Saturday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Reading manager Brian McDermott is targeting a January move for Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin, 31, but says signing too many players in the New Year will be "disrespectful" to the ones he already has.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole, 31, has spoken to Paris St-Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti about a summer switch to the Ligue 1 club.

Full story: talkSPORT

QPR boss Mark Hughes has told Arsenal to forget about signing Adel Taarabt, 23, who has been tipped for a switch across London after a fine run of form.

Full story: Sun

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Manchester United player Paul Pogba, 19, has been dropped by Juventus for Saturday's away match against Pescara after turning up late for training twice.

Full story: Juventus.com

Paul Pogba was limited to three substitute appearances in the league for Manchester United

England defender Gary Cahill, 26, claims Chelsea are a lot more attractive to watch - even if the European champions are conceding more goals than they would like.

Full story: Guardian

Liverpool's owner John W Henry is closing his Florida investment firm after a period of "poor performance".

Full story: Wall Street Journal

Sir Alex Ferguson, 70, has set Manchester United a target of scoring 100 Premier League goals this season after finding the net 26 times with a quarter of the season gone.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Portpin has suspended its bid to buy Portsmouth and has warned there is a "very real risk" of the League One club being liquidated unless there is a resolution soon.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Gary Cahill has scored seven goals in 31 appearances for Chelsea

Everton manager David Moyes says Leon Osman, who has received an England call at the age of 31, can be an asset for his country.

Full story: The Times

Norwich boss Chris Hughton believes England goalkeeper John Ruddy, 26, still has further potential to fulfil.

Full story: Norwich Evening News

Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama says he is happy at the Scottish champions despite being linked with Manchester United after his starring role in the Champions League win over Barcelona.

Full story: Daily Record

St Mirren captain Jim Goodwin plans to report David Wotherspoon to players' union PFA Scotland, accusing the Hibernian midfielder of getting him sent off for a second yellow card and claiming TV pictures showed there was no contact between his elbow and his opponent's face last weekend.

Full story: Daily Record

Rangers striker Fran Sandaza says he was one centimetre from losing an eye after a collision with Motherwell defender Shaun Hutchinson in September left him with a broken jaw, cheekbone, nose and eye socket.

Full story: The Sun

The head of Scotland's referees, John Fleming, has accused Kilmarnock's Kenny Shiels of undermining relations between managers and officials after last week accusing in the media referee Euan Norris of making a sarcastic remark but failing to report the matter officially.

Full story: Daily Record

Dunfermline Athletic are the latest Scottish club to have problems with the tax man, the First Division outfit being given 12 days to find £81,000 owed to HMRC.

Full story: The Herald

Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas says the club may have to ask fans for more donations even if they meet the £2m target set to prevent them going into liquidation before the end of the season.

Full story: Daily Mail

Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas says Hearts would have gone out of business seven years ago if it had not been for owner Vladimir Romanov.

Full story: The Sun

Aberdeen defender Gary Naysmith is ready to put his own money into saving Hearts, his former club and the team he supported as a boy.

Full story: Daily Record

Motherwell assistant Kenny Black, who was on Craig Levein's backroom team, rejected the chance to take the Scotland squad for next week's friendly against Luxembourg out of loyalty to the "unfairly treated" sacked national coach.

Full story: Daily Record

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has ruled himself out of the running to be Scotland's new national coach.

Full story: The Sun

AND FINALLY

The days of earning £30,000-a-week are well and truly over for 38-year-old former Leicester, Blackburn and Birmingham midfielder Robbie Savage, who has bought a ten-year-old Hyundai for £300 at a car auction.

Full story: Daily Mail

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has asked his assistant Aitor Karanka to give one-to-one tuition to ex-Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric, 27, in a bid to improve the Croatian's performances.

Full story: Marca