Transfer Rumour Gossip: Chelsea Plan Stunning £30m Striker Bid, Liverpool In La Liga Playmaker Raid, Gunners Want Mario Balotelli, David Moyes Offered £12m Left-Back

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

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Former Manchester United forward Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to sign out-of-favour Red Devils wide man Wilfried Zaha on loan for the second half of the season in his new role as Cardiff City head coach.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Napoli have offered to take unsettled Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata on a six-month loan deal, however, the Southern Italian outfit’s manager Rafa Benitez, who coached the Spaniard while in temporary charge of the west London club last season, does not believe the Blues will sanction such a move.

Full story: The Mail on Sunday

Prolific FC Porto front man Jackson Martinez has revealed that he supported Arsenal growing up as a child and would like to join the Gunners during the January transfer window.

Full story: The Metro

Real Madrid have told Portugal international left-back Fabio Coentrao that he can leave the Santiago Bernabeu this month, with the £12m-rated defender having been targeted by Premier League champions Manchester United during the summer transfer window.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea are waiting in the wings with a bid worth £30m if unsettled Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is unable to agree a new contract at Old Trafford.

Full story: The Mail on Sunday

Struggling Premier League outfit West Ham United will hand Rickie Lambert a lucrative £65,000-per-week contract in order to persuade the England international to quit Southampton and move to Upton Park in January.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea are pondering making a move for Nantes’ Senegal international central defender Papy Djilobodji.

Full story: The Daily Star Sunday

Tottenham Hotspur are hoping to replace the Toronto FC-bound forward Jermain Defoe with the Juventus striking duo of Mirko Vucinic and Fabio Quagliarella.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Liverpool marksman Luis Suarez has a £70m release clause written into his new bumper four-year contract with the Merseyside giants.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Aston Villa want to sign FC Porto midfielder Steven Defour.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is desperate to quit the west Londoners in the January transfer window in order to keep alive his hopes of playing in this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg the favourites to land the young Belgium international.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Turkish champions Galatasaray are hoping to be able to sign Chelsea captain John Terry for £10m this month.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in landing Sunderland attacker Steven Fletcher in the January transfer window.

Full story: The Star on Sunday

Premier League leaders Arsenal are pondering making a move for mercurial AC Milan front man Mario Balotelli this month.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Liverpool are now set to reignite their long-running interest in Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic after missing out on young Derby County star Will Hughes, with the Rams insisting that the England Under-21 international will not be leaving Pride Park for Anfield during the January transfer window.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger is in line to be handed a new two-year contract in order to keep the veteran Frenchman at the Emirates beyond the end of his current deal, which expires at the climax to this season.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has been ruled out of action for up to six weeks with the ankle injury that the Denmark international picked up while opening the scoring late on in the north London club’s recent 2-0 win over Cardiff City in the Premier League at the Emirates.

Full story: Goal.com

Out-of-favour Manchester City forward Stevan Jovetic must prove his fitness to Blues boss Manuel Pellegrini before the end of the campaign in order for the big-money Montenegro international to remain at Eastlands, with the 24-year-old having started just the one Premier League match for his new team since arriving in the north west last summer.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea are preparing to hand centre-back Gary Cahill a new four-year deal in order to keep the England international at Stamford Bridge.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Under-pressure Manchester United boss David Moyes has confirmed that the Premier League champions will not bring any new players to the Theatre of Dreams in the January transfer window.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Chelsea are considering a swap deal with Southampton involving left-backs Luke Shaw and Ryan Bertrand moving in the opposite directions.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Premier League leaders Arsenal are eyeing up a possible January swoop for highly rated young Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.

Full story: The Sunday Mirror

Out-of-favour Manchester City centre-back Joleon Lescott is wanted by relegation threatened Premier League outfit West Ham in the January transfer window.

Full story: The Mail on Sunday