Football News - Jan 1st

Today is the opening of the transfer window, so there's lot of speculation about players moving clubs. Here's a selection of transfer rumour circulating currently.

Jermaine Beckford is likely to move to Newcastle in a £2million deal, but not until Leeds have played Man Utd in the 3rd round of the F.A.Cup this weekend. That would be some parting gift if he were to knockout united. Leeds may also lose another of their prize assets, as Middlesborough are ready to bid £3m for Robert Snodgrass.

Roman Pavlyuchenko could be on his way out of Spurs, as a number of Russian clubs are targeting the out of favour striker. However, Tottenham want £13m for him and have said they wont consider a loan move. The Russian has hardly featured this season, with Defoe being in explosive form.

The search is on for Bolton's next manager with a host of well-known names already ruling themselves out. Owen Coyle, Mark Hughes and Paul Jewell have all declared themselves not interested in the vacancy. Stoke City's number 2, Peter Reid, looks like the front runner at the moment with Darren Ferguson also a possible replacement for Gary Megson.