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Last Updated: Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 06:21 GMT
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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Arsenal winger Alex Hleb will stay with the Gunners despite a planned summer raid by Barcelona. (The Sun)

Tottenham and Arsenal will fight it out to land Newcastle winger Charles N'Zogbia in the summer. (Daily Mail)

Middlesbrough are set to double defender David Wheater's wages to fend off interest from Liverpool. (The Sun)

Boro expect Wheater to sign a new long-term deal in the next two weeks. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been spotted house hunting in Barcelona while he recovers from a thigh injury. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has pledged his future to the club despite interest from Real Madrid and AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United have been sounding out clubs interested in signing striker Louis Saha. (Daily Mail)

Ipswich hope to sign out-of-favour Portsmouth striker David Nugent on loan. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham will go to court to fight a legal challenge from Kia Joorabchian over fees relating to Carlos Tevez's spell at Upton Park. (Telegraph)

Rangers captain Barry Ferguson will spend the rest of his career at Ibrox with the club set to offer him a contract extension. (The Sun)

Dunfermline have taken St Mirren forward Alex Burke on loan until the end of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Giovanni Trapattoni is the preferred choice to be the new Republic of Ireland boss, ahead of Terry Venables and Billy Davies. (Independent)

Coventry City want to re-sign striker Gary McSheffrey on loan from Birmingham. (Daily Star)

Leeds striker Tresor Kandol wants to quit Elland Road after a bust-up with new boss Gary McAllister. (The Sun)

Former Scotland striker Gary McSwegan, 37, is training with Clyde. (Daily Record)

OTHER GOSSIP

England boss Fabio Capello could pick Wayne Rooney and Joe Cole up front against Switzerland and leave Michael Owen on the bench. (Various)

Owen was a spectator in training on Tuesday as Capello experimented with new formations. (Various)

Matthew Upson, Wes Brown, David Bentley and Ashley Young are all set to start against the Swiss at Wembley. (Various)

Motherwell will pay �40,000 to replace part of their rain-sodden Fir Park pitch - and the new surface will only last six weeks. (Daily Record)

Shaun Maloney fears for his place in the Scotland squad if he does not secure more first-team football with Aston Villa. (Various)

Barry Ferguson is desperate to seize what he sees as his last chance of playing at World Cup finals for Scotland. (Various)

Maciej Zurawski says leaving Celtic for Larissa will revive his hopes of playing for Poland at the Euro 2008 finals. (Daily Mail)

Former Scotland international Andy Goram is poised to become goalkeeping coach with Clyde. (Various)

AND FINALLY

Fabio Capello banned England players from playing golf before the friendly with Switzerland but says they can play as much as they like on Thursday. (Various)

Benjani's move from Portsmouth to Manchester City was held up on transfer deadline day because the Zimbabwe striker fell asleep at the airport and missed two planes. (The Times)



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