Sunday, 15 August 2010

All the latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

All the latest Premier League gossip and transfer news, you can use the links to go to the news paper or media which published the story, this will be a weekly round up of what the papers have been saying.



15th Aug

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is preparing a £10m raid on his old club Chelsea for striker Didier Drogba.
Full story: Sunday People

Manchester United will move for Porto midfielder Raul Meireles if they fail to land Werder Bremen's Mesut Ozil.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Marseille are considering an offer for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov and are also keen on Tottenham forward Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Full story: imscouting

Man United are battling it out with Arsenal to sign Paris St Germain's 20-year-old French defender Mamadou Sakho, who is valued at £12m.
Full story: caughtoffside

Barcelona have moved ahead of Inter Milan in the race to sign Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano by offering £15m plus winger Alexander Hleb.
Full story: Sunday People

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner could be about to sanction a £20m move for Tottenham's midfielder David Bentley and striker Robbie Keane.
Full story: caughtoffside

West Ham striker Carlton Cole is a target for new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson.
Full story: Mail on Sunday

Liverpool are also keen on Cole's Hammers team-mate, utility player Valon Behrami as well as Tottenham striker Giovani dos Santos.
Full story: caughtoffside

Brazil legend Pele has urged teenage striker Neymar to stay with Santos and reject a move to Premier League leaders Chelsea.
Full story: Mail on Sunday

Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer is on the verge of completing his 'dream' move to Arsenal.
Full story: News of the World

Tottenham have placed a 'staggering' £10m price tag on midfielder Jermaine Jenas as Spurs look to fund a move for Hammers star Scott Parker.
Full story: News of the World

Spurs could increase their initial £7m offer for Parker to £12m with boss Harry Redknapp keen to land the 29-year-old.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Tottenham are set to launch a £10.6m bid for Nice striker Loic Remy on Monday.
Full story: imscouting

Sunderland are considering a move for Fulham striker Bobby Zamora with boss Steve Bruce also keen on Tottenham's Peter Crouch and Manchester City's Craig Bellamy.
Full story: News of the World

Steve Bruce is also keen on Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia who recently demanded a transfer and stormed out of a training session.
Full story: News of the World

Sunderland could pay up to £10m for Frenchman N'Zogbia.
Full story: Sunday People

Brazilian forward Robinho is set to be offered one last chance to prove himself at Manchester City.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City are set to sell Robinho to Turkish side Fenerbahce for just under half of the £32.5m they paid Real Madrid for him two summers ago. (Sunday Times)

Arsenal are weighing up a £9m move for Blackburn Rovers teenage centre back Phil Jones.
Full story: caughtoffside

Manchester City will complete their summer spending with the £25m signing of Bordeaux's France midfielder Yoann Gourcuff.
Full story: caughtoffisde

Bolton and Middlesbrough are locked in a £2m battle to sign Sunderland centre-back Matt Killgallon.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Fulham boss Mark Hughes wants to hijack Birmingham City's move for Olympiakos striker Matt Derbyshire.
Full story: Sunday People

Mark Hughes is also close to sealing the signing of former Chelsea and Barcelona star Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Full story: Sunday People

Blackpool are keen to sign veteran Birmingham striker Marcus Bent on loan.
Full story: Sunday People

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says that Fabio Capello's eventual replacement as England manager should be English.
Full story: Mail on Sunday

Everton defender Phil Jagielka will never rule himself out of England contention because it would upset his parents.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Robinho, Craig Bellamy, Jo, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Roque Santa Cruz and Felipe Caicedo will ask for a similar £2m pay-off as Stephen Ireland before they agree to leave Manchester City.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Aston Villa want Ajax boss Martin Jol as a possible replacement for Martin O'Neill.
Full story: Mail on Sunday

Martin Jol will deal Villa a blow by ruling himself out of the running to replace recently departed manager O'Neill.
Full story: Sunday Express

Veteran 39-year-old goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar says it is time for the new generation of Manchester United players to step up to the plate as the club chase their 19th league title.
Full story: Daily Mail

14th Aug

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp wants former Arsenal defender William Gallas at White Hart Lane.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Redknapp feels Tottenham could win the Premier League with three new signings - but the chances of landing all three are "quite slim".
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko could be on his way out of White Hart Lane with Marseille keen on the Russia star.
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Croatia's Stipe Pletikosa is on the verge of sealing a loan move to Tottenham with the 31-year-old Spartak Moscow keeper on trial with the north London club.
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Fulham boss Mark Hughes believes he can bring the best out of striker Craig Bellamy, whose future at Manchester City appears to doomed after criticising manager Robert Mancini's approach.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Mark Hughes is closing in on a £1.5m deal for Algeria World Cup defender Rafik Halliche from Benfica.
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Manchester City keeper Shay Given could be joining Arsenal after being told Joe Hart will be the club's number one.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal face competition from Celtic in the pursuit of Republic of Ireland international keeper Given, with Manchester City preferring to sell the 34-year-old to the Scottish club rather than a Premier League rival.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Fulham are also keen to land Given as a replacement for Mark Schwarzer, who has been attracting the interest of the Gunners.
Full story: Guardian

Schwarzer has handed in transfer request to Fulham as he tries to force through a move to Arsenal.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Chelsea are weighing up a move for Real Madrid's France striker Karim Benzema.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

Chelsea have been warned off trying to sign Stoke's Bosnia ­international goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Manchester United are set to make a last-ditch bid for Bayer Leverkusen's German international keeper Rene Adler.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

Wigan are close to securing a season-long loan for Chelsea's Argentine striker Franco di Santo, who spent last season on loan at Blackburn.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wigan are also keen on Orebro SK's Finland striker Roni Porokara.
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Blackburn Rovers are still in race for Fenerbahce's £5m-rated Spanish striker Dani Guiza.
Full story: Daily Mail

Birmingham City are nearing a £2m move for Sunderland defender George McCartney and are to hold talks about taking striker Matt Derbyshire on loan from Olympiakos.
Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle have edged closer to sealing the signing of Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa after he was left out of the French club's weekend squad.
Full story: Daily Mail

Liverpool are preparing an offer for Manchester City's Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

The Reds have also made enquiries about Anderlecht's 17-year-old Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku.
Full story: imscouting.com

Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac could also be on his way to Liverpool, according to French reports.
Full story: imscouting.com

Liverpool have agreed a fee of £12.3m plus midfielder Alexander Hleb with Barcelona in return for Reds star Javier Mascherano.
Full story: imscouting.com

Arsenal striker Jay Simpson is in fresh talks with Hull City to clinch his £1.2m switch to Nigel Pearson's Tigers.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea's stars are at 'war' with owner Roman Abramovich who has infuriated his Double winners by scrapping and slashing the squad's bonuses.

Full story: the Sun

Steven Gerrard says he would love to play alongside Mikel Arteta in an England midfield. The Everton star has not been capped for Spain and qualifies to play for England through the residency rule.
Full story: talksport.co.uk

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has launched an attack on the Premier League's new "home-grown" rule, describing the introduction as "ridiculous".
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Chelsea have secured first refusal on future Fluminese stars as part of the deal that took midfielder Deco to the Brazilian side.
Full story: Daily Mail

Blackburn Rovers have moved a step closer to a £300m takeover by Western Gulf Advisory, a Bahrain-Swiss-based investment company who are owned by Ahsan Ali Syed.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

The US Soccer Federation has dismissed reports that coach Bob Bradley has resigned, quashing rumours that the American could be on the verge of becoming Aston Villa's new manager.
Full story: the Guardian

Winger Charles N'Zogbia stormed out of training at Wigan on Friday, casting fresh doubts on his future.
Full story: Daily Mirror

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