Transfer gossip and rumours from this weekend: 28 – 29 nov. 

Saturday

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has made signing Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery his top priority and is ready to pay a British record £45m for the Frenchman and make him the highest paid player in the Premier League.
Read full story – Daily Mail

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned the rest of the Premier League that Abramovich may go on a spending spree in the January transfer window.
Read full story – Daily Express

Manchester United and Everton are trailing 18-year-old Antwerp midfielder Geoffrey Hairemans. The Belgian teenager has already spent a week training with United.
(The Sun)

Sheffield United defender Matt Kilgannon, 25, will join Newcastle in a £2m deal in the New Year. The centre-back’s arrival is likely to hasten Fabricio Coloccini’s departure to Spain.
(Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan is closing in on a deal for French striker Olivier Giroud, 23, who plays for Tours in the French second division.
Read full story: Mirror

Sunday

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is determined to win the race to sign £50m-rated Spanish striker David Villa from Valencia.
(Sunday Express)

The billionaire owners of Manchester City are to rock ailing Liverpool by launching an audacious £50m bid for star striker Fernando Torres.
Read full story – Mail on Sunday

Spanish giants Barcelona are tracking Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe, 27, who has scored 15 goals already this season.
(Sunday Express)

Chelsea target Sergio Aguero, 21, claims he has no intention of leaving Spanish side Atletico Madrid this summer. (Sunday Express)

Liverpool are ready to offload Dutch striker Ryan Babel, 22, on loan to German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich with a view to making the move permanent for around £9m in the summer.
Read full story – News of the World

The Reds are also keen on bringing striker Diego Forlan, 30, back to the Premier League from Spanish side Atletico Madrid, but boss Rafael Benitez has been told he must sell before he can buy.
Read full story – The People

Manchester City are lining up a £20m bid for Argentina winger Diego Perotti, 21, who plays in Spain for Sevilla.
Read full story – News of the World

City have also joined the race to sign Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson, increasing the likelihood that Robinho will leave Eastlands.
Read full story – The People

Chelsea and City will go head-to-head to sign Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery and AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso in the January transfer window.
Read full story – The People

Tottenham are lining up a £10m bid for West Ham defender Matt Upson with Alan Hutton going the other way. Full story: The People

Manchester United are keen on signing Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto, 21, who is currently playing for Catania in Italy.
Read full story – The People

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy could bolster his defence by bringing in Preston’s Republic of Ireland international Eddie Nolan, 21, for £500,000.
Read full story – News of the World

Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is targeting Manchester United’s 20-year-old midfielder Tom Cleverley, who is currently on loan at Championship side Watford.
Read full story – News of the World

Hull manager Phil Brown looks poised to hijack Matt Kilgallon’s £2m move to Newcastle. The defender looked set to move to Tyneside after snubbing the offer of a new deal at Sheffield United, but the Tigers hope to lure Kilgallon with a three-year deal worth £25,000-a-week.
Read full story – News of the World

Newcastle duo Kevin Nolan and Alan Smith are set to snub the chance to return to the top flight in the January transfer window despite interest from Wigan and Everton respectively.
(Sunday Express)

Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies is keen to bring Michael Dawson back to the City Ground from Tottenham, along with his team-mate Gareth Bale.
Read full story – Sunday Mirror

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce wants to sign Newcastle defender Jose Enrique and is prepared to let Kieran Richardson move in the opposite direction to make the deal go through.
(Sunday Mirror)