Some areas of the press are suggesting that it hasn't been such a stellar year for Gareth Bale in comparison with last season. Those reports tend to just point to the winger's hat trick in the San Siro but they conveniently forget that this has been a much more consistent campaign for the Welshman.

1. No, Roberto Mancini, you completely misheard Arsene Wenger. He said a pizza row would help you finish ahead of Manchester United, not Pizarro. 2. Chelsea's deal to send Belgian manboy Kevin De Bruyen back to Genk on-loan includes a break clause that says if the 20-year-old hasn't hit puberty by June then the deal [.

With the exception of January 2011, Spurs have often thrown up a surprise at the fag end of a transfer window but it's doubtful as to whether any Tottenham fans would have woken up this morning expecting Louis Saha to be wearing a Lilywhite shirt at the end of the day.

The chain of events seems to have sparked off by Rangers' acceptance of Everton's bid for Nikica Jelavic which left Saha, who was already struggling at Goodison, surplus to requirements.

Yesterday we looked at the possibility of new arrivals at White Hart Lane and the general consensus was that we were due for a quiet day. Later in the evening, reports suggested that Vedran Corluka was a target for Bayer Leverkusen and they seem to be gaining momentum this morning.

At the start of the month, Harry said that the Croatian would definitely not be leaving but after omitting him from the cup games where much of the fringe side appear, it may well be that Charlie is on his way.

Tottenham have invited the six-year-old son of former star striker Steffen Iverson to join their youth set-up. Spurs have asked Joey James Iversen to train at the club, according to his mum. "Joey's tall for his age and muscular," says his mother Anna. "He has the same powerful legs as his father." Although he won't [.

OTP understands that none of these will happen It's the last day of the transfer window, and in truth it has been shockingly quiet. Whether that means it will all kick off tonight remains to be seen, but here are five things that certainly won't be happening: 1. Harry Redknapp's car window leaning As unusual [.

It's here. Transfer deadline day. We'll be updating this post throughout the day with all the latest transfer deals, rumours and humorous observations on Sky Sports News' coverage. Leave your own rumours and reactions in the comments section below. 2.29pm: Spurs have an £18m bid for Loic Remy rejected, according to Marseille's chairman.

When asked about possible transfers before tomorrow's deadline day, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp was typically vague,

"I can't see an awful lot happening," Harry said.

"I will probably watch a game on Sunday but not with a real eye on anyone, although I'm not going to tell you which match.

The name of West Ham keeper Rob Green has been mentioned once again in connection with a move to Spurs and there will be a large section of Tottenham fans who are hoping to pin this one down to lazy journalism.

Green, who is now 32, is out of contract at the end of the season and reports that the Hammers have postponed contract talks until the summer seem to have sparked off these rumours.

Reports have been coming through today that a permanent deal for Giovani dos Santos could be tied up before the weekend. There has been much speculation about Gio's future since the transfer window opened and according to Villareal's vice-president Jose Manuel Llaneza, Gio's White Hart Lane misery could soon be at and end.

Dipping into the SPL for transfer targets is always a gamble and while a player's record may look good north of the border, moving into the premiership will always represent a tougher challenge. If you need any evidence of that, you could always contrast Gordon Durie's scoring ratio after he'd moved from White Hart Lane to Ibrox.

Newcastle could find themselves in an unlikely bidding war with the son of Watford manager Sean Dyche. That's if the Hornets boss' tongue-in-cheek comments about the Magpies' bid for defender Adrian Mariappa. Dyche has rejected a bid of £750,000 and an improved bid of £2m for the 25-year-old. He said: "A bid has been made [.

The transfer rumours involving Spurs are very slowly starting to spark into life with stories that Roman Pavlyuchenko could be the first and possibly only departure from White Hart Lane this summer.

Yesterday, Pav's vocal agent Oleg Artemov claimed that Spurs had extended the Russian's contract until June 2013.

The name of Mauro Zarate has featured before in these pages but stories are gathering momentum today over a proposed loan move for the striker who is already playing on loan at Inter after failing to nail down a regular slot at parent club Lazio.

The player's agent is certainly talking up the possibility of a move this month.

The name Mateo Kovacic has appeared in the rumour columns for a few months now but there is an indication from the Croatian's club that Spurs are keen to tie up a deal for his services.

Kovacic is just 17 and currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dinamo Zagreb. Having broken into the first team in 2010 at the age of sixteen, he has gone on to establish himself as a regular starter and one of the hottest young properties in Europe.

It looks like it could be a race between Sebastien Bassong and Giovani Dos Santos to be the first through the White Hart Lane exit door this month with our defender being the first dissenting voice of this transfer window.

Bassong could have gone to Bolton as part of a Gary Cahill deal in the summer but a more likely destination could be QPR, who have been linked with most of the fringe defenders in the Premiership.

The frustrating Tottenham career of Giovani do Santos could finally be coming to an end in this transfer window with reports of interest from Spain and from Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle. Gio hinted at his potential again this month, albeit against Cheltenham, and after the game manager Harry Redknapp hailed his talent while giving an insight into why the player has barely featured at the Lane.

Since the transfer window was brought into effect by FIFA during the 2002/03 season, football fans throughout the UK have been glued to their televisions, computer screens and mobile phones, hoping for news of a blockbuster signing that will transform the fortunes of their club. With the clock ticking, cash-rich football clubs approach the looming [.

We've gone past the mid-way point in this winter's transfer window and as yet there's little sign of movement into or out of White Hart Lane. It's looking like it could be a repeat of last year's quiet January and for now, rumours linking two of Tottenham's fringe squad have been denied.

Vedran Corluka has hardly featured for the first team all season yet when asked if the Croatian would be sold in this window, Harry Redknapp answered with an emphatic ‘no'.

Manchester United are not the only Premier League team with the DaSilva twins on their books after Chelsea signed a trio of brothers from Luton Town. The Blues have now got their own DaSilva after they snapped up 12-year-old twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, as well as their 13-year-old brother Jay. Each sibling cost a [.

Manchester United are not the only Premier League team with the DaSilva twins on their books after Chelsea signed a trio of brothers from Luton Town. The Blues have now got their own DaSilva after they snapped up 12-year-old twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, as well as their 13-year-old brother Jay. Each sibling cost a [.

Another Ba-rgain buy? Newcastle obviously think they've hit on a successful transfer formula, so they're sticking to it. They've brought another Senegal international striker called Demba with a history of playing in the Bundesliga. Papiss Demba Cisse has signed from Freiburg in a five-and-a-half-year deal, for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region [.

While Loic Remy may not be available until the end of the season, if you believe PSG's new manager Carlo Ancelotti, there are a number of options this month in the striking department for Spurs to consider.

Big spending PSG attract a lot of attention at the moment and when quizzed about possible targets, Ancelotti gave reporters a list of names that are supposedly being touted around clubs by their agents.

OK so it's not the major striker or defender signing that some have been looking for but the club announced its first deal of the year with the news that Yago Falque has signed on a permanent deal from Juventus.

The 21 year old Spaniard has been with the club since the start of the campaign with the intention of completing a season long loan.

We've seen the rumours linking Jermain Defoe with a move away from Spurs before but while the stories surrounding a move to Arsenal in the summer seemed unlikely, could today's Liverpool link be more plausible?

The story seems to have broken in The Daily Mirror and may just have come from adding up a sequence of possible events: JD has a new agent with supposed ties to Liverpool who in turn might be looking to offload Andy Carroll while needing to cover the loss of Luis Suarez.

It's all too easy to point the finger when a striker isn't finding the net but you can be sure that the newspapers won't shy away from targeting criticism towards a misfiring centre forward. Step forward the Guardian who are aiming a lot of flak in the direction of Emmanuel Adebayor.

The report suggests that the Togolese has simply ‘gone off the boil' and part of the story states,

‘Gradually, Adebayor's form has dipped – he has scored once in the past seven league matches – and even though he found the net against Wolves only to have the goal disallowed for a debatable offside, this was perhaps his most ineffective game of the season as he continually found himself in the wrong place and the wrong time.

Get Real Everyone knows that the transfer window is silly season in football, with clubs overvaluing their players, agents hawking out their stars to all and sundry, and the tabloid newspapers sticking a pin in a map and guessing which players are going left, right and centre. The People newspaper has excelled itself this morning, [.

Unlikely transfer for Brazil great As retirement homes for formerly great footballers go, Angola is probably a new one. But having already attempted the ex-Soviet state and return to South America routes, Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo is blazing a new trail. He's signed for Angolan side Kabuscorp.

Stories have been coming through this afternoon of a confirmed approach from QPR for left sided midfielder Steven Pienaar but Harry Redknapp has stated once again that he has no desire to sell the South African

"I wouldn't want to let him go. He is a good player," Redknapp said.

"I brought him on for the last 10 minutes against Everton on Wednesday and he didn't give the ball away.

For a player who was once rejected by Watford and has failed medicals at Stoke and Stuttgart, it seems odd that some of the biggest teams in Europe are being linked to Demba Ba. That seems to be the case however with Spurs, Manchester United and PSG all being connected to the striker this month.

The new timebomb Stoke City are aiming to make amends for their 'turning down The Beatles' moment with their latest transfer target. Tony Pulis and co. infamously rejected the Premier League's current in-form striker, Demba Ba, this time last year. Ba failed a medical at the Britannia Stadium, with Pulis subsequently describing the Senegal international's [.

Neil Warnock's sacking at QPR could have some implications for Spurs' winter transfer plans if the new Loftus Road manager is given a transfer kitty worth up to £20m. Last week, Rangers are reported to have offered £5m for Christopher Samba while Warnock was still at the club and it's thought that the Congolese centre half remains a priority.

In truth, there have been relatively few rumours linking Spurs players into or away from the club and this has been a relatively quiet window so far. However, it seems that Harry Redknapp has spent most of his time deflecting attention away from the majority of players already in the squad.

The prognoses on William Gallas and Sandro are in and it's not good news for the pair who both suffered injuries in our 1-0 win over West Brom in the week.

"They both have tears," Harry Redknapp said. "it's difficult to know how long they will be out for."

However, it seems clear that both players will miss most of this month's action so could that precipitate an early move into the transfer market?

After stating that he didn't expect any transfer activity at White Hart Lane this month, Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has indicated that he would welcome a couple of new faces in order to drive on the club's attempts to cement a top four position at the very least.

Speaking in The Sun, Harry said that anyone coming in would have to be better than the current players in the squad and he believes that they will be hard to find.

January, the start of a new year, is often seen as a month of hope. Resolutions made as the previous year came to an end are still fresh in the mind as is the belief that they will be maintained. That similar resolutions were made (but not kept) before doesn't matter. This time round will be different, this time round I will make it.

There's obviously no transfer news as yet from White Hart Lane but surprisingly, the rumour mill is also a little quiet after the Christmas break.

As far as any potential incomings are concerned, we looked at the possibility of either Christopher Samba or James Tomkins at the back while our search for a striker could see Harry secure the services of Lille's Moussa Sow.

Or knowing Spurs, probably neither: However, there is increasing speculation that defensive cover will be brought in at the Lane this month and there are two players currently dominating the reports.

Christopher Samba is no stranger to these rumours and at the start of the season he hinted at a possible move, suggesting that he'd had enough of playing his football at the wrong end of the table.

Ever since Pep said this: "Because of the injury of Villa we're thinking about promoting Soriano. Problem is he then can't go back to the B-team" in his press conference today, I've been getting q lot of questions about Soriano and his possible promotion. I'm going to address hopefully everything here, adapted from the transfer piece I wrote last summer.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has once again insisted that this will be a quiet month for Spurs and has warned fans not to expect any new arrivals this month.

Speaking to the Mirror over the weekend Harry said,

"It's extremely unlikely we will be doing any business in this window.