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Last Updated: Monday, 11 September 2006, 06:08 GMT 07:08 UK
Monday's football gossip

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Liverpool will move for Oldham's Neil Eardley in January. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United still want to sign Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich and will make a �15m move in January. (Daily Telegraph)

Wolves plan to make a new bid for Leeds winger Eddie Lewis after having an initial offer of �500,000 rejected before the transfer window closed in August. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce tried to sign Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell in the summer. (The Sun)

Birmingham winger Julian Gray is wanted by his former club Crystal Palace. (Daily Mirror)

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Celtic that they could face a backlash from Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes in Wednesday's Champions League match because they are raring to go after serving three-match Premiership bans. (Various)

Sir Alex Ferguson will rest some of his key players for the Champions League match with Celtic. (Daily Record)

Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon may need surgery on a knee injury he picked up in training on Friday. (The Sun)

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole says he was betrayed by Arsenal. (The Sun)

West Ham boss Alan Pardew will fight any takeover plans that might threaten the history of the club. (Daily Express)

Leeds financial crisis is almost at an end - with debts likely to be reduced to �4m within a year. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is hoping he will get the opportunity to take a penalty for the club following Frank Lampard's miss against Charlton. (The Sun)

Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell has hit back at fans calling for him to go following Sunday's defeat at the hands of Wolves. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United are to add Brian Kidd to their coaching staff, ending Roy Keane's hopes of taking him to Sunderland. (The Independent)

Roy Keane can have the same effect at Sunderland as Kevin Keegan did at Newcastle, according to defender Robbie Elliott. (Various)

Paul Gallacher is hoping that his form for Norwich will see him rewarded with more caps for Scotland. (Daily Record)

FUNNIES

Barnsley's Paul Hayes has revealed the reason behind the bizarre celebration to mark his goal against Stoke, where all the players did press-ups. He said: "There was something in the local paper saying three of the lads were out doing press-ups naked. I suppose we could have done it naked on the pitch but then we would all have got booked."

Ben Thatcher's Manchester City team-mates made a sticker that read "I am Ben Thatcher, Man City Hard man" and attached it to his car, which the defender failed to notice as he drove off from training. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea's Wayne Bridge left his luggage behind in Skopje when England played Macedonia last week and has yet to be reunited with it. (Daily Mirror)



SEE ALSO
Sunday's football gossip
10 Sep 06 |  Gossip & Transfers
Transfers - September 2006
05 Sep 06 |  Gossip & Transfers


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