Chelsea are lining up a bid for �25m Gianluigi Buffon to replace crocked keeper Petr Cech. (The Sun)

Manchester United are confident Owen Hargreaves' desire to join the club will help drive through a deal when they approach Bayern Munich with a new bid in January. (The Times)

Birmingham's out-of-favour winger Julian Gray wants to leave St Andrews. (The Sun)

Peterborough's �1m offer for MK Dons' Izale McLeod has been snubbed. (Daily Mirror)

Peter Grant has made keeping Darren Huckerby his priority after taking over as Norwich boss. (Daily Mirror)

Martin O'Neill is preparing a �1.5m bid to take defender Bobo Balde to Aston Villa from former club Celtic. (Express)

The Football Association was just a month away from bankruptcy over the �940m Wembley project. (Daily Express)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has earned himself a �60,000-a-week pay rise. (Daily Star)

Gary McAllister is poised for an emotional return to Leeds as their new boss. (Daily Star)

Paul Sturrock has set his sights on managing Hibernian after being sacked by Sheffield Wednesday. (The Sun)

Nigel Pearson is top of Sheffield Wednesday's shortlist to succeed Sturrock. (Daily Mirror, Times)

Or alternatively former Norwich boss Nigel Worthington will replace Sturrock at Hillsborough. (Daily Mail)

Hibernian defender David Murphy wants caretaker Mark Proctor to be given the manager's job permanently. (Various)

Celtic will return to Japan next pre-season for a full-scale tour. (Daily Mail)

Wayne Rooney is poised to sign a lucrative new deal with German car giant Audi. (The Daily Telegraph)

Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond will go to the high court to demand access to unseen footage left on the cutting-room floor by the BBC's Panorama programme. (The Guardian)

Nick Humby, who resigned as finance director of Manchester United, is to join Top-Up TV. (The Guardian)

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce's future is being decided on a match-to-match basis. (The Guardian)

Kia Joorabchian has held further meetings with his backers and could make a formal bid to take control of West Ham by the start of next week. (The Times)

Whispers in Whitehall suggest that former England skipper David Beckham is about to be knighted - which would mean Posh Spice becoming Lady Beckham. (Daily Express)