin Danois, 21, all on their list. (Daily Mail)
Chelsea are putting together a package worth £130m in an attempt to convince Real Madrid into selling 25-year-old Brazil winger Vinicius Jr. (Fichajes)
Argentina striker Taty Castellanos, 27, is set for a medical at West Ham before completing a £27m move from Lazio. (Talksport)
Egypt winger Omar Marmoush, 26, is attracting interest from Aston Villa and Tottenham but wants to stay and fight for his place at Manchester City. (Football Insider)
Bournemouth are battling with Fiorentina, Cagliari and Genoa for Atalanta's 25-year-old Italy midfielder Marco Brescianini. (Calciomercato)
Tottenham have turned their attention to Udinese's French defender Oumar Solet, 25, but face competition from Chelsea and Crystal Palace. (Caught Offside)
Sunderland are prepared to let Luke O'Nien, 31, depart this month with Birmingham, Coventry and West Bromwich Albion interested in the English defender. (Chronicle)
Bournemouth's Argentine left-back Julio Soler, 20, has emerged as a loan target for Watford. (Fabrizio Romano)
England winger Raheem Sterling, 31, looks set to secure a way out of Chelsea in January with Newcastle the latest Premier League club to express an interest. (Football Insider)
Real Madrid look set to rival Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United for Crystal Palace's 21-year-old England midfielder Adam Wharton. (AS)
Barcelona are considering a £70m offer from Sunderland for 22-year-old Spain winger Fermin Lopez. (Fichajes)
AC Milan are monitoring the situation of Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 30, at Manchester City as they ponder several options. (Corriere dello Sport)
Eintracht Frankfurt are in negotiations with Newcastle about signing 22-year-old Danish striker William Osula. (Florian Plettenberg)
MANAGEMENT STUFF
Liam Rosenior is set to be the next Chelsea head coach, barring any last-minute issues. Rosenior will meet the Chelsea sporting leadership team on Monday, with a view to replacing Enzo Maresca, who left Stamford Bridge on January 1. (Sky Sport)
Aberdeen have sacked manager Jimmy Thelin after 18 months in charge. The Dons parted company with Thelin after Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Falkirk - their fourth loss in five games. (Sky Sport)