Manchester United are tracking £4.5m-rated Bayern Munich right-back Willy Sagnol.
Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce has told Manchester City that they will probably not be able to afford Michael Owen after City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson expressed an interest in buying the England striker.
Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson is trying to lure Bolton midfielder Gary Speed to Bramall Lane on a three-month loan deal.
Meanwhile, former Tottenham midfielder Gus Poyet has left Leeds to take the number two job at White Hart Lane.
Juande Ramos, the man expected to be named the new manager of Tottenham, deliberately made his Rayo Vallecano team play with just 10 men six years ago because they were not trying hard enough while leading a game 2-0 - his Spanish side held on to win the game.

New Tottenham manager Juande Ramos wants to raid his former club Sevilla to take ex-Spurs striker Fredi Kanoute back to White Hart Lane and he is also keen to bring £23m-rated defender Daniel Alves with him.
Portsmouth and Manchester City are both keen to sign £8m-rated Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill wants to turn Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson's loan move into a permanent switch for £10m.
Chelsea are planning a £15m raid for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
West Ham will make a £9m bid for Everton striker Andy Johnson in the January transfer window.
Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce wants to sign Liverpool striker Peter Crouch in January.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is looking for a new striker with Bolton's Nicolas Anelka and Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov top of his list.
Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc is considering using a Fifa loophole to buy out his contract, which runs until summer 2009.
Meanwhile, Celtic will make a January move to bring Scotland midfielder Shaun Maloney back from Aston Villa.
Liverpool face being plunged £500m into debt by the club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

Sevilla trio Fredi Kanoute, Daniel Alves and Andres Palop are all being linked with moves to Tottenham.
Manchester United are ready to sign Norwegian under-21 midfielder Per Skjelbred
Charlton are planning a £2m swoop for Southampton's Polish striker Grzegorz Rasiak.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill says Gareth Barry is not for sale after interest from Chelsea.
Everton striker Andy Johnson wants to sign a new contract at the Goodison Park club.

Arsenal are lining up a £15m transfer window swoop for Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Thomas Sorensen's future at Aston Villa again looks bleak after he spoke of his frustration at being left out of the first team.
And his mood will not be improved with the news that Villa boss Martin O'Neill is ready to pay £10m to make Scott Carson's loan move from Liverpool permanent.
Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko is set for showdown talks with coach Rafa Benitez over his Anfield future.
Inter Milan have been linked with Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen, joining Manchester United, Arsenal and Fenerbahce in a growing list of admirers.
Chelsea are weighing up a £2.5m move for Hertha Berlin's Serbia international forward Marko Pantelic to cover Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba should they go to the African Cup of Nations.
The Blues are also ready to step up their chase for Sevilla's Daniel Alves when the January transfer window opens.
Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is prepared to shelve plans to sign Heerenveen striker Afonso Alves because of work permit problems.
And City's Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson has warned Eriksson that he will leave the club if he does not get his place back in the starting XI.
Eriksson has also been linked with a move for Lokomotiv Moscow star Marat Izmailov.
Tottenham boss Juande Ramos says he will not sign any Sevilla players - despite reports linking the north London club with Freddie Kanoute and Daniel Alves.
Reading want to sign Blackburn goalkeeper Jason Brown as they prepare for the loss of Marcus Hahnemann, who is currently involved in a contract row with the club.
Everton have outlined their determination to retain the services of James McFadden after Celtic expressed their interest in the striker earlier this week.

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try and acknowledge your source. everyone knows you did a good copy and paste job from the bbc website!