Gossip: Transfer And Rumour - 2 January, 2014

Arsenal are closing in on the £2m signing of Fulham's 32-year-old former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov.
Full story: Sun (subscription required) 
 
And the Gunners could also sign France striker Loic Remy, 27, after Queens Park Rangers player said that he does not know if he will return to Loftus Road after his loan at Newcastle ends.
Full story: Times (subscription required) 
 
Turkish club Besiktas are trying to prise defender Joleon Lescott, 31, away from Manchester City but manager Manuel Pellegrini does not want him to leave.
Full story: Daily Mirror 
 
Newcastle's £22m-rated midfielder Yohan Cabaye, 27, will only move to Paris St-Germain if the French club can offload players in the January transfer window.
Full story: Sun (subscription required) 
 
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is expected to bring 18-year-old midfielder Mats Moller Daehli with him from Molde once he has been named manager of Cardiff City.
Full story: Daily Telegraph 
 
Jose Mourinho has left the door open for midfielder Juan Mata, 25, to quit Chelsea this month, despite insisting he doesn't want the Spaniard to leave.
Full story: Metro 

Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal is wanted by Manchester United 

Manchester United are considering a club record bid to sign Juventus' Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal, 26.
Full story: Daily Mirror 
 
And United manager David Moyes is also closing in on Dinamo Zagreb's £6m-rated striker Robert Muric, 17, for a bargain £300,000.
Full story: Daily Mail 
 
Arsenal are preparing a January bid for Manchester United's Mexico striker Javier Hernandez, 25.
Full story: Caughtoffside 
 
Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis is lining up a £2.5m bid for Blackburn defender Scott Dann, 26.
Full story: Daily Mirror 
 
Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp wants to use the January transfer window to ease the pressure on 24-year-old top-scorer Charlie Austin.
Full story: Daily Telegraph 

OTHER GOSSIP

West Bromwich Albion caretaker boss Keith Downing, 48, is refusing to enter the running for the vacant manager's job despite ending the club's poor run of form.
Full story: Daily Express 
 
Manchester City are planning to squeeze in a friendly against Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates on 14 January, to open the club's new stadium.
Full story: Manchester Evening News 
 
Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes 26-year-old midfielder Joe Ledley will sign a new contract to stay at the Scottish Premiership leaders.
Full story: Daily Record 
 
Sacked Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay watched his former club Celtic kick off the new year on Wednesday with a 1-0 Scottish Premiership win over Glasgow neighbours Partick Thistle.
Full story: Wales Online 

AND FINALLY

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo will take on Paris St-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a battle-of-the-superstars friendly in Doha on Thursday.
Full story: Daily Mail 

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