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Last Updated: Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 07:28 GMT
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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Everton have told Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish that striker James McFadden would cost him �5m. (The Express)

Tottenham look to have won the race to sign �8.5m striker Fred from PSG. (The Sun)

Manchester United could move for Hertha Berlin left-back Gilberto as cover for Patrice Evra. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill is wanted by three Premiership clubs. (Various)

Bolton boss Gary Megson has agreed a �4m deal with AZ Alkmaar to sign Icelandic defender Gretar Steinsson. (The Mirror)

Spurs keeper Paul Robinson could be used as bait to land Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing. (The Sun)

Middlesbrough are poised to launch a bid for striker Ross McCormack but Motherwell will reject the approach. (Daily Record)

Motherwell's Ross McCormack will complete a �250,000 move to Middlesbrough by the end of the week. (The Herald)

Liverpool and Chelsea are battling it out to land �10m Uruguayan defender Martin Caceres, 19. (The Sun)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has offered �1.5m for Crystal Palace defender Lee Hills. (The Sun)

Pompey are also showing an interest in former Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman. The 28-year-old is currently at Turkish side Fenerbahce. (Daily Mail)

Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten says he would consider going on loan to Celtic, Everton or Sunderland. (The Sun)

Brazilian defender Coelho's agent has accused Celtic of reneging on an agreement to sign the Corinthians player. (Daily Mail)

Galatasaray want to sign Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen, who would be allowed to end his loan with Everton. (Daily Mail)

Rangers could turn to Aberdeen's Derek Soutar as back-up to goalkeeper Allan McGregor. (The Herald)

QPR will make a final �1m offer for talented Sheffield Wednesday defender Tommy Spurr. (Daily Star)

QPR have also bid �1.8m for Spurs winger Wayne Routledge. (The Sun)

Arsenal are chasing �5m-rated Marseille youngster Andre Ayew. (The Sun)

West Ham are closing in on Ipswich's teenage star Danny Haynes. The Hammers are willing to pay up to �3m for the winger. (The Sun)

Fulham are in talks with 23-year-old American striker Eddie Johnson, who plays for the Kansas City Wizards. (The Guardian)

Derby manager Paul Jewell is hoping to sign Wigan full-back Emmerson Boyce. (The Guardian)

Sunderland lead the race to sign Blackburn's �2m-rated striker Jason Roberts. (The Mirror)

Atletico Madrid have joined the race to sign Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko after Juventus's interest cooled. (The Mirror)

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is trying to sign Wigan's Paul Scharner for �3m. (The Mirror)

Portsmouth will beat Spurs to the signing of Arsenal's �5.5m Lassana Diarra. (The Mirror)

Bristol City boss Gary Johnson is trying to sign Sparta Prague's �1m striker Libor Dosek. (The Mirror)

Tottenham are willing to accept �12.5m for striker Darren Bent, �3m less than they paid for him a year ago. (The Times)

Liverpool have joined the race for Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. (The Times)

Wigan have launched a fresh bid for Hibernian left-back David Murphy after Birmingham's latest offer was rejected. (The Sun)

Hibernian hope to be given permission today to speak to Inverness midfielder John Rankin. (The Sun)

Norwich midfielder Ian Murray and Kilmarnock striker Colin Nish are targets for new Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen. (The Scotsman)

Preston and Scunthorpe are preparing to outbid Hibernian for Kilmarnock striker Colin Nish. (The Sun)

Hibernian midfielder Guillaume Beuzelin is making plans to move to West Brom when his contract ends in the summer. (The Sun)

Aberdeen have targeted Nottingham Forest striker Scott Dobie and Dundee United defender Stuart Duff. (Daily Express)

Roman Bednar wants to stay at West Brom instead of returning to Hearts at the end of his loan deal. (Daily Record)

Argentine midfielder Fernando Screpis has threatened to take Hearts to Fifa as the club have not honoured their agreement to sign him from Kaunas in January. (The Sun)

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has said he would take the Newcastle job. (Daily Express)

Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer both want the Newcastle job, but won't work together. (The Mirror)

Billy Davies snubbed the Scottish FA by refusing to be interviewed for the Scotland job. (Daily Express)

Mark McGhee will meet owner John Boyle today after the SFA's approach to interview the Motherwell manager. (Daily Mail)

Rafa Benitez could take legal action against owner Tom Hicks after he admitted the club tried to line up Jurgen Klinsmann to replace him. (Daily Telegraph)

Benitez has vowed to stand firm and not resign after the Klinsmann revelations. (Various)

Fabio Capello has refused to confirm whether David Beckham will win his 100th cap for England next month. (Various)

Capello is also refusing to commit on whether John Terry will be England captain once he is fit. (Various)

AND FINALLY

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has taunted Chelsea by saying that new �15m signing Nicolas Anelka would rather be playing for the Gunners and not the Stamford Bridge club. (Various)



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