Everton have made a £10m bid for Newcastle's James Milner in a bid to beat Aston Villa in the race for his signature. (Various)

Newcastle are set to swoop for Rosenberg midfield man Per Ciljan Skjelbred after they were told he is now available. (Daily Star)

Preston want to strike a loan deal for Sunderland striker Anthony Stokes. (Daily Mail)

Elsewhere, West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is under increasing pressure at Upton Park, with Croatia coach Slaven Bilic interested in succeeding him. (The Independent)

Real Madrid are ready to pull the plug on Robinho's £28m move to Chelsea and make him stay at the Bernabeu. (Daily Star)

Veteran Swedish striker Henrik Larsson is being linked with a move to Everton or Tottenham after a fall-out with Helsingborg chairman Sten-Inge Fredin. (Daily Mail)

Spurs have reached a verbal agreement with Manchester United to sell Dimitar Berbatov once the signing of Roman Pavlyuchenko has been finalised. (The Times)

But Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is now becoming increasingly pessimistic that any deal will be done for the £28m-rated Bulgarian striker. (Various)

Everton will move for Galatasaray midfield man Mehmet Topal if they fail to land their top target, Sporting Lisbon's Joao Moutinho. (The Guardian)

Sporting Lisbon may also have to fight off interest from Spurs for Moutinho's midfield partner Miguel Veloso. (The Guardian)

Aston Villa are weighing up a £5m move for Standard Liege's £5m-rated midfield man Marouane Fellaini. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth may move for former Arsenal and West Ham forward Freddie Ljungberg. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham could sign Uruguay striker Walter Pandiani, who is hoping to clinch a surprise move back to the Premier League. (The Times)

Manchester City want to sign Fluminese midfield man Thiago Neves. (Daily Mail)