Barcelona target Wayne Rooney, Manchester United and Chelsea chase Argentine wonder kid, and all the weekend's transfer gossip
From the Daily Mirror
Robinho transfer exclusive: Barcelona flying in to thrash out £34million deal
Roman Pavlyuchenko set to end White Hart Lane hell with move to Spain
Tottenham lining up January bid for West Ham star
Stoke award versatile defender with new contract
QPR planning £250,000 raid for Peterborough star
From today's other papers
Chelsea
will move for Atletico Madrid striker
Sergio Aguero
and Napoli midfielder
Marek Hamsik
in January (Daily Mail)
10 things you need to know about Sergio Aguero
Sergio Aguero, Aaron Lennon and Chelsea's Top 10 January transfer targets now ban is lifted
Blackburn boss have warned Portsmouth they won't get Benni McCarthy on the cheap (The Sun)
Arsenal are lining up a £15million move for Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil (Daily Star)
10 things you need to know about Mesut Ozil - plus video
West Ham striker Dean Ashton is set to retire and lodge a multi-million pound insurance claim against the FA (Daily Mail)
West Ham striker Dean Ashton to announce retirement from football
Ryan Shawcross has snubbed a move back to Manchester United by agreeing a new four-year deal at Stoke ( Daily Mail)
Barcelona are lining up a sensational £85m summer bid for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney - and believe the Old Trafford club's huge debts mean they would consider the offer. (News of the World)
But Barca are also keen on Manchester City's forward Robinho and want to tie up a loan deal for the Brazilian. (News of the World)
And the Catalans aren't finished there, and also have Liverpool's Javier Masherano in their sights. They will bid £20m for him in January. (News of the World)
Meanwhile Manchester City see Angel Di Maria as the ideal replacement for Robinho but could have to pay as much as £27m to capture the 21-year-old. (Sunday Times)
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is busy plotting for January and has three players in his sights. Fergie is keen on CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and his team-mate, right-sided midfielder Milos Krasic , along with Palermo defender Simon Kjaer . (Sunday Express)
Chelsea, Liverpool and Sunderland are all keen on £7m-rated Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson . (Sunday Express)
The next Ryan Giggs? 10 things you need to know about Sunderland target Adam Johnson
Tottenham, Manchester United, Liverpool and Birmingham will battle it out for AC Milan striker Klass-Jan Huntelaar in January. (News of the World)
Rob Green could be the latest West Ham star on his way out of Upton Park with Sunderland boss Steve Bruce ready to make a £6m bid for the goalkeeper in January. (News of the World)
Confident they will get their transfer ban suspended or overturned, Chelsea will make a £17m move for Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini in January. (News of the World)
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