Transfer Gossip

Chelsea hope to sign Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim - as a peace offering to Blues boss Jose Mourinho. (Various)

And if the champions fail to land Ben Haim they will move for Deportivo La Coruna's Jorge Andrade. (Daily Mail)

But Mourinho will be told he cannot buy a striker. (Daily Star)

Everton are set to make a £5.5m swoop for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton. (Various)

Simon Davies is heading for the Everton exit in a £2m Fulham move. (Daily Mail)

Watford winger Ashley Young has rejected a £10m move to West Ham and a £50,000-a-week wage packet. (Various)

Young wants to move to Tottenham and any deal could involve Callum Davenport and Wayne Routledge heading the other way to Vicarage Road. (Independent)

However, Davenport is being used as bait elsewhere. Spurs hope to land Derby midfielder Giles Barnes by offering £2m and the defender in exchange. (Sun)

And the Rams could splash that cash on Crewe defender Billy Jones. (Sun)

Aston Villa are also keeping tabs on what is going on with England under-21 international Young. (Various)

Milan Baros could be heading for the Villa Park exit to German Bundeliga leaders Werder Bremen. (Times)

But Rangers winger Chris Burke could be coming in through that revolving Aston Villa door. (Daily Mail)

Fulham have identified Polish striker Radoslav Matusiak as a transfer window target, although Aston Villa are also interested. (Sun)

Fulham are also interested in Sheffield United forward Danny Webber. (Times)

Blades boss Neil Warnock has been busy in the last few days and that will continue with a move for Levante striker Albert Meyong Ze. (Daily Star)

And the Blades are confident of beating Wigan, Reading and Charlton in the race to land Colchester's £4m-rated defender Greg Halford. (Times)

Defender Jonathan Fortune will leave Charlton for Burnely. (Daily Mail)

Hull are tempted by Derby midfielder Seth Johnson and Sheffield United defender Chris Lucketti. (Daily Star)

West Ham are in talks with Arsenal defender Lauren - but Portsmouth, Newcastle, Villarreal, Seville and Lyon are also interested. (Daily Express)

Lauren does not fancy a move to West Ham who are now chasing Juventus defender Jonathan Zebina. (Times)

And the Hammers are also hoping to trump Liverpool in the race to sign Blackburn right-back Lucas Neill by offering better wages. (Daily Express)

Wigan want West Ham striker Bobby Zamora. (Times)

Fifa may relax regulations to let West Ham midfielder Javier Mascherano join Liverpool on loan. (Independent)

Middlesbrough are set to spend £6m on Benfica midfielder Manuel Fernandes - who has been on loan at Portsmouth this season. (Sun)

And Boro will finalise a deal for South Korea striker Lee Dong-Gook within the next 48 hours. (Daily Star)

Manchester United will not pay more than £5.5m for Southampton's Gareth Bale. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham are keeping tabs on Celta Vigo left winger Nene. (Daily Mail)

Fulham's efforts to sign Hearts keeper Craig Gordon are set to fail, with Arsenal a more likely summer destination. (Daily Record)

And back to where we began. Bolton will draft in Rennes defender Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe if Tal Ben Haim moves to Chelsea in the next fortnight. (Mirror)

Club Gossips

Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko, 30, has been told he is too old for the Premiership - by Arsenal rival Alexander Hleb, 25. (The Sun)

The players at Stamford Bridge blame out-of-form Shevchenko for the row between owner Roman Abramovich and Mourinho. (Daily Mirror)

Mourinho held clear-the-air talks with Shevchenko on Monday in a bid to heal the rift with the £30m forward. (Daily Express)

Mourinho's relationship with Abramovich has deteriorated to such an extent that the pair are now refusing to talk to each other. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea want Frank Lampard and John Terry to sign new deals this year - to stop them leaving with Mourinho. (Sun)

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech must wear a special protective headguard when he plays for the next three years after fracturing his skull. (Mirror)

Well...really hope Ars could get Buffon either this transfer or the next since lehman future is still undecided... lolz

remember in FM07.. i bid buffon for the whole season with Ars aldou not enough cash... finally bought him with 29m pound.. Weird... Ars wont have dat much money... Thanks to rich Chelsea in FM... bought my toure at 45m pound..gila ~ FM no players to buy ard..all good players the club wont sell.. players like C.Ronaldo fans dont like coz rival...lolz.. so far sticking with the old team... boringnya ..T.T

Looks like u caught the FM2007 bug..welcome to the drak side..tho whats going on in FM07 deosnt reflect the real world..coz I played Arsenal and bought Robinson for a whopping $99M...

Buffon will be really hard to buy..better if Arsenal look at other GK, since Lehmann is getting older and erratic...

Igor Akinfeev and Oscar Ustari would make good GKs in FM07.

FM does reflect the real world, we're just flushed with money cause were over achieving managers.

akinfeev is actually not as bad as he seems. yes he is overrated due to FM but in truth, when against big teams in CL, he holds his own.

Weise for me for Arsenal. one German for anoter

Actually, there are 2 goalkeepers that wenger are looking at for a long time in real life, one is from Celtic and one IS akinfeev
thus, don't rule out Akinfeev going to Arsenal. And with Wenger seems wanting to get a long time replacement that he can nurture, instead of a short one that is already established, I don't think Buffon will come
And so is Ribery. He won't come to Arsenal as Wenger's midfield is already congested

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Jan 18 2007, 10:52 AM

I'd like Mourinho to move to Real Madrid in the summer, and bring along Lampard to fill in the vacated Zidane role and Terry to pair alongside Cannavaro or better still for Terry, take Cannavaro's place.

I'm pretty sure plenty will agree with me that this will revive Real Madrid and the world can watch their most expensive club play worthy football again.

As for Chelsea, well i think it is one Superstar Splash Cash move too far for Abramovich with Shevchenko. No doubt people expected the spirit and harmony within the club to become poor with Chelsea's pattern of spending during transfer windows.

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Blackburn defender Lucas Neill will snub Liverpool to sign for West Ham. (The Sun)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has hit out at Neill after he turned down Champions League football to double his money with the Hammers. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce has told Chelsea that Tal Ben Haim is "a lot better than they think" after the Blues had a £2m bid rejected for the defender and refused to up the offer. (The Sun)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will get the chance to sign the player he craves most after Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho hinted he wants to leave Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

Reading have made an approach to sign Luton defender Leon Barnett and are among the clubs interested in Middlesbrough centre-half Seb Hines. (Various)

Argentine defender Gabriel Heinze, who has been linked to Tottenham, Juventus, AC Milan and Valencia but could leave on a free transfer in the summer, has told Manchester United he is going nowhere. (Daily Star)

Manchester United have failed in an £8m bid for Bale. (Various)

Southampton have slapped a £12m price tag on Bale. (Daily Express)

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has turned down a move to West Ham. (Daily Express)

Middlesbrough are ready to swoop for Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere. (The Sun)

Fulham are interested in West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green. (Daily Mirror)

Mido is set to be offered an escape route from Tottenham by Celta Vigo. (The Sun)

Reading will make a final £2m bid for Colchester defender Greg Halford, whose value they believe is being over-inflated at £4m by his club. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth are targeting Arsenal defender Lauren. (The Sun)

Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie, who has just returned from a loan spell at Stoke, wants to go back out on loan after falling out of favour at Villa Park. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom captain Curtis Davies has revealed that he laughed when he heard his club had priced him out of a move to the Premiership by putting a £10m price tag on his head and he added: "I did not realise the club valued me so highly." (Daily Mirror)

Wigan have launched a £5m bid for Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are set to move for Crewe contract rebel Billy Jones. (Various)

Watford are to take midfield free agent Khalilou Fadiga, who had a heart scare when at Bolton, on trial. (Daily Mirror)

Watford have told Tottenham they can sign winger Ashley Young - if Spurs splash out and then loan him back to the Hornets for the season. (Various)

Portsmouth striker Kanu has been told he can join PSV Eindhoven. (Daily Mirror)

QPR are set to release veteran Wales keeper Paul Jones, 39. (Daily Express)


OTHER GOSSIP

Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko says he is sick of being made the scapegoat over the problems at Stamford Bridge. (Various)

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie is set to miss Sunday's Premiership showdown with Manchester United after suffering a knock in training. (The Sun)

Former England captain David Beckham received an apology from Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon in front of the whole squad after he called the midfielder "a half-actor living in Hollywood" for choosing to agree to join LA Galaxy in August. (Various)

Jack Kachkar, the Canadian businessman on the verge of buying Marseille, has denied that he intends to appoint former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson as coach if the sale goes ahead. (The Times)

Helsingborg chairman Sten-Inge Fredin has cast doubts over Manchester United's chances of extending striker Henrik Larsson's loan deal beyond March 12 after initially appearing to be ready to consider an extension to the agreement. (Various)

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to be crowned player of the year because his form is "frightening". (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have opened new contract talks with striker Nicklas Bendtner, who is on loan at Birmingham and who has attracted interest from Lyon, AC Milan and Juventus. (Daily Express)

We don't need Mourinho. In Cappelo we trust.

Lampard is slightly over rated in my opinion. There's no Mekelele or Essien at Madrid to cover for him.

John Terry will never come if his claims that his blood is blue is true.

Boro agreed a fee for Lee Dong-Gook, subject to work permit..

Lee to the Riverside

woah..another korean..GO COREA!!!

What position does he play?

Lee Dong-Gook plays as AM/FC...he'll probably replace Rochemback, that is if Boro doesnt get Manuel Fernandes.

Southampton have received a £10million offer from an unnamed club for highly-rated left-back Gareth Bale, reports BBC Radio Solent.

any idea who make the bid?Could it be MU?

Surprise surprise as Lucas Neill snub Liverpool to join the Hammer.....i tot the deal is almost done before....

$$ and guarantee 1st team football maybe. Warnock going to Blackburn, that Fernandez to Everton... lots of stuff happening. Read somewhere*rumour that 10m for Bale is from Liverpool. Any Liverpool fans con confirm that?

John Carew joins Aston Villa while Baros head to the other way, Lyon.

kinda a surprise move for me.

Newcastle ... curtis davis ( 9m + bramble )

Not MU, it's Spurs