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spot on to be honest...

TRANSFER RUMOURS Charlton striker Darren Bent will join West Ham for £18m in a deal that will net the 28-year-old £80,000 a week. (Daily Star) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to bring France striker David Trezeguet to the club in a move which he hopes will keep unsettled skipper Thierry Henry. (The Sun) Sunderland will sign striker David Nugent from Preston for a fee of £6m when he returns from the England Under-21 Championships. (Daily Star) Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce is the latest to be linked with a move for Reading defender Nicky Shorey. (The Sun) West Ham's Argentine forward Carlos Tevez will resolve his future in the next week, with Manchester United and Inter Milan both keen to sign him. (The Times) West Brom want a combined £10m for star duo Jason Koumas and Diomansy Kamara after both Birnmingham and Fulham were reported to have offered £5m for them. (Daily Star) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is lining up a bid for Maccabi Haifa's Israeli striker Roberto Colautti. (Daily Star) Dennis Rommedahl is set to leave Charlton and sign for French club Rennes for £500,000. (The Sun) Former Chelsea and Birmingham defender Mario Melchiot has agreed to join Wigan after leaving French club Rennes. (Daily Mirror) Bolton and Newcastle are both hoping to sign Turkey winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz. (Daily Mirror) Blackburn defender Andy Todd is a £700,000 target for Coventry boss Iain Dowie. (Daily Mirror) OTHER GOSSIP An American consortium is set to make an approach to take over at Blackburn Rovers. (Daily Mirror) Sevilla boss Juande Ramos and former Fulham manager Chris Coleman are two possible candidates for the managerial vacancy at Manchester City. (Daily Mail) Kieran Richardson has denied that he has had a bust-up with England Under-21. (The Sun) AND FINALLY Prime Minister Tony Blair may be asked a question in Parliament next Wednesday over Sheffield United's controversial relegation from the Premier League. (Daily Star) Chelsea striker Didier Drogba wants the team to go a bit "crazy" next season and play more flamboyant football. (Daily Mirror)

Magpies close in on targets SAM ALLARDYCE took a break from managerial duties over the weekend but has been informed that Newcastle United are closing in on two of their top defensive targets. There are hopes on Tyneside that deals could be completed for centre-backs Tal Ben Haim and David Rozehnal by the end of the week. Ben Haim, the Israeli international who is out of contract at Bolton, is mulling over his options and Newcastle have been encouraged by the indications coming from him. After Chelsea pulled out of the race to sign him, the Magpies are confident of sealing the deal and it has emerged Paris St Germain are also expecting to see their man move to St James' Park. Rozehnal, the Czech Republic defender, has been courted by Allardyce for a number of months and sources in the French capital claim PSG have accepted he will be moving on in a deal worth between £2-3m. Borussia Dortmund had also been hoping to secure the services of a player named in the French League's team of the season, but Rozehnal is keen to test himself in the Premiership. "To target some defenders is obviously key," Allardyce said recently. "We need to strengthen the back four for the start of the new season." The Newcastle boss is also expected to cast an eye over the European Under 21 Championships in Holland, where he will monitor the performances of another target, Leighton Baines. Nolberto Solano, meanwhile, could be heading for another club-versus-country row after the midfielder took a step nearer to ending a two-year exile from international football. After making a plea to national team coach Julio Cesar Uribe last week, Solano looks destined to be handed the chance to return to the Peru squad after next month's Copa America. But Allardyce will be all too aware of the extensive travelling involved in commuting to South America. Uribe, though, is unconcerned. "I'm going to talk with him next week," he said. "It is the right moment to do it and give him some peace. "Solano's determination to be in the squad is remarkable. I'm going to call him for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, as I've already decided the 22-man list for the Copa America."

http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/mag/flip/index_flip.html they also say the henry deal to barca is done...

from Sky Sports: Mark Viduka has agreed in principle to join Newcastle United, according to Sky Sports News. The Australian forward's future has been a hot topic of debate for some time, as he has allowed his contract with Middlesbrough to wind down in order to consider all his options. Boro have strived to strike a new deal with their key forward, but he has rebuffed their attempts to persuade him to sign on the dotted line. Newcastle have long been thought to be favourites to secure the services of the former Celtic man, but reports at the start of the week claimed Birmingham had come in with a late gambit. "Until he has actually signed for anybody, there is always a possibility," Blues chairman David Gold told The Sun. If his comments ring true, then Gold will still hold some hope of landing the striker. However, Sky Sports News understands Viduka has opted to pledge his future to Newcastle. Viduka is currently on international duty with Australia so is unlikely to pen a deal in the coming days, but reports suggest he will be trotting out at St James' Park in the new season.

Wigan Athletic beat off Premiership rivals to land Antoine Sibierski Wigan Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of versatile French forward Antoine Sibierski on a free transfer from Newcastle United; the club's second signing of the day. Sibierski was in Wigan today (Monday) to put pen to paper on a two year deal at the JJB Stadium before jetting off on holiday. He will return with the rest of the squad to begin pre-season training later this month. Upon signing for the club, he immediately said: "I am delighted to have my future sorted. The manager impressed me hugely and this is clearly a very ambitious club. I can't wait to get started." Latics beat off stiff competition from other Barclays Premiership clubs to land the highly experienced 32 year-old, who has played 118 times in the Barclays Premiership for Newcastle United, where he was a big hit the Geordie fans. He previously spent three seasons at Manchester City, and has also played at Champions League and UEFA Cup level in France for Lens and Nantes. Sibierski spent the rest of his career in the French First Division for Auxerre, Nantes and his home town club of Lille, making almost 300 appearances. Chris Hutchings said: "Antoine is a player I have admired a lot ever since he came to England. He is strong and committed and will give everything to the cause. He is a player who can fill a number of different positions, in midfield or as a striker and I'm delighted to be able to add him to the squad." Sibierski scored at the JJB Stadium in 2005-2006 season for Manchester City and also appeared for Newcastle at the JJB Stadium in March.

New Wigan Athletic signing Titus Bramble has said that he is delighted to sign for the club: 'As soon as I spoke to the manager my mind was made up.' Titus Bramble has said that he is really looking forward to the challenge at Wigan Athletic, and that he can't wait to meet his new team mates. 'This is a really exciting move for me," he told Wigan Athletic.tv, "and I'm delighted my future is sorted and I can look forward to next season. "As soon as I met Chris Hutchings I knew I wanted to sign for Wigan Athletic. This is a really forward thinking club with big ambitions. He made it clear that he wanted me and that felt great. When I spoke to other players about Wigan and Chris Hutchings they only had good things to say. His reputation as a coach who improves and develops players is excellent. Other clubs did approach me but I know this is the right move at the right time of my career. "I'm still only 25 years old and have a lot to learn. I'm a big believer that you never stop learning in this game and I'm looking forward to improving as a player at Wigan. I have a lot of top flight and European experience already but I'm hungry for more, to do more and at Wigan I'm going to have that opportunity. "I have no regrets about my time at Newcastle! It is a tremendous club with brilliant fans and I thank everyone there for the help and support they gave me while I was there. This is a new challenge and I can't wait for pre season training to begin."

'LE SIB' IS A LATIC! Wigan Athletic manager Chris Hutchings has completed his second signing of the day. Following hot on the heels of the Titus Bramble signing, Wigan Athletic have confirmed that they have also signed Bramble's former Newcastle United team mate, Antoine Sibierski. Local rivals Bolton Wanderers were keen to add the vastly experienced Frenchman to their squad, but Sibierski was delighted to sign a two-year contract at Latics, rather than even enter into talks with Sammy Lee. Speaking of his arrival in Wigan 'Le Sib' said, "I am delighted to have my future sorted. The manager impressed me hugely and this is clearly a very ambitious club." Antoine has seen service with Lille, with whom he started his career, and then he progressed to Auxerre, Nantes and Lens before signing for Manchester City in 2003 in preference to Tottenham Hotspur. It was from the Eastlands outfit that he signed for the Magpies just a couple of hours prior to the August 2006 transfer window closing. He had made 14+12 Premiership appearances and scored three times whilst based at St James' Park. He also played against Latics last season when he was on the losing side following a 1-0 victory for the JJB Stadium's Premier sports team.

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7-0 in offsides...

i will say n'zogbia w/ the equalizer...

what did i miss???

rubbish... solano 's marking on that cross was absolute rubbish...

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