Paper Talk - 13 January 2012

• Chelsea told Lille to name their price for Eden Hazard - on a day when they were left frustrated by the Gary Cahill saga.


• Inter Milan are strong favourites to land Carlos Tevez after a deal to take him to rivals AC Milan collapsed last night.


• Steven Gerrard is staying at Anfield for the rest of his career - and beyond.


• Chelsea defender Alex has turned his back on a move to QPR - because he no longer wants to stay in England.


• The PFA are set to make a renewed attempt to get Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra to patch up their differences.


• Frank Lampard was last night told by Andre Villas-Boas he is still wanted at Chelsea.


• Chris Samba wants to leave Blackburn after slamming owners Venky's for a lack of ambition and broken promises.


• Sunderland want all of their £4.7million back for "homesick" Craig Gardner if the midfielder heads back to the Midlands.


• Everton hope to unveil Republic of Ireland international Darron Gibson after a £2million deal.


• Niko Kranjcar is being offered an escape route out of Tottenham by CSKA Moscow.


• QPR manager Mark Hughes is considering a cut-price move for Roque Santa Cruz from Manchester City.


• Cash-strapped Coventry are ready to sell striker Lukas Jutkiewicz to Middlesbrough.


• Southampton boss Nigel Adkins may bid up to £6million for his former protege Gary Hooper.

• Harry Redknapp has taunted Spurs' title rivals by claiming: We haven't bought our success like you.


• Darron Gibson is set to seal a cut-price move to Everton today.


• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is set to miss out on £6million-rated striker Luuk de Jong.


• West Brom are targeting Germany striker Patrick Helmes.


• Chelsea's teenage starlet Josh McEachran will join Swansea on loan next week.


• Steve Kean will sit down with Chris Samba today to try and stop him turning his back on Blackburn.


• Juventus plan to raid Manchester City for Aleksandar Kolarov.


• AC Milan have abandoned talks over a deal for Carlos Tevez.


• New Hull boss Nick Barmby wants his first signing to be Manchester United's Joshua King.


• Tim Ream, the player Bolton want to replace Gary Cahill, earns less in a year than the England defender gets paid every week.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has made a £2million bid for Watford striker Marvin Sordell.


• AVB says Frank Lampard is not for sale at any price.

• Steven Gerrard has been handed a job for life at Liverpool after signing a new contract.


• Mick McCarthy has been told to buck up his ideas by Wolves chairman Steve Morgan.


• Steve Kean is set for showdown talks with Chris Samba today - but insists Blackburn's skipper is staying put.


• Robbie Keane says he could be the man to get Darren Bent firing again for Aston Villa.


• Alex has snubbed QPR and told Chelsea he does not want to join the relegation strugglers.


• Chelsea wonderkid Josh McEachran will join Swansea next week.


• Leicester will go for David Cotterill, who has been released by Swansea.

• Carlos Tevez's hopes of a move to AC Milan have suffered a blow after the Italian club pulled out of talks over a transfer.


• Robbie Keane says Luka Modric was right not to go to Chelsea because Tottenham are now a bigger club.


• Steven Gerrard has been handed a job for life by Liverpool after signing a new contract that includes a unique ambassadorial role at the club once his playing career is finally over.


• Andre Villas-Boas has delivered the brutal truth to Frank Lampard: In some matches there will be players who I need more than you.


• Everton are set to complete the signing of Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson in a four-and-a-half-year deal.


• Martin Jol is being coy about the possible departure of Fulham striker Andy Johnson to Blackburn but has pinpointed Huddersfield's Jordan Rhodes as the man to replace him if the money is available.


• Raymond Verheijen has warned the Football Association of Wales they would "turn their back" on Gary Speed if they were to bring in an entirely new management team.


• Nigel Pearson is ready to offer Swansea winger David Cotterill a chance to revive his career at Leicester.

• Steven Gerrard last night signed a new Liverpool contract that offers him a job for life.


• David Moyes' need to sign a new central defender has assumed an ever greater urgency after Sylvain Distin joined Everton's mounting injury list.


• QPR manager Mark Hughes is making a move for Tottenham's Steven Pienaar.


• Fulham's hopes of signing Maxi Lopez on loan for Catania have been dented after their sporting director insisted they want a fee for the 27-year-old.


• Newcastle have made an improved offer of £1million for Manchester United's Ravel Morrison.


• Blackburn boss Steve Kean will hold talks with Chris Samba today to determine if his captain is in the right frame of mind to face Fulham after he indicated he wanted to leave Ewood Park.


• Kenny Dalglish has called Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman about the availability of Wilfried Zaha.


• Crystal Palace are close to a deal for Hull defender Paul McShane on loan.


• West Ham are set to complete the loan signing of FC Dallas defender George John - and the deal for the 24-year-old could become permanent.


• West Brom manager Roy Hodgson is considering a move for Reading striker Noel Hunt.


• Middlesbrough hope to tie up a deal for Coventry striker Lukas Jutkiewicz today after the clubs agreed a deal.


• Preston are set to appoint Stevenage boss Graham Westley as their new manager.


• A rift between Jose Mourinho and his former Chelsea protege Andre Villas-Boas is torpedoing Chelsea's move for Real Madrid's Angel di Maria.

• Andre Villas-Boas has described his relationship with Frank Lampard as "fantastic" and insisted that the Chelsea midfielder remains a core part of his long-term plans, but he offered a thinly veiled warning to the 33-year-old that he can no longer expect to be first among equals at a club where he has been an automatic selection for more than a decade.


• Hughes also wants Everton's Tim Cahill and Tottenham's Steven Pienaar.

• Carlos Tevez is facing the prospect of another six months as an outcast at Manchester City after negotiations over a transfer to AC Milan collapsed last night.


• Bolton will replace Gary Cahill with New York Red Bulls' Tim Ream at £2.6m .

• Hibernian have made a controversial move to sign Hearts striker John Sutton on loan.


• Hearts rebel Ryan Stevenson is set for a shock return to action at former club Ayr United.


• Four Rangers players have been asked if they would make themselves available for Team GB at the Olympics. Allan McGregor, Steven Naismith, Steven Whittaker and Steven Davis have been notified they will be considered by Stuart Pearce if they give the go-ahead.


• Murray Davidson wants Fran Sandaza's St Johnstone future sorted out fast - before he ends up public enemy No 1.


• Craig Brown is looking to take Russell Anderson back to Aberdeen - even if he can't play for two months.


• Dundee manager Barry Smith has told Calum Elliot he's free to seal a Dens Park return - but he'd have to play for nothing.


• Marian Kello is in no rush to quit Hearts despite the financial uncertainty - but says he would leave in January if the transfer money helped the club. 

• Carlos Tevez is still confident his AC Milan move will go through despite the Italian giants walking away from talks yesterday.

• New QPR boss Mark Hughes fancies Fulham striker Bobby Zamora.

• Blackburn are trying to gazump the Hoops' move for Fulham's Andy Johnson.