Paper Talk - 29 December 2011

• Chelsea have opened talks with Bolton and England centre-half Gary Cahill - after agreeing a £7million fee and being given permission to speak about terms.


• Blackburn boss Steve Kean will ask his bosses for four new players in a make-or-break summit today.


• Thierry Henry is on red alert for a sensational return to Arsenal to stand in for Robin van Persie.


• Per Mertesacker wants Arsenal to snap up Thierry Henry - then go all out for Lukas Podolski.


• Carlo Ancelotti will sign as the new Paris Saint-Germain coach today - and start a transfer blitz which could end the Carlos Tevez saga.


• Andre Villas-Boas could lose exciting young star Oriol Romeu to Barcelona - just five months after signing him from the Spanish champions.


• Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky is wanted by wealthy Greek giants Olympiakos.


• Newcastle are set to make a shock move for versatile Middlesbrough star Rhys Williams.

• Andre Villas-Boas has been told his Chelsea job is safe whatever happens in the title race this season. He has been given the all-clear for a summer shake-up with Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Jon-Obi Mikel and Salomon Kalou all set to leave.


• David Beckham will bag £12.5million by following Carlo Ancelotti into Paris Saint-Germain.


• Bayer Leverkusen admit there has been contact with Manchester United over Dimitar Berbatov.


• Alan Pardew would jump at the chance to take Andy Carroll back to Newcastle.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has made a £3million bid for Huddersfield wonderkid Jordan Rhodes.


• Nottingham Forest want £2.5million for Chris Gunter. Norwich have had two bids waved away, while Fulham and Blackburn are also chasing the defender.


• Alan Pardew is planning a £3million January swoop for Sheffield United's teen sensation Harry Maguire.


• Florent Malouda could join former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti at Paris Saint-Germain.


• Didider Drogba is considering his Chelsea future after being approached by a third Chinese club.

• Thierry Henry is set to make a sensational return for Arsenal at Fulham on Monday.


• Alan Pardew fears another last-minute heartache in the January sales, admitting he will be powerless if the likes of Chelsea or Manchester City slap in a huge bid for Cheick Toite or another of his stars.


• Luke Young says QPR would be mad to sell Adel Taarabt.


• Blackburn are lining up a bid for £5m-rated Watford striker Marvin Sordell.

• Arsenal have finally offered Thierry Henry a contract to return to the club on a two-month loan.


• Carlo Ancelotti was in the French capital last night to take over as coach of mega-rich Paris Saint-Germain - and is expected to make Chelsea defender Alex his first signing.


• Martin Jol is considering a move for PSG striker Guillaume Hoarau Millwall's Liam Trotter once he sells Andrew Johnson.


• DJ Campbell is being offered a move back to Blackpool just six months after quitting for QPR.


• Harry Redknapp insists only Manchester City, Barcelona or Real Madrid could afford to buy Gareth Bale - but he's not for sale.


• Arsenal and Chelsea want unsettled Barcelona striker Isaac Cuenca.


• Bolton are monitoring Genk midfielder Daniel Toszer.


• Stoke have rejected a £500,000 offer from Huddersfield for Ben Marshall.

• Arsene Wenger is coming under increasing pressure from his squad to hand Thierry Henry a short-term deal.


• Fulham are ready to bid £3.5million for Doncaster striker Billy Sharp.


• Napoli striker Edinson Cavani's agent says he is not attempting to engineer a move to Chelsea.

• Arsenal players have urged Arsene Wenger to re-sign Thierry Henry to boost their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

• Per Mertesacker has described the potential return to Arsenal of Thierry Henry as a "great opportunity" and provided a ringing endorsement of Lukas Podolski, his Germany team-mate and one of Arsene Wenger's main targets in the January transfer window.

• Alan Pardew, the Newcastle United manager, has revealed he is unlikely to strengthen his forward line in next month's transfer window, despite the absence for up to a month of his main attacking threat, Demba Ba.

• St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas has revealed he has been cooking dinner for on-loan Brighton striker Francisco Sandaza in a bid to keep him in Perth.


• Bradford will look to extend the loan deal of Falkirk's want-away winger Jack Compton. 

• Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he wants to sign Carlos Tevez.


• Blackburn will battle QPR for Alessandro Del Piero when he leaves Juventus next summer.

• Liverpool have been linked with a move for 22-year-old Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko.


• Bolton want Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne to replace Gary Cahill.

• Liverpool are looking at young Swansea midfielder Joe Allen.


• Liverpool are interested in £6m-rated Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo.