Tuesday's round up of the top transfer stories
- Manchester City are monitoring developments with Paris St Germain defender Mamadou Sakho, according to Dailymail.
- Manchester City have entered the chase for Sampdoria midfielder Pedro Obiang who has also been tracked by Chelsea and Tottenham, according to the Daily Mail.
- Arsenal and Manchester United are both keeping tabs on Hamburg prospect Jonathan Tah, according to sources in Germany.
- Arsenal are plotting an audacious January swoop for out-of-favour Manchester United winger Nani, according to the Daily Mail.
- Arsenal have hit another brick wall in contract talks with Theo Walcott, according to the Daily Mail. Walcott is out of contract at the end of the season.
- Kevin De Bruyne intends to return to Chelsea at the end of the season and stake a claim for a regular first team place.
- Chelsea scouts will run the rule over Corinthians star Paulinho on Wednesday - to try to decide if he can be the answer to their midfield crisis. Chelsea have also looked at Cheick Tiote of Newcastle and Everton's Marouane Fellaini.
- Paris Saint-Germain insist they have no plans to launch a January bid for Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder, who continues to also be linked with Manchester United, with coach Carlo Ancelotti telling reporters: "The transfer window for PSG is very clear: the only arrival will be Lucas, there will not be any more."
- Liverpool starlet Raheem Sterling has been urged by team-mate Joe Cole to stay at Anfield following reports linking him with a move to Manchester United.
- Liverpool have made a move to sign Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez.
- Tottenham could launch a shock January bid for Wesley Sneijder, according to reports in Italy.
- Demba Ba will leave Newcastle United as soon as the transfer window opens in January, according to Mirror.
- Reading are lining up a shock transfer window swoop to bring flop Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko back to the Premier League, according to Mirror.
- Steve Sidwell has called on Fulham to pull out all the stops to tie down Brede Hangeland to a new deal at Craven Cottage.
- Premier League strugglers Sunderland will face competition from Palermo to land Manchester City starlet John Guidetti next month.
- Radamel Falcao has dashed Chelsea and Manchester City's hopes of signing him in January by claiming that he is happy at Atletico Madrid.
- Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham target Mehdi Benatia is set to sign for Napoli.
- Sergio Ramos says he wants to spend the rest of his career at Real Madrid.
- AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has told Roberto Mancini to forget about a swap deal involving Mario Balotelli and Stephan El Shaarawy.
- Santos coach Muricy Ramalho says Neymar should sign for Barcelona if he leaves Brazil due to the teams' similar playing style.
- Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim is unsure whether the club has made an approach for Kaka after admitting his interest in the Real Madrid midfielder at the weekend.
- The agent of Juventus star Arturo Vidal has handed Manchester United and Manchester City a transfer blow by claiming the midfielder is already at the "biggest club in the world".
- The agent of young Serbian star Lazar Markovic has denied that the player will be leaving Partizan Belgrade in the near future.
- Spanish champions Real Madrid have joined Fulham and Sunderland in the race to sign Rayo Vallecano hotshot Leo Baptistao.
- Schalke's general manger Horst Heldt insists Arsenal have not made a move for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and says rumours of an exit are 'fairytales'.
- Ajax star Christian Eriksen has all but ruled out a January switch away from Amsterdam - but he has opened the door to a move at the end of the season.
- Feyenoord have made youngsters Kaj Ramsteijn and Anass Achahbar available for loan as they look for the pair to gain first-team experience.
- Striker Dexter Blackstock has urged Nottingham Forest to open talks over extending his contract, with his current deal set to expire in the summer.
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