A look at the day's transfer gossip, mainly focussed on Gareth Bale once more...

Jose Mourinho has warned Frank Lampard he will get no special treatment at Chelsea this season (The Sun)

Gareth Bale reported back for training with Tottenham yesterday but - surprise surprise - was too 'injured' to take part (The Sun)

Real Madrid believe they have finally persuaded Tottenham to sell Gareth Bale for a world-record £87m (Daily Mail)

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is ready to admit defeat over Gareth Bale - after the Wales star told Andre Villas-Boas that he wants to leave (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are ready to sanction a £95m cash-plus-player deal after Gareth Bale last night told them he's desperate to join Real Madrid (Daily Star)

Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and they will tell the Spanish club that the prospect of a deal would increase if the striker Alvaro Morata were included as a makeweight (The Guardian)

Steven Gerrard has revealed he has told Luis Suarez he should only leave Liverpool for Real Madrid or Barcelona, but that first the Uruguayan striker should experience Champions League football at Anfield rather than compromise with a move to Arsenal (The Independent)