Paper Talk - 27 December 2011

• Harry Redknapp wants Spurs to shake up the title race with one massive signing next month.


• Neil Warnock has ruled out a move for Alexander Hleb, who is out of favour at Barcelona.


• Jose Mourinho is ready to return to England in two years.

• Harry Redknapp is set to let Tottenham fringe men Steven Pienaar and Nico Kranjcar to leave - to make way for new arrivals.


• Danny Graham insists he made the right decision in joining Swansea instead of QPR.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol has shot to the front of the race to sign Nottingham Forest right-back Chris Gunter.

• Djibril Cisse has confirmed he will stay at Lazio amid rumours of a move.


• Leeds boss Simon Grayson played down chairman Ken Bates' promotion demands after defeat at Derby.

• Chelsea are to make a renewed bid for Porto defender Alvaro Pereira in January, but face strong competition from Juventus to sign Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain.


• Sporting Lisbon want to sign Manchester City defender Stefan Savic.


• QPR boss Neil Warnock is struggling to offload wantaway Adel Taarabt.


• Inter Milan are ready to sell Wesley Sneijder , alerting Manchester United.

• Andre Villas-Boas admits Chelsea are close to signing a central defender - possibly Gary Cahill - but has also thrown in the towel on their title hopes.


• Real Madrid are offering Kaka to Chelsea for £22m - and the Blues could finance the deal by selling Florent Malouda to Anzhi for £6m.


• Milos Krasnic is also set for a move to Stamford Bridge after being told he is not in Juventus ' plans.


• Manchester City have Daniele De Rossi, Robin Van Persie and Edinson Cavani in their sights as Roberto Mancini targets a midfielder and a striker to pep up their flagging title bid.

• Bayer Leverkusen want to re-sign Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov.


• Barcelona want Arsenal's Robin van Persie.

• Tottenham will give Luka Modric a new £100,000-a-week deal to keep him away from a possible Manchester United bid.

• Bolton will sign New York Red Bulls defender Tim Ream , plus at least two more players, in January.

• Aston Villa fancy Panathinaikos ' former Newcastle defender Jean-Alain Boumsong.