Tuesday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Liverpool have opened negotiations to sign Chelsea's £15m-rated striker Daniel Sturridge, 24, in January.
Jeffren
Jeffren began his career at Barcelona before moving to Sporting Lisbon in 2011
Liverpool could solve their problems up front with a move for Sporting Lisbon's 24-year-old Spaniard Jeffren   on loan, with an option to buy.
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott, 23, who can sign a pre-contract agreement in January with any overseas club, is open to a move abroad and is interesting several clubs on the continent.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce would be interested in a January move for Shanghai Shenhua's Nicolas Anelka, 33. Allardyce worked with the French striker at Bolton in 2006.
Striker Fernando Torres, 28, wants to move back to his native Spain, as he faces being axed for Chelsea's crucial Champions League clash with Italian club Juventus.
Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner, 24, says he is unsure if he will return to Arsenal after his loan spell at Juventus ends in the summer.
Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, 32, wants to return to Goodison Park on a short-term loan from the New York Red Bulls in January.

OTHER GOSSIP

Pep Guardiola
Guardiola has taken a year out of football after leaving Barcelona in the summer
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will try to persuade former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, 41, to take charge at Stamford Bridge before the summer if he fires Roberto Di Matteo.
But the under-fire Di Matteo has been backed by his players at Chelsea.

AND FINALLY

England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted for the first time that he is considering bringing in a psychologist to solve the national side's penalty shoot-out curse.
Manchester United avoided another 'Welcome to Hell' when they slipped through a side entrance after flare-wielding fans greeted them ahead of their Champions League clash with Galatasaray in Turkey.
France striker Djibril Cisse, 31, offers an angry QPR fan the chance to confront him face-to-face at the club's training ground so they can sort out their differences.