Saturday's breaking transfer window gossip

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Swansea have made a £7m bid for Blackpool winger Tom Ince, 20. The England Under-21 international is also a target for former club Liverpool.
QPR have failed with a £7.3m offer for Rennes' French midfielder Yann M'Vila, 22. The Ligue Un club are holding out for around £8.3m and M'Vila is keen to move to Loftus Road as long as the deal involves a release clause in the event of Rangers being relegated.
Tom Ince
Ince has scored 13 goals this season.
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has ruled out signing former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, 34, who is currently at Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, and insists the club will keep Brazilian forward Robinho, 28, until at least the end of the season.
Tottenham could renew their interest in Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian striker Willian, 24, after the Ukrainian side beat Chelsea to sign Metalist Kharkiv's Brazilian forward Taison, 24.
Newcastle have opened talks with West Ham as they move for defender James Tomkins, 23.
Reading and Norwich are considering moves for Carlton Cole after the striker, 29, was told he can leave West Ham.
James Tomkins
Tomkins has made 11 league starts this season
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has ruled out the prospect of moves for Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott, 30, and Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker, 32.
Birmingham's Serbia striker Nikola Zigic, 32, has turned down a move to Villarreal, with his agent claiming the target-man's wages are on a par with a Manchester United player.

OTHER GOSSIP

Striker Wayne Rooney, 27, could return to the bench for Manchester United's match against Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday after missing four games with a knee injury.
Michu
Sam Allardyce rues missing out on Michu
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez is the man Real Madrid's members want to replace Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid. Benitez, who started his career as a youth coach at the club, secured 21.4 per cent of the vote, while Germany coach Joachim Low got 19.5 per cent. Swansea's Michael Laudrup got 15.6 per cent and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger secured 3.1 per cent, while 21.2 per cent are undecided.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce admits he "burnt the ears" of head of recruitment Martin Glover after missing out on Swansea's Spanish striker Michu, who has scored 16 goals this season, in the summer.

AND FINALLY

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists he will celebrate - and not confess to the referee - if he scores with his hand against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.