Football Transfer Rumours - Jan-07-2008

Celtic may offer Derek Riordan to Burnley in a bid to sweeten a deal for Kyle Lafferty

St Mirren have upped their offer for Inverness midfielder John Rankin

Plymouth boss Paul Sturrock has tabled a bid for Aberdeen duo Michael Hart and Chris Clark

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is to assess South Korea striker Cho Jae-Jin during a week's trial

Leicester boss Ian Holloway has agreed to sign Hungarian midfielder Gabor Bori for the rest of the season

Blackburn defender Bruno Pezzoni is set to quit the club, just after breaking into the first-team, to join German side Cologne

Reading will spend £700,000 on Czech Republic international midfielder Marek Matejovsky

Spurs are also interested in former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse. But they face competition for the Marseille forward from Premier League rivals West Ham, Manchester City, Blackburn and Bolton

West Brom's former England Under-21 midfielder Richard Chaplow is wanted by Burnley

Norwich's out-of-favour midfielder Ian Murray will reject a move to Brighton to join Hibernian

Plymouth manager Paul Sturrock is set to go back to his old club Sheffield Wednesday to sign midfielder Glenn Whelan

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish wants to sign Tottenham defender Anthony Gardner and Manchester City striker Georgios Samaras

Manchester City are ready to offer Rolando Bianchi in a part-exchange deal for Roma's £16m-rated striker Amantino Mancini

Liverpool boss Rafael Bentiez continues to plan for the future, despite speculation he could be sacked. He has his eye on Porto defender Bruno Alves

Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt is open to a move to Sunderland

Chelsea are favourites to sign Anelka but they value the Frenchman at £11m while Bolton want £18m

Portsmouth midfielder Matt Taylor will decide this week whether to move to Sunderland or Bolton, who have both had a £3.5m bid accepted

Derby want to sign Aston Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen

Meanwhile, Ramos could soon be losing star striker Dimitar Berbatov, who is the subject of a money-no-object approach from Manchester City

But Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is lining up an £8m move for Chelsea centre-back Tal Ben Haim

Norwich want to sign Bulgaria defender Valentin Iliev and have offered his club, CSKA Sofia £700,000

Spurs may also move for Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson, who they bid £1m for two years ago

Chelsea and Tottenham are tracking Barcelona and Italy full-back Gianluca Zambrotta

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is interested in Bayern Munich forward Lukas Podoloski

Tottenham are to revive their move for Rangers full-back Alan Hutton, with the Scottish club keen for the £8m transfer to go ahead