Thursday's Trash Talk

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

 

Real Madrid have targeted Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and are willing to meet the troubled White Hart Lane outfit's £20m price tag. (The Daily Star)

 

Chelsea are targeting Barcelona defender Juliano Belletti. (The Sun)

Birmingham want to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Peter Luccin. (Daily Mirror)

 

Aston Villa are trailing Porto right-back Jose Bowswinga. (The Sun)

Watford's Darius Henderson, whose club turned down a £1.5m offer from Fulham for the striker, has put in a request for a transfer. (Daily Mirror)

 

West Ham could give El Hadji Diouf a way out of Bolton by making a £10m bid for the Senegal international. (The Sun)

 

Wigan will hold talks with Celta Vigo left-back Diego Placente as they try to lure the Argentine to the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

 

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson wants a striker and two midfielders before the transfer window closes. (Independent)

 

Birmingham and Portsmouth are vying to sign Fulham midfielder papa Bouba Diop. (Independent)

Sunderland offered more cash and midfielder Graham Kavanagh for defender Danny Higginbotham but had their offer rejected by Stoke. (Daily Star)

 

Aston Villa will step up their bid to sign West Brom defender Curtis Davies by bidding an increased £8m. (Times)

 

Arjen Robben's expected move to real Madrid will give Chelsea the fund to finally complete the signing of Sevilla right-back Daniel Alves. (Times)

 

Fulham will make a £1.5m move for Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (Scottish Sun)

 

Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski may return to former club Wisla Krakow on a loan deal. (Mirror)

 

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

England are investigating Manchester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel's international status to see if there is any chance of him forsaking Denmark for Steve McClaren's side. (Daily Mirror)

 

Everton defender Leighton Baines, who joined the Toffees from Wigan earlier this month, is back in training after a hamstring problem and could make his debut against Blackburn on Saturday. (The Sun)

 

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is on the brink of signing a new contract after agreeing a three-year deal. (Various)

 

Paul Scholes has told his Manchester United team-mates they need to end their goalscoring woes against fellow strugglers Tottenham. (Various)

 

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is to voice concerns over his prospects at the club to manager Sir Alex Ferguson. (Daily Express)

 

Neil Warnock, Craig Brewster and Owen Coyle are in the running to manage Inverness Caley thistle. (Daily Record)

 

 

 

AND FINALLY

 

Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov may have his attentions distracted as he battles for supremacy in Lithunia's equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing. (Daily Record)

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Nowt about us. A few players we have been linked too are in there as well linked to new clubs.

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Nowt about us. A few players we have been linked too are in there as well linked to new clubs.

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...sea/6960495.stm

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Ah fuck. Was hoping that we'd get him. That possibley means Ferreira or Johnson is now available from Chelsea. Possibly the latter.

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Chelsea agree deal for Belletti

 

Belletti scored his first goal for Barca in the Champions League

Chelsea have agreed a deal to bring Barcelona right-back Juliano Belletti to Stamford Bridge.

The 31-year-old Brazilian will seal a reported two-year deal once he has agreed personal terms and completed a medical in London.

 

Belletti joined Barcelona in 2004 from Villarreal but only made 13 appearances for the Catalan club last season.

 

The Brazilian scored the winning goal in Barcelona's Champions League win over Arsenal in 2006.

 

Chelsea are believed to have turned their attention to Belletti after their attempt to sign Dani Alves stalled again.

 

Sevilla turned down two improved offers for the full-back this week, with Chelsea and Real Madrid both in the hunt.

 

from BBC.

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