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Sunday's gossip column

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Thierry Henry could be on his way to Manchester United - if Sir Alex Ferguson's bid to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham collapses. (Mail on Sunday)

Spurs are holding out for up �30m for Berbatov but United are only willing to go as high as �25m - if that fails to happen then Henry might be a surprise signing. (Sunday Telegraph)

Liverpool's American owners will put in an �18m bid for Valencia winger David Silva, who starred for Spain at the European Championships. (News of the World)

And Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is not ruling out the sale of Xabi Alonso as he still wants to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. (Observer)

AC Milan star Kaka believes he could be a Chelsea player by the end of the month. (Observer)

Everton are set to sign Brazilian striker Vagner Love from CSKA Moscow in a club-record deal. (Various)

Arsenal are ready to make an �8m move for Michael Johnson after the young central midfielder rejected a new deal at Manchester City. (Sunday Express)

There's more turmoil at Manchester City... the club's hierarchy have agreed the sale of midfielder Stephen Ireland to Sunderland without telling Mark Hughes. (Mail on Sunday)

Portsmouth will unveil Younes Kaboul on Monday after he agreed a �6m move from Tottenham. (News of the World)

Hull City are preparing a bid for Rangers forward Nacho Novo. (Mail on Sunday)

Rangers striker Kris Boyd is a �2.75m target for Bayer Leverkusen and Cologne. (Sunday Mail)

Stoke City have made enquiries about the availability of Rangers defender Carlos Cuellar. (Mail on Sunday)

Brahim Hemdani has vowed to remain with Rangers for the last year of the midfielder's contract despite their exit from Europe. (News of the World)

Celtic are lining up a �3m offer for Toulouse left-back Herita Ilunga but face competition from Newcastle. (News of the World)

Massimo Donati turned down the chance to move back to Italy as the midfielder wants to establish himself in Celtic's first-team. (Various)

Hibernian have failed in a bid to take their former forward Derek Riordan on loan from Celtic. (Scotland on Sunday)

Evander Sno says he could still leave Celtic despite the midfielder turning down a move to Osasuna. (Sunday Mail)

Motherwell are considering a bid for Michal Danek, the Viktoria Plzen goalkeeper who is on loan with West Brom. (Scotland On Sunday)

Hearts boss Csaba Laszlo has told Calum Elliot he has a future with the club despite being told to go out on loan. (Various)

OTHER GOSSIP

Real Madrid are ready to sue Cristiano Ronaldo for �17m after he refused to join them. (News of the World)

Another story claims the Portugal star could have blown his move to Real forever because of his refusal to push through a transfer this summer. (Sunday Express)

Avram Grant is still fighting Chelsea for the �3.5m compensation he believes he is entitled to after being sacked as their coach at the end of last season. (Observer)

Sir Alex Ferguson has compared Chelsea's team to the Liverpool side that fell into a sharp decline at the start of the 1990s. (Sunday Telegraph)

FA chairman Lord Triesman has suggested that he thinks Rio Ferdinand should be the new England captain. (Mail on Sunday)

Gary Neville believes he faces one of the biggest tests of his career - trying to win back his place in the Manchester United first team. (News of the World)

Celtic and Barcelona are in discussions about a system where the Spanish club's young talent is sent to Glasgow on a regular basis. (Sunday Herald)

Scottish FA chief executive Gordon Smith hopes his country will adopt a regional conference system similar to England's. (Various)

AND FINALLY

Marseille striker Djibril Cisse and wife Jude returned to England for the birth of their son Prince Kobe last week. Cisse has the title Lord Frodsham after buying a stately home in Cheshire when he was at Liverpool, and didn't want any dispute over his son's inheritance. (News of the World)




see also
Saturday's gossip column
09 Aug 08 |  Gossip
Premier League ins and outs
06 Aug 08 |  Premier League
Transfers - August 2008
08 Aug 08 |  Gossip


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