BREAKING GOSSIP

Spurs duo Pascal Chimbonda and Teemu Tainio were both heading back to Sunderland on Wednesday afternoon to undergo medicals. (Press Association, 1540 BST)

Real Madrid's German coach Bernd Schuster wants to sign Cameroonian international striker Samuel Eto'o from Barcelona. (AFP, 1349 BST)

Everton deny receiving or accepting a £10.5m bid from Fulham for Andrew Johnson, with chief executive Keith Wyness saying: "Contrary to some media reports, the club can confirm that no offer has been received nor has any deal been agreed for Andrew Johnson with Fulham Football Club." (Everton official website, 1317 BST)

Middlesbrough are considering a revised £3.5m offer from Wigan for 20-year-old midfielder Lee Cattermole. (BBC Sport, 1130 BST)

Everton have accepted a £10.5m bid from Fulham for striker Andrew Johnson. (Liverpool Echo, 1124 BST)

Coventry confirm striker Michael Mifsud is in talks with Championship rivals Bristol City after the clubs agreed a fee for the player. (BBC Sport, 1039 BST)
Mifsud set for Bristol City talks

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Robinho and Didier Drogba are poised for a £40m swap between La Liga and the Premier League, with £25m-rated Brazilian forward Robinho moving to Chelsea and Blues striker Drogba on his way to Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

England midfielder Frank Lampard has been offered a record-breaking £39m, five-year deal by Chelsea which will make him Britain's highest-paid footballer. (Various)

Manchester City are considering making a bid for West Ham's Craig Bellamy after Benjani Mwaruwari ruptured a thigh muscle which means the Zimbawean striker will miss the first month of the season. (Independent)

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is set to make a shock bid to bring former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse, now at Marseille, back to the Premier League. (Daily Mirror)

However, others say Hughes will make a £15m move for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. (Various)

West Ham, who are also interested in Cisse, have been warned by Marseille they have 10 days to sign the £8m-rated France striker. (Daily Star)

West Ham will on Wednesday complete their first major signing of the summer with the £5m acquisition of versatile Lazio midfielder Valon Behrami. (The Independent)

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is set to shatter his signing record with a £10.75m bid for Everton striker Andrew Johnson. (Various)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has offered £5m plus Charles N'Zogbia for Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. (The Sun)

Aston Villa have made a late bid to hijack Younes Kaboul's £5m move to Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is to offer Fulham £3m to bring back old favourite Jimmy Bullard to the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

Paul Ince is poised to make Chile midfielder Carlos Villenueva his first signing as Blackburn boss. (The Sun)

Sunderland goalkeeper Marton Fulop is the subject of a £6m bid by Stoke City. (Daily Express)

Birmingham have told QPR to forget about signing Martin Taylor after assuring the defender he will play a key role in their bid for promotion. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has told Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho that midfielder Sulley Muntari is not for sale. (The Sun)

Celtic are in advanced talks with Auxerre for the Romanian defender Gabriel Tamas, who is available for £3.5m. (The Guardian)

However, Tamas wants £20,000 per week from Celtic, while the Glasgow club have offered £14,000. (The Sun)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman has launched a bid to raid Portsmouth for defender Martin Cranie. (Daily Star)

Cardiff are ready to hijack Leeds' £300,000 move for Wolves outcast Jay Bothroyd. (Daily Star)

Coventry striker Michael Mifsud has asked for a transfer, with Crystal Palace, Norwich and Bristol City all showing interest. (Daily Mail)

Celtic are poised to move for Le Mans's Serbian defender Marko Basa after his price dropped by £3m to £4.5m. (Various)

Rangers assistant boss Ally McCoist travelled to Portugal to watch Ibrox target Glenn Loovens in Cardiff City's 2-1 win over Vitoria Guimaraes in the Algarve Cup (Western Mail)

But Rangers have been told by Cardiff City they must up their bid for defender Loovens. (Various)

Dundee United are considering an increased bid of £600,000 from Reading for striker Noel Hunt. (Daily Record/Sun)

Hassan Wasswa's agent says the Uganda defender will be signing for Cape Town Ajax rather than Hearts. (Various)

Norwich City are poised to persuade Celtic's John Kennedy to head to Carrow Road on loan instead of Motherwell. (Various)

Peru winger Nolberto Solano is in talks to join Los Angeles Galaxy after being released by West Ham. (The Times)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has taunted new Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari by telling him he has no chance of matching Jose Mourinho's efforts at the Stamford Bridge helm. (Daily Mirror)
Ferguson doubts Chelsea challenge

Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro has been trying to persuade Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo to join the Spanish club after the pair became friends while holidaying on the Italian island of Capri. (The Sun)

Midfielder Gareth Barry, who has been targeted by Liverpool, was relentlessly booed by Aston Villa fans as he pulled on their colours for what is likely to be the last time in a friendly win against League One side Walsall. (Various)
Villa fans jeer unsettled Barry

Arsenal defender Kolo Toure is a doubt for the start of the Premier League campaign after he contracted Malaria while at home in the Ivory Coast. (The Sun)

Gunners striker Eduardo has suffered a setback from the double leg break he sustained in February, ruling him out of the first two months of the season. (Daily Telegraph)

Goalkeeper Shay Given has reminded Newcastle United's board that Kevin Keegan's side requires significant strengthening. (The Guardian)

Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura could require surgery on a groin problem. (Daily Record)

Hearts say there have been no talks with Uganda coach Jackson Mayanja about becoming assistant to Csaba Laszlo. (The Scotsman)

Macedonia have switched the kick-off of their World Cup qualifier against Scotland to 3pm - when temperatures could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Daily Express)

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New San Jose Earthquakes signing Darren Huckerby's dinner might have been with the dog when he returned from an interview on American TV.

When asked: "Do you have a famous girlfriend - anybody we can help promote?" The former Norwich and Coventry striker replied: "I am married but is a bit late for her - she is too old." (Daily Mail)

BREAKING GOSSIP

Premier League newcomers Hull City are set to sign Tottenham defender Anthony Gardner on loan until the end of January. (BBC Humberside, 1350 BST)


Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is expected to complete a £12.7m move to Inter Milan on Thursday. (BBC Sport, 1214 BST)

Blackburn manager Paul Ince will not be making an offer for Ecuadorian midfielder Segundo Castillo after running the rule over the South American at the club's pre-season trip in Germany. (Lancashire Telegraph, 1030 BST)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Rangers manager Walter Smith has opened talks with Portsmouth over a possible swoop for their Portugese playmaker Pedro Mendes. (Daily Record)

Motherwell boss Mark McGhee fears Norwich will hijack his bid to lure John Kennedy on loan from Celtic. (Daily Express)

Fulham could be willing to lower their £4m asking price for Northern Irish midfielder Steven Davis as his on-off transfer saga to Rangers continues. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham are ready to let striker Dimitar Berbatov join AC Milan for a cut-price £25m to stop the Bulgarian going to Manchester United. (The Sun)

Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel is in limbo over his £2.5m switch to Aston Villa. The American's transfer hinges on Rovers getting the green light to sign Spurs' Paul Robinson. (The Sun)

However, Robinson is closing in on a move to Ewood Park and Blackburn boss Paul Ince expects to be able to announce a deal for the England goalkeeper by the weekend. (The Times)

Emmanuel Adebayor fears he has blown his move to Barcelona as the Spanish club are unimpressed by the Arsenal striker's attitude and will not pay the £37.5m asking price. (The Sun)


Furious Everton boss David Moyes will delay Andy Johnson's £10m move to Fulham until he finds a replacement after the striker pulled out of a pre-season friendly at the last minute. (Daily Star)

But Moyes is already planning to spend the money from the Johnson sale on £20m-rated CSKA striker Vagner Love. (The Sun)

Liverpool and Aston Villa remain at loggerheads over the transfer of Gareth Barry, with Villa boss Martin O'Neill maintaining that he still wants £18m straight cash for the England midfielder. (Daily Express)

Manchester City expect to hold talks with Tal Ben-Haim over the next 48 hours after offering Chelsea a package worth £4m for the Israel defender. (The Times)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is making a £6m move for Celtic's Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate will make a £5m swoop for Reading's James Harper this weekend after selling Lee Cattermole to Wigan. (Various)

Hull have agreed a £2.5m fee with Tottenham for centre-back Anthony Gardner. (Daily Mirror)

The Premier League newcomers are also poised to sign Nigerian international Seyi Olofinjana after agreeing a £2m fee with Wolves for the midfielder. (Daily Star)

And Hull boss Phil Brown has claimed a deal for Wigan striker Marlon King is "almost 90% done". (The Guardian)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince is ready to make a £6m bid for Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant, but he may have to increase the bid. (The Sun)

West Ham plan to offer teenage striker Freddie Sears a long-term deal in a bid to stave off interest from Arsenal and Tottenham. (The Sun)

Nottingham Forest have joined QPR in the race to sign Crystal Palace's £2m midfielder Ben Watson. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom are ready to make an improved bid of £2m for Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite. (Daily Star)

Wolves are leading the chase to sign freed Celtic defender Bobo Balde. (Daily Record)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has opened the door for Rangers to take England Under-21 midfielder Adam Johnson on loan. (Daily Record)

Premier League new boys West Brom have failed in their bid to sign defender James Collins from West Ham as the Welsh international does not want to leave. (Birmingham Mail)

Daniel Nardiello expects to leave QPR and the Welsh international striker could move to Championship rivals Blackpool. (Blackpool Gazette)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has claimed the Premier League champions should grant team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo his wish and let him join Real Madrid. (The Times)

Midfielder Paul Scholes, who has one year remaining on his Manchester United contract, plans to retire in two years' time. (Various)

Real Madrid stars Raul and Guti have said they would welcome Manchester United winger Ronaldo with open arms. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea are bracing themselves for another huge increase in player salaries that could take their annual wage bill close to £150m as the recent round of contract renegotiations is set to continue. (The Times)

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has pleaded with Spurs striker Robbie Keane to move to Anfield. (Daily Star)

Manchester United and Portsmouth, who play each other in a friendly in Nigeria on Sunday, must cover up at night and take malaria tablets after Arsenal defender Kolo Toure contracted the disease while in his native Ivory Coast. (The Sun)

Sheffield Wednesday's proposed takeover has edged a step closer after Wednesdayite, the supporters' group, urged members to vote in favour of selling their shares. (The Times)

Great Britain must field a football team in the London 2012 Games, says the chairman of the British Olympic Association Lord Moynihan. (Daily Express)

Former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb says "political differences" are undermining boss Arsene Wenger's plans for the new season. (Daily Telegraph)

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Help The Aged has hit out at Sir Alex Ferguson for branding Chelsea a bunch of old-timers.

The charity's spokesperson Kate Joplin said: "In 2008, age is no longer an acceptable yardstick to measure a person's worth or potential. There's a lot to be said for experience." (The Sun)

BREAKING GOSSIP

Tottenham Hotspur forward Robbie Keane is set to complete an £18m transfer to Liverpool within the next 48 hours. (Daily Telegraph, 1555)

Andrei Arshavin's agent has insisted the Russian would be interested in leaving Zenit St Petersburg for Tottenham. (Daily Mail, 1150)

Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has refused to rule out making offers for Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor and Chelsea's Didier Drogba. (Daily Mail, 1110)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will step up his interest in Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips when Sulley Muntari's £12m move to Inter Milan goes through. (BBC Sport, 1100)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Sunderland manager Roy Keane is to continue his ambitious summer recruitment plans by bidding up to £7m for Taye Ismaila Taiwo, the Marseille left-back who was named African young player of the year in 2006. (The Times)

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has told one of his closest pals - Portugal and Real Madrid centre-half Pepe - that he wants to join him and move to the Bernabeu. (The Sun)

Wigan's England striker Emile Heskey is a shock £6m target for wealthy Greek giants Panathinaikos and new boss Henk Ten Cate. (Daily Mirror)

Russian ace Andrei Arshavin risks pricing himself out of a dream move to England with wage demands of £100,000 a week, along with club Zenit St Petersburg's £16m price tag. (Daily Mirror)

Furious Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has told Liverpool to get on with their move for Gareth Barry or they will be barred from signing him. (Daily Mirror)

O'Neill has offered Barry a peace pact - along with a place in Villa's Intertoto Cup squad for the Odense match - and is ready to bury the hatchet after telling the England midfielder: "I want you to stay". (The Sun)

AS Monaco have denied a claim by Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp that they made a £12m bid for Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjcar. (The Times)

Liverpool's young Argentine winger Sebastian Leto is set to go on loan to Greek club Olympiakos for a season. (The Sun)

Stoke boss Tony Pulis is in talks with Nuremberg's Angelos Charisteas about a £3m move, although the Greek striker has already turned down Ipswich. (Daily Star)

Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince, having pulled out of a deal for £6m-rated Ecudorian midfielder Segundo Castillo, is still trying to land Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham have accepted a bid of around £3m from Blackburn Rovers for their goalkeeper Paul Robinson. (The Independent)

Newcastle's increasingly desperate hunt for a new central defender has caused them to look again at the Argentine international Fabricio Coloccini, a mainstay of the Deportivo La Coruna team. (The Independent)

Sheffield United boss Kevin Blackwell is desperate to re-sign Welsh international striker David Cotterill on loan from Wigan Athletic. (Sheffield Star)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces a tough battle to prise away teenage forward Victor Moses from Crystal Palace, with the London club wanting three times the £1m he is prepared to offer. (The Sun)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins is set to miss the start of the season after his mother died in a blaze horror in Nigeria. (The Sun)

Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson, 20, has been offered a new deal by boss Mark Hughes after recently being linked with Liverpool, Everton and Spurs. (The Sun)

England defender Rio Ferdinand has flown home early from Manchester United's tour of South Africa for the birth of his second child after his fiancee Rebecca Ellison went into labour. (Daily Star)

Sir Alex Ferguson is the hot favourite to manage a Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics in London as the prospect of an entry grows. (Various)

Manchester United are considering offers to play in India next summer after being approached to become the first leading Premier League club to visit the world's emerging financial powerhouse. (Various)

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Newly promoted to the Premier League, West Bromwich Albion are scheduled to kick off the season without a shirt sponsor - although the club are in talks with several companies to replace former sponsor T-Mobile. Fans buying replica shirts have been promised that a sponsor's logo will be put on free of charge at a later date. (The Times)

Middlesbrough striker Mido reckons he is fitter than ever after forgoing a summer holiday in an effort to lose weight for the new season. (The Times)

Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic has denied that he left Everton only an hour after arriving for a trial last week. "I'm not a troublemaker," he said. (The Times)

England's Italian boss Fabio Capello will allow himself to be submerged into the culture of his adopted country after agreeing to sample a genuine English boozer as part of a new TV show hosted by Matt Lorenzo called 'Off the Bar' by Sky Sports. (Daily Express)

BREAKING GOSSIP

Inter Milan's chief executive Ernesto Paolillo says the Serie A club still hope to sign Frank Lampard from Chelsea this summer. (Press Association, 1118 BST)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Manchester United are set to break the British transfer record by paying £35m to seal a permanent deal for Carlos Tevez before the start of the new season. (The Independent, The Times)
Man Utd keen to seal Tevez deal

Or, United will pay £32m for the Argentine ace, whose loan spell at Old Trafford ends next summer. (The Sun, Daily Mail, The Guardian)

Chelsea will pay Real Madrid £35m for Robinho, who is 'desperate' to move to Stamford Bridge and has already agreed terms on a five-year deal with the Blues. (The Independent)

Aston Villa have been given permission to speak to Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel but Manchester City have made a late enquiry about the American. (The Independent)

If City miss out on Friedel they will move for veteran Fulham shot-stopper Antti Niemi. (The Sun)

Everton will use the proceeds from the impending £10.5m sale of Andy Johnson to Fulham to fund a bid for Sporting Lisbon striker Joao Moutinho. (Daily Express)

The Toffees have already begun talks with Sporting over an £18m deal for Moutinho. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth have beaten Sunderland in the race to sign Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (The Sun)

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor is set to stay with the club despite continued interest from Barcelona. (Daily Express)

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez hopes to sign Tottenham striker Robbie Keane in time for him to face Rangers on 2 August. (The Sun)

Keane is due to arrive at Anfield next week for a medical before completing his £18m switch. (Daily Mail)

Liverpool will bid for Valencia winger David Silva if they fail to land Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry. (The Sun)

Real Madrid are preparing a £31.5m bid for Valencia striker David Villa but the player's agent says he would be interested in a move to Tottenham. (The Guardian)

Michael Owen has warned Newcastle he will leave on a free transfer at the end of the season unless they improve their contract offer. (The Guardian)

Birmingham are set to bid £2m for Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson. (The Sun)

Blackburn are lining up a £4m move for Fulham midfielder Steven Davis. (Daily Mail)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp will use the £11m from the sale of Sulley Muntari to Inter to fund bids for Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips and Reading's Nicky Shorey. (The Guardian)

Rangers' hopes of signing Pedro Mendes from Portsmouth have been hit by Pompey's sale of Muntari. (Daily Record)

Fulham have bid £4m for Torino's Australian international midfielder Vincenzo Grella. (The Independent)

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OTHER GOSSIP

The Football Association are set to sanction a new rule that will mean only team captains will be permitted to talk to referees next season. (Daily Express)

The FA have moved to clarify comments by England coach Fabio Capello - who has a contract until 2012 - to stress he does not intend to quit after the 2010 World Cup. (Various)

Arsenal defender Kolo Toure has made a quicker than expected recovery from malaria and could return to light training next week. (The Sun)

Chelsea have dumped popular physio Dave Hancock despite an attempt by captain John Terry to keep him in his job. (Daily Mail)

Gabriel Tamas' agent says the defender's transfer from Auxerre to Celtic did not collapse because of the Romanian's wage demands. (Various)

Rangers are still unwilling to meet the valuation of Steven Davis despite Fulham lowering their demands for the midfielder. (The Scotsman)

Motherwell's failure to fund the loan signing of Celtic's John Kennedy has angered Fir Park boss Mark McGhee. (Daily Record)

Motherwell will step up their attempt to sign Celtic winger Jim O'Brien after he impressed on trial. (The Times)

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Manchester United will travel 3,000 miles to play Portsmouth in Nigeria less than 24 hours after playing Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa - so they can bank an extra £1.5m. (Various)

Chelsea players have complained of exhaustion and jet-lag on their globe-trotting pre-season tour. (The Sun)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has told out-of-favour Thomas Gravesen and Derek Riordan they will never play for the club again. (Various)

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique thinks Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher can one day play for Real Madrid. (Daily Record)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Real Madrid hope to sign Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas after conceding defeat in their pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo. (News of the World)

Manchester United have bid £20m for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov but are set to end their interest because the asking price could soar to £38m. (Various)

United are willing to pay £25m for Berbatov but a row between Sir Alex Ferguson and Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy could threaten the deal. (Sunday Times)

Ferguson is considering signing Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz, Valencia's David Villa or Lyon's Karim Benzema instead of Berbatov. (Sunday Times)

Or, United are set to finally land Berbatov this week, for a fee of £24m. (Sunday Express)

Barcelona, AC Milan, Newcastle and Manchester City are all chasing Berbatov too. (Sunday Express)

Real Madrid also want David Villa, a move seen in Spain as an admission they cannot sign Ronaldo. (Sunday Times)

Liverpool are ready to abandon their chase of Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and will spend their money on Tottenham's Robbie Keane instead. (News of the World)

The sale of Keane to Liverpool will allow Tottenham to chase David Villa, who is valued at £25m. (Sunday Telegraph)

Chelsea have bid £31.5m for Real Madrid star Robinho and could get their man for £35m this week. (Sunday Telegraph)

If Chelsea do land Robinho they will not pursue fellow Brazilian Kaka. (Sunday Telegraph)

Kaka is happy at AC Milan and is in no hurry to leave, according to his agent Gaetano Paolillo. (Independent on Sunday)

Chelsea have confirmed their interest in Kaka, who is likely to become the first £1m-a-month footballer if he does move to Stamford Bridge. (The Observer)

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will get the five-year, £150,000-a-week contract he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge when the club returns to England from their pre-season tour. (Sunday Mirror)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, a target for AC Milan and Barcelona, has delayed writing the last chapter of his autobiography until his future is resolved. (Sunday Mirror)

Drogba will quit Chelsea unless he can agree a new contract this week. (The People)

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart wants talks with Mark Hughes after the Eastlands boss tried to sign new Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel. (The People)

Newcastle have made a shock £4m bid for Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos. (Mail on Sunday)

If Senderos is sold, it could mean the Gunners are suffering from financial problems. (Mail on Sunday)

But Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor will not be leaving the Emirates Stadium despite interest from Barcelona. (Sunday Mirror)

Arsenal and Newcastle are both keen on Udinese midfielder Goekhan Inler. (The People)

Rangers want Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson and Sunderland midfielder Dickson Etuhu. (News of the World)

Middlesbrough are keen on Blackburn midfielder David Dunn. (News of the World)

Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given's future is still in doubt, with Arsenal believed to be interested. (News of the World)

Leeds have agreed a £300,000 deal for Wolves striker Jay Bothroyd. (News of the World)

Wales midfielder David Vaughan is to leave Real Sociedad for a £500,000 move to Blackpool. (News of the World)

Cardiff have agreed a £2m deal with Major League Soccer for Kenny Cooper and are negotiating personal terms with the FC Dallas striker. (Wales on Sunday)

Wigan striker David Cotterill is set to clinch a £1.5m move to Sheffield United. (News of the World)

Swansea, Birmingham, Charlton, Plymouth, Hibernian and Hearts are battling for Brazilian midfielder Douglas Rinaldi after his release from Watford. (News of the World)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Sacked ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant has not been paid any compensation since he left the club in May. (News of the World)

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack says he intends to retire in two year's time at the age of 33. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool's owners failed in their latest attempt to show they have the finances to pay for the club's new £400m Stanley Park Stadium. (News of the World)

Arsene Wenger could give William Gallas a second chance as Arsenal captain in order to keep him at the club. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants his former assistant, new Portugal boss Carlos Queiroz, to be his successor as manager at Old Trafford. (Sunday Express)

Tottenham's assistant boss Gus Poyet has again emerged as a leading candidate to replace Queiroz as Ferguson's number two. (Mail on Sunday)

Former England star Paul Gascoigne is back together with his ex-wife Sheryl and the pair plan to re-marry. (Sunday Mirror)

Wales manager John Toshack is ready to recall Nottingham Forest striker Rob Earnshaw for the friendly against Georgia. (News of the World)

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Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov never goes to nightclubs and says he prefers to stay at home and feed squirrels from his balcony. (News of the World)

Manchester United have employed a minder to look after Cristiano Ronaldo while he is in Los Angeles after signing a new commercial deal. (Sunday Mirror)