Football Transfer Rumours - Dec-12-2012

Sunderland are facing competition from Italian club Palermo to sign Manchester City striker John Guidetti, 20.

Reading are lining up a January swoop to bring former Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, 31, back to the Premier League.

Manchester City are weighing up a £5m move for Brazilian goalkeeper Rafael Cabral, 22, as manager Roberto Mancini looks to add competition for number one Joe Hart.

Manchester City are monitoring developments with Paris Saint-Germain defender Mamadou Sakho, 23, as they consider allowing Joleon Lescott to leave in January.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is ready to replace Demba Ba with Dynamo Kiev striker Artem Milevskiy, 27.

Chelsea will step up their pursuit of Corinthians midfielder Paulinho, 24, after Oriol Romeu was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Liverpool are set to buy Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge, 23, and 20-year-old Blackpool forward Thomas Ince - as well as allowing Joe Cole, 31, to leave - in the January transfer window.

Manchester United have joined the race for Arsenal's Theo Walcott, 23, in a move similar to Robin van Persie's switch to Old Trafford in August.