Paper Talk - 05 January 2012

• West Ham have offered £4m for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes after a £3m bid was rejected.


• QPR have made the opening move to sign Wayne Bridge on loan from Manchester City. They face competition from Wolves.


• Mauro Formica has been denied a loan move to Newell's Old Boys by Blackburn.


• Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic says he is flattered by reported interest in him from Liverpool.


• Chelsea defender Alex is ready to turn his back on offers from Brazil to help QPR's battle for Premier League survival.


• Arsenal are scrambling to complete the loan signing of Thierry Henry before this weekend's FA Cup deadline.


• Crystal Palace are hoping to sign Fulham centre back Rafik Halliche on a month's loan.


• Chelsea scouts have been running the rule over Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.


• QPR have also made a £3million bid for defender James Collins, who is in talks to extend his Aston Villa contract by another two years.

• Manchester United are monitoring Gary Cahill's on-off move to Chelsea.


• Arsenal are on the trail of Swansea defender Neil Taylor.


• Nedum Onuoha is a £4m target for QPR.


• Inter Milan are trying to hijack AC's move for Carlos Tevez.


• Genk star Kevin De Bruyne claims Chelsea still want to buy him.


• Blackburn defender Michel Salgado is wanted by four Chinese clubs.


• West Ham are ready to offer James Tomkins a five-year deal worth £25,000 per week.


• Newcastle have had a £4.5m bid for Dijon's Benjamin Corgnet rejected.


• Wigan are stalling on a new deal for Victor Moses.


• Burnley, Ipswich and Leeds all want Tottenham full-back Adam Smith on loan.

• Portsmouth are close to announcing their seventh owner in three years.


• QPR last night bid £3m for Aston Villa centre-half James Collins.


• Robinho has urged AC Milan to sign Carlos Tevez.


• Sam Allardyce is ready with a new £4m bid to bring Jordan Rhodes to West Ham.


• Crystal Palace are lining up a £250,000 bid for Derby's James Bailey.


• Blackburn may be ready to let Junior Hoilett go in the transfer window in a bid to fund a move for Fulham's Andy Johnson.


• Hull have signed Arsenal 'keeper Vito Mannone on loan again.


• Roman Abramovich is ready to sanction a Chelsea transfer window refit for Andre Villas-Boas.

• Luis Suarez is ready to walk out on English football.


• Doubts have arisen over the future of Neil Warnock as QPR boss.


• Newcastle have tabled a £4m bid for West Ham defender James Tomkins.

• Nikica Jelavic has denied he has set his heart on quitting Rangers.


• Hearts have found the cash to pay their players the missing wages.


• Nice have emerged as front-runners to land Chelsea's Gael Kakuta.


• Fran Sandaza's agent says he will turn down a new deal at St Johnstone as he eyes a move to a bigger club. 

• North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are going head-to-head in the race to sign Lille hotshot Moussa Sow.


• Aston Villa have insisted that Darren Bent is not for sale at any price, despite the former Sunderland star being linked with Liverpool.

• Leicester boss Nigel Pearson will make an improved bid of £1.75million for Reading winger Jimmy Kebe in the next 48 hours.

• Liverpool have joined Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille in the hunt for Sunderland midfielder Stephane Sessegnon, amid reports that the 27-year-old is unsettled in the North East.