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Sunday's gossip column

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BREAKING GOSSIP

2240: Free agent Henri Camara is in talks with Portsmouth over a one-year contract.
Full story: Daily Mirror website

2115: Wigan are set to offer a contract to Cameroon international Modeste M'Bami after he impressed in a closed-door trial.
Full story: Daily Mirror website

1425 BST: Prospective Birmingham owner Carsten Yeung has assured Blues manager Alex McLeish that his job is safe if the Hong kong businessman's take-over at St Andrews goes through.
Full story: The Guardian

1303 BST: Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has admitted he would be honoured to lead a British team at the 2012 Olympics.
Full story: Sky Sports

TRANSFER GOSSIP

The transfer ban imposed on Chelsea has scuppered their plans to sign French midfielder Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich in January.
Full story: News of the World

The Blues' transfer embargo has also ended the London club's hopes of landing Atletico Madrid's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero.
Full story: Daily Star Sunday

Manchester City will demand £10m from Chelsea for striker Daniel Sturridge, who quit Eastlands after rejecting a new contract to move to Stamford Bridge this summer.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City will tell Barcelona that the only way the Blues' Brazilian striker Robinho will move to the Nou Camp is if the Catalans agree to a swap deal that includes Argentine striker Lionel Messi.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Alternatively, City could well use Barcelona's interest in Robinho to engineer a swap deal for French striker Thierry Henry.
Full story: News of the World

Notts County director of football Sven Goran Eriksson has made a sensational move to bring Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos to Meadow Lane.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City striker Benjani will return to former club Portsmouth in January providing he can get fit.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

West Brom are poised to rescue former England defender Nicky Shorey from another season in the Aston Villa wilderness by signing him on loan.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

OTHER GOSSIP

The critical and damning evidence in the Gael Kakuta inquiry, that saw Chelsea banned from signing players until January 2011 after being found guilty by Fifa of poaching the French striker from Lens, was provided by a member of the player's family.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Uefa president Michel Platini is attempting to fast-track his plans to ban all international transfers of Under-18 players in the light of Chelsea's transfer ban.
Full story: Daily Star Sunday

Former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben, now with Bayern Munich, believes a host of star names will leave Stamford Bridge in the wake of the transfer ban imposed on the club.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

England coach Fabio Capello insists Michael Owen is not a forgotten man and that his chances of an England recall will improve once the striker starts playing regularly for Manchester United.
Full story: Daily Star Sunday

Ali al-Faraj, the Saudi property investor who recently failed in his attempts to buy Portsmouth, is believed to be considering a bid for West Ham United.
Full story: Independent on Sunday

England and Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham is offering to lead Great Britain's football team at the London 2012 Olympics.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is in line for a £1m-a-year pay hike from United on the back of his impressive recent form.Full story: News of the World

Birmingham managing director Karren Brady will quit her job at the club when Chinese businessman Carson Yeung completes his £80m takeover at St Andrews.
Full story: News of the World

Former Chelsea and France midfielder Marcel Desailly is eyeing up the possibility of a top manager's job in England. (Sunday Express)

AND FINALLY

Former Tottenham midfielder Glenn Hoddle has revealed that his ex-Spurs teammate, Argentine midfielder Ossie Ardiles, put a dent in the FA Cup during drunken celebrations following their victory over Manchester City in the 1981 final.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

New Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne's £2m pay-off from former club Manchester City was negotiated by his wife Helen.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Stoke midfielder Liam Lawrence says communication between the team's players on the pitch has been aided by them playing online games.
Full story: Observer



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