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Football Rumours – 28 January 2010

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We start with a roundup of rumours about Premier League sides. Manchester City have started to build their squad after the defeat at the hands of United in the League Cup. They have enquired about Middlesbrough’s highly rated winger Adam Johnson. City are also targeting Roma right back Marco Motta and Sampdoria striker Antonio Cassano. One player moving away from Manchester City could be Benjani. Galatasaray are keen on the Zimbabwean striker but will have to face stiff challenge from West Ham United. Check the latest soccer betting odds for their next game at Partybets.

Tottenham have beaten West Ham to the signature of former Chelsea midfielder Eidur Gudjohnsen. The Icelandic international was to join Upton Park from Spanish giants Barcelona but Tottenham came in at the last moment and stole a march on their London rivals. With the arrival of Gudjohnsen, the door may have closed on Roman Pavlyuchenko. Birmingham have opened talks to take the Russian international away from White Hart Lane. If you want to know the best odds on the market visit Partybets.com

We move to Scotland now where Pedro Mendes’ transfer to Sporting Lisbon seems to be in jeopardy due to his £25,000-per-week wage demand. Cross town rivals Celtic have expressed interest to sign Jeffren Suarez from Barcelona. They face stiff competition from Everton, Blackburn and Sevilla for his signature.

Football Rumours – 24 July 2009

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Starting off with news from the Barclays Premier League, Sunderland have signed Marseille’s Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana for a fee around £5 million. He becomes Steve Bruce’s third new recruit at the Stadium of Light. But Bruce is set to lose midfielder Dean Whitehead who is reportedly close to a move to Stoke. Sunderland’s relegated rivals Newcastle United may lose their right back Habib Beye who is intent on moving to Hull City. Meanwhile, Spanish striker Diego Tristan has chosen to return to La Liga. He has joined newly promoted side Cadiz after a one-year spell at West Ham United. Fulham have had their third bid for Jonathan Greening rejected by West Bromwich Albion.

In Spain, Real Zaragoza have signed Colombian midfielder Abel Aguilar and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo on a year-long loan deal. Napoli have also completed the signing of goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis from Sevilla. Meanwhile, the biggest news coming out of Spain is that Inter Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement over the swap deal of Eto’o and Ibrahimovic. Barcelona are also close to completing the signing of Palmerias youngster Kerrison. But he will be immediately loaned out to either Ajax or Porto to gain valuable first team experience. Real Madrid have used their buy back clause to re-sign Esteban Granero from Getafe. And finally, Espanyol right-back Steve Finnan could make a return to the Premier League. Wolves, Stoke and Sunderland are all vying for his signature

Football Rumours – 17 July 2009

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We switch our attention to the European leagues this week. Marseille have continued their buying spree and have completed the €12m signing of defensive midfielder Stephane M’bia from Rennes. Mbia was a target of many Premier League sides, but he chose to remain in France. Nice midfielder Cyril Rool and Rapid Bucharest goalkeeper Elinton Andrade are also set to join Marseille. Didier Deschamps has already signed Lucho Gonzalez, Edouard Cisse, Charley Fomen and Souleymane Diawara. French defender Sebastien Puygrenier has agreed to join Monaco on a season long loan deal from Zenit St.Petersberg with the option of permanent transfer at the end of the loan. Puygrenier moved to Russia from Nancy but failed to make any impact.

In Spain now, Malaga have lodged a bid with Zamalek for their Egyptian striker Amr Zaki. Joan Laporta and Txiki Begiristain have landed in Milan to start negotiating with Inter for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Inter president Massimo Morrati has accepted that a swap deal between Ibrahimovic and Eto’o looks likely. Brazilian left back Maxwell is on the brink of a move to Barcelona. He will join the Catalan giants subject to a medical.

Also, Brazilian defender Lucio has agreed to join Inter Milan on a free. He was a free agent after his contract with German giants Bayern Munich had expired while Lazio president Claudio Lotito has claimed the club never received any bids from Napoli or Zenit St. Petersburg for their Macedonian striker Goran Pandev.

Football Rumours – 19 June 2009

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With Real Madrid setting the benchmark for big money transfer deals this summer, quite a few deals with “obscene money” involved are expected to go through in the coming weeks. Real Madrid themselves have stepped up the pursuit for Frank Ribery. Zinedine Zidane, who is an adviser to Madrid commented – “I am for Ribery coming to Madrid and I will do everything to make that happen”. Inter Milan have thundered that they will sell their star striker Ibrahimovic only for 80 million pounds, as they believe that his value is no less than Ronaldo or Kaka. Samuel Eto’o will bag a huge paycheck if he transfers to Eastlands, with figures of 192,000 pound weekly salary after tax being reported in the media. Javier Mascherano could still make a move to the Catalan giants but Liverpool are holding out for 45 million pounds, which would be the highest fee paid ever for a defensive midfielder. Also, rumours about Robinho going on loan to Barcelona have been squashed by City executive Gary Cook – “The story is completely without foundation.”

Coming back to some not so larger than life transfers. Aston Villa look to Tom Huddlestone as Gareth Barry’s replacement. Nigel Reo-Coker will be offered to Tottenham as part of an exchange deal. Andrea Pirlo has welcomed a move to Chelsea. He was quoted as saying – “Perhaps it’s possible that I could join (Blues boss Carlo) Ancelotti. Maybe it’s time for a new chapter in my career.” Bayern Munich seem to have won their battle to sign Jose Bosingwa from English Cup champions Chelsea. Thomas Vermaelen is set to seal a 10 million pound switch to Arsenal. And finally in a deal that would get tongues wagging, Manchester United are poised to make an approach for Arsenal forward Robin van Persie. van Persie has been frustrated with the lack of trophies at Arsenal and fancies United as a good career move.