Wednesday’s transfer rumour roundup.
Tottenham are being offered West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 21, in exchange for midfielders Andros Townsend, 23, and Aaron Lennon, 27 – (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United say they have had no contact from the same player’s representatives after he visited the club’s training complex and Old Trafford before Christmas – (Manchester Evening News)
Arsenal are still interested in Southampton’s £25m-rated France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25 – (London Evening Standard)
Meanwhile, the Gunners and the Saints will battle it out for £16m-rated Colombia midfielder Juan Quintero, 21, currently at Porto – (Daily Star)
Leicester City have beaten Chelsea to the signing of Rijeka’s 23-year-old Croatia striker Andrej Kramaric after agreeing a club-record fee of £9.7m – (Daily Mail)
Real Madrid are on the brink of signing 16-year-old Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard – a reported target for many of England’s top clubs – after flying him to the Spanish capital in a private jet on Tuesday evening – (Daily Mail)
Striker Andrew Johnson, 33, is a free agent again after his short-term deal at Crystal Palace expired – (Daily Mail)
Liverpool have agreed a £10m deal to sign Bayern Munich’s Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, 23 – (Daily Star)
Arsenal have had a bid rejected by Polish side Legia Warsaw for 17-year-old midfielder Krystian Bielik – (Sky Sports)
Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul, 29, is set to quit the club after falling out of favour, with Turkish side Besiktas having made an approach – (Daily Mail)
David Moyes’s Real Sociedad are in advanced talks to sign 22-year-old Arsenal forward Joel Campbell – (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Borussia Dortmund appear willing to let Manchester United sign £16m-rated midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 24, this winter – (Daily Express)
West Ham are showing an interest in 27-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder Mario Suarez – (Daily Mail)
Liverpool are yet to approach Lille about a possible recall of 19-year-old Belgium striker Divock Origi, according to the French club’s president Michel Seydoux – (talkSPORT)
Chelsea striker Islam Feruz, 19, is keen to sign for Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season – (Wales Online)
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero, 26, could make his return from a knee ligament injury against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday – (Manchester Evening News)
England manager Roy Hodgson has described Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, 21, as having “come on leaps and bounds” – (Daily Mail)
Chicago Fire have announced the signing of former Southampton striker Guly do Prado, 33 – (MLS)
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar believes the club could be plunged into “disarray” when captain Steven Gerrard, 34, leaves at the end of the season – (talkSPORT)
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, 24, expects to regain his place in the Arsenal team to face Stoke City on Sunday, despite the furore over him smoking a cigarette in the shower area of the dressing room after his most recent appearance – (Guardian)
Louis van Gaal admits his first six months in charge of Manchester United have not come up to scratch – (Manchester Evening News)
Hull City defender Harry Maguire, 21, has set his sights on becoming a Premier League regular in 2015 as he aims to kick-start a frustrating first season at the club – (Hull Daily Mail)
Peter Pannu has been re-elected to the board of Birmingham City’s parent company – (Birmingham Mail)
Talks are at an advanced stage over a possible takeover of Sheffield Wednesday by a group of Thai investors – (Yorkshire Post)
Marco Verratti has revealed his Paris St-Germain team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 33, settled nerves during their 2012-13 title run-in by proclaiming they should put their faith in him as he is Jesus – (FourFourTwo)