1. West Ham United are ready to trump Birmingham City for striker Mauro Zarate.
The Sun says Hammers boss Alan Curbishley is planning an £18million raid for Argie striker Zarate.
Zarate, 21, is on loan at Birmingham from Al-Sadd in Qatar.
2. West Ham boss Alan Curbishley admits he and his players could miss out on some decent bonuses if they fail to finish in the top half of the Premier League.
The Hammers are 10th in the table after suffering their fifth loss in seven games against Portsmouth at Upton Park on Tuesday night.
It has been suggested that the team are coasting towards the end of the season but Curbishley insists that is not the case.
Curbishley said: "Everything this year, especially bonuses, is geared to finishing in the top 10 - and there is nothing for not being in the top 10.
"So for people to believe we have switched off is wrong. We need to be in that top 10 to take anything from the season.
"That's me as well, it's everybody, we are all in it. And that's why it is so disappointing to come up with flat performances like the one against Portsmouth.
"We thought it was a winnable fixture with them just having reached the FA Cup final, but it was a flat night all round which just got flatter.
"We didn't lift the crowd and they didn't lift us. Now in the last five games we've got to win two or three or we won't stay in the top half and the season will just fizzle out."
3. West Ham United boss Alan Curbishley has been told he needs to cut his squad numbers for next season.
The Daily Mail says Curbishley has been told by owner and chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson to trim the players' wage costs at the end of the season but a catalogue of long-term injuries means that it is impossible for the Hammers boss to make any long-term plans with his squad.
Billionaire Gudmundsson, who bought out Eggert Magnusson's five per cent stake in the club earlier this season, is also chairman and major owner of Icelandic bank, Landsbanki which, like most major financial institutions, has been hit by the credit crunch in recent months.
4. Ricki Herbert has organised a 2 week trial for Oly-Whites Keeper Jacob Spoonley at Cardiff. Spoonley was recently released in the hope of finding more game time and it is believed Cardiff are quite keen on him.
5. Auckland City Centre Back Ben Sigmund is the latest to join the Phoenix collection of Centre Backs. The current All White and former Kingz player will link up with the Phoenix as soon as Auckland City's NZFC campaign finishes.
6. Following several disputes with Con Constantine over club management which has ultimately led to an exodus of players from the Newcastle club, GVE has decided that he may well follow the same fate. There aren't too many coaching jobs opening up in this off season, but GVE has reportadly decided to "quit while he is ahead" and wait for a new job to come along
7. Ball playing Soccerro defender/midfielder and Melbourne reject Ljubo Milicevic is about to join Ruben Zadkovich in signing for Newcastle Jets.
8. A reliable inside source from the Central Coast Mariners has told me that in a unpredicted move Andrew Clark will join Adelaide United for a one year deal. It is unknown if the contract has a 2nd year option, but it is worth slightly less than the mariners were paying him.
9. Perth glory are trying to use their connections with Man City by tieing up a deal for striker Paul Dickov
10. After a dissappoining season in the Dutch 2nd division Ivan will join the Phoenix as Ross Aloisi's replacement. He can also play as a centre back. Ivan's wife has been spot looking at Real Estate in Wellington.
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