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Saturday's gossip column

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Cristiano Ronaldo has urged former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney to join him at Spanish giants Real Madrid.
Full story: The Sun

Manchester City have been placed on alert with the news that Barcelona striker Thierry Henry has fallen out with coach Pep Guardiola.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Sunderland are still interested in Wigan's Maynor Figueroa despite the defender being sidelined with knee ligament damage.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has lined up Espanyol striker Raul Tamudo as a replacement for the disgraced Marlon King.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea are chasing Le Mans right back Sebastien Corchia, despite their transfer ban.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Everton manager David Moyes could make an emergency loan move for Inter Milan winger Ricardo Quaresma.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Sunderland striker David Healy is a loan target for Championship promotion chasers West Brom.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Celtic are poised to bid for Birmingham City striker Garry O'Connor, with midfielder Aiden McGeady moving in the opposite direction. (Scottish Sun)

OTHER GOSSIP

Hull are to launch an internal investigation into all of the club's transfer dealings over the last two years.
Full story: Daily Mail

Former Wigan boss Paul Jewell, a friend of new Hull chairman Adam Pearson, is the leading candidate to take over at the KC Stadium if the beleaguered Phil Brown is sacked.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Injury-plagued West Ham winger Kieron Dyer has been ruled out for another three weeks after suffering a hamstring strain just as he was about to make a return to action.
Full story: Various

Newcastle are set to reject the chance to sign Sol Campbell because of the former England defender's wage demands.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

England manager Fabio Capello has hit back at Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson by saying that English players returning from international friendlies will be fresher than those from other countries.
Full story: Various

Cash-strapped Portsmouth did manage to pay their players in October, but only after securing a £15m loan.
Full story: The Guardian

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has upped the ante ahead of the north London derby by suggesting that Tottenham have a "lot of work to do" if they are to be mentioned in the same breath as the Gunners.
Full story: Various

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has revealed that he pulled out of a £4m move for Marlon King when the club discovered he had served a prison sentence.
Full story: Daily Mirror

AND FINALLY

In a bid to quell criticism that he has lost his focus on football, Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand this week pulled out of the northern premiere of the film 'Dead Man Running'.
Full story: Various

And when Sir Alex Ferguson was questioned about Ferdinand's form at Friday's press conference, the United boss was drawn into a tetchy confrontation with a reporter, saying: "I just have to put [the criticism] down to the modern culture of humiliating people."
Full story: Various

Ipswich boss Roy Keane may have a fearsome reputation but, according to Stoke defender Danny Collins, it does not come close to the angry dressing downs given out by Wolves manager Mick McCarthy when they were together at Sunderland.
Full story: Daily Exprress



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see also
Transfers - October 2009
28 Oct 09 |  Football
Saturday's Scottish gossip
31 Oct 09 |  Scottish Premier
Friday's gossip column
30 Oct 09 |  Gossip
Thursday's gossip column
29 Oct 09 |  Gossip
Wednesday's gossip column
28 Oct 09 |  Gossip
Wednesday's Scottish gossip
28 Oct 09 |  Scottish Premier


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