Transfer Rumour Gossip: Arsenal Want £34m Trio, Chelsea to Sell £35m Star and Bid for £20m Spaniard, Manuel Pellegrini Targets Victor Valdes as Joe Hart Replacment

A round-up of Sunday’s biggest transfer stories.

Liverpool and Arsenal will go head to head in the battle to sign in-form Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Tottenham Hotspur will look to offload out-of-favour front man Emmanuel Adebayor in the January transfer window and replace the Togo international with Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez.

Full story: The Sunday Telegraph

Arsenal will now switch their focus towards £22m-rated Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema after fears grew at the Emirates that the Spanish giants will beat them to signature of in-demand Liverpool marksman Luis Suarez.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Belgium giants Anderlecht want to take unsettled Chelsea midfield player Kevin de Bruyne on loan when the winter transfer window reopens again for business in the new year.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Stoke City boss Mark Hughes is keen to work again with unused Manchester City centre-back Joleon Lescott at the Britannia stadium after being the man who signed the Englishman for the Blues.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Newcastle United are interested in landing prolific PSV Eindhoven attacker Ola Toivonen and may even make a cut-price bid of £2.5m for the Swede if he fails to sign a new deal with the Eredivisie giants.

Full story: The Sunday Express

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini wants to replace error-prone England international Joe Hart with soon-to-be departing Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi could be playing in the Premier League within two years according to Manchester City’s Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea have earmarked a move for Sevilla’s £20m-rated left-back Alberto Moreno to replace Englishman Ashley Cole at Stamford Bridge next season.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Controversial Liverpool forward Luis Suarez removed his own get-out clause in his contract on the advice of his agent, and then forgot that he done so.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Champions Manchester United are lining up a move for Fulham youngster Moussa Dembele, 17, aka the ‘new Didier Drogba’.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Out-of-favour Liverpool wide man Raheem Sterling may be about to join Swansea City on a six-month loan deal in January.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Bundesliga and Champions League holders Bayern Munich have beaten off competition from around Europe to sign deadly Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski next summer.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

City rivals Manchester City and Manchester United will go head to head in the battle to land highly rated Benfica central-defender Ezequiel Garay.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Premier League leaders Arsenal have been keeping close tabs on Basel defender Fabian Schar of late with a view to possibly making a move for the up-and-coming Swiss in the new year.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Mega-rich Premier League outfit Manchester City are keen to land FC Porto’s coveted central-defensive pair Eliaquim Mangala and Nicolas Otamendi.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Tottenham Hotspur are pondering making a move for young Southampton left-back Luke Shaw in the winter transfer window.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror.

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has revealed that the Magpies are keen to land out-of-favour Spurs front man Jermain Defoe in the new year.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea will offload out-of-favour defender David Luiz to Barcelona in January after Blues boss Jose Mourinho finally lost patience with the Brazilian.

Full story: The Mail on Sunday

Misfiring Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has criticised the Gunners for not allowing him to leave the Emirates during the summer.

Full story: The Observer

Under-pressure Fulham manager Martin Jol will have face-to-face showdown talks with the Cottagers’ new owner Shahid Khan on Sunday following the west London club’s 4-0 loss at Liverpool the previous day, with the American lining up either Roberto Di Matteo or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to replace the Dutchman.

Full story: The Mail on Sunday

England head coach Roy Hodgson has given recently dropped Manchester City keeper Joe Hart a three-month time frame in which to win back his place in the Blues first team if he still wants to feature in goal for the Three Lions at next summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

Full story: The Sunday Telegraph

England manager Roy Hodgson is also desperate for veteran Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard not to retire from international football after next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil.

Full story: The Observer

Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay has confirmed his intentions to remain with the South Wales club, despite his recent dispute with Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan and subsequent stories linking the Scot with the vacant manager’s job at Crystal Palace.

Full story: Wales Online