Wednesday 13 January 2021 08:30, UK
Back-page headlines and transfer rumours from Wednesday's newspapers...
THE SUN
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has warned Manchester United and Liverpool they must offer at least £100m if they want to sign Kalidou Koulibaly this month.
Manchester City superstar Sergio Aguero is wanted by Barcelona.
Brentford lead the race for Peterborough's Siriki Dembele - who could follow Ivan Toney in joining the Bees.
Wolves and Newcastle are competing for £14m-rated Montpellier striker Andy Delort.
Arkadiusz Milik looks set to leave Napoli, according to reports, with Everton and West Ham linked with the forward.
DAILY MIRROR
Joel Matip is running out of time to prove his fitness ahead of Sunday's table-topping clash with Manchester United.
Mesut Ozil's agent Erkut Sogut says there is a process in place as the Arsenal star edges closer to the exit in north London.
Tottenham are battling Sheffield United, Rangers and Celtic for Wigan's teenage striker Kyle Joseph.
Rio Ferdinand predicts Declan Rice would prefer to join Chelsea despite recent speculation that Manchester United are keen on the West Ham star.
DAILY MAIL
Brighton are closing on the £4.5m signing of Moises Caicedo from Independiente del Valle.
Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic has agreed a deal to re-join Eintracht Frankfurt on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2020/21 season.
Football must change its rules to allow referees to dish out yellow or red cards to any player who hugs or cuddles a team mate, in order to stem the spread of mutant Covid in the game, according to a leading virologist.
Grimsby are the first English club to be fined for breaking coronavirus rules after being found to have committed a number of breaches - including ex-boss Ian Holloway playing darts with his players.
Premier League CEO Richard Masters insists that their ongoing dispute with Newcastle United over a failed takeover bid will be resolved in a "timely manner".
Premier League clubs will attend a sports cybersecurity summit on Wednesday - two months after Manchester United were subject to a breach.
THE TIMES
Referees will be instructed this week to remind Premier League captains before matches to observe social-distancing guidelines as part of a further Covid-19 crackdown.
The West Ham United co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold will now be able to take three close family members and a friend to matches after they joined the club's board of directors.
Rangers have opened talks with Aberdeen about a move for out-of-contract winger Scott Wright, and the player could even join this month.
DAILY STAR
Borussia Dortmund are putting a Jadon Sancho contingency plan in place amid fears of a Manchester United transfer.
Avi Lasarow, the chief executive of Prenetics EMEA which runs the Premier League's Covid-19 testing, has urged all those involved to stick to the rules if the season is to be completed.
Aston Villa are eager to sign Ross Barkley on a permanent deal from Chelsea this summer, but are unlikely to be able to do so after the Blues changed their stance.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Sport England are ready to accelerate a £1.5m national programme to open school sport facilities outside of teaching times when Covid-19 restrictions allow.
The Rugby Football Union has suspended its top domestic women's league for two weeks in the wake of the deteriorating public health situation caused by the Covid-19 variant.
Contingency planning for switching the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa to the United Kingdom and Ireland has intensified ahead of a board meeting on Friday.
The players' union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), has told its members that they should negotiate collectively with the Government over a wide-ranging tax investigation into footballers and the fees paid to their agents.
DAILY RECORD
Jack Hendry's Celtic return is off the cards with Oostende having made their intentions known about signing him on a permanent deal.
Scotland's 42 senior clubs will hold crisis talks on Wednesday morning as the national game attempts to survive the latest surge in coronavirus.
SCOTTISH SUN
Celtic rookie Stephen Welsh revealed panic took hold of the squad after Christopher Jullien tested positive for Covid.
Tommie Hoban claims Rangers stars tried to 'influence' referee John Beaton in their win over Aberdeen.
