Friday Paper gossip

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Sven-Goran Eriksson will take over as Man City boss next week - and will launch an audacious bid for Newcastle striker Michael Owen. (Various)

 

Newcastle have won the race to sign Man Utd misfit Alan Smith for £3.5m. (Daily Mirror)

 

Liverpool will increase their bid for West Ham's Yossi Benayoun to £4.5m. (Various)

 

Charlton are ready to accept Spurs' £16m bid for striker Darren Bent. (Guardian)

 

Real Madrid say they are winning the race to sign West Ham's Carlos Tevez - and will pay £30m. (Various)

 

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill wants to buy England Under-21 keeper Scott Carson from Liverpool for £3.5m. (Daily Mirror)

 

O'Neill is also keen on luring Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips for £10m. (Daily Star)

 

Sunderland will clinch the £7m signing of Preston's David Nugent next week. (Various)

 

Reading's Seol Ki-Hyeon is on the verge of a £1m move to Fulham. (Various)

 

Hibs want Newcastle's highly-rated Republic of Ireland winger Alan O'Brien. (Daily Record)

 

Charlton's £3m defender Luke Young is wanted by Bolton, Newcastle and Aston Villa. (Daily Mirror)

 

Crystal Palace want to sign Chelsea's Scott Sinclair on a season-long loan. (Daily Express)

 

Middlesbrough are chasing Fulham defender Liam Rosenior and could consider a swap deal involving James Morrison. (Daily Star)

 

Juventus are set to launch a bid for Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins. (Daily Star)

 

Bolton are ready to step up their £6m battle with Marseille to sign Djibril Cisse. (The Sun)

 

Bordeaux's Laurent Blanc wants to hijack Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp's attempt to sign France midfielder Alou Diarra for £5.8m. (Daily Mirror)

 

Liverpool's hopes of landing Fernando Torres have hit a setback as Atletico Madrid are refusing to drop their £27m asking price. (The Sun)

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

Sven-Goran Eriksson will receive an annual salary of either £2m (Guardian), £3m (Daily Telegraph), £6m (The Times) or £8m (Daily Mail) when he takes over at Man City.

 

Former Celtic star Neil Lennon has blasted Rangers for 'surrendering' their crown to the Bhoys. (Daily Record)

 

New Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to make the club as big as rivals United. (Various)

 

Newcastle's England Under-21 star Steven Taylor says David Bentley and Gabriel Agbonlahor must be "kicking themselves" for missing the European Championship. (Various)

 

South African billionaire Johann Rupert has emerged as a possible bidder for Blackburn Rovers. (Various)

 

Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung Ka-Shing wants to wrap up a £70m takeover of Birmingham by 11 August. (The Sun)

 

 

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AND FINALLY

Wayne Rooney is relaxing with Coleen McLoughlin after last weekend's England WAG wedding fest with a break in Las Vegas - and will cheer on Ricky Hatton against Jose Luis Castillo on Saturday. (Daily Mirror)

 

Man Utd winger Ryan Giggs is considering a new career when he retires from football - as a reality TV star. (Daily Star)

[Mowen 0]

The beeb (or maybe skysports.com) was running a story listing us as one of three clubs (along with pompey and one other, can't remember who) chasing Kanoute as well.

[Matty 0]

Young would be a good signing.

[Tom 13915]

Agreed.

[Scottish Mag 3]

Young would be a good signing.

 

Do you think? Had one decent season for Charlton a couple of years back but other than that has always looked very average to me. His England call up has also meant that the figures they talk about him going for have always been crazy too.

[Matty 0]

Young would be a good signing.

 

Do you think? Had one decent season for Charlton a couple of years back but other than that has always looked very average to me. His England call up has also meant that the figures they talk about him going for have always been crazy too.

 

 

Solid, reliable right back I think. Not so keen on him at centre half though.

 

 

I just really think we need some full backs in sooner than later.