Tuesday's round up of the top transfer stories

- Arsene Wenger has ruled out signing David Beckham – and has also admitted there is no chance of David Villa moving to the Emirates this month.



- Florian Thauvin has snubbed the chance to move to Arsenal by agreeing terms with Lille.



- Chelsea could re-enter the race to sign Paulinho later this year after Inter Milan revealed it would be difficult to sign the Corinithians midfielder this month.



- Didier Drogba is relishing the chance to have another crack at the Champions League after sealing a return to Europe with Galatasaray.



- Philippe Coutinho is expected to be confirmed as Brendan Rodgers' second signing of the January transfer window inside the next 24 hours.



- Lewis Holtby could make his Tottenham debut on Wednesday just 24 hours after completing his protracted £1.5million move from German side Schalke.



- Forgotten man Xisco could be heading out of Newcastle - to Spanish second division side Cordoba.



- Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini has taken to the club's official website to reassure fans that he remains 100 per cent committed to the Toon's fight for Premier League survival.



- Newcastle United could add to their French contingent once more with a last-minute bid for William Vainqueur, according to sources in Belgium.



- Urby Emanuelson will leave Milan on a six months loan deal to join English side Fulham.



- Fulham and Everton could miss out on Igor de Camargo after the Belgium ace signalled his desire to continue his career in Germany.



- Everton's move for FC Twente midfielder Leroy Fer hangs in the balance after a problem with the player's medical.



- Former England midfielder Kieron Dyer is expected to join Middlesbrough.



- QPR have made a dramatic £10million offer for Christopher Samba – the signing they believe will keep them in the Barclays Premier League.



- Anton Ferdinand has left struggling QPR to join Turkish side Bursaspor on loan until the end of the season.



- Aston Villa right-back Alan Hutton has completed his loan move to Spanish side Real Mallorca.



- USA midfielder Brek Shea is due to undergo a medical today at Stoke before joining the Potters in a £2.5million deal from MLS side FC Dallas.



- City's England Under-21 goalkeeper Declan Rudd has joined League One side Preston North End on loan until the end of the season.



- Reading and West Ham have been handed a possible transfer boost after Morgan Amalfitano revealed he could leave Marseille before the end of the week.



- West Ham United have been gazumped by a Championship club, believed to be Leeds United, in their bid to sign Aston Villa's Stephen Warnock.



- West Brom head coach Steve Clarke says the club remains determined to keep Peter Odemwingie at The Hawthorns, despite his recent Twitter tirade.



- Sam Allardyce has conceded Mohamed Diame could leave West Ham before Friday - but he is confident Carlton Cole will stay.



- Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson is set to link up with former manager Sam Allardyce at West Ham.



- Blackburn want to sign Colin Kazim-Richards permanently to stop Galatasaray trying to sell him to another Turkish club.



- Birmingham goalkeeper Jack Butland, who has been linked with Arsenal and Liverpool, has emerged as a target for Chelsea, according to the Daily Mirror.



- Stephan El Shaarawy's future will be at AC Milan after he ended speculation over a move to England by signing a new five-year contract.



- Corinthians midfielder Paulinho has rejected a proposal to move to Italian giants Inter Milan on Tuesday afternoon, according to director of football Roberto de Andrade.



- AC Milan announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Manchester City to sign Italy striker Mario Balotelli from the English champions.



- Sampdoria sports director Carlo Osti claims striker Mauro Icardi is going nowhere in January, despite attracting much interest with his prolific form.



- Chievo have confirmed the capture of Italy Under 21 international Mario Sampirisi for the rest of the season.



- Pescara are close to completing the signing of Giuseppe Sculli from Lazio.



- PSG midfielder Marco Verratti is not poised to move to Roma in a swap deal with Daniele De Rossi, according to his agent.



- Lyon playmaker Yoann Gourcuff, who continues to be linked with a move to Arsenal, wants to join Atletico Madrid, according to El Mundo Deportivo.



- Hoffenheim have signed Brazilian-born Belgium striker Igor de Camargo on loan until the end of the season from German rivals Borussia Monchengladbach.



- Galatasaray striker Colin Kazim-Richards has been recalled from his loan at Blackburn Rovers and is set to move to Bursapor.



- Hearts have revealed youngsters Danny Thomson and Michael Thomson have both left the Scottish Premier League club.



- Aberdeen chief executive Duncan Fraser has confirmed goalkeeper Jason Brown has parted company with the club.



- Brighton and Hove Albion have signed Iceland Under-19 international Emil Asmundssen on a two-and-a-half-year deal.



- Sheffield Wednesday have confirmed Rodri has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.



- Sheffield Wednesday have re-signed Jeremy Helan from Manchester City on a youth loan until the end of the season.



- Crystal Palace are eyeing a move for Dundee United forward Johnny Russell.



- Crystal Palace have agreed a deal with Peterborough for the transfer of midfielder George Boyd.



- Striker Craig Westcarr has penned a deal with Walsall until the end of the current campaign.



- Swindon striker Paul Benson has joined Cheltenham on loan until the end of the season.



- Leicester striker Jeff Schlupp has had his spell with Manchester United extended.



- Brentford have extended Tom Adeyemi's loan from Norwich for the remainder of the season.



- York City have signed Swansea City right-back Curtis Obeng on a one-month loan deal.



- Kwesi Appiah has brought an end to his trial at Yeovil by signing for them on loan until March 2.



- Red Bull Salzburg's Martin Hinteregger has turned down a proposed move to Fiorentina, revealing his dream is to play in England or Germany one day.

Arsenal told to forget Villa

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has said David Villa 'is ours and we need him' as he warns Arsenal to forget about signing the striker in the January transfer window.

Having already offloaded Marouane Chamakh, Arsenal are expected to strengthen their squad this month, with manager Arsene Wenger said to be keen on the Spain international.



Rosell, however, has said the 31-year-old, who signed for Barcelona in a £31m deal from Valencia in 2010, is strictly off-limits.



Speaking to Catalan radio station RAC, he said: "I completely rule out the transfer of Villa during the winter market.



"He is ours and we need him, there is a lot of the season left."



Other names reportedly on Wenger's hit list include Atletico Madrid frontman Adrian Lopez as well as Argentina midfielder Luca Biglia.



Wenger's men have been left to contend with a busy schedule over the next few weeks, with an FA Cup replay against Swansea as well as a rearranged Boxing Day fixture with West Ham among their regular league matches.



Defender Per Mertesacker feels the Gunners can meet their busy schedule head on.

He said: "We are in a good way but we have to keep our focus on these games [against Manchester City and Chelsea] and the knockout stages of the Champions League. We have to win those games now.



"We are always looking to win something and we can achieve something with this group. We have a lively group so our thoughts are now on the next match, that is the most important thing for us, not what's going to happen in May.



"We have a few targets in our team that are possible this year. We won't talk about it, we'll just see what happens in the next few important weeks on the pitch."

Villa, ready to pack his bags

David Villa’s future looks increasingly likely to be away from the Camp Nou.



The Spanish striker has barely played for Tito Vilanova this season and has already accepted that his time at Barcelona is drawing to an end.



If it were up to him the Spaniard would leave Barcelona during this winter transfer window. However, everything depends on an offer being made for him during January and the club accepting it. The latter is what makes it unlikely that the striker will leave the club right now.



There are a number of clubs interested in signing him. In England, Arsenal and Liverpool have expressed their interest. In Italy, Juventus is also looking at him in its quest to sign a striker in the winter transfer window.



Tito believes that the striker hasn’t regained his pre-injury form. Although fully recovered from his injury, he isn’t the same. Despite this, Vilanova also knows just how important his striker could prove to be in the coming months. The manager isn’t going to risk not having enough fit players should he sell Villa now and lose any of his strikers through injury. His plans would only change if an irresistible offer was received which the player wanted to accept.

Villa unlikely to be on the move in January

David Villa's agent says his client's future rests in the hands of Barcelona, who have no intention of selling in January.

Barca came out over the weekend to rubbish reports suggesting they could be tempted to part with the World Cup winner when the transfer window re-opens.



A switch to the Premier League has been widely touted, with Chelsea strongly linked to a move in Wednesday's newspapers, while Arsenal are also said to be among those monitoring Villa'ssituation in Catalunya.



The prolific frontman still has over a year left to run on his contract at Camp Nou, but he is not considered be a guaranteed starter and has suffered serious injury in recent times.



Barca are not prepared to discuss a deal in the New Year, though, and Villa's agent says that that will mean the 31-year-old forward staying put.



"There is always speculation about David because he is a great forward, but his future is in the hands of Barcelona," Victor Onate told Sky Sports.



"They have a contract and it is important to always respect such documents."


-->

Friday's round up of the top transfer stories

- Juventus have emerged as candidates to land David Villa if he decides to exit Barcelona.



- Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun's future at the club will be resolved next month.



- Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is prepared to make Radamel Falcao the club's top earner by offering the striker a staggering £10million-a-year contract.



- Rafa Benitez has confirmed that Chelsea ARE planning for life after Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole.



- Manchester United are ready to let Wilfried Zaha remain at Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season in order to push through a January deal, according to the Daily Mail.



- Manchester City target Pedro Obiang will not be leaving Sampdoria in January, according to the club's sporting director.



- Nemanja Vidic says he is happy with life at Manchester United - but has refused to rule out a future switch to Italy.



- Manchester United striker Federico Macheda will not be joining Blackpool or Hull City in January and is instead likely to make a loan move to Spain or Germany.



- Liverpool target Arkadiusz Milik is now high on Torino's wishlist as the Polish youngster's stock continues to rise.



- Brendan Rodgers is trying to push through a quick solution to Raheem Sterling’s contract saga – as Liverpool fear they could lose him otherwise.



- Liverpool are close to signing Daniel Sturridge and Thomas Ince next month, increasing the chances of Joe Cole being shown the exit door at Anfield, according to the Daily Mirror.



- And Liverpool have stepped up their interest in Jack Butland, with Arsenal said to be ready to launch a bid for Pepe Reina, according to Goal.com.



- Arsene Wenger will launch a determined bid to sign a goalkeeper in January - with Pepe Reina top of his wish-list, according to Mirror.



- Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will launch a January bid for Porto star Joao Moutinho - as Spurs mount a major challenge for the Champions League places.



- Everton boss David Moyes is preparing for some transfer window captures - but he insists this year he does not need to sell first.



- Chelsea are keen on Malaga starlet Isco, according to AS.



- Swansea City defender Neil Taylor has signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the Premier League club.



- West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed he will be looking to secure "one or two players" in the January transfer window.



- Southampton and Reading will battle it out to sign Birmingham defender Curtis Davies during the winter window.



- David Beckham is unlikely to continue his playing career in Australia, according to Perth Glory owner Tony Sage.



- Former Sunderland defender John Mensah could be on the verge of rejoining Rennes after training with the French club.



- The agent of Arsenal's Johan Djourou has played down reports linking the defender with a move to Napoli.



- Maicon's agent has ruled out the possibility of the Manchester City defender returning to Inter Milan.



- Stevan Jovetic says he has no desire to leave Fiorentina for Manchester City.



- New Valencia boss Ernesto Valverde has no plans to allow reported Manchester City target Fernando Gago to leave in January.



- Borussia Dortmund have confirmed they have offered a new contract to Neven Subotic, who has been linked with a number of Premier League clubs throughout 2012.



- Rangers manager Ally McCoist insists he has no plans to make a January move for Aberdeen winger Ryan Fraser.



- Leeds have confirmed the club has given El-Hadji Diouf an 18-month contract after the striker's impressive start to the season.



- Santos are refusing to give up in their attempt to re-sign Robinho despite failing in an initial bid for AC Milan's Brazilian forward.