Paper Talk - 03 January 2012

• Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas sensationally blanked Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard after his late winner at Wolves.


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces a certain FA rap after an astonishing attack on referee Lee Probert.


• AC Milan want both Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli from Manchester City and will sell Pato to Paris St Germain to finance the deal.


• West Ham are set to sign Tottenham defender Vedran Corluka on loan.


• Ipswich want to complete a deal for Newcastle midfielder Alan Smith.

• QPR midfielder Joey Barton last night accused Norwich winger Bradley Johnson of conning the officials to get him sent off.


• Chelsea players gave Andre Villas-Boas a group hug to show their faith as the Blues finally got back to winning ways.


• Sunderland's Kieran Richardson has emerged as a shock target for Arsenal.


• Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has made an opening bid of £1million for Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard - but has been told to increase his offer.


• Ipswich are hoping to complete a deal for Alan Smith, who is being released by Newcastle.


• Carlo Ancelotti has personally called David Beckham in a bid to sign the former England captain for PSG.

• Chelsea's match-winner Frank Lampard admitted he was lucky not to get sent off at Wolves.


• Arsene Wenger last night astonishingly accused Fulham players of getting Arsenal defender Johan Djourou sent off.


• Roma are to offer Daniele De Rossi a bumper new deal in a bid to keep him out of the clutches of Manchester City.

• Aston Villa have joined the race for Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar.


• Everton are ready to step up their interest in PSG striker Guillaume Hoarau and also keen on his team-mate Mevlut Erding.


• Manchester City are showing interest in Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol.


• Chelsea defender Alex is due to hold talks over a possible move to QPR today.


• Lukas Podolski has ruled out a January transfer to Arsenal.


• Huddersfield are interested in a loan deal for Bristol City striker Jon Stead and are also keen on Leicester defender Sean St Ledger.


• Fulham want Arsenal forward Ryo Miyaichi on loan.

• Didier Drogba has finally given up hope of being offered the contract he wants at Chelsea and is ready to leave the club.


• Fulham manager Martin Jol and goal hero Bobby Zamora could not offer any guarantees the striker will stay during the transfer window after last night's 2-1 win over Arsenal.

• Rangers manager Ally McCoist last night pleased with Craig Whyte to pay for the firepower that will keep his side's transfer hopes alive.

• Chelsea's hopes of signing Hulk have been boosted by the Brazil forward refusing to rule out leaving Porto this month. 

• Arsenal have got Lyon full-back Aly Cissokho on their radar.

• Eastlands target Daniele De Rossi is staying at Roma with a new five-year deal .


• Juventus are also interested in the Stamford Bridge outcast, who fancies a move back to Santos.

• Manchester United are being linked with CSKA Moscow midfielder Alan Dzagoev.

• Liverpool target Gaston Ramirez is also wanted by Juventus and Bologna.