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Last Updated: Sunday, 18 March 2007, 11:11 GMT
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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Tottenham boss Martin Jol values in-form striker Dimitar Berbatov at over �40m, but insists he would never sell the Bulgarian despite reported interest from Manchester United and Liverpool (Various).

West Ham want to sign Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the summer whether or not they are relegated (News of the World).

Bayern Munich's Owen Hargreaves says Manchester United is the only team he wants to join as they have made such an effort to sign him (News of the World).

Everton are interested in signing Blackburn's Michael Gray, who will be out of contract in the summer (News of the World).

Inter Milan want to sign Chelsea's John Terry (Mail on Sunday).

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is still tracking Marseille winger Franck Ribery (Express).

QPR striker Kevin Gallen, who is currently on loan at Plymouth, will leave Loftus Road in the summer, with Leicester one of the clubs keen to sign him (Mirror).

Jason Roberts could leave Blackburn in the summer after failing to regain his first-team place after recovering from injury (People).

Spurs will sign West Brom defender Curtis Davies for �7m in the summer, with Anthony Gardner possibly going in the other direction (News of the World).

Rangers want David Weir to stay at Ibrox until the summer of 2008. (Sunday Post)

OTHER GOSSIP

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez still tops Real Madrid's managerial wish-list for the summer (Mirror).

Steve McClaren has hailed Spurs winger Aaron Lennon, saying the youngster could be England's equivalent to Cristiano Ronaldo in coming years (Independent).

The Premier League is to introduce 'Hawkeye' equipment to rule whether or not the ball has crossed the line for the 2008-09 season (Various)

Birmingham could be fined points after their game with Leeds was called off at short notice because the newly-laid pitch was unplayable (Various).

Former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson's next job will be at Marseille (Mirror).

Luton want Colchester assistant boss Mick Harford as their new manager to replace Mike Newell, with Plymouth's Tim Breacker also on the shortlist (Mirror).

Derby boss Billy Davies will leave in the summer whether or not they get promoted because of tensions with managing director Mike Horton (Various).

Barcelona's Frank Rijkaard is top of Chelsea's list if manager Jose Mourinho leaves in the summer (People).

Roman Abramovich could be under pressure from the Russian government to sell Chelsea to help fund a bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics (Express).

Fifa president Sepp Blatter is backing a joint bid from Ukraine and Poland to host the 2012 European Championships (Times).

AZ Alkmaar's Kew Jaliens has accused Newcastle's Nicky Butt of "animalistic" behaviour in the teams' Uefa Cup match last week (News of the World).

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has blasted England boss Steve McClaren for overlooking left-back Lee Naylor. (Sunday Post)

Rangers winger Chris Burke is an injury doubt for Scotland's Euro 2008 double-header against Georgia and Italy. (Sunday Post)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has criticised the decision to schedule his side's league match with Falkirk on the same day as the CIS Insurance Cup final. (Sunday Post)

AND FINALLY...

Israel have called in Uri Geller to help with positive thinking ahead of their Euro 2008 qualifier with England (Mail on Sunday).

Uefa have refused to rule out the possibility of staging a Champions League game in Asia as a promotional event (Mirror).



SEE ALSO
Saturday's gossip column
17 Mar 07 |  Gossip
Transfers - March 2007
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