Mondays Gossip

[Ketsbaia 0]

Manchester City are set to sign keeper Marco Amelia for £5m from Livorno and midfielder Mark Bresciano for £3m from Palermo. (Various)

 

City have turned down a bid from Middlesbrough for striker Georgios Samaras. (Daily Mirror)

 

Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze, who wants to join Liverpool, has been ordered to turn up to training on Monday for showdown talks. (Various)

 

Bolton striker El-Hadji Diouf is considering a move to Lyon. (Various)

 

Everton are confident of snapping up Wigan defender Leighton Baines for £6m this week. (Various)

 

And manager David Moyes will soon discover if his £11m bid for Porto midfielder Luis Gonzalez has been successful. (Express)

 

Manager Sam Allardyce says Newcastle will hold out for £8m for Kieron Dyer or his move to West Ham is off.

 

The Magpies upped the fee from £6m at the 11th hour after deciding the midfielder was undervalued. (Various)

 

Aston Villa will spend £17m this week on Hearts keeper Craig Gordon and West Brom defender Curtis Davies. (Guardian)

Sunderland are also chasing Gordon, while they aim to boost their attack with the signing of Tottenham striker Mido in a £6m deal. (Various)

 

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will let unsettled midfielder Lassana Diarra leave the club, but will not sanction a move to rivals Arsenal. (Telegraph)

 

Young Gunners striker Carlos Vela has joined Osasuna on loan. (Various)

 

Portsmouth are not interested in bring re-signing striker Yakubu. (Telegraph)

 

Derby are tracking Sheffield United striker Jon Stead and Portsmouth defender Andy O'Brien. (Telegraph)

 

Portsmouth are ready to sell midfielder Gary O'Neil. Fulham are keen. (Mirror)

 

Fulham are set for a double swoop on Watford. They want to sign Jay De Merit and Hameur Bouazza. (Telegraph)

 

Blackburn will block Fulham's moves for striker Jason Roberts. (Telegraph)

 

Celtic striker Derek Riodran is set for a move to Sheffield Wednesday. (Record)

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

England head coach Steve McClaren will ask Jamie Carragher to come out of international retirement following John Terry's injury. (Various)

 

Manager Dennis Wise has set Leeds a target of 105 points to win League One after a 15-point deduction. (Guardian)

 

Leeds chairman Ken Bates missed the club's 2-1 firendly defeat to Wigan on Saturday, staying at home in Monte Carlo instead. (Express)

 

Former Gretna boss Rowan Alexander will take legal action against the club unless he's granted showdown talks with owner Brooks Mileson. (Daily Record)

 

West Ham striker Dean Ashton, who missed the whole of last season with a broken ankle, has vowed to make fans forget the departure of Carlos Tevez by finding his form from the off. (Various)

 

Ajax winger Dennis Rommedahl, whose side lost to Arsenal in a friendly at the weekend, believes the Gunners are too young and weak to win the Premier League this season. (Various)

 

Striker Jay Bothroyd could be heading for the Wolves exit after flicking a V-sign at boss Mick McCarthy as he celebrated a goal in Saturday's friendly defeat to Reading. (Mail)

 

AND FINALLY

 

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney sported a new look at Wembley on Sunday. As well as donning the number 10 shirt, when he took it off he revealed a shaved chest. (Star)

 

Roy Mitchell, writer of BBC drama New Tricks, named his characters after West Brom players and nobody realised for three series. (Star)

[Dr Gloom 19788]

assuming this is true, why didn't we decide the player was undervalued BEFORE we agreed a fee with west ham?

 

micky mouse tbh. even fat fred wouldn't have done that.

[Row Z 0]

What a farce

[TheMoog 0]

Does make you wonder doesn't it, personally I'd have liked to see him go for the £6m.

[Holden McGroin 4833]

Not sure what is going on. Wouldnt be surprised if he failed his medical tbh.

[Ketsbaia 0]

Either something has went on behind the scenes or Ashley is still really naive when it comes to running a football club. I think it'll probably be the latter as from what i've heard he does seem to be a bit of a nutter when conducting his business dealings, he probably thought he could pull the same shite off here and get away with it.

[JawD 31]

I think there is more to it than any of us know, judging from the various comments.

[Fop 1]

Not sure what is going on. Wouldnt be surprised if he failed his medical tbh.

 

He passed his medical.

 

I suspect the reasons for the sudden £2m increase in valuation (after rejecting £2m and £4m and agreeing on £6m) have more to do with other issues.

 

 

They'd probably tell West Ham he was undervalued, rather than put the real reason out into the potentially public domain (which would further alienate the player from sections of fans if he ends up staying).