1- Pogba set for Manchester United return
Manchester United are keen to bring Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford. The Juventus midfielder is unsettled in Turin and would consider a return to the Premier League. Source: Daily Express.

2- Xavi in talks with New York Red Bulls
Xavi has held advanced talks with New York Red Bulls over a move to MLS at the end of the season. Barcelona do not want a big sum for the midfielder, who still has two years left on his contract. Source: **www.gianlucadimarzio.com**.

3- Arsenal to bid £30m for Cabaye and Santon
Arsenal are set to bid £30m for Newcastle pair Yohan Cabaye and Davide Santon. Source: Caughtoffside.

4- Manchester United scout Astori
It's reported that a Manchester United scout is currently in the stands of Sant'Elia stadium to watch Cagliari's defender Davide Astori performance against Juventus. Source: www.gianlucadimarzio.com.

5- Man Utd enter race for Niguez
Manchester United have entered the race with Arsenal and Chelsea to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez. The 19-year-old, who is currently on loan at Rayo Vallecano, was watched by United coach Phil Neville on Sunday. Source: Sunday Mirror.

6- Evra set to leave Man Utd
Manchester United have not offered Patrice Evra a new contract and the left-back is now considering a move overseas. Source: Guardian.

7- Atletico Madrid & Trabzonspor want Samaras
Atletico Madrid and Trabzonspor are battling to sign Celtic striker Georgios Samaras. Source: Daily Record.

8- Fiorentina want Ibisevic
Fiorentina are eyeing a deal for Stuttgart striker Vedad Ibisevic to help cover for injured duo Mario Gomez and Giuseppe Rossi. They are also ready to pay €5 million for Rafal Wolski or Ante Rebic. Source: Elf Voetbal.

9- Man City eye €50m-rated Mangala
Manchester City are keen on signing Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala. The Portuguese side may hold out for his release clause, however, which stands at a massive €50m. Source: TF1.

10- Juve & Napoli join Morata race
Juventus and Napoli have joined the race to sign Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, who has a difficult relationship with club president Florentino Perez. Source: Tuttosport.

11- Benfica midfielder Matic forcing Chelsea move
Benfica midfielder Nemanja Matic is allegedly forcing a move to Chelsea by refusing to play for the Portuguese club. Chelsea have had their first bid of €35 million (£29m) rejected. Source: O Jogo.

12- Borriello to decide on West Ham move
Marco Borriello not in Garcia's plans at Roma. The Serie A club are willing to send him out on loan to avoid of paying his high wages. Sabatini has reached an agreement with West Ham - now it's up to the player. Source: Corriere dello Sport.

13- Everton target Riviere
Scouts from Everton were present at Montpellier last Friday to see transfer target Emmanuel Riviere play for Monaco. Source: Le Parisien.

14- Manchester City ready to splash £30m on Luke Shaw
Manchester City are ready to spend £30 million on Southampton defender Luke Shaw. Source: Daily Mail.

15- Schalke target Villas-Boas
Andre Villas-Boas is a target for Schalke. The Bundesliga side are interesting in hiring the former Spurs manager if they decide to fire under-pressure boss Jens Keller. Source: The Telegraph.

16- Manchester City to swap Jovetic for Pogba
Juventus are keen to sign Stevan Jovetic from Manchester City but will have to include Paul Pogba in the deal to interest Manuel Pellegrini's men. Source: Daily Star.

17- West Ham agree Lescott deal
West Ham have agreed a deal with Manchester City for defender Joleon Lescott and are willing to match his £90,000 a week wages. Source: Daily Telegraph

18- Manchester United close in on Coentrao
Manchester United are closing in on a loan deal for Real Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao. Source: Daily Telegraph.

19- Moyes keen to bring Banega to Manchester United
David Moyes is keen to bring Ever Banega to Manchester United with the midfielder keen to quit Valencia. Source: The People.

20- Bayern to move for Mata
Bayern Munich are keen to sign Juan Mata from Chelsea. The German champions are willing to splash around €24 m on the Spain international but will wait until the end of the season to make their move. Source: Daily Mirror.

21- Aston Villa to make January bid for Naughton
Aston Villa are set to bid for Tottenham defender Kyle Naughton with Spurs willing to let the full-back leave White Hart Lane for £3 million. Source: Daily Mirror.

22- Arsenal set for summer move for Gonalons
Arsenal will move to sign Maxime Gonalons in the summer. The midfielder has been linked with a move to Napoli but the Gunners will try to capture his signature at the end of the season. Source: Daily Mirror.

23- Fabio set for Cardiff loan
Cardiff City are set to sign Manchester United full-back Fabio on loan until the end of the season. Source: Daily Mail.

24- Madrid back in for Falcao
Real Madrid are monitoring Radamel Falcao's situation at Monaco with a view to replacing either Alvaro Morata or Karim Benzema with the Colombian. Source: RCN.

25- Man Utd open talks for Garay
Manchester United have opened talks with Benfica over a deal for centre-back Ezequiel Garay which will be completed at the end of the season. Source: A Bola.

26- Everton eye two Ligue 1 strikers
Everton want to sign a striker in January. Emmanuel Rivière (Monaco) and Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) are in their sights for this month's market. Source: L’Equipe.

27- Blind lined up as Holland manager
Danny Blind could be the next Holland manager when Guus Hiddink takes off in 2016. Blind, now assistant manager at the Dutch team, will take over after Euro 2016. Source: De Telegraaf.

28- Chelsea and Inter battle for Zouma
Chelsea and Inter are both interested in signing Saint-Etienne defender Kurt Zouma in January, with the French club conceding they may lose the centre-back this month rather than in the summer. Source: The Times.

29- PSV and City discuss Rekik
PSV and Manchester City will have talks about the development of Karim Rekik. The defender is on loan at the Eindhoven club and City wants to know how much progress he is making. Source: De Telegraaf.

30- Napoli told M'Vila will cost €15m
Napoli are interested in buying the French midfielder, but he will come at a cost with Rubin Kazan demanding at least €15 million for him. Source: Le Parisien.

31- Benzema for Gundogan in swap deal
Borussia Dortmund are interested in negotiating a swap deal with Real Madrid. The move would see long-term Bernabeu target Ilkay Gundogan move to Spain, with Karim Benzema heading in the opposite direction. Source: Bild.

De-javu. Being linked with so many potential season-changing players yet we never buy them. :/
I heard Moyes himself went to scout that player in the Juventus - Caligari match.

pic.twitter.com/8xQL1pBI0d

And god damn. If Pogba came back to United...

Replace Benzema with Morata please. Sell big Benz for someone who can actually finish.

@Dynastian98 Who do you rate the best at finishing in order? (Benzima, Torres, Ba, Eto'o)

Chelsea bid £20m for Matic
Sky Sports sources are reporting that Chelsea have made a £20m bid to bring Benfica's Nemanja Matic back to Stamford Bridge.

Really? Ever Benega to United? What the hell is Moyes thinking?

@Alex

1. Benzema
2. Eto'o
3. Ba
4. Torres

Sorry, but El Nino just seems to miss a lot of sitters. :/

Eto'o in his prime can kill all of these guys, but I think his age is catching up to him.

Ba is a fantastic striker, but he just isn't "clinical". More of a good target man to aim your crosses at.

Benzema has bags of talent... but he's so damn lazy. Doesn't even bother to make decent runs sometimes. He has some phenomenal strikes when he feels like it though. On his day, he's one of the top 5 strikers in the world, but he's too damn inconsistent and lazy to ever live up to that label. He's just another average striker, to sum it all up.

But this is just my opinion. Obviously, you watch Torres, Ba, and Eto'o a lot more often than I do, so I'm just basing these rankings from what I've seen.

@Alex

Here's what I mean. You can skip to 5:50 in the Benzema video to see his goals.

Benzema reminds me a lot of Anelka as for me believe it or not from all the games I've seen for Chelsea here is how these players stands in terms of finishing:

1- Benzima.
2- Torres.
3- Ba.
4- Eto'o.

Torres is by far our best option upfront and still not the best. but eh Imagine both Real Madrid and Chelsea with a decent and clinical finisher upfront! someone like Drogba in his prime.. I think we will be happy if we sign Rooney more than Falcao. Rooney just loves to be the main striker. and he would fit perfectly there in front of Hazard - Oscar - Willian. with Matic - Ramires behind them and of course Ivanovic - Cahill/D.Luiz - Terry - A.Cole and Cech we are set! :) but eh I'm just dreaming although it's not impossible, anything can happen. :) and the subs are great (Lampard, Mata, Schurrle, KDB but he will leave, Essien and many loaned out promising players. These are the reliable players we have.

@Alex

Works out just fine with us. Perez is interested in Falcao, but I think Suarez fits in the team better. We need that guy who can lay off passes to Bale and Ronaldo, NOT another pure finisher.

Still no Barca centerback rumors? :(

We really need a tall and good CB because all of our players are midgets which is why we suck at set pieces.

@Alex: Rooney at Chelsea would be immense. Just don't know if United will want to sell to a PL rival, if they want to get back 'on the horse' next season, so to speak.

There's really a shortage of top-class strikers on the market right now, but, perhaps Roman might try to prise Cavani away from PSG? He'd be a new Drogba, for sure.

@Lodatz I would still prefer Rooney over anyone else. he just fits a lot and being a british player is a huge plus. as for Rooney or Cavani we can tempt PSG and Man Utd by including Mata in the deal. I can't believe I'm saying that about Mata but eh we desperately need a Striker and Mourinho doesn't play him much because of the new combination, Hazard, Oscar & Willian are a hard working players they run tirelessly, creative upfront and improving a lot defensively, that's what we need. so Mata will only play as a sub which's not really good for a player with his qualities. Mata is a CAM not a RW or a RM.

@Dynastian98
"We need that guy who can lay off passes to Bale and Ronaldo"

How about Özil? I heard he is good O:) *Sorry* :))

I still think that in the fullness of time, you will change your mind about Willz. ;)

Juan Mata is one hell of a give-away. Maybe you're right, and United would be tempted by that. They do have Welbeck, RVP and Chicharito still as their striker roster, even without Rooney, and Januzaj and Zaha are ones for the future.

I guess We Shall See.

Would still love to have Mata at the Lane. :/

Neva! not with that afro! :))

We would offer him to you guys if you had Willian :P

Willian failed our medical. :p

Just like how he failed Liverpool's medical too. yeah I remember, it's called *Lack of interest symptom* :P haha jk O:)

It's still technically true. Failure to complete the medical counts as a failure, damnit!

Erm we might not sign a striker till summer then, I just read this on Sky Sports:

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he has no intention of signing a striker during the transfer window and also repeated his desire to keep Juan Mata at the club.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9113985/transfer-news-jose-mourinho-dismisses-suggestions-of-chelsea-move-for-striker