Chelsea have agreed an £8m deal for Corinthians' 26-year-old Brazil striker Alexandre Pato. (Daily Express)
Pato is willing to take a pay cut to join Chelsea, and has agreed a three-year deal in principle. (Daily Mail)
The arrival of Pato could see striker Radamel Falcao, 29, end his loan spell at Chelsea and return to parent club Monaco. (Guardian)
South American football expert Tim Vickery says big clubs are "playing poker" with Brazilian Pato. (BBC Radio 5 live)
Aston Villa are in talks with former Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, 34, about a return to the Premier League. (Sun)
Manchester United are considering making a bid for Paris St-Germain's Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani, 28. (ESPN)
Arsenal are willing to spend £37m on Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka, 23, who could leave Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer. (Daily Star)
Xhaka joked with reporters he has already asked the Gunners' French midfielder Francis Coquelin, 24, for the number 34 jersey. (London Evening Standard)
Chelsea midfielder Pedro, 28, wants to leave the club only five months after joining from Barcelona in a £21m transfer. (Daily Star)
Saido Berahino is being kept waiting over whether he will be allowed to leave West Brom this month. The 22-year-old striker would like to join Tottenham, but the Baggies are keen to sell him to Newcastle for £15m. (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea failed to include a sell-on clause when former Blues striker Romelu Lukaku moved to Everton in 2014. The 22-year-old, whom the Toffees value at £60m, has been linked with Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid. (Times)
Fellow West Brom striker Salomon Rondon, 26, says he is feeling the pressure of having cost £12m. (Birmingham Mail)
Tottenham are ready to pay Sandro Ramirez's £9m release clause to sign the 20-year-old Spanish striker from Barcelona this month. (Daily Express)
France defender Eliaquim Mangala, 24, may have cost Manchester City £42m rather than the £32m they originally claimed, according to a leaked transfer document. (Manchester Evening News)
Standard Liege are set to offer Spanish keeper Victor Valdes, 34, a way out of Old Trafford with a loan move until the end of the season. (Daily Mail)
Premier League clubs will receive their share of the record-breaking £5.14bn broadcast deal a month early to boost spending in the summer transfer window. (Times)
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce is offering Italian forward Fabio Borini, 24, back to Swansea City in a bid to sign Ghana international Andre Ayew, 26. (Sun)
But the Black Cats have given up their hopes of signing Lorient and Ivory Coast defender Lamine Kone, 26. (Sunderland Echo)
Real Madrid are closing in on £10m deal for 18-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur from Boca Juniors. (Daily Mirror)
Stoke City have had a £7m bid for 23-year-old Burnley defender Michael Keane rejected. (Metro)
However, the Championship club insist they have not received any bids for the highly rated former Manchester United player. (Lancashire Evening Telegraph)
West Ham will not consider letting 23-year-old midfielder Pedro Obiang leave in the January transfer window. (London Evening Standard)
Daniel Sturridge's poor injury record at Liverpool means the 26-year-old England striker's cost to the club is now a staggering £542,000 per goal. (Independent)
West Ham are confident of completing a loan deal for 28-year-old Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike from Fenerbahce. (Daily Telegraph)
Manager Alan Pardew says Crystal Palace are unlikely to make a big-money "statement signing" this January. (Croydon Advertiser)
Newcastle are determined not to sell France midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 26, and Spanish forward Ayoze Perez, 22, during this January's transfer window, but will listen to offers for forward Yoan Gouffran, 29, and midfield Sylvain Marveaux, 29. (Newcastle Chronicle)
A female footballer in Spain who said a referee tried to ask her out during a game will not file a formal complaint because it is her word against his. Romanian defender Elena Pavel accused referee Santiago Quijada Alcon of trying to provoke her by asking her on a date in Sporting Huelva's first-division game against Santa Teresa on Sunday. (Marca)
Swansea have made contact with Liverpool about Joe Allen, to see if they can tempt the 25-year-old Wales midfielder back to the Liberty Stadium. (Wales online)
Via: bbc sports
