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Friday's gossip column

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BREAKING GOSSIP

2230: Former Newcastle boss Alan Shearer is keen to return to management.

"If a job was to come up, not necessarily Newcastle, then I would be interested," he told an assembly of school children.
Full story: Daily Mirror

1330 BST: Slovenian defender Suad Filekovic has claimed to have signed for Barnsley. The 31-year-old is a free agent following his release from Maribor in his native Slovenia.
Full story: Sky Sports

1326 BST: Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has hinted that he'd be happy to remain in England for the foreseeable future. "I don't think about going back to Spain now," said the 25-year-old.
Full story: The Sun

1227 BST: Zenit St Petersburg are ready to launch another attempt to sign Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for £9m in January.
Full story: Daily Mail

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal have suffered a blow in their efforts to sign Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh after Italian side Juventus moved in for the player.
Full story: Daily Mirror

However, Chamakh's representatives are pushing for further talks with both Arsenal and West Ham after holding a meeting with Juventus in Turin on Wednesday.
Full story: Daily Mail

Norwich defender Gary Doherty has admitted that he expects to leave Carrow Road in the coming weeks after falling out of favour with new manager Paul Lambert.
Full story: Daily Mirror

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says that his dug-out strop during the Champions League match against Besiktas in Turkey on Tuesday was because he was spat on by home fans and not because he was substituted.
Full story: Daily Star

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has begged manager Mark Hughes to play him against former side Manchester United in the derby match between the sides this Sunday.
Full story: Daily Mirror

England are planning a friendly with Japan in Austria as part of coach Fabio Capello's World Cup warm-up programme.
Full story: Daily Mail

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is set to give midfielder Olivier Kapo a second chance to kick start his career at Wigan after he was seemingly on his way out of the club under former manager Steve Bruce.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Former Liverpool, Blackburn and Newcastle manager Graeme Souness says he never wants to manage again because he is not prepared to deal with rich, opinionated modern footballers.
Full story: Daily Star

Former Chelsea coach Avram Grant is being lined up as the new coach of Poland.
Full story: Daily Mail

Former Nottingham Forest coach John Pemberton is in line to take the manager's job at Lincoln City.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Burnley manager Owen Coyle believes Sunderland boss Steve Bruce can manage the England team in the future. (Daily Star)

AND FINALLY

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres says English football is still the home of fair play. Launching his autobiography, the Spanish international said: "I get kicked a lot here, but at least they do it honestly. In some other leagues they try to catch you with their elbows and stuff like that."
Full story: Daily Mail



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see also
Transfers - September 2009
29 Sep 09 |  Football
Thursday's gossip column
17 Sep 09 |  Gossip
Wednesday's gossip column
16 Sep 09 |  Gossip
Wednesday's Scottish gossip
16 Sep 09 |  Scottish Premier
Tuesday's gossip column
15 Sep 09 |  Gossip
Tuesday's Scottish gossip
15 Sep 09 |  Scottish Premier


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