Today's Gossip

[Tom 14021]

Juande Ramos is set to bring Lyon goalkeeper Gregory Coupet to Tottenham for £2.5m. (The Sun)

 

Bolton boss Gary Megson is battling Aston Villa to sign Spurs keeper Paul Robinson in a £5m deal. (Daily Star)

 

Chelsea could sign Barcelona's talented Mexican teenager Giovani Dos Santos in a swap deal for £14m-rated Florent Malouda. (Daily Telegraph)

 

Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre will sign for Bordeaux on a four-year deal. (Daily Telegraph)

 

CSKA Moscow's Brazilian striker Jo has arrived in England and is expected to complete a move to Manchester City despite reported interest from Everton. (Daily Mail)

 

 

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is hoping to sign Udinese left-back Andrea Dossena. (The Times)

 

Thomas Ince, 16-year-old son of ex-England star and MK Dons manager Paul Ince, has signed for Liverpool. (Daily Star)

 

Ipswich boss Jim Magilton has lined up a raid on Nottingham Forest for Northern Ireland midfielder Sammy Clingan, while Forest striker Grant Holt is set to join Bristol Rovers for £100,000. (Daily Star)

 

Manchester City hope to finance a £12m deal for Zenit St Petersburg's Andrei Arshavin by selling defender Richard Dunne and midfielder Stephen Ireland, with Roy Keane's Sunderland leading the chase. (Daily Mirror)

 

Everton have inquired about signing Maik Taylor, the Birmingham City and Northern Ireland goalkeeper, as a reliable understudy to number one Tim Howard. (The Times)

 

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OTHER GOSSIP

 

Chelsea have decided to sell striker Didier Drogba, with the club's patience snapping with the petulant star after he was sent off in the Champions League final. (Daily Mail)

 

Carlos Vela has been given the green light to play for Arsenal. The 19-year-old Mexican striker has completed a three-year spell in Spain he needed to acquire a work permit. (The Sun)

 

John Terry has furiously denied spitting at Carlos Tevez during Wednesday evening's Champions League final. (Daily Star)

 

Robbie Fowler and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink are set to leave Ninian Park before next season, according to Cardiff City chairman Peter Risdale. (Daily Telegraph)

 

Chris Mort is to stand down as Newcastle chairman with current deputy Derek Llambias set to replace him. (Various)

 

Portsmouth trio Sean Davis, Lauren, and Milan Baros could be on their way of Fratton Park after it was revealed that none of them turned up for the FA Cup winners' parade through the town on Sunday. (Independent)

 

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AND FINALLY

 

Bristol City's Brazilian goalkeeper Adriano Basso only came to England because his girlfriend ordered him to. "Alessandra was studying in London and she said 'Unless you come to England now and marry me, we are finished'. What choice did I have?". (The Sun)

 

Simply Red singer and Manchester United fanatic Mick Hucknall was reluctantly dragged away from watching the Champions League final penalty shoot-out by concert organisers at a charity function he was performing at. (Daily Express)

[TheMoog 0]

We should really be considering trumping Man City for Arshavin, what would be amusing is if we bought Dunne off them so that they had half the money to do it then nab Arshavin while City were waiting for Ireland to be sold to Sunderland.

[bassplayerjj 0]

If anyone outside the top four signs Arshavin before us, we should hang our heads in shame

Edited May 23, 2008 by bassplayerjj

[Guest Patrokles]

If anyone outside the top four signs Arshavin before us, we should hang our heads in shame

 

It'll happen, unfortunately.