What the papers say...
Sunderland have made a £23m bid for Spurs quartet Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, Teemu Tainio and Younes Kaboul - Various
Sunderland are close to landing Croatia striker Mladen Petric from Borussia Dortmund for around £5m - Sun-
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Sign up for free SAFC email updatesWigan will up their offer for Sunderland target Andrew Johnson after having a £9m bid rejected - Guardian
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is certain he'll land Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov - Sun
Ferguson has met United winger Cristiano Ronaldo to convinve him to snub Real Madrid- Guardian
Barcelona will bid £24m for Dimitar Berbatov - Mirror
Chelsea have rejected Barcelona's offer of a swap deal involving Samuel Eto'o for Didier Drogba - Sun
Liverpool will offload Andrei Voronin for £3m to help fund their swoop for Aston Villa's Gareth Barry - Mirror
Stoke will sign Reading striker Dave Kitson for £5m - Various
Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson will choose West Brom over Stoke - Various
Niko Kranjar has snubbed Monaco to remain with Portsmouth - Sun
Portsmouth defender Noel Pamarot has rejected the chance to join Hull City - Mail
Newcastle and Everton want Tottenham's Pascal Chimbonda - Sun
Blackburn want Chilean midfielder Carlos Villanueva of Audax Italiano for £3.5m - Mirror
Leeds will sign Wolves' Jay Bothroyd for £300,000 - Star
Sheffield Wednesday have rejected Wolves' £1.75m bid for defender Mark Beevers - Star
Newcastle's £2m bid for England left-back Stephen Warnock has been rejected by Blackburn - Mirror
Plymouth want Crystal Palace striker Shefki Kuqi - Star
Rangers will offer Daniel Cousin to Cardiff in exchange for Dutch defender Glenn Loovens - Daily Record
Ipswich want ex-Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune - Express
Chelsea will show Claude Makelele the door - Sun
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