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Striker Mark Viduka, who is out of contract at Middlesbrough, has agreed to join Newcastle. (The Sun)


Newcastle midfielder Scott Parker is set to sign for West Ham. (Various)


Chelsea will sell Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz to Bayern Munich for £3.5m - half of what he cost a year ago. (Daily Mirror)

Derby are targeting Aston Villa defender Lee Hendrie. (The Sun)

Wigan are taking on Everton in the battle to land Sheffield United captain Phil Jagielka. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich have upped their bid for Blackburn striker Francis Jeffers to £500,000 from £350,000. (Various)

Burnley want to beat Southampton to the signature of Polish striker Marek Saganowski, who has been on loan at the Saints from Troyes. (Daily Mirror)

Nottingham Forest striker Grant Holt has put in a transfer request. (Various)

New Leicester manager Martin Allen may move for striker Izale McLeod from old club MK Dons. (Various)

Birmingham are considering a move for Middlesbrough utility player Stuart Parnaby. (The Sun)

Lee Camp's move to QPR is in doubt because of Derby's promotion to the Premiership, with the keeper - who had been on loan at Loftus Road - entitled to a pay rise if he stays with the Rams and the Championship side unable to match such terms. (The Sun)

Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson wants to sign midfielder Jason Koumas from his former club West Brom, plus Manchester United winger Kieran Richardson and Leeds striker David Healy. (The Sun)

Wolves are in pole position to sign Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp, who is also wanted by Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich, after tabling a £2m bid. (Daily Star)


Reading want Watford defender Danny Shittu. (Daily Star)

I think the Danny Shittu buy would be a good one for Reading. I was very impressed with Danny last year. Very impressed indeed.

Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Scunthorpe are battling to sign Rotherham midfielder Martin Woods. (Daily Star)

Southampton are weighing up defender Radostin Kishishev, who has been released by Charlton. (Daily Star)

QPR chairman Gianni Paladini has told Fulham it will take a bid of about £5m to land winger Lee Cook. (Daily Star)

Christ, another reason why Premiership managers look abroad for their transfer dealings. £5m - madness!

And finally

Arsenal are ready to let Thierry Henry leave the club, with Barcelona set to offer £17m, plus forward Samuel Eto'o, for the France striker. (Daily Star)

That would be a cracking deal for Arsenal IMO. Henry is a truly world class player, an absolute genius. However if a club is prepared to offer that deal for an ageing player, that has had an injury ravaged year - they have to take it.

Wenger has never had a problem selling the club's star players before and being tough (Overmars, Petit, Anelka for example) and I dont imagine he will bottle this one.