Thursday transfer gossip

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

 

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will make a £13m bid for Newcastle striker Obefemi Martins. (Various)

 

Chelsea have had a £12m bid for Lyon midfielder Florent Malouda rejected. (Various)

 

Sven-Goran Eriksson will make Middlesbrough striker Yakubu his first signing. (Daily Mirror)

 

Barcelona are ready to make a £15m bid for Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard. (The Times)

 

Sunderland boss Roy Keane wants Kieran Richardson from Manchester United. (Daily Mirror)

 

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has pleaded with Argentine international team-mate Carlos Tevez to join him at Anfield. (Daily Star)

 

Rangers target Julien Faubert has gone on strike at Bordeaux after the French club refused to sell him. (Daily Record)

 

West Ham are willing to pay Carlos Tevez £115,000 a week to keep him at the club for another year. (Daily Mail)

 

Martin O'Neill is to launch a fresh £8m bid for West Ham's Nigel Reo-Coker. (Various)

 

O'Neill may have to fight off an attempted hijack of the move by prospective Man City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson. (The Times)

 

West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is looking at Bolton's Kevin Nolan as a possible replacement for Nigel Reo-Coker. (The Sun)

 

Shaun Wright-Phillips will reject a move to Man City if Sven-Goran Eriksson takes over. (Daily Mail)

 

Andy van der Meyde is likely to be kicked out of Everton after reportedly criticising coach David Moyes on Dutch TV. (Daily Mirror)

 

Sunderland have had a £3m bid for Wigan defender Leighton Baines rejected. (Daily Mail)

 

Arsenal and Tottenham are battling to sign Lyn Oslo's Norwegian striker Chinedu Ogbuke. (Daily Mirror)

 

Spurs are close to securing a deal to sell Reto Ziegler to Sampdoria for £1.4m. (The Times)

 

Celtic plan to make a £2m swoop for Watford defender Dan Shittu. (Daily Mirror)

 

Reading's Nicky Shorey will snub Newcastle and West Ham by signing a new contract at the Royals. (Daily Mail)

 

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is interested in signing West Ham's £3m-rated striker Marlon Harewood. (Various)

 

Bristol City will confirm the signing of Hibernian's Northern Ireland winger Ivan Sproule on Thursday. (Daily Mirror)

 

Lee McCulloch is tipped to complete a move from Wigan to Rangers for £2.5m. (The Times)

 

Nigerian international midfielder Oneykachi Okonkwo is being watched by Premier League new boys Birmingham and Derby. (The Sun)

 

League One Nottingham Forest have slapped a £1.5m price tag on wing wizard Kris Commons. (Daily Star)

 

Former Brentford striker Lloyd Owusu is keen on a move to Yeovil. (Various)

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

Real Madrid coach will sack coach Fabio Capello on Thursday because club chiefs blame him for David Beckham's exit. (Daily Mirror)

 

Prospective Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has taken his holding in the club to 65% (The Sun)

 

Barcelona financial director Ferran Soriano claims Thierry Henry first contacted the club over a move back in May after David Dein left the Emirates Stadium. (The Sun)

 

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AND FINALLY

 

David Beckham and Kate Moss are going to be godparents to the newborn son of ex-Hollyoaks lovely Davinia Taylor. (Various)

 

Supporters of Atletico Madrid have staged a demonstration in the streets of the Spanish capital to protest about the possible sale of striker Fernando Torres to Liverpool. (Various)

 

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[sammynb 3653]

And there in lies the reason why I will wait far the transfer window to close before I order a toon jersey with a players name and number on the back!

Edited June 28, 2007 by sammynb

[khay 10]

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is ready to pay Obafemi Martins' £13 million buyout clause to take him away from Newcastle United.

 

The Sun says Gunners boss Wenger has £16m from skipper Henry's Barcelona switch to play with and a swoop for the 17-goal Toon ace would give him further room for manoeuvre in the transfer market.

 

St James' Park chief Sam Allardyce has met with Martins to discuss the hitman's future after he refused to play against Watford in the final game of last season. Big Sam wants Martins to stay but knows he might ask to leave if a club of Arsenal's stature makes a formal offer.

 

[David Kelly 1282]

Wouldn't be the worst news if I'm honest. Although with Owen's departure inevitable some time in the next 12 months will have a big goals gap to fill.

[khay 10]

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Arsenal reportedly plan to take advantage of a release clause in Obafemi Martins' Newcastle contract to bring him to the Emirates Stadium

 

 

 

Thierry Henry completed his £16.1million move to Barcelona on Monday and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger sees Nigerian frontman Martins, who scored 17 goals for the Magpies last season, as his ideal replacement, according to The Sun and The Independent.

 

Martins reportedly has a release clause in his contract, meaning Newcastle would be powerless to prevent his departure should Arsenal pay the £13million required to trigger it.

 

However, it is believed that the former Inter Milan striker favours a return to Serie A should he decide to leave St James' Park, with Juventus thought to have expressed an interest.

 

Newcastle are apparently so desperate to keep the 22-year-old, who would become Arsenal's joint record signing should he move to the Emirates Stadium, that they are willing to rip up his £60,000-a-week contract and offer him a wage rise if he agrees to remove the clause.

 

Martins moved to Newcastle last summer for £10million from the San Siro and, despite a slow start, eventually became a fan favourite on Tyneside.

 

The Independent also reports that Arsenal remain interested in Lyon midfielder Florent Malouda.

 

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[ewerk 31604]

How fucked off will Owen be if Arsenal pay £4m more to take Martins rather than him? Would be a decent bit of business IMO.

[Walliver 0]

So what's Celtic defence going to be next season?

 

Balde, Fanni and Shittu hanging behind them?

[sammynb 3653]

How come now we've got a quid or five everyone's stopped calling for Nugent to be signed???

It's a crazy world if Henry is only worth 3m more than Oba!