RANGERS are considering a double swoop for Bournemouth's in-demand duo Jack Simpson and Nnamdi Ofoborh.
Steven Gerrard is a long-term admirer of Simpson, who is out of contract in the summer, but will face competition from managerless Cardiff City who have already had a £750,000 bid accepted for the defender.
Ofoborh has also attracted interest from elsewhere with Charlton keen on the midfielder, who has played five games in the Championship this season.
The 21-year-old was an unused substitute in Bournemouth's defeat at Derby on Tuesday and has less than six months remaining on his contract at the Cherries.
LEEDS United are keeping close tabs on Derby County's teenage midfield star Jason Knight as well as his risings-star teammate Louie Sibley.
And the Elland Road club have been handed a big boost due to on-going uncertainty at the Rams.
Derby have now enlisted agents to find buyers for a number of their stars to help balance the books.
It means cut-price deals could be rushed through before the 1 February transfer cut-off and that has alerted Leeds as contact is made via third parties over potential deals.
STOKE City are expected to unveil Alfie Doughty as their fourth signing of the transfer window.
The 21-year-old winger will arrive from Charlton Athletic for an initial fee of about £650,000 after Stoke saw off significant competition for his signature from clubs including Celtic and Rangers.
The initial plan had been to send him back to Charlton on loan for the second half of the season but that has now bitten the dust as he stays at Clayton Wood to continue recuperation from a hamstring injury.
The view is on the long-term with this one - and continues a youthful winter of recruitment for Michael O'Neill, with loan signings Rabbi Matondo, Jack Clarke and Rhys Norrington-Davies only 20, 20 and 21 respectively too.
NOTTINGHAM Forest remain interested in a loan move for experienced striker Glenn Murray.
The veteran attacker is currently on-loan at Forest’s Championship rivals Watford from Brighton, though is not at the forefront of Hornets boss Xisco Munoz’s plans and is currently training alone at the club.
It was thought that Murray would end his loan spell at Watford and join QPR for the rest of the season, though the R’s opted for Charlie Austin and a move never came to fruition.
READING manager Veljko Paunovic has refused to rule out a move for young Sporting striker Pedro Mendes.
The 21-year-old has been linked with a loan move to Royals over the second half of the season.
It's not the first time Reading have been reportedly interested in the player, who has represented Portugal at U18 and U21 level.
CARDIFF City are looking for a new manager after sacking Neil Harris following six straight defeats in all competitions.
Former Bluebirds striker Craig Bellamy is the people's choice while ex-Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe would be the more ambitious option.
Also said to be in the running at Mark Hughes, Tony Pulis, Mick McCarthy and Paul Cook.
BARNSLEY are interested in signing Gillingham midfielder Kyle Dempsey.
Dempsey – who joined Gillingham from Fleetwood in the summer – has been a key player for Steve Evans’ side this season.
The 25-year-old has scored four goals in 16 league appearances this season, and is now attracting interest from the Championship.
NOTTINGHAM Forest tried to do a swap deal for Siriki Dembele in the summer, but there has been no contact between the clubs recently
Peterborough United director of football Barry Fry has revealed Forest tried to swap striker Tyler Walker for Posh star Siriki Dembele at the start of the season.
Fry made the disclosure while rubbishing an online report of Forest trying to take Dembele on loan during the January transfer window before making the deal permanent in the summer.
WEST HAM have stepped up their interest in Bournemouth striker Josh King.
The Hammers have had an offer of around £13million for the frontman rejected by the Cherries.
Now the Irons are putting together an improved deal worth £16m in a bid to land the Norwegian before the end of this transfer window.
West Ham are on the lookout for another forward after selling Sebastien Haller to Ajax for £20m earlier this month.
The Premier League club have turned their attention to King after failing to seal a deal for Sevilla’s Youssef En-Nesyri.
Burney and West Brom are also interested in the former Blackburn Rovers striker.
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