Football Rumours

Portsmouth have taken French defender Lucien Aubrey on loan from Lens until the summer, with a possible permanent deal to follow

Commitment seems to be a lost word for Portsmouth's new signing Lassana Diarra. On arrival from Arsenal he said: "The people at Portsmouth know I will not spend my life at this club. If I shine, if a really big club wants me, I know that everything will go well."

QPR owner Flavio Briatore said he was part of Bernie Ecclestone's bid to buy Chelsea but missed out to Roman Abramovich. He now says he will take QPR into the Champions League in four years.

The Republic of Ireland are keen to make former Liverpool boss Gerrard Houllier their new coach.

Chelsea's recent ?15m recruit Nicolas Anelka has told fellow striker Didier Drogba to stay at the club and not to make the same mistake he did in leaving the Premier League.

Wigan want Motherwell forward Ross McCormack, who has been targeted by Middlesbrough

Rangers boss Walter Smith could move for West Ham's out-of-favour defender Christian Dailly now that Ugo Ehiogu looks set to move to Sheffield United. However, Dailly has already turned down a move back to Scotland for family reasons.

Sunderland want Olivier Kapo from Birmingham but Wigan are also interested in the midfielder.

Portsmouth are set to offload defender Djimi Traore to French side Rennes.

Tottenham's hopes of signing Brazilian striker Fred have been dealt a blow after the club and player failed to agree personal terms.