Transfer news, rumours and gossip from Saturday's papers
Stories from today's Daily Mirror
Liverpool close to sealing deal for Atletico Madrid star
Arsenal set to sign TWO strikers - but Van Nistelrooy isn't one of them
Man City line up moves for Borussia Dortmund and West Ham centre-backs
Birmingham set to make £3.5million transfer bid for Aston Villa midfielder
Burnley boss Owen Coyle hands trial to American ace
Sheffield United chasing Crystal Palace defender as replacement for Kilgallon
Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan set to be priced out of move for Celtic forward
Ipswich extend loan of Crystal Palace striker
Rangers and Celtic both tracking Swansea starlet
Stories from today's other papers
Real Madrid
are preparing a £60million move for
Wayne Rooney
and are planning to pursue him in a similar way to Ronaldo. (Daily Star)
Liverpool are hoping to sign both Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid (The Sun)
Liverpool hope to offload striker Andriy Voronin to CSKA Moscow or Dynamo Moscow to free up wages for Maxi Rodriguez (Daily Telegraph)
Liverpool flop Andriy Voronin could join German side Hertha Berlin in a permanent £2.5million deal (The Sun)
Tottenham are poised to make a £12million move for Manchester City right-back Micah Richards (Daily Express)
Arsenal have ruled out making another bid for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh (The Sun)
Portsmouth's hopes of selling former Tottenham midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng to Blackburn for £4million could be scuppered by a FIFA rule preventing players from playing for more than two clubs in the same season. (The Times)
Tottenham will recall midfielder Jamie O'Hara from Portsmouth this month and send him on loan to another club. (Daily Mail)
Birmingham have made an offer of more than £3million for Peterborough striker Aaron McLean (The Sun)
Celtic are interested in Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy (Daily Mail)
Sheffield United have turned down Newcastle 's £1million bid for Matt Kilgallon (The Sun)
Cash-strapped Crystal Palace will raise £3million by selling Victor Moses . Possible suitors include Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham, Arsenal, Birmingham, Wigan, Everton and West Brom (Daily Mirror)
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