fridays gossip

[paddy 17]

Manchester United are set to swoop for West Ham striker Carlos Tevez and want to complete the deal - believed to be worth more than £20m - inside 48 hours. (Daily Mirror)

 

Tevez has agreed to join the Old Trafford outfit and the move will be completed next week - subject to any challenge from the Hammers, who still claim to own the player's registration. (Daily Mail)

 

Chelsea have upped their bid for Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda to £12m after being priced out of a move for Sevilla's £20m-rated full-back Daniel Alves, who is wanted by Liverpool. (The Sun)

 

France midfielder Florent Malouda is on the brink of joining Chelsea from Lyon. (Various)

 

Chelsea are set to make a £25m double move for Chimbonda and Malouda. (Daily Express)

 

Sven-Goran Eriksson, who is poised to become the manager of Manchester City, believes he will need to sign at least 10 players to bring success to the club. (Various)

 

Andriy Shevchenko's agent Stephen Curnow has insisted that the Chelsea striker does not want to go back to Italy, despite being constantly linked with a return to AC Milan. (Daily Star)

 

 

West Ham have prepared an £11m package for Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy, which would include midfielder Yossi Benayoun going to Anfield as part of the deal. (Daily Star)

 

Liverpool may swoop for Porto winger Ricardo Quaresma. (The Times)

 

Tottenham have offered West Brom £4m and winger Wayne Routledge in exchange for defender Curtis Davies. (The Times)

 

Australian midfielder Harry Kewell, who has been linked to Tottenham and Aston Villa, has admitted that he is fighting for his future at Liverpool after four injury-plagued years. (Daily Star)

 

Fulham are set to complete the £4m signing of striker Diomansy Kamara from West Brom. (The Sun)

 

Rangers have pulled out of negotiations to sign Kilmarnock striker Steven Naismith. (Daily Record)

 

However, Hibernian and Celtic have entered the race for the £1.5m-rated Naismith. (The Sun)

 

Celtic are now clear favourites to sign Naismith after Kilmarnock rejected an £850,000 offer from Hibernian and a £1.5m package from Rangers. (Daily Express)

 

Striker Alan Smith, who has been linked to Middlesbrough and Everton but who had been holding out for a chance to stake a claim for a first-team place at Manchester United, has been told he has no future at Old Trafford. (Daily Mail)

 

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is running out of patience with West Brom over his interest in defenders Paul Robinson and Paul McShane so may turn to FC Copenhagen centre-half Michael Gravgaard. (Daily Mail)

 

Midfielder Thomas Gravesen will snub an approach from Sheffield United to fight for a place in Gordon Strachan's Celtic team. (Various)

 

Sunderland will make a late bid to pip Fulham to the signature of Southampton defender Chris Baird. (Daily Mirror)

 

Fiorentina are set to make a £3m bid for Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg. (Various)

 

Aston Villa are to step up their bid to land Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe. (Daily Star)

 

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp also wants Defoe. (Daily Telegraph)

 

Real Madrid are close to agreeing a fee for Chelsea winger Arjen Robben. (Daily Telegraph)

 

Preston striker David Nugent will seal a move to Portsmouth within the next 24 hours. (Various)

 

Blackburn want £4m for striker Jason Roberts after turning down a £2.5m bid from Fulham. (Daily Mirror)

 

Reading are targeting West Ham forward Bobby Zamora in a £2.5m swoop. (Daily Mirror)

 

Former Hibernian manager Tony Mowbray wants to take Easter Road defenders Rob Jones and David Murphy to West Brom. (Daily Record)

 

Hearts could lose freed Leicester midfielder Stephen Hughes to Motherwell or Nottingham Forest. (Daily Express)

 

Birmingham are in talks with Brazilian defender Rafael Schmitz, who plays for Lille. (Daily Mirror)

 

Wigan are willing to pay West Brom about £4.5m for midfielder Jason Koumas. (Daily Mirror)

 

Former Leeds captain Kevin Nicholls has been left in limbo by the challenge from HM Revenue and Customs to Ken Bates' buy-back of the club. He had agreed to join Preston and was waiting for the Elland Road outfit to come out of administration. (Daily Mirror)

 

West Ham and Newcastle are set for a £3m battle to land FC Copenhagen's Canadian utility player Atiba Hutchinson. (Daily Star)

 

Borussia Dortmund want to sign Charlton defender Souleymane Diawara. (Daily Star)

 

Striker Nicolas Anelka is wanted by Lyon, if Bolton lower their £10m asking price. (Various)

 

Aston Villa striker John Carew is being targeted by Porto - only six months after arriving in England from Lyon. (Daily Mirror)

 

Chelsea appear to have won the race to land one of the world's most promising talents - Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato, 17, who plays for Internacional and whose buy-out fee could cost between £11m and £15m. Pato's real name is Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva but is called Pato because he hails from Pato Branco, which translates as White Duck. (Daily Telegraph)

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

Bolton chairman Phil Gartside has hit out at former manager Sam Allardyce, now boss of Newcastle, for going back on the agreement not to take any of the backroom staff from the Reebok Stadium and the Trotters chief is insisting such people work 12 months' notice. (Various)

 

West Ham striker Dean Ashton, who has been sidelined since breaking an ankle on England duty in August 2006, is set to make his comeback in the friendly against Dagenham and Redbridge on 14 July. (The Sun)

 

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger allowed Thierry Henry to join Barcelona because physiological statistics and read-outs suggested the striker was past his best. (Daily Mirror)

 

Wenger will hand Cesc Fabregas the Arsenal vice-captaincy as a reward for the midfielder pledging his future to the club. (Various)

 

Arsenal are so confident that Wenger will extend his contract that the Gunners have not considered looking for a successor. (The Guardian)

 

Midfielder David Beckham may launch his career in the United States in LA Galaxy's friendly against Chelsea on 21 July after a scan on his ankle injury showed no long-term damage. (Daily Mirror)

 

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has admitted he can give no guarantees that striker Michael Owen will stay at St James' Park. (The Sun)

 

Portsmouth's former technical director Avram Grant will join Chelsea as director of football next week - and could take over as manager if Jose Mourinho leaves. (The Sun)

 

Fraser Wishart, chief executive of the new PFA Scotland, wants a share of Setanta's SPL TV deal for his players. (Various)

 

Real Madrid are eyeing Manchester United's highly rated fitness coach Valter di Salvo, who wants to return to Spain. (Daily Mail)

 

AND FINALLY

Former West Ham striker Teddy Sheringham, who has joined Colchester, hopes to face his 19-year-old son Charlie - a forward on Crystal Palace's books - when the two Championship sides meet next season. (Various)

Edited July 6, 2007 by paddy

[JawD 99]

But...but its Friday?

[paddy 17]

i was suppose to put today but stuck tuesday by mistake

[JawD 99]

I'd have been impressed if you had next Tuesdays rumours like.