Saturday's Transfer Gossip

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Chelsea are closing in on Sevilla's 25-year-old Brazilian right-back Daniel Alves. (Daily Mirror)

 

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate will step up his bid to sign striker Alan Smith when Manchester United return from their tour of Asia. (The Sun)

 

Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez is on the verge of capturing Republic of Ireland B international striker Roy O'Donovan from Cork. (Daily Mirror)

 

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster could make an offer for Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack. (Daily Mail)

 

Aston Villa are to battle with Newcastle for FC Copenhagen centre-half Brede Hangeland and Porto right-back Jose Bingwa. (Daily Mail)

 

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray could be poised to launch a raid for Celtic striker Derek Riordan. (Daily Record)

 

Celtic could be closer to snapping up out-of-favour Barcelona striker Santi Ezquerro. (Daily Record)

 

Hull are poised to sign striker Richard Cresswell from Leeds in a £700,000 deal. (The Sun)

 

Tottenham have joined West Ham in showing interest in Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer. (Daily Mirror)

 

Everton boss David Moyes has offered Wigan £4m plus a squad player for defender and lifelong Toffees fan Leighton Baines. (Daily Mirror)

 

That could lead to Wigan boss Chris Hutchings taking Lee Carsley from Goodison Park, although the midfielder previously snubbed the Lactics when a free agent a few months ago. (Daily Mirror)

 

Chelsea could be ready to go back to Tottenham for French full-back Pascal Chimbonda. (Daily Mirror)

Mikael Silvestre has snubbed a move to Newcastle because he refuses to play with Joey Barton, who had a training ground fight with his good pal Ousmane Dabo at Manchester City. (The Sun)

 

Arsenal new boy Eduardo da Silva, who signed from Dynamo Zagreb in July, has had his request for a work permit turned down by the Home Office. (The Sun)

 

Carlos Tevez's controversial move to Manchester United will finally go through next week. (Daily Star)

 

 

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has told major new shareholder Carson Yeung he won't be bullied into buying any Chinese players he feels are not up to the rigours of the Premier League. (Various)

 

Former West Brom striker Lee Hughes will resume his career at Oldham when he is released from prison next month following a conviction for causing death by dangerous driving. (Daily Star)

 

 

 

 

AND FINALLY

How much will England captain John Terry earn in his new five-year Chelsea deal? Well it could be £35m (Sun, Daily Express), £35.1m (Daily Mail), £34m (Daily Star)

 

France striker Thierry Henry insists he will miss hearing the boos from the Tottenham supporters this season after quitting English football with Arsenal for Barcelona. (The Sun)

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Mikael Silvestre has snubbed a move to Newcastle because he refuses to play with Joey Barton, who had a training ground fight with his good pal Ousmane Dabo at Manchester City. (The Sun)

 

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