Arsenal and Chelsea will scout Sporting Lisbon's 20-year-old Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande at the Africa Cup of Nations. (Record)
Manchester United, Newcastle and AC Milan are ready to hijack West Ham's move for Stuttgart's 27-year-old Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy. (Football Insider)
Liverpool, Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain are interested in Lille's 18-year-old France Under-21 defender Leny Yoro. (AS)
Brighton have completed the signing of 19-year-old Argentina Under-20 full-back Valentin Barco from Boca Juniors for around £8m. (Daily Telegraph)
Manchester United forward Anthony Martial is ready to reject interest from Saudi Arabia because he would prefer to stay in Europe, with West Ham, Inter Milan and Fenerbahce linked with the 28-year-old France international. (Caught Offside)
Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri is close to joining Sevilla on loan, with the deal for the 20-year-old Tunisia international including a £17.5m option to buy. (Daily Mail)
Liverpool are willing to sell 24-year-old Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher for £20m this summer and have identified Sunderland's 23-year-old former England Under-21 international Anthony Patterson as his replacement. (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea have reportedly added Manchester United defender Luke Shaw to their shortlist and have discussed him as a potential January signing. (Daily Express)
Sheffield United are interested in Bournemouth's 26-year-old Wales defender Chris Mepham. (Sun)
Bournemouth's 29-year-old English midfielder Joe Rothwell is set to have a medical at Southampton before completing a loan move until the end of the season. (Daily Echo)
Southampton are also targeting a winger on loan this month with Manchester United's 21-year-old Ivory Coast international Amad Diallo and Bournemouth's Wales international David Brooks, 26, on their shortlist. (Givemesport)
England midfielder Jordan Henderson, who has been linked with Ajax and Juventus, is set to stay in Saudi Arabia for the rest of the season because Al-Ettifaq are unlikely to let the 33-year-old go. (Daily Mail)
However, Ajax coach John van 't Schip says there is "serious talk"going on with Henderson about him moving to the Netherlands. (ESPN)
Karim Benzema's future at Al-Ittihad is uncertain after the 36-year-old former France striker missed training and was subsequently excluded from the club's winter training camp in Dubai. (Marca)
Napoli are interested in Chelsea's 24-year-old English defender Trevoh Chalobah. (Tuttomercatoweb)
MANAGEMENT STUFF
Birmingham First Team Coach John O'Shea has left Birmingham by mutual consent less than two weeks after Wayne Rooney's exit. (Sun)
OTHER STUFF
Nottingham Forest and Everton are braced to finally learn their fate on new Premier League charges amid mounting fears both could be in breach of financial regulations. (Daily Telegraph)
The Premier League's Asia Trophy is set to return this summer - with China being viewed as the likeliest destination. (Daily Mail)