Whether you’re a fan of big boys Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal, a season-ticket holder with Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United or Manchester City, a frustrated devotee of Newcastle United, Sunderland or Middlesbrough, supporter of all things Everton, Fulham, Wigan, Portsmouth or a lover of Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City or Burnley you’ll always have an opinion on the sport.co.uk’s daily tittle-tattle round-up.

Chelsea are hoping they have done enough to bring Glen Johnson back to the Bridge by matching Liverpool’s £17.5m offer. The England right-back could replace Bayern Munich bound Jose Boswinga.

Andrea Pirlo is 99.9% likely to stay at AC Milan according to chief executive Adriano Galliani ruling out any possible switch to Stamford Bridge.

Sir Alex Ferguson could make a double raid in the coming weeks with an audacious bid for Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas and AS Roma striker Marko Vucinic.

If Vucinic does swap Rome for Manchester, Andriy Shevchenko could replace him in the Eternal City. The Ukrainian has no intention of playing for Carlo Ancelotti again, despite a long-held friendship spanning the last deacde.

Confusion once again surrounds the future of David Villa with new claims hinting that Valencia aren’t willing to sell after all. The player was thought to be on a verge of a deal with real Madrid after claiming they were his first choice.

Croatian international Darijo Srna looks set to snub Tottenham Hotspur in favour of a dream move to Barcelona. The Shakhtar Donetsk star won the UEFA Cup last season, impressing throughout the tournament.

Fernando Torres has handed Rafael Benitez a welcome fillip by claiming that both he and Javier Mascherano will be staying at Anfield next year.

Jamie Carragher has added his voice to the argument insisting that Xabi Alonso and co must stay at Liverpool if they are to have any chances of success in the Premier League.

Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh has not been contacted by Arsenal according to the French club as Fulham step up the chase for his signature.

Zinedine Zidane is doing his utmost to lure Franck Ribery to the Bernabeu admitting that he’s doing everything in his power to make it happen. With Manchester United and Chelsea desperate to get the little winger a bidding war looks likely.

Arsenal defender Kolo Toure could be leaving Arsenal as Thomas Vermaelen closes in on his dream move to the Emirates. The Ivorian international is off to the African Nations Cup in January, a factor which could push Wenger to sacrifice his stalwart once and for all.

Austrian international Paul Scharner could move to Fulham as Dave Whelan accepts that the ‘unusual’ character is a wanted man. Sunderland and Aston Villa were also rumoured to be keen on the utility man.

Lee Cattermole will not be leaving the DW Stadium though, he’s ‘irreplaceable’ according to Whelan and certainly won’t be joining Steve Bruce at Sunderland.

Patrick Vieira feels that Samuel Eto’o and Didier Drogba deserve to win the Ballon d’Or but haven’t done so because of racial discrimination against African players.

Valencia’s Portuguese defender Miguel has been approached by English clubs with Everton and Aston Villa thought to be keen. The player himself would love to play in the Premier League, according to his agent.

Guus Hiddink thinks Roman Pavlyuchenko should weigh up all his actions before committing his future to Spurs. The Russia coach wants his striker fit and playing first team football ahead of a possible World Cup.

And finally,

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