THURSDAY TRANSFER GOSSIP COLUMN

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Here are the latest transfer news for today,check'em out...

Newcastle, Everton, Stoke, West Brom, West Ham, Aston Villa, Swansea and Cardiff are monitoring the situation of
Wilfried Zaha, 21, at Manchester United.
(Daily Telegraph)

Chelsea join Manchester United,
Tottenham and Arsenal in pursuit of Inter Milan centre-back Andrea Ranocchi, 25.
(Daily Star)

Diego Costa has scored 22 goals in 21 games this season for Atletico Madrid Arsenal are tracking Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa, 25, who has a £32m
release clause in his contract with the Spanish club.
(Daily Mail)

Real Madrid want to make a bid for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 26, next summer.
(Daily Star)

Manchester City and Arsenal have been sounded out by agents regarding Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 32
(Daily Mirror)

Swansea, Reading and QPR are
monitoring Manchester City midfielder Abdisalam Ibrahim, 22.
(Daily Mirror)

Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey, 30 is lining up a loan return to Fulham during the Major League Soccer off-season
(Daily Mail)

Swansea's Michu has called on his club to sign Liverpool's Spanish forward Iago Aspas, 26, on loan in January.
(Daily Mirror)

Other gossip

Former Tottenham boss Andre Villas- Boas, 36, did not approve four of Spurs' seven summer  signings and asked chairman  Daniel Levy not to buy them.
(Daily Mail)

Villas-Boas has emerged as a
contender for the vacant West
Bromwich Albion job, along with
former Liverpool coach Mauricio
Pellegrino and Martin Jol.
(Express and Star)

Ajax manager Frank de Boer, 43, is top of Tottenham's wanted list to become their next head coach.
Tottenham want Frank de Boer who has led Ajax to the Dutch title, to replace Andre Villas-Boas
(Daily Mirror)

Former Manchester United, Real
Madrid and LA Galaxy midfielder
David Beckham, 38, is making progress in his attempt to establish a new MLS team after Miami-Dade county commissioners voted unanimously in support of a new, privately funded stadium.
(ESPN)

Former Tottenham midfielder David Ginola has accused his old club's players of failing to understand the history of the club
(Talksport)

Manchester United should have signed Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, 20, rather than Marouane Fellaini, 26, this summer, according to the club's former striker Michael Owen.
(Metro)

Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 42, has dismissed reports ex-manager Andre Villas-Boas lost the dressing room, insisting none of the players wanted to see him leave.
(Fox Sports)

And finally
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, 23, posted a video of Arsenal's fancy dress Christmas party, where midfielder Santi Cazorla, 29 came as video game character Mario and forward Lukas Podolski, 28 turned up as the Incredible Hulk. Szczesny went
as Robocop.
(Metro)

WEDNESDAY GOSSIP

Monaco are set to test Manchester
City's resolve to hold on to Belgian
defender Vincent Kompany, 27, in
January by making a £17m offer for
the player's services.(DAILY EXPRESS)

City are believed to be ahead of
Manchester United and Inter Milan in the race for Argentine midfielder Bruno Zuculini, 20, currently with Racing Club de
Avellaneda in his home country.
(SUN)

Stoke are plotting a January move for Dutch striker Luuk de Jong, 23, and manager Mark Hughes has not given up hope of getting a work permit for American forward Juan Agudelo, 21.(DAILY MIRROR)

Barcelona will attempt to sign Chelsea defender David Luiz, 26, in January for £29m.(DAILY STAR)

Arsenal face competition from
Liverpool for the signature of
Hamburg's highly rated Turkey
midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, 19.
(DAILY MAIL)

Newcastle United's 32-year-old striker Shola Ameobi, out of contract at the end of this season, is a January target for Hull City.
(SUN)

Tottenham new boy Erik Lamela, 21,could be set for an early White Hart Lane exit with Atletico Madrid
interested in taking the Argentine
former Roma winger on loan.
(FOOTY LATEST)

Barcelona striker Antonio Sanabria, 17, has decided to leave the Nou Camp and commit his future to Roma, even though Arsenal have made a major offer for him.
(INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES)

OTHER GOSSIP
Ashley Cole has made more than 300 Chelsea appearances and has 106 England caps Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole, 32, has told club and national bosses Jose Mourinho and Roy Hodgson he is not past his best.(metro)

Arsenal players have been put on a
security lockdown amid major Champions League safety fears and have not been allowed to leave their hotel in the run-up to the game against Napoli.(daily mirror)

Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, 26, says he is desperate to put one over on Arsenal in the Champions League.(The times)

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson says he fears crooks have attempted to fix Premier League matches for 10 years (Daily star)

Steven Gerrard hopes to be available for Liverpool again in around four weeks after suffering a hamstring injury that has ruled the Reds' 33- year-old captain out of the festive fixture programme.
(Guardian)

Blackburn must wait to find out whether striker DJ Campbell, 32, is guilty of spot- fixing before they can cancel his £25,000- a-week contract.(Daily mail)

FC Barcelona vice-president Javier
Faus says there is "zero chance" that the club will sell Lionel Messi, 26, but he also believes the Argentine superstar's contract won't be improved this season.
(Marca)

German club VfL Wolfsburg could be interested in signing Kevin De Bruyne if Chelsea decide to sell the 22-year-old Belgium midfielder.
(Kicker)

AND FINALLY
David Beckham says he still pines for Manchester despite his jet-set
lifestyle - with the 38-year-old
describing his spell at Manchester
United as the best of his career.
(Manchester evening news)

Chelsea captain John Terry, 33, who earns £170,000 a week, has been spotted bargain hunting in Poundworld.(Metro)

WEDNESDAY TRANSFER GOSSIP

Here are the latest transfer gossips across europe...

21-year-old Burnley striker Danny Ings as Brendan Rodgers looks to add cover for Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge in January. The England Under-21 forward has scored 15 goals this season.
(Daily mirror.)

Manchester United manager David Moyes could include wingers Nani and Antonio Valencia in a potential bid for Galatasaray's Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder, 29.
( Daily Express)

Porto will offer France defender
Eliaquim Mangala, 22, a pay rise to
block interest from Chelsea,
Manchester United and Manchester City. (Metro )

Dimitar Berbatov is keen to leave
relegation-threatened Fulham in January. The Bulgarian striker's contract expires in the summer but the 32-year-old wants to move on at the turn of the year,with Turkish side Trabzonspor interested.
(Daily Mirror)

Berbatov has scored one league goal this season Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois wants the promise of a fair opportunity of first-team football before he will agree to return to Chelsea. Courtois, 21, is in a third season on loan at Atletico Madrid and does not want to return to Stamford
Bridge to provide back-up to Petr
Cech. (Daily Mail)

Fulham's new manager Rene
Meulensteen wants to sign Dynamo
Moscow winger Balazs Dzsudzsak, 26, in a £11m deal.
(The Sun )

OTHER GOSSIP
Norwegian left-back John Arne Riise is hoping to prove himself at Fulham under new manager Rene Meulensteen after looking set to leave in January before Martin Jol's departure. (Sky Sports)

Roberto Martinez believes his team can reach the Champions League if they can get 71 points this season.(Daily Telegraph )

Mamadou Sakho could be drafted back into the Liverpool defence for the first time in a month against Norwich on Wednesday night. France centre-back Sakho, 23, joined the Reds for £18m from Paris-St Germain in the summer
and has not played since the 2-0
defeat at Arsenal on 2 November.
( Daily Mail )

Everton defender John Heitinga, 30, is a target for Sam Allardyce's West Ham. (The Sun )

Stoke manager Mark Hughes will be
given money to spend in January to
bolster his squad. City are currently
two places above the relegation zone. (The Guardian)

Former Hibernian and Falkirk boss John Hughes, 49, is expected to be appointed manager of Scottish Premiership side Inverness on a two-and-a-half-year deal to replace new Hibs boss Terry Butcher.
(Daily Record)

Real Madrid have rejected  claims that striker alvaro Morata, 21, could be set for a  loan move to Arsenal or Tottenham i n January .
(Marca)

Barcelona keeper target Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 21, says he will decide on his future at Borussia Monchengladbach in the coming weeks.(Marca)

AND FINALLY
Phil Neville is enjoying life as a
Manchester United coach so much he would like to sleep at the club's training ground.
(Guardian) 

TUEDDAY TRANSFER RUMOURS

Here is a roundup of todays transfer rumours, Gossip and speculation from all today’s newspapers…

Steven gerrard insists England will not be humiliated by Germany again tonight. (The sun)

Arsenal striker Nicklas bendtner is tipping himself for an unlikely move to either Real Madrid or Barcelona. (The sun)

Arsenal’s French striker Olivier Giroud insists he is ready to make the ultimate sacrifice against Ukraine. (The sun)

Dan Petrescu is set to be offered a
£1million bonus to keep Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
(The sun)

Newcastle must fight off six other top- flight clubs to land Manchester United’s Wilfried Zaha on loan. (The sun)

AC Milan are set to move for Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul in January. (The sun)

Chelsea are keeping an eye on Wolfsburg defender Ricardo Rodriguez (the sun)

FRIDAY TRANSFER GOSSIP

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Barcelona are ready to rekindle their interest in Manchester City's Sergio Aguero after being encouraged to pursue the 25-year-old striker by Argentina team-mate Lionel Messi. (Daily express)

Sergio Aguero is the Premier League's joint top-scorer on eight goals Another City striker linked with a move is Bosnian Edin dzeko, 27, who is on Arsenal's wanted list.
(Daily mirror)

AC Milan's 27-year-old Italy
international right-back Ignazio Abate is also thought to be a target for Arsene Wenger. (Talk sport)

Hull will make a fresh £6.5m bid for West Brom striker shane long, 26, in January after they failed to sign him in the summer.(daily mirror)

Liverpool are lining up an approach for Hamburg defender Dennis aogo, 26, after learning that the Germany international could be available for as little as £2.5m.(daily express)

Fulham will attempt to sign Manchester United duo wilfried Zaha, 21, and Anderson, 25, on loan in January.(metro)

Borussia Dortmund want Atletico
Madrid striker and Liverpool target Diego costa, 25, to replace Robert
Lewandowski, who is widely expected to leave the club at the end of the season.(Daily mail)

Chelsea striker Demba ba, 28, is hoping to quit English football and move to a Turkish club in January after failing to make an impact since his £7.5m move from
Newcastle.(Evening Standard)

Barcelona are close to offering
midfielder Andres iniesta, 29, a
bumper new contract at the club in
order to ward off interest from
Manchester United. (Metro)

Manchester United are scouting 19-year- old Sporting Lisbon winger Carolos mane, who has a £1m buy-out clause in his contract.(Daily Mirror)

Manchester United plan to offer
England striker Wayne rooney, 28, a new four-year contract worth a
reported £52m by the New Year.
(Sun)

Which of these do you prefer to come to reality?  Leave comments below.

LIVERPOOL NEWS : SHOCK REPLACEMENT FOR SUAREZ ?

Liverpool have lined up England new boy Jay Rodriguez as a replacement for Luis Suarez.
The Anfield giants made enquiries over Rodriguez in the summer, when they feared Suarez may quit.
And manager Brendan Rodgers has kept tabs on the 24-year-old, who he believes can fulfil the Suarez role if the Uruguayan
eventually leaves. Rodriguez can either play as a central striker, where he scored 21 goals in his
final season for Burnley, or as a wide or support forward where he’s been used by Southampton. (Daily mirror)

Will the  striker be an adequate
replacement for Suarez?

TRANSFER RUMOURS AND GOSSIPS.

Here are the top stories in
Wednesday's newspapers...

Liverpool are set to rival Arsenal for the signing of 27-year-old Yohan Cabaye as Newcastle brace themselves for renewed interest in the France midfielder in January. (Daily Express)

Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, 26, is refusing to rule out a move to
Manchester City after revealing he was close to a deal before Roberto Mancini's departure from the Etihad Stadium. (Metro)

Fulham are set to go head-to-head with Sunderland in a bid to sign Venezuelan midfielder Tomas Rincon, 25. (The Sun)

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas will make another attempt to sign Real Madrid's £100,000-a-week defender Fabio Coentrao, 25, in January. The Portugal international almost joined
Manchester United on loan in the
summer but the deal collapsed.
(London Evening Standard)

Blackburn Rovers have insisted that they will not sell 23-year-old striker Jordan Rhodes in January - despite the club being £54m in debt. (The Sun)

Chelsea are hoping to add two more talented teenagers to their squad with moves for Benfica winger Lazar Markovic, 19, and Inter Milan midfielder Pedro Delgado, 16. (Metro)

Spurs are preparing to step up their
interest in Brazilian winger Neilton after the player's agent said the 19-year-old is no nearer to signing a new contract at current club Santos. (Daily Express)

Dundee United defender John Souttar, 17, says he turned down a chance to play in the Premier League because he did not want to be another lost Scot down south. (Daily Record)

Former Tottenham midfielder Luka
Modric, 28, claims that Chelsea,
Manchester United and Paris St-Germain all tried to sign him after a difficult first season at Real Madrid. (Daily Star)

TRANFER RUMOURS: CHICHARITO COULD LEAVE IN JANUARY AND MORE...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been given permission to bring in another striker in January after Samuel Eto'o, 32 and Fernando Torres, 29, scored just one goal apiece in his side's first 10 Premier
League games.( Daily Mail )

Arsenal and Tottenham could be ready to step up their efforts to buy
Alexandre Pato, 24, after Brazilian club Corinthians said they would be
prepared to sell the striker in January.(Daily Star)

Stoke, Hull, Sunderland and Crystal Palace have all been linked with a move for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25, in the January transfer window. ( Metro)

Manchester United striker Javier
Hernandez appeared to cast doubt
over his future at Old Trafford by
retweeting a story featuring quotes
from Mexico team-mate Carlos Vela, in which the former Arsenal striker said Hernandez would need to leave United for regular first-team football.(Daily Telegraph)

Everton had Dundee United centre-back John Souttar watched in Saturday's draw against Celtic and hope to sign the 17- year-old, who has also been on the radar of Sunderland and QPR, for £1m.(Daily Mirror)

QPR boss Harry Redknapp is set to run the rule over former West Ham,
Liverpool and Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun, with a view to signing the 33-year-old on a free transfer. (Sun)

Goalkeeper Joe Hart, 26, is set to
remain on the bench for Manchester City's Champions League meeting with CSKA Moscow on Tuesday after being dropped in favour of Costel Pantilimon, also aged 26, for Saturday's 7-0 win over Norwich.(Daily mail)

TRANSFER RUMOURS:BAYERN WANT AGUERO,ZAHA+£7m FOR BAINES.

Manchester City enjoyed a 7-0 win over Norwich yesterday but that hasn't stopped Manuel Pellegrini from wanting to add to his squad in January. They're set to battle with rivals Manchester United
for Porto's centre-backs Eliaquim Mangala and Nicolas Otamendi in a £65m swoop( Star)

But Pellegrini and City will have to do their best to hang on to their prize asset - with Bayern Munich stepping up their pursuit of forward Sergio Aguero ( Mirror )

Both Ajax and Inter Milan are showing interest in signing Blackpool star Tom Ince - who is out of contract next summer
( Mirror )

Wilfired Zaha could be set to leave
Manchester United - with the Red Devils wanting to offer £7m plus the England winger to Everton for Leighton Baines ( Sun)

However, Zaha's future could lie
elsewhere as Malky Mackay has refused to rule out a loan bid for the former Crystal Palace player (Star)

LATEST GOSSIPS

LATEST GOSSIP

Manchester United are keeping close eye on how Gareth Bale, 24,adapts to life at Real Madrid with view to a shock move for the Welshman next year.(metro)

Arsenal, Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund are in competition for Olympiakos's Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou, 25, who has scored 14 goals in 14 games. (Daily star)

Chelsea will test Manchester United's desire to keep hold of in-form Wayne Rooney, 28, with a new £35m bid in January. (Metro)