Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Thursday's gossip column

Transfers Other gossip And finally

BREAKING GOSSIP

Breaking gossip will appear here throughout the day.

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester United have been told they will have to pay £40m if they want to sign Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa.
Full story: The Sun

Cash-strapped Portsmouth have put their entire squad up for sale.
Full story: Daily Star

Manchester City are set to sign former Arsenal midfielder and Patrick Vieira from Inter Milan on Thursday.
Full story: The Sun

City boss Roberto Mancini is also expected to land Palermo centre-half Simon Kjaer for £18m.
Full story: The Sun

A player who could be on his way out of Eastlands is Roque Santa Cruz, with Espanyol keen to sign City's Paraguay striker on loan.
Full story: The Sun

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is tracking CFR Cluj's 6ft 8ins Ivorian striker Lacine Traore - dubbed 'The New Adebayor'.
Full story: Daily Mirror Tottenham are ready to offer captain Robbie Keane as bait to secure a deal for Aston villa striker John Carew.
Full story: Daily Star Everton are considering a deal for out-of-favour Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy as boss David Moyes looks to boost his options in attack.
Full story: Daily Mail

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is ready to capitalise on the financial uncertainty around crisis club Portsmouth by attempting to hi-jack their bid to re-sign Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara on loan.
Full story: Daily Mirror

West Ham hope to wrap up a loan deal for Fiorentina's former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu early next week.
Full story: Daily Star

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has launched a £9m bid for Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones.
Full story: Various

Sunderland want to replace Jones with Schalke 04 striker Kevin Kuranyi.
Full story: Daily Mirror

And Black Cats manager Steve Bruce is on the verge of signing £5.5m Hamburg defender Guy Demel. (The Sun)

McLeish, meanwhile, is set to improve his offer for Liverpool forward Ryan Babel from £8m to £10m.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Blackburn winger Morten Gamst Pedersen is wanted by Greek champions Olympiacos - but they are unwilling to meet Rovers' £1.8m valuation.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Bolton could make a move for Eskisehirspor's Bosnia defender Safet Nadarevic, who is due for talks with Bolton on Monday.
Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle will target Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi, nicknamed 'the Tank', if they make it back to the Premier League but the Italian club want more than £5m for their striker.
Full story: The Sun

Magpies boss Chris Hughton has received a setback after Sheffield United centre-back Matt Kilgallon decided he will remain at Bramall Lane until his contract expires in the summer, despite the clubs having agreed £2m fee.
Full story: The Sun

The Blades want to take Kyle Naughton back from Tottenham on loan - the full-back has played only once since his joint £12m summer transfer with Kyle Walker.
Full story: Daily Mail

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United defender Gary Neville is set to retire from football at the end of the season.
Full story: The Sun

West Ham are the target of £100m takeover offer, which could lead to a bidding war for the Upton Park club.
Full story: The Sun

LA Galaxy midfielder David Backham may have nowhere to play once his AC Milan loan deal ends in May because Major League Soccer faces a strike. International players union DIDPro is deadlocked in talks with MLS about a new deal for all players in the United States and the league is threatening a lock-out if a new contract is not signed by 31 January.
Full story: The Sun

AND FINALLY

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he once tried to sign legendary AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini - only to be rebuffed by his father, the former Italy boss Cesare Maldini. "I always wanted to get Paolo here but it was impossible," said the Scot.

"I met his father at a game and told him how much I'd love to have his son at United. Cesare smiled at me and said 'My grandfather was Milan, my father was Milan, I played for Milan and now my son is Milan'. And that was it - story over!"
Full story: The Sun

Michael Oliver will become the youngest referee in Premier League history when he takes charge of Fulham's home game against Portsmouth on Saturday at the age of 24. (Daily Mail)

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