Paper Talk - 26 January 2012

• Manchester United's Patrice Evra is ready to step into Saturday's red-hot FA Cup cauldron at Liverpool.


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called for a ban on Premier League clubs loaning out players over the age of 21.


• Portsmouth fans are considering a £32million buy-out of the troubled club.


• Newcastle target Adrian Mariappa has dismissed an £800-a-week pay rise from Watford.


• Tottenham are ready to sell Giovani dos Santos to Villarreal for £5million.


• QPR boss Mark Hughes is ready to launch a £4million bid for Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega.


• Millwall aim to secure Aussie Shane Lowry on a permanent deal from Aston Villa this month.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is facing an anxious wait over Rob Green's Upton Park future.


• Martin Jol is keen to bring £7million FC Twente winger Nacer Chadli to Fulham.


• Everton are lining up a £1million deal for AEK Athens defender Kostas Manolas.


• Bolton are keen to sign Porto kid Juan Iturbe - dubbed the new Messi - on loan.

• Brazil star Willian is keen to be part of Chelsea's future.


• Harry Redknapp will swap the dock for the dugout and take full charge of Tottenham at Watford on Friday night.


• Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez fears he faces two years on the football scrapheap.


• Chelsea are closing on an £8million move for Genk midfielder Kevin de Bruyne.


• Mark Hughes hopes to persuade Manchester City's Nedum Onouha to join his QPR revolution on Thursday.


• West Ham have failed with a £7million bid for Rangers' Nikica Jelavic.


• Newcastle are trying to sign Eljero Elia on loan - six months after Juventus pipped them to his signature.

• Chelsea could take their January spending past £35million as they close on deals for Kevin de Bruyne and Willian.


• Tottenham misfit Giovani dos Santos will snub Bolton to return to Spain.


• Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has missed out on Turkey striker Mevlut Erding.


• Rangers have rejected West Ham's bid for Nikica Jelavic.


• Wigan Athletic have made an offer for £700,000-rated Dutch striker John Verhoek.

• Manchester City could sue Carlos Tevez for compensation following the fall in his transfer value.


• Overspending clubs could be forced to cut their squad size if they breach new UEFA break-even rules.

• Paris Saint-Germain are closing on a £4million deal for Chelsea defender Alex.


• Roman Abramovich has blocked Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas' move for Porto striker Hulk after being quoted a world-record £83million.


• Villarreal have offered £6.5million for Tottenham's Giovani dos Santos but face competition from Granada.


• QPR are launching bids for Wigan's Victor Moses and Nancy midfielder Samba Diakite as well as stepping up their interest in Nedum Onouha and Steven Pienaar.


• Birmingham are keen on Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui.


• UEFA issued Premier League clubs with a "wake-up call" to comply with financial fair-play rules or face points deductions and player bans.

• UEFA has said it will defend in court any penalties imposed on clubs which breach its financial fair play rules, including most seriously the possibility of club being excluded from the Champions League.

• QPR have switched their attention to Victor Moses after being unable to sign a winger from Tottenham.

• Chelsea are in talks with Genk over the signing of Kevin de Bruyne, the Belgian club said on Wednesday.

• Rangers have confirmed they have booted out a West Ham bid for Nikica Jelavic.


• Mohamed Bangura has vowed to overcome his nightmare start at Celtic.


• Kari Arnason is heading out of Aberdeen after demanding £5000 a week to stay at Pittodrie. 

• Everton are facing competition from Blackburn, Sunderland and Swansea for Sporting Lisbon’s playmaker Adrien Silva.

• Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb , with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent, after talks over cancelling his contract.

• Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb , with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent, after talks over cancelling his contract.