Football Transfer Rumours - Jan-14-2008

St Mirren and Falkirk have upped their offers for Inverness midfielder John Rankin but face competition from an English club

Falkirk captain Steven Thomson wants to move to England, with Brighton favourites for the midfielder's signature

Colchester will complete the signing of Walsall left-back Daniel Fox for £350,000

Portsmouth are set to sign Juventus midfielder Tiago for £8m after the midfielder fell out of favour with the Italian giants

Ivan Ivanov is on trial at Derby. The 19-year-old Lokomotiv Plovdiv defender is a Bulgaria Under-21 international

David Murphy is set to complete a £1.5m move from Hibernian to Birmingham in the next 48 hours

Derby boss Paul Jewell is set to rival Birmingham's Alex McLeish for the signature of Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill

Matthew Taylor is on his way from Portsmouth with Bolton and Sunderland leading the race to sign the out of favour midfielder

Sunderland manager Roy Keane will finally sign Stephen Hunt after tabling an improved £5m bid for the Reading midfielder

Leicester boss Ian Holloway is to make Isaiah Osbourne his seventh signing this week

Blackburn are ready to snap up Amdy Faye from Rangers as a replacement for Robbie Savage

And Bolton boss Gary Megson has agreed a £4m deal with AZ Alkmaar to sign Icelandic defender Gretar Steinsson

Senegal's Ibrahim Tall has attracted interest from Bolton

Spurs, meanwhile, are ready to move for Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing

Harry Redknapp will try to sign Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe for Portsmouth this week