Crystal Palace have five days to pay their players or face a possible mass walk-out.
Neil Warnock and his players have not been paid for November as owner Simon Jordan fights "cash-flow" problems.
Under the terms of their contracts, Palace's players must be paid by 14 December - a fortnight after their money was due.
* Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is being targeted by Spurs' north London rivals Arsenal, according to the Russian's agent Oleg Artemov.
* Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hopes to bolster his side's injury-hit defence by signing Sol Campbell.
The former England defender is a free agent after settling his contract dispute with Notts County, who he left a month into a five-year deal in September.
Ferguson is also tracking Bolton's Gary Cahill.
* Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is ready to part with defender Anton Ferdinand in his bid to acquire Tottenham full-back Alan Hutton.
* Everton hope to secure a loan deal for Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan in the new year.
* Manchester City are leading the chase for AC Milan full-back Ignazio Abate.
* Birmingham manager Alex McLeish wants to complete a deal to sign on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on a permanent basis.
* Midfielder Lee Carsley will be an unexpected casualty of McLeish's rebuilding campaign at St Andrew's when the January transfer window opens.
* Fulham have sent a circular to Premier League and Championship clubs to make it be known that strikers Eddie Johnson and David Elm, forward Seol Ki-Hyeon and defenders Fredrik Stoor and Toni Kallio are available for transfer as the Cottagers try to slash their wage bill.
* Portsmouth directors are "working around the clock" to try to save the club from entering administration, a senior source has revealed.
* Midfielder Luca Modric could be on the bench for Tottenham's home game against Wolves on Saturday after recovering from a broken leg and playing 70 minutes of a training-ground friendly against non-League Grays.
*Former Wycombe and Portsmouth boss Tony Adams is being lined up for a return to management for Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls.
* Former Aston Villa, Derby and QPR boss John Gregory has returned to management with Israel's top Arab club Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.
* Tottenham defender Ledley King suffered a setback on his return from a knee injury on Tuesday when he was forced out of a friendly designed to boost his match fitness.
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