We take a look around the papers for the latest news from Aston Villa, Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Chelsea, AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, QPR, Bolton, Wigan Athletic and Real Madrid.
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is ready to battle Arsenal for £8m-rated Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour. (Daily Mirror)
Roque Santa Cruz is keen to leave Blackburn and accept an offer to join his former Rovers boss Mark Hughes at Manches
ter City in January. City could pay up to four times the £4.5m Rovers paid Bayern Munich for the Paraguay striker in the summer of 2007. (The Guardian)
Arsenal are set to make a January bid for giant Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten. (Daily Star)
Michael Ballack will start talks with Chelsea in January about extending his stay at Stamford Bridge. (The Sun)
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will not be joining AC Milan on a permanent deal at the end of his loan spell at the San Siro next year. (The Sun)
Blackburn have taken Egyptian right-winger Ahmed Al-Mohammadi on trial from ENPPI with a view to signing him in January. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is eyeing West Ham's goalkeeper Robert Green or a potential loan deal for Manchester United's Ben Foster as he looks for a January replacement for the error-prone Heurelho Gomes. (Daily Express)
QPR are set to sign Bolton striker Heidar Helguson in a loan move that could lead to a permanent £1m switch. (Daily Mirror)
Wigan midfielder Olivier Kapo will plead with Latics boss Steve Bruce to let him leave the club after only four months and return to France in the New Year. (Daily Star)
Real Madrid could bring in Hernan Crespo from Inter Milan as a replacement for injured striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Daily Mirror)
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