Paper Chase: Tevez-Carroll swap snub

Paper Chase: Tevez-Carroll swap snub

Published Jan. 29, 2012 11:39 a.m. ET

Each day we'll bring you the very latest tabloid rumors as the biggest clubs around splash the cash to bolster their rosters. True or not, they're always entertaining...

DAILY STAR SUNDAY

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp aims to turn White Hart Lane into 'Depart Lane' this week with the sales of Spurs stars Steven Pienaar, Sebastien Bassong, Giovani dos Santos, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Vedran Corluka. Pienaar and Bassong could join QPR for a combined fee of £6million, Giovani is set to join Villarreal for £6.5million, while £9.5m-rated Pavlyuchenko is wanted by Sunderland and Russian clubs Anzhi Makhachkala and Spartak Moscow.

Liverpool are chasing Germany's exciting winger Marko Marin. The Werder Bremen star would cost around £18million. Tottenham and Inter Milan have also been linked.

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Arsenal could follow Aston Villa's plan to introduce a safe seating area at Villa Park by copying the scheme at the Emirates.

Trabzonspor striker Burak Yilmaz is angling for a transfer to Arsenal, although Ajax, CSKA Moscow and Rubin Kazan have already lodged £12million bids for the Turkey international.

Sunderland are eyeing Burnley's England Under-21 striker Jay Rodriguez. The Clarets have valued him at £5million; Bolton and Everton are also interested.

Martin O'Neill is lining up a raid on Besiktas for striker Hugo Almeida as he looks to add more firepower to his Sunderland side. The 27-year-old Portugal international could arrive on loan for the rest of the season.

Wigan are set to accept a £4million bid for striker Hugo Rodallega in January rather than risk losing him for nothing in the summer. Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Stoke, Sunderland and QPR have all been linked.

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson has played down reports he will try to sign Stuttgart striker Pavel Pogrebnyak before the transfer window closes.

Fulham are checking out FC Twente striker Luuk de Jong.

Wolves defender Jamie Reckord, 18, is joining Scunthorpe on loan for the rest of the season.

West Ham are considering dumping plans to move to the Olympic Stadium by staying at Upton Park.

Sam Allardyce has made a third bid of £5million for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes, after West Ham's £6million bid for Rangers ace Nikica Jelavic was rejected.

Doncaster want to sign Peru left-back Jesus Rabanal, 27, from Universitario de Deportes.

Houston Dynamo are chasing West Ham winger Pablo Barrera, currently out on loan at Real Zaragoza.

Leicester have made a second bid for Stoke winger Ben Marshall.

Leeds are trying to beat Rangers in the race to sign Estonian right-back Enar Jaager.

Ken Bates has mocked Norwich for paying £2million for Leeds' contract rebel Jonny Howson.

Simon Grayson has admitted his hopes of keeping £5million-rated winger Robert Snodgrass depend on Leeds clinching a Premier League return.

Chris Hughton wants Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis McGugan to join his play-off mission at Birmingham.

Nigel Adkins is set to boost Southampton's promotion challenge with the signing of Stoke defender Danny Collins on loan for the rest of the season.

Burnley will sign full-back Daniel Lafferty for £150,000 from Derry City after a successful trial.

Steve Coppell was only 24 hours away from being named as Republic of Ireland boss in 2008 – before Giovanni Trapattoni emerged as their No. 1 choice.

THE PEOPLE

Carlos Tevez has vowed not to quit football and will tough out his enforced return to Manchester City.

Mark Hughes is chasing a deadline-busting treble swoop for Tottenham duo Sebastien Bassong and Steven Pienaar and Wigan hit-man Hugo Rodallega.

MK Dons will pay Alan Smith just £2,000-a-week as he closes in on a loan move from Newcastle.

Andre Villas-Boas will make a move for Real Madrid bad boy Pepe in the summer - if the defender fails to repair his damaged relationship with the club.

Liverpool are poised to make a double Bundesliga swoop for Marko Marin and Luca Barrios.

Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is willing to go out on loan to another Premier League club.

Aston Villa midfielder Barry Bannan could be a shock mover before the transfer window closes.

Leicester are set to make a late move for Swindon striker Matt Ritchie who is also interesting Huddersfield and Reading.

Stoke contract rebel Ben Marshall is wanted on loan by Huddersfield.

Sheffield Wednesday are set to take Ferrie Bodde on loan from Swansea.

Bolton are set to sign Arsenal's Japanese winger Ryo Miyachi on loan.

Leeds won't allow Robert Snodgrass to follow Jonny Howson out of Elland Road.

Wolves are to make one final bid for Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard.

Portsmouth are ready to sell Jason Pearce and Joel Ward to Ipswich.

Southampton's hopes of landing Gary Hooper from Celtic have been boosted.

Blackburn are frantically trying to get rid of Mauro Formica to give Steve Kean money for new signings.

Fulham have been running checks on Wilson Eduardo.

Niko Kranjcar will be offered a move to france to get him in shape for Euro 2012.

West Ham are still trying to get Frederic Piquionne off their wage bill with him being touted to Wolves.

SUNDAY MIRROR

Manchester City have rejected an offer from Liverpool to swap Carlos Tevez for Andy Carroll.

Jose Mourinho is set to decide on his Real Madrid future - and that could spark interest from Manchester City.

Younes Kaboul is ready to sign a new four-year contract at Tottenham.

West Ham have pulled out of a move for Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic.

Dirk Kuyt has been told he won't be allowed to leave Liverpool after interest from Fiorentina and Roma.

Demba Ba will quit Newcastle in the summer with six Premier League clubs ready to meet his buy-out clause.

Nacer Chadli has opted to stay at FC Twente rather than join Fulham.

Stoke have failed in their bid to land Blackpool striker Matt Phillips.

James Beattie has turned down big-money deals to stay at Sheffield United.

Simon Grayson admits his hopes of hanging on to Robert Snodgrass depends on Leeds being promoted with Everton, West Brom, Wolves and Norwich all monitoring him.

Jeffrey Bruma does not want to return to Chelsea when his loan deal with Hamburg SV ends.

Everton defender Johnny Heitinga is wanted by Spanish side Real Mallorca.

Emile Heskey could still have a future at Aston Villa despite contract talks not starting.

Chris Hughton wants Lewis McGugan to bolster Birmingham's promotion bid.

Fulham's highly-rated teenager Pajtim Kasami is on the verge of joining Juventus.

SUNDAY EXPRESS

Carlos Tevez's move to Paris St Germain may not be dead.

SUNDAY MAIL

Celtic last night added to Rangers' transfer window woes by snatching Pawel Brozek from under their noses.
 

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