Sunday 13th Sept 2009 Premier Fixtures

Sunday, 13 September 2009

Birmingham v Aston Villa, 12:00

Fulham v Everton, 16:15

Saturdays Premier League fixtures 12th Sept 2009

Saturday, 12 September 2009

Blackburn v Wolverhampton, 15:00

Liverpool v Burnley, 15:00

Man City v Arsenal, 15:00

Portsmouth v Bolton, 15:00

Stoke v Chelsea, 15:00

Sunderland v Hull, 15:00

Tottenham v Man Utd, 17:30

Wigan v West Ham, 15:00

All the latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

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The true cost of taking Carlos Tevez to Manchester City from rivals United may have cost the Eastlands club an astonishing £47m.
Full story: The Times

A spokesman for Kia Joorabchian, who fronts the company that effectively owned Tevez before his switch to Eastlands, insists that figure is "not true".
Full story: Independent

Mexico striker Guillermo Franco claims he has signed a one-year deal with West Ham, bringing to an end Gianfranco Zola's long search for a new forward.
Full story: Daily Mail

Chelsea intend to open new contract talks with Salomon Kalou to fend off an approach from former boss Jose Mourinho, the Inter Milan manager.
Full story: Daily Mail

Goalkeeper Pepe Reina fears Liverpool's title assault may already be over after just four games.

Full story: The Sun

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has taken a swipe at Manchester City by insisting their money is not guaranteed to give them success.
Full story: Sun

Emmanuel Adebayor claims he wanted to stay at Arsenal but was forced to leave the club and join Manchester City because of financial reasons.
Full story: Times

Emmanuel Adebayor claims he will not forgive Arsenal fans for the way they have treated him for as long as he lives.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has earmarked Owen Hargreaves for a return to action in early November.
Full story: Times

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is weighing up a move for Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, 23, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow.
Full story: The Sun

Mexico striker Guillermo Franco, 32, says he is joining West Ham after his deal with Villarreal expired last month and a move to South American champions Estudiantes fell through.
Full story: The Sun

Hull are giving a trial to former Manchester City defender Glauber Berti, the 26-year-old Brazilian is currently unattached.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate is set to launch a £2m bid for Hull striker Caleb Folan, 26. (Daily Star)

Stoke defender Leon Cort is wanted by Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. (Daily Mail)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman is battling Championship rivals Swansea and Doncaster to land Wolves' 19-year-old striker Sam Vokes. (Daily Star)

Sheffield United will move for Ipswich's Northern Ireland centre-half Gareth McAuley, 29, in a long-term loan deal with current Blades centre-back Matt Kilgallon, 25, being targeted by Wigan and Newcastle. (Daily Star)

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Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has cast doubt on his future at the Gunners by telling a Spanish radio station he does not know where he will be playing next season. (Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is attempting to sign Everton striker James Vaughan on loan.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Portsmouth look to have won the race to sign former Sheffield United striker Danny Webber, who is a free agent.
Full story: Daily Mail

Hong Kong billionaire Carson Yeung's proposed takeover of Birmingham City has been delayed until 5 October. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa may be without defender Curtis Davies until the new year following surgery to cure a shoulder injury.
Full story: Daily Mail

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Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is set to offer former West Ham defender Lucas Neill £40,000 a week to join the Black Cats and help solve their injury problems.
Full story: The Sun

Blackburn defender Zurab Khizanishvili is set to sign for Middlesbrough on loan when the Football League transfer window opens on Wednesday.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Hull striker Daniel Cousin has turned down a loan move to Championship side Cardiff City.
Full story: The Sun

Blackburn Rovers are interested in Derry City midfielder Darren McCauley after he impressed on a recent trial at the Premier League club.
Full story: The Sun

Burnley and Hull are to battle it out for out-of-contract Dutch winger Bolo Zenden, whose contract at Marseille has ended.
Full story: The Sun

Brazilian defender Glauber Berti, who was recently released by Manchester City, is set to sign for Hull.
Full story: Daily Mirror

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Manchester City forward Robinho says he would be open to a move to Spanish club Barcelona.
Full story: Guardian

Hull manager Phil Brown may have missed out on Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell in the last transfer window but will now try to sign him on loan in January.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has told Ryan Babel and Albert Riera, who appear to be unhappy at a lack of first-team football, to prove their worth when given the chance if they want more action.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

David Nugent claims the way former Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp treated him at Fratton Park left his confidence in tatters and the striker is now hoping to rebuild his career on loan at Burnley.
Full story: Daily Star

Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has told rivals Manchester City that "this city is not big enough for two big teams".
Full story: Daily Mirror

Rio Ferdinand's defensive team-mate John O'Shea could be out for up to two months after suffering a calf injury while on international duty with the Republic of Ireland. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa also have injury problems as cenrtal defender Curtis Davies is to have a shoulder operation which will rule him out until December. (Daily Mirror)

Nigeria want Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha and Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi to opt to play for them at international level rather than England.
Full story: Daily Mirror

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Manchester United will target Russia and CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev as they look to bring in a replacement for veteran Edwin van der Sar.
Full story: The Sun

Portsmouth could sign former Wigan striker Henri Camara, who is currently without a club, in time to face Bolton on Saturday following talks with the Senegal international.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Newcastle have put the loan move for Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood on hold as he recovers from a foot injury suffered during pre-season.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Australia defender Lucas Neill has agreed to join Atletico Madrid after turning down a new deal to stay at West Ham.
Full story: Daily Mail

West Brom are keen to bring striker Diomansy Kamara back to the Hawthorns by signing him on loan from Fulham.
Full story: Daily Mail

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The transfer ban imposed on Chelsea has scuppered their plans to sign French midfielder Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich in January.
Full story: News of the World

Chelsea's transfer embargo has also ended the London club's hopes of landing Atletico Madrid's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero.
Full story: Daily Star Sunday

Manchester City will demand £10m from Chelsea for striker Daniel Sturridge, who quit Eastlands after rejecting a new contract to move to Stamford Bridge this summer.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City will tell Barcelona that the only way the Blues' Brazilian striker Robinho will move to the Nou Camp is if the Catalans agree to a swap deal that includes Argentine striker Lionel Messi.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Man City could well use Barcelona's interest in Robinho to engineer a swap deal for French striker Thierry Henry.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City striker Benjani will return to former club Portsmouth in January providing he can get fit.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

West Brom are poised to rescue former England defender Nicky Shorey from another season in the Aston Villa wilderness by signing him on loan.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

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Manchester United are facing a battle to hold on to England defender Rio Ferdinand who is a target for both Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Full story: The Sun

Former Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg will meet Gunners boss Arsene Wenger this weekend to discuss a possible loan move back to the Emirates.
Full story: The Sun

Chelsea's transfer embargo will force them to miss out on Swindon's teenage winger Alex Henshall, clearing the way for Premier League rivals Manchester United and Everton.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez wants to sign Cameroon midfielder Modeste M'Bami who is now a free agent after leaving French club Marseille.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Blackpool boss Ian Holloway is in talks with Aston Villa to sign young midfielder Isaiah Osbourne on loan for the rest of the year.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Fifa has warned Chelsea they could have their worldwide transfer ban for poaching Lens teenager Gael Kakuta increased if they lose an appeal against the original punishment, which prevents them buying players until January 2011.

Full story: Daily Star

Football's governing body also insist that the measures dealt out to Chelsea could be just the beginning of the governing body's quest to eradicate player poaching, with the dealings of other English clubs also under investigation.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea captain John Terry says that Arsenal striker Eduardo did dive to earn a penalty during the Champions League tie with Celtic - thus earning the Croat a two-game ban.
Full story: The Sun

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov is preparing to increase his shares in Arsenal over the 29.9% mark, thus automatically triggering a takeover bid for the club.
Full story: The Sun

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has admitted he may quit the Blues when his contract expires at the end of this season.
Full story: The Sun

Burnley are ready to hand hard-up local rivals Accrington Stanley a major cash boost by playing them in a fund-raising friendly at Turf Moor on Tuesday.
Full story: Daily Mirror

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Sunderland striker David Healy could be in line for a loan move to Championship side Coventry. (Daily Star)

Sunderland have already started planning for the next transfer window by setting up a move for Honduras international striker Carlo Costly, who currently plays for Polish side Belchatow.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wigan forward Marlon King has been targeted by Newcastle caretaker manager Chris Hughton as a possible loan signing.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Manchester United could be the next big club to be punished with a transfer ban if they are found guilty of an illegal approach to Le Harve youngster Paul Pogba. (Various)

Former Lens general manager Francois Collado says that he warned Chelsea they would face a transfer ban by continuing their pursuit of Gael Kakuta.
Full story: The Guardian

Liverpool fans will have to wait until the global recession is over before construction resumes on a new stadium. The new venue was originally scheduled to be opened next year.
Full story: The Sun

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is confident of tying midfielder Joe Cole down to a new contract after John Terry, Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole and Jon Mikel Obi agreed new deals.
Full story: The Sun

Wayne Rooney has denied ever diving to win a penalty and claimed he is too honest to try to deceive a referee. (Various)

Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has revealed he rejected a move to Tottenham as too big a step down from current club Real Madrid.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea hit by signings ban

Chelsea have been banned from signing any new players until January 2011.

The punishment was meted out by world governing body Fifa after the club was found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.

A Fifa statement said the Blues would not be able to register new players in the next two transfer windows.

Chelsea insist they will "mount the strongest appeal possible" and say the sanctions are "totally disproportionate to the alleged offence".

A statement from the Premier League club, who will make their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), added: "We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision."

Fifa's dispute resolution chamber (DRC) ruled French winger Kakuta, now 18, must also pay compensation of 780,000 euros (£682,000), for which Chelsea are "jointly and severally liable".

I say well done to FIFA for having the balls to stand up to a big club . One can only hope that the FIFA don't back down under intimidation and stick to their decision, changing the decision to a lesser ban would make a mockery of FIFA.

Former Chelsea player Pat Nevin thinks that could mean problems for Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti.

"He's got a number of worries going ahead," said Nevin, who played for Chelsea between 1983 and 1988.

"He's going to lose a number of players to the African Cup of Nations around January-February time.

"Then there is the World Cup coming up. After a World Cup, your players are tired, and many of the Chelsea players will be involved. They'll need to replenish their squad and, if they fail with this appeal, they won't be able to."

Lens president Gervais Martel said he felt the judgement was fair and would send out a warning message to larger clubs like Chelsea who break the rules.

"We expected this kind of decision. The player was under contract with us and they came and stole him away from us," he said.

"Chelsea didn't follow the rules. They contacted the player when he wasn't even 16 and while he had been contracted to our training group from the age of eight.

"The financial sanction isn't over the top given the nature of the infringement, but it's really quite significant when it comes to not being able to recruit players.

"It's an important message given that protecting up and coming youth players who are contracted to clubs is an issue being followed closely by UEFA president Michel Platini."

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Liverpool's Dutch winger Ryan Babel wants to join Ajax on loan as he says being left out of the team at Anfield could cost him a place at the World Cup.
Full story: The Sun

Spartak Moscow were put off buying Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko on deadline day because Spurs wanted almost £4m more than they paid for him a year ago.
Full story: Daily Star

West Ham are looking at strikers Mark Viduka and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who are both available as free agents (Daily Express).

West Ham also tried to sign Benjani from Manchester City on deadline day but could not track down his agent (Daily Mail).

Hull are also interested in signing former Celtic striker Vennegoor of Hesselink (Daily Mirror).

Injury-plagued Owen Hargreaves has been named in Manchester United's Champions League squad.
Full story: The Sun

Portsmouth goalkeeper David James has been told to keep his mouth shut and carry on playing after complaining that being at the Premier League's bottom club could cost him a place at next summer's World Cup.
Full story: Daily Star

Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich to sign a new deal at the Emirates, says his father, who is also his agent.
Full story: Daily Mirror

New Aston Villa signing Richard Dunne says he believes the team is good enough to earn a Champions League spot.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

West Ham's business strategy under their former Icelandic owners was "fundamentally flawed", says the club's finance director.
Full story: The Guardian

Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon says many players would consider the two-match ban given to Arsenal's Eduardo for diving a price worth paying for the potential rewards a dive may bring their team (Various).

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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy vetoed manager Harry Redknapp's late loan swap attempt on transfer deadline day, which involved winger David Bentley and Manchester City's Martin Petrov. Another loan swap involving Tottenham's Alan Hutton and Sunderland's Anton Ferdinand also fell through.
Full story: The Independent

Harry Redknapp was also interested in West Ham defender Matthew Upson but was put off by the £15m valuation. (Daily Mail)

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce had a disappointing transfer deadline day as offers for Wigan's Maynor Figueroa, ENPPI wing-back Ahmed Al Muhammadi and free agent defender Lucas Neill all failed.
Full story: The Sun

Stoke ran out of time in their attempt to sign Bayern Munich right back Christian Lell after the player could not be located by the German club.
Full story: Daily Mail

New Rangers signing Jerome Rothen has revealed that he turned down Blackburn before deciding to move to Scotland.
Full story: Daily Record

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Tottenham will beat off the late challenge of Everton to land midfielder Niko Kranjcar from Portsmouth.

Full story: The Sun

Everton will sign Johnny Heitinga for £5m on transfer deadline day after the Atletico Madrid defender agreed to compromise on his wage demands.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Portsmouth have rejected an offer from Tottenham which would see goalkeepers David James and Carlo Cudicini swap clubs.
Full story: Daily Mail

Aston Villa are poised to land West Ham defender James Collins for £5m.
Full story: The Sun