Offshore Toon 0 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 (edited) TRANSFER RUMOURS Arsenal could yet bid £13m for Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins and trigger his release clause. (Daily Express) Chelsea want Sevilla to accept their £14m bid for Daniel Alves - or they will turn to Tottenham's Pascal Chimbonda. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal have sealed a £6m swoop for Auxerre defender Bakari Sagna. (The Sun) Real Madrid are edging closer to a deal for Chelsea's Arjen Robben after his contract negotiations were on the verge of collapse. (Daily Star) Aston Villa are weighing up a £3m raid for Norwegian international defender Brede Hangeland. (The Sun) Sunderland have put in an improved bid of £5m for Wigan left-back Leighton Baines. (The Sun) Everton are ready to bid £3m for Manchester United and England winger Kieran Richardson. (Daily Mirror) Wigan boss Chris Hutchings wants West Ham to forget their end-of-season row over the Carlos Tevez affair and sell them Marlon Harewood. (Daily Star) Trevor Sinclair is set to sign a one-year deal with Cardiff City. (Daily Mirror) Harry Redknapp has finally persuaded Preston striker David Nugent to sign for Portsmouth. (Daily Star) Leicester have joined the race to sign former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler. (Daily Mirror) Bolton have pulled out of a deal for winger Wayne Routledge because Tottenham were asking for £3m. (Daily Express) Norwich hope to bring in Czech striker David Strihavka, who plays for Banik Ostrava. (Daily Telegraph) Newcastle are in talks with Marseille captain Habib Beye over a £2m move. (Daily Star, Daily Mirror) Ipswich are set to bring back striker Pablo Counago, two years after they released him. (Daily Star) Birmingham want Spurs midfielder Hossam Ghaly to replace Leicester-bound Stephen Clemence. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool are lining up a £600,000 double swoop for Millwall's teenage starlets Preston Edwards and David Amoo. (Daily Star) West Brom are involved in a three-way fight with Southampton and Charlton to land Norwich midfielder Youssef Safri. (Daily Mirror) Kilmarnock have taken former Tolouse keeper Damien Rascle on trial. (Daily Record) OTHER GOSSIP Manchester United are ready to call in Fifa and the Football Association to force through their signing of West Ham striker Carlos Tevez. (Various) Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has told his team-mates not to blow the Premier League in the first two months of the season. (Daily Star) Chelsea's Jose Mourinho has stirred the tension with Manchester United by questioning United's summer spending spree. (Various) Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has held initial talks with the club about extending his contract at St Andrews. (Daily Telegraph) Derby have called in football ambassador Craig Brown to try and save Claude Davis' £3m transfer from Sheffield United - he needs a work permit but did not play in 75% of Jamaica's games last year. (Daily Star) Sunderland boss Roy Keane says he is ready to join the Premier League's big spenders. (Daily Star) Charlton's Luke Young is expected to leave the club this summer to move back into the Premier League - but he will cost £3m. (Daily Mirror) Retired Chris Sutton is set to be offered a coaching job at Wycombe by former Celtic team-mate Paul Lambert. (Daily Star) MK Dons boss Paul Ince has begged striker Izale McLeod not to quit the League Two club. Leicester want him for £800,000. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg looks set to seal a £5.5m move to Fiorentina. (Daily Star) Roy Hodgson could go back to Inter Milan as head of international relations. (Daily Mirror) Colin Hendry wants to make James Grady his assistant manager at Clyde. (Daily Record) AND FINALLY Birmingham boss Steve Bruce says he would be on £5m a year if he were still in his pomp as a player at Manchester United. The Blues boss is baffled by how high wages are in football. (Daily Star) Edited July 11, 2007 by Offshore Toon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Boyo 23 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 TRANSFER RUMOURSNewcastle are in talks with Marseille captain Habib Beye over a £2m move. (Daily Star, Daily Mirror) Hope it's true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 0 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 5.5 mill for Ljungberg is a bit much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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