Matt Holland (right)? Not only has he been instrumental in Ipswich Town's spooky rise to fourth place in the Premiership this season, not only did he score that goal against Portugal, he also has a horse named after him - a horse that won his first race at Worcester a couple of months back. Well, your luck has to run out some time, and our English tabloid spies tell us Chelsea want to sign the midfielder. Whether he'll choose to join the relegation battlers remains to be seen.

Remember John Sheridan? He's 36 these days, and plying his trade at Oldham - but Cardiff City desperately want to up the average age of their squad so have taken a shine to the former Re-pub-a-lic of Ireland midfielder. Seamless link: the lad currently keeping goal at Sheridan's Oldham is Gary Kelly and his little brother, Alan, has had his transfer request accepted by Blackburn. Meanwhile, new Wolves manager Dave Jones has declared his intention to sign Sunderland defender Paul Butler, who spent time on loan at Wolves before Colin Lee was sacked. Bradford's Irish international Gareth Whalley could also be on the move soon after being placed on the transfer list, while Spurs' Neale Fenn will be looking for a new club too after being told he's being released at the end of the season. And Middlesbrough want Denis Irwin who, we've read, will be offered £30,000 a week.