Gossip column: Cuadrado, Pogba, Costa, Henderson, Blind

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page.

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Chelsea have entered talks with Fiorentina over a deal to bring in Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado, 26, during January. (Guardian)

Emmanuel Adebayor, Diego Costa and Jordan Henderson dominate the Sun's back page

The Premier League leaders have increased their efforts to sign Cuadrado after having a £20.6m bid rejected on Wednesday. (Times - subscription required)

Chelsea are preparing to offset the arrival of Cuadrado with the sale of winger Mohamed Salah, 22, or forward Andre Schurrle, 24. (Independent)

Germany international Schurrle is set for a move back to his native country to join Wolfsburg. (Daily Express)

But Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella says there is no chance of Cuadrado moving to Stamford Bridge. (Goal.com)

Chelsea are also planning a £40m move for Juventus' 21-year-old France midfielder Paul Pogba, who left Manchester United on a free transfer in 2012. (Daily Express)

Wigan Athletic are set to reject a second improved offer of more than £4m for 23-year-old winger Callum McManaman from West Brom. (Sky Sports)

Spanish side Valencia are ready to try to beat Liverpool to the signing of Manchester City and England midfielder James Milner, 29. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United have not received a single official enquiry in January about Brazilian midfielder Anderson, 26, who has not played for the club since August and is officially for sale. (Daily Mail)

The Times' back page: Juan Cuadrado, Andros Townsend and a fiendishly difficult crossword

Manchester United have opened discussions to sign 16-year-old Paraguayan striker Sergio Diaz from Cerro Porteno. (Tuttomercatoweb)

Swansea are looking at Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes, 24, as a potential replacement for Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Bony, 26, who has signed for Manchester City. (Daily Telegraph)

QPR want to sign Italy striker Dani Osvaldo, 29, to save them from relegation - even though Southampton loaned him out to Inter Milan after he headbutted a team-mate. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle plan to compete with Arsenal for the signature of Ipswich's 21-year-old defender Tyrone Mings. (Daily Mail)

Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero says the signing of striker Samuel Eto'o, 33, is being held up because "nobody can figure out who is in charge at Everton". (Sky Sport Italia)

West Brom's Greece striker Georgios Samaras, 29, is set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal on a six-month loan with a view to a permanent deal. (Express and Star, Wolverhampton)

Arsenal will face competition from Manchester United to sign 24-year-old Villarreal centre-back Gabriel Paulista, who is valued at £16m by the Spanish club. (London Evening Standard)

OTHER GOSSIP

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson and Chelsea striker Diego Costa had to be separated after confronting each other in the tunnel at the end of Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-final first leg. (Guardian)

More Costa and Henderson on the Daily Express back page, and a possible Chelsea move for Paul Pogba

Manchester United's Dutch midfielder Daley Blind, 24, says former Old Trafford full-back-turned-television-pundit Gary Neville was wrong to criticise his style of play. (Manchester Evening News)

Newcastle face a compensation bill of more than £2m if their next permanent boss decides to remove head coach John Carver, first-team coach Steve Stone and goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman. (Newcastle Chronicle)

Carver is not up to the job of managing Newcastle, according to the club's former striker Mick Quinn. (Daily Star)

Newcastle's plan to make former Arsenal midfielder Remi Garde their new boss is off and Derby County manager Steve McClaren is their new target. (Sun - subscription required)

Portuguese forward Bebe, 24 - on loan at La Liga side Cordoba from Benfica - has admitted he thought Manchester United were joking when they signed him for £7.4m in 2010. (Marca)

Chelsea thought they had secured the signing of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in 2005, according to Reading manager Steve Clarke - who was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Stamford Bridge at the time. (Talksport)

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling, 20, says he is happy to shoulder the club's goalscoring burden and is adapting well to his new central role at Anfield. (Liverpool Echo)

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, will be fit to face former club Chelsea next week despite suffering an injury scare in a friendly against Hamburg in Abu Dhabi.(The Times - subscription required)

AFCON 2015 GOSSIP

Equatorial Guinean fans and police engaged in running battles outside the stadium in Bata after supporters were denied entry to the match against Burkina Faso. (Kenya's Daily Nation)

Gabonese media have accused the team of being "paralysed by fear" after the Panthers suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat by Congo. (GabonEco.com - in French)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling made light of Chelsea defender John Terry's bizarre tackle on him during Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-final first leg - by posting on Instagram a mocked-up photo of the two of them in a wrestling ring.

Chico Flores' haircut, 2015 style

Comedian Kevin Bridges - a Celtic fan - tweeted his delight after former Dundee United midfielder Ryan Gauld scored twice for Sporting Lisbon - even though they lost 3-2 at Belenenses in a Portuguese League Cup tie.

Former Swansea defender Chico Flores, now with Qatari club Lekhwiya, showed off his drastic new haircut on Twitter. "New style," he posted.

Huddersfield defender Anthony Gerrard has criticised the behaviour of some parents at youth football matches, tweeting: "Watching my lad's football, some of the parents are so bitter and twisted towards other kids it's unreal! Let them play and enjoy it. Wow."

AND FINALLY...

Former Chelsea and Celtic midfielder Craig Burley has had Fernando Torres' face tattooed on his arm after losing a bet that the striker would not score for Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. (ESPN FC)

Manchester United are dealing with an infestation of mice at Old Trafford, linked to the ground's canal-side location, according to a hygiene report. (Daily Mail)

Only 10% of Manchester United shirt sales happened in Manchester last year, according to a sports retail company - but Manchester City sold only 5% of their shirts in the city. (Eurosport)