Paper Talk - 08 January 2012

• Real Madrid, PSG, Inter Milan and Juventus would all be interested in taking Luis Suarez from Liverpool in the summer.


• Liverpool will lead the £10million chase for Newcastle hot-shot Demba Ba.


• The Carlos Tevez saga is expected to come to an end this week with the striker joining AC Milan.


• QPR have made a move for wantaway Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge.


• Leicester are set to make a £600,000 move for Stoke's Ben Marshall.


• Charlton and Sheffield United are hot on the heels of Oldham defender Kieren Lee.


• Aston Villa, Fulham and Blackburn all want striker Brett Holman.


• Leeds will make Roberto Di Matteo their top target if they sack Simon Grayson.


• Leeds and Ipswich are chasing Newcastle outcast Alan Smith.


• Anderlecht striker Matias Suarez is at the top of Arsenal's January wish-list.

• Manchester City are ready to put together a £60million deal together to sign Wayne Rooney in the summer.


• Newcastle have pledged to do everything in their power to keep Demba Ba.


• Chelsea will honour the final 18 months of Frank Lampard's contract - but won't stand in his way if he wants to leave before then.


• Tottenham will table an £8million bid for Christopher Samba in the next 48 hours.


• AC Milan are set to take Carlos Tevez in a loan deal that will become permanent if the striker plays in more than half of their remaining games this season.


• Leicester are ready to make Billy Sharp one of the highest paid players in the Championship.


• Andrey Arshavin holds the key to Arsene Wenger's spending in January.


• Manchester City have joined the chase for Newcastle's Cheick Tiote.


• Nigel Pearson is lining up a £600,000 bid for Stoke's Ben Marshall.


• Norwich have checked out Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard who is refusing to sign a new contract.


• West Brom will try to prise away midfielder Peter Whittingham from Cardiff.


• Aston Villa are adamant Darren Bent is not for sale at any price.

• Manchester United are keeping tabs on Gary Cahill's proposed move to Chelsea.


• Chelsea have told Frank Lampard they will not allow him to join a Premier League rival - but he is free to move abroad and that has alerted PSG.


• Neil Warnock fears he will be sacked as QPR manager this month.


• Bobby Zamora is a target for Aston Villa if they lose Darren Bent to Liverpool.


• Liverpool and Arsenal are keen to trigger Demba Ba's release clause.


• Spurs are planning to challenge QPR for the signature of James Collis, should they miss out on Chris Samba.


• Wolves are lining up a move for Stoke's Kenwyne Jones.


• West Ham are set to table a £4.5million offer for Huddersfield's Jordan Rhodes.


• Swansea are the latest Premier League club trying to land Nicky Maynard.


• Martin Jol looks set to be frustrated in a bid to take Tom Huddlestone to Fulham.


• Hull are in talks to take Joshua King on loan from Manchester United.


• Huddersfield want to take Robbie Blake on loan for the rest of the season.


• Wigan are hoping to land Spanish keeper Joel this month.


• Middlesbrough are monitoring Jason Scotland's situation at Ipswich.


• Stoke hope to sell striker Ricardo Fuller in the transfer window.


• West Brom want Rhys Williams from Middlesbrough and are set to offer a swap deal involving Simon Cox.


• Ipswich want to take Andrew Crofts and Aaron Wilbraham from Norwich.


• Blackburn's hopes of signing Esteban Granero on loan from Real Madrid are decreasing rapidly.

• Manchester United and Paul Scholes are considering a dramatic comeback for the 37-year-old who retired at the end of last season.


• Luka Modric is the player Manchester United want to sign to convince Wayne Rooney they are going to remain a major force.


• Arsenal will make an £8million bid for Lukas Podolski in the summer.


• QPR will turn their attention to Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha and James Collins, of Aston Villa, if they are unable to agree a price with Blackburn for Chris Samba.


• Newcastle and Fulham are eyeing a £3m move for Crystal Palace defender Nathaniel Clyne.

• Bolton manager Owen Coyle has reassured Kevin Davies he won't be sold in the transfer window.

• Celtic have snubbed Southampton's move for Gary Hooper. 

• Marek Hamsik's agent has revealed the Napoli midfielder would be interested in a transfer to Chelsea.


• Defender Eric Abidal is a free transfer target for both Liverpool and Manchester City as he approaches the end of his Barcelona contract.

• West Ham are giving a trial to Japan international Ryoichi Maeda this week.

• Germany international Marco Reus could still be in line for a big-money move to Arsenal despite only confirming a summer transfer to Borussia Dortmund this week.

• Leicester City have made an improved bid for Hull City winger Cameron Stewart.