Friday's breaking transfer window gossip

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Aston Villa are considering making a move for Manchester City's out-of-favour 30-year-old defender Joleon Lescott, who supported Villa as a boy.
Joleon Lescott
Lescott made a £22m move from Everton to Manchester City in August 2009
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish expects forward Wilfried Zaha, 20, to stay at Selhurst Park until the summer - but admits a big bid could tempt the Championship club to sell in January.
Meanwhile, Manchester United are in pole position to sign Zaha and the Old Trafford club are confident of signing the England international in the summer.
Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has been quotes by Spanish newspaper AS as describing reports linking striker Radamel Falcao, 26, with Real Madrid as "totally false".
Tottenham will listen to offers for England international midfielder Jake Livermore, 23, this month, with London rivals QPR and Fulham monitoring the situation.
Newcastle have complied a shortlist of strikers to replace Chelsea-bound Demba Ba, with Marseille's Loic Remy, 26, one of the three international forwards being considered by the Magpies.

OTHER GOSSIP

John Terry
Chelsea captain John Terry hurt his knee in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on 16 November
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, 22, is seeking help from the club's chaplain as he bids to save his career with the Premier League champions after his apparent training-ground bust-up with manager Roberto Mancini.
Chelsea do not know when injured captain John Terry, 32, will return to full training let alone start playing, a month on from the date initially pencilled in for the defender's comeback.
Married West Ham and England winger Matt Jarvis has posed for the cover of Britain's best-selling gay magazine Attitude in an attempt to crush one of the game's last remaining stigmas.

AND FINALLY

Grime stars Devlin and Lethal Bizzle are just a handful of the acts set to go head-to-head for the right to sing the next official FA Cup anthem as part of a new competition launched by the Football Association.