A roundup of Saturday’s biggest transfer stories.
Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao is at the top of Tottenham’s January shopping list as manager Andre Villas-Boas looks to further strengthen his squad. – Daily Mail
Arsenal face a fight with Juventus to land Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler with the Serie A side ready to offer £34m for the 20-year-old German. – Daily Mirror
Liverpool are looking at Uruguay international striker Abel Hernandez, 23, who is keen to get away from Palermo following their relegation from Serie A. – Daily Express
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he would like to sign Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan, but doubts whether the Togo international would want to drop down to the Championship. – Sky Sports
Redknapp is also hoping to sign England U21 striker Harry Kane, 20, on loan from Tottenham after missing out on Southampton’s Billy Sharp. – Daily Mirror
West Ham are interested in Rapid Vienna’s German-born US international striker Terrence Boyd. The 22-year-old scored 17 goals for the Austrian outfit last season. – talkSPORT
Carlton Cole, 29, is set to join QPR after a potential return to West Ham fell through when the Upton Park club felt the striker was not fit enough. – Daily Mail
Wayne Rooney feels that Manchester United’s games against Liverpool are more important than the Premier League champions’ meetings with local rivals Man City. – Daily Mirror
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back at Real Madrid president Florentino Perez’s claims that Mesut Ozil, recently sold to the Gunners by Real, lacks mental strength. – Daily Telegraph
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accepted criticism for his team’s below-par start to the season, but says he should be judged at the end of the campaign. – London Evening Standard
Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson, 21, believes he can nail down a place at right-back in the England team. – talkSPORT
Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard thinks 19-year-old midfielder Ross Barkley would continue to improve his career by staying with Everton. – Liverpool Daily Post
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert says the lingering acrimony over his departure from Norwich City in 2012 means he will not enter the boardroom at Carrow Road when his current and former sides meet on Saturday. – Daily Mirror
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio insists he is happy to be the centre of attention to help his team find form away from the spotlight. – Guardian
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, 29, has yet to accept the new contract – worth 12m euros (£10.14m) – recently offered to him by the La Liga champions. – Marca
AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli risked incurring the wrath of colleague Stephan El Shaarawy by pulling his hair during the recent team photoshoot. – Daily Mail
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Wayne Rooney is as good as Kenny Dalglish and reveals that a then 15-year-old Rooney cheekily introduced himself in a Liverpool street one day by saying: ‘I’ll be playing against you soon!’ – Daily Mail
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has given Ricardo Vaz Te assurances that he is in his plans this season. – Sky Sports
Spurs defender Michael Dawson urges Jermain Defoe to stay and fight for his place at Spurs. – Sky Sports
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is prepared to offer Nicklas Bendtner another chance at Arsenal. – Sky Sports
Mourinho challenges Mata to change his game in order to get into his team. – Daily Mirror
Manuel Pellegrini believes his City side are mentally tougher than Manchester United. – Daily Mirror