Saturday's gossip

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Birmingham striker Geoff Horsfield has turned down Scunthorpe to join Doncaster (Sun).

 

Marlon King's £5m move from Watford to Fulham could be in doubt after worries about an old injury to his right knee (Mirror).

 

Roy Hodgson could also be signing Leon Andreason from Werder Bremen after the Danish international midfielder was seen at Fulham's training ground (Times).

 

Manchester City are in the hunt for another striker after loan signing Nery Castillo was ruled out for up to six weeks with a broken bone in his shoulder (Star).

 

 

Portsmouth have taken French defender Lucien Aubrey on loan from Lens until the summer, with a possible permanent deal to follow (Express).

 

Sunderland's Stephen Wright could be on his way to Hull on a six-month loan deal (Mirror).

 

Tottenham are ready to pay Juventus £9m for former Chelsea midfielder Tiago (Sun).

 

New Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has targeted Dundee United midfielder Barry Robson but faces competition from Celtic. (Record)

 

West Ham defender Christian Dailly will say yes to a loan move to Rangers days after rejecting the offer. (Sun)

 

Christian Dailly has been told he is not wanted by West Ham manager Alan Curbishley. (Record)

 

Rangers are poised to give Alan Hutton a pay rise and extend his contract by a year after he rejected a move to Tottenham. (Mail)

 

Inverness hope to beat West Brom to the signature of Livingston winger Graeme Dorrans. (Various)

 

Plymouth midfielder David Norris, who is wanted by Ipswich and Leicester, has asked to leave the club (Sun).

 

 

 

 

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OTHER GOSSIP

Premier League chiefs are discussing plans for each club to play one game a season abroad when the international television contract comes up for grabs in 2010 (Mirror).

 

Kevin Keegan says Newcastle "will give any help we can" to troubled midfielder Joey Barton, who he knows from his time at Manchester City (Sun).

 

Keegan also said he was "shocked" to read Michael Owen's criticisms of him as England manager in the striker's autobiography but is confident they can work together (Sun).

 

Scotland's search for a new manager is turning into a farce, with none of the four on the shortlist now wanting the job. (Record)

 

The Scottish FA insists that none of the four candidates for its manager's job have ruled themselves out. (Herald)

 

Mark McGhee will be named Scotland manager after impressing at his interview. (Express)

 

Mark McGhee will be allowed to stay Motherwell manager until the end of the season if he is given the Scotland job. (Sun)

 

Derby boss Paul Jewell says it will "almost be a relief" if they get relegated so they can plan for the future (Mirror).

 

Sunderland's Ross Wallace is out for the rest of the season after damaging knee ligaments in training (Express).

 

Middlesbrough's Jeremie Aliadiere says he prefers playing and losing with his new club to sitting on the bench at Arsenal as at least it makes him feel he is part of a team (Mirror).

 

Nicolas Anelka has warned Chelsea team-mate Didier Drogba not to move abroad as "he will not what he has at Chelsea and in England anywhere else" (Express).

 

Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Quieroz says the standard of youth coaching in England is "a disgrace" (Sun).

 

Liverpool fan' group "Reclaim the Kop" plan a protest march on Monday against the way Tom Hicks and George Gillett have treated manager Rafael Benitez. (Star).

 

 

Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko says he is still pining for life in Italy and moved to England to give his children a chance to live in a different country, "not to find a better club than Milan" (Star).

 

Blackburn's David Bentley says he left Arsenal because it was boring, there was no banter and they were too analytical of how players played (Mail).

 

Fulham's Jimmy Bullard said a surgeon told him it "looked like a bomb had gone off in my knee" after he suffered a career-threatening injury (Guardian).

 

 

A second investigation into Fabio Capello's finances has been opened in Switzerland, focusing on a company producing "Don Fabio" perfumes (Telegraph).

 

Inverness striker Marius Niculae has been told by Romania boss victor Piturca that his recent form could lead to a place at Euro 2008. (Sun)

 

 

 

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AND FINALLY

Fulham's Clint Dempsey says the variety of food available is one of the reasons he likes living in London, having been raised on barbequed food in Texas (Sun).

 

Arsene Wenger has admitted Theo Walcott is not developing at the speed he had hoped but says he remains confident the youngster will fulfil his potential (Mirror).

 

 

Former England boss Steve McClaren is keen to get back into management as soon as possible. "I'm not one for lying on the beach," he said (Star).

 

Kevin Keegan's daughters are both going out with Manchester United fans (Star).

 

Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland wants to become a fireman when he quits playing football (Independent).

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Marlon King's £5m move from Watford to Fulham could be in doubt after worries about an old injury to his right knee (Mirror).

 

Just heard he's failed the medical

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Keegan also said he was "shocked" to read Michael Owen's criticisms of him as England manager in the striker's autobiography but is confident they can work together (Sun).

 

That is pure shit!

 

Starting to stir shit already

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Good player Robson, have seen a fair bit of him up here and along with Scott Brown defo worth a punt.

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Kevin Keegan's daughters are both going out with Manchester United fans (Star).

 

Stop the press!

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Keegan also said he was "shocked" to read Michael Owen's criticisms of him as England manager in the striker's autobiography but is confident they can work together (Sun).

 

That is pure shit!

 

Starting to stir shit already

 

"he's entitled to his opinion" = shocked

 

editors obviously smarting after his little pop at them

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Scored twice today for Dundee Utd, canny.