Thursday Gossip

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

 

Real Madrid will test Arsenal's resolve by flying into London with a £20m offer for midfielder Cesc Fabregas. (Daily Star)

 

Manchester City are close to landing Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg in a £6m deal. (The Sun)

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has warned new technical director Avram Grant he will have no power over team affairs at Stamford Bridge. (Daily Star)

Newcastle striker Michael Owen has committed his future to the St James' Park club. (Various)

 

AND FINALLY

 

Premier League clubs have splashed £284m already this summer - their biggest spree ever, more than double at the same stage last year and almost three times of that in 2005. (The Sun)

Edited July 12, 2007 by Magma

[geordieshandy 0]

Linked with Duscher - again

[bawan 0]

not much news the day then...except for owen staying and that duscher the butcher linked to us

Edited July 12, 2007 by bawan

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

 

 

Chelsea are closing in on Sevilla's Daniel Alves after the Brazilian star admitted: "I want to join them." (Daily Mirror)

 

Real Madrid will test Arsenal's resolve by flying into London with a £20m offer for midfielder Cesc Fabregas. (Daily Star)

 

Manchester City are close to landing Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg in a £6m deal. (The Sun)

 

Manchester United's Gabriel Heinze says he is flattered by Liverpool's interest in him but he will not make a decision until the Copa America is over. (Daily Star)

 

West Ham face competition from Monaco for the signature of Cameroon midfielder Achille Emana, 25. (Daily Mirror)

 

Newcastle are set to welcome Aldo Duchser - the man who injured David Beckham prior to the 2002 World Cup - for a trial at St James' Park. (The Sun)

 

Marseille captain Habib Beye has turned his back on a move to Newcastle, instead choosing to stay in France. (The Sun)

 

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has told Bolton to forget about moving for Charles N'Zogbia. (Daily Star)

West Brom are lining up a £1m bid for Portuguese midfielder Filipe Teixeira. (Daily Star)

 

Spend-crazy Birmingham are closing in on a deal to sign St Etienne star Pascal Feindouno. (Daily Mirror)

 

Reading boss Steve Coppell is ready to launch a £2.5m bid for Arsenal right-back Justin Hotye. (Daily Mirror)

 

Arsenal are ready to spend £2m on 21-year-old Caen striker Yoan Gouffran. (The Sun)

 

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is going back to Manchester United to sign midfielder Kieran Richardson for £5.5m. (Daily Mirror)

 

Tottenham have made an offer for 16-year-old Gabi Misa, the Celta Vigo midfielder who is also wanted by Valencia. (The Times)

 

West Ham striker Marlon Harewood is set to seal a £3.5m move to Birmingham after passing a medical at St Andrews on Wednesday. (The Sun)

 

Actually, Wigan are going to get Harewood for £3.7m - and his arrival will push Henri Camara closer to the exit door. (Daily Mirror)

 

Hull are poised to sign Ipswich striker Alan Lee, 28, in a £500,000 transfer. (Various)

 

Luton have taken former Everton and West Ham midfielder Don Hutchison on trial. (Daily Star)

 

Liverpool have offered up to £4m for Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson. (The Times)

 

Fulham have matched Sunderland's £3m bid for Southampton defender Chris Baird. (The Sun)

 

Wolves are lining up a £1.5m raid on Premier League neighbours Aston Villa for defender Liam Ridgewell. (Daily Mirror)

 

Sunderland boss Roy Keane has been told by Hearts he will have to spend £10m on goalkeeper Craig Gordon. (Daily Star)

 

Hearts number two Stevie Frail admits Gordon could well leave before the start of the new season. (Daily Record)

 

Charlton's Dennis Rommedahl has attracted interest from Spanish club Getafe, managed by his fellow Dane Michael Laudrup. (The Times)

 

Barnet have taken full-back Jakub Bures on trial from Czech side SK Dynamo. (Daily Star)

 

Bournemouth have taken former Arsenal trainee Lee Canoville on trial after he was released by Boston. (Daily Star)

 

Celtic have taken Italian midfielder Andrea Capone on trial and they could sign him on a Bosman free transfer. (Daily Record)

 

Celtic are lining up a bid for 17-year-old Real Salt Lake midfielder Freddy Adu. (The Sun)

 

New Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny says he turned down Celtic when he was leaving Bochum this summer. (The Sun)

 

Hibernian could sign Thierry Gathuessi from Sete after the defender impressed on trial. (Various)

 

 

OTHER GOSSIP

 

 

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has warned new technical director Avram Grant he will have no power over team affairs at Stamford Bridge. (Various)

 

Newcastle striker Michael Owen has committed his future to the St James' Park club. (Various)

 

Boss Sam Allardyce has handed a reprieve to Spanish misfit Albert Luque and ordered him to prove his worth at the club. (Daily Mirror)

 

Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge could miss the start of the season with a hip injury. (Daily Mail)

 

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has told Sven-Goran Eriksson to sign Jermain Defoe from Tottenham. (Daily Express)

 

Djibril Cisse says he refused to sign for Bolton because they are a third-rate club. (Daily Mirror)

 

Wigan want to open talks with left-back Leighton Baines - a target for Sunderland - over a new long-term contract. (The Sun)

 

Ireland's richest man Sean Quinn could be set to buy Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday. (Various)

 

West Ham target Stephen Appiah has blasted Fenerbahce for blocking his £5m move to Upton Park. (The Sun)

 

Middlesbrough have been told to cough up £4m for AZ Alkmaar's Icelandic defender Gretar Steinsson, 25. (The Sun)

 

David Nugent wants his £6m move to Portsmouth to turn him into an England regular. (Daily Star)

 

Cash-strapped Bury are making plans to buy back Gigg Lane from the proceeds of Nugent's move to Portsmouth. (Daily Mirror)

 

Peter Reid is understood to be heading a consortium looking into a takeover of Championship club Burnley. (Daily Mail)

 

 

AND FINALLY

 

 

Premier League clubs have splashed £284m already this summer - their biggest spree ever, more than double at the same stage last year and almost three times of that in 2005. (The Sun)

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"Premier League clubs have splashed £284m already this summer - their biggest spree ever, more than double at the same stage last year and almost three times of that in 2005. (The Sun)"

 

Wonder if Liverpool will get accused of trying to buy the title? Haven't they already outspent Chelsea in their first year under Roman?

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Don't forget they've got £6m for Cisse, £7.5m for Bellamy, £4m for Garcia and about £3m for Pongolle. Thats pretty much paid for Fernando Torres.

 

Surely they won't have outspent that year under Abramovich - Duff (17), Johnson (6), Geremi (7), Bridge (7), Cole (6), Veron (15), Mutu (15), Crespo (17) and Makelele (17)

 

Christ i'm bored, but very right!

[Andrew 4974]

where's garcia gone?

[Besty 4]

where's garcia gone?

 

Atletico.

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Don't forget they've got £6m for Cisse, £7.5m for Bellamy, £4m for Garcia and about £3m for Pongolle. Thats pretty much paid for Fernando Torres.

 

Surely they won't have outspent that year under Abramovich - Duff (17), Johnson (6), Geremi (7), Bridge (7), Cole (6), Veron (15), Mutu (15), Crespo (17) and Makelele (17)

 

Christ i'm bored, but very right!

Duff 17 - to us 5

Geremi 7 - to us free

 

All we need is Bridge to complete the set for 4m and Abromovich will have saved us 23m!

And that's not including Parker, what they paid for him, what we paid for him and what we sold him for.