In demand BLACKPOOL star Charlie Adam has refused to rule out a move away from Bloomfield Road this month - with BIRMINGHAM and ASTON VILLA leading the race for his signature.

BIRMINGHAM have been rocked by Robbie Keane’s wage demands after the striker asked for a pay rise to move to Blues from Tottenham.

New CRYSTAL PALACE boss Dougie Freedman has made a bid of £850,000 for EVERTON’S James Vaughan - but CARDIFF CITY are still favourites to snare the unsettled striker.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC are trying to persuade MANCHESTER UNITED’S Paul Scholes to finish his career at Boundary Park.

South Africa’s Siphiwe Tshabalala - the midfielder who hit the World Cup’s opening goal - is having a week-long trial with NOTTINGHAM FOREST as he bids to seal a £1.5m move from the Kaizer Chiefs.

LEICESTER manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has failed with a bid for Manchester United’s Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak.

SWANSEA CITY are closing in on a move for COLCHESTER’S Andy Bond.

SOUTHAMPTON teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has edged closer to a £10m move to Arsenal after Saints manager Nigel Adkins said they would prefer him to go to a club that would nurture him properly.

NEWCASTLE and BOLTON have joined Fulham in the chase for 29-year-old Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips.

LIVERPOOL are ready to make their move for BLACKPOOL’S David Vaughan.

Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven and Ajax are targeting STOKE forward Eidur Gudjohnsen.

Labour leader Ed Miliband believes brother David could make a “real difference” to SUNDERLAND if he accepts club chairman Niall Quinn’s offer to become a non-executive director at the Stadium of Light.