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Monday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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BREAKING GOSSIP

1335 BST: Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill says he might sell one of the club's stars to finance further spending if faced with a reduced transfer budget in the summer.
Full story: Express and Star

1153 BST: Middlesbrough may attempt to buy Blackburn goalkeeper Jason Brown out of his contract at Ewood Park.
Full story: Evening Gazette

0948 BST: Feyenoord winger Georginio Wijnaldum is being lined up by Liverpool with manager Rafael Benitez pondering a £8m bid.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Everton are weighing up a move for Ajax's highly rated Belgium international defender Jan Vertonghen.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal have been linked with a £12m move for Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. The 24-year-old has also been considered as a long-term replacement for Edwin Van der Sar at Manchester United.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

Birmingham are weighing up a £2m move for Cardiff winger Chris Burke.
Full story: Daily Mail

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce wants to tie up a deal for Portsmouth striker Aruna Dindane this week and then follow it up with a move in the summer for Stuttgart forward Cacau.
Full story: Daily Mail

Celtic boss Neil Lennon is chasing Liverpool striker Danny Pacheco as he lines up players for next season and hopes to persuade the young Spanish striker to join on loan.
Full story: Daily Mirror

England Under-17 striker Connor Wickham has ignored the overtures of Premier League sides Arsenal, Tottenham and Fulham to sign his first professional contract with Championship side Ipswich. (Daily Mirror)

Former Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester City striker Robbie Fowler's stay at North Queensland Fury depends on the Football Federation of Australia finding the cash to recruit him for another year in the A-League.
Full story: Herald Sun

Tottenham have joined Liverpool in the race to sign 18-year-old Rangers defender Danny Wilson, with Aston Villa and Manchester City likely to also show interest. (Daily Express)

Celtic caretaker Neil Lennon has not given up hope of keeping Tottenham striker Robbie Keane after his loan spell expires at the end of the season. (The Scotsman)

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson could spring the surprise of the season by including striker Wayne Rooney in his plans for the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
Full story: Daily Mail

Ferguson is likely to introduce Rafael da Silva, Michael Carrick and Nani for Wednesday's match at the expense of Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, all of whom started Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.
Full story: Daily Mirror

606: DEBATE

Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola may be tempted to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal once he decides to move on from the Nou Camp.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Arsenal's chances of advancing to the last four may have improved after Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was ruled out of their second-leg meeting with a calf injury.
Full story: The Guardian

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has laughed off reports again linking him with a return to Italy with Juventus.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wolves captain Karl Henry has launched a savage attack on Arsenal following his red card in Saturday's 1-0 defeat by the Gunners.
Full story: Daily Mirror

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola believes criticism from co-owner David Sullivan inspired his side to twice come back from a goal down and claim a 2-2 draw against Everton at Goodison Park.
Full story: The Times

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has attacked supporters in Craven Cottage's expensive seats for criticising his players after they fell behind to Wigan during Sunday's 2-1 win.
Full story: The Sun

Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are likely to reject an offer of £110m in return for a 40% stake in the club from New York-based fund management firm Rhone Group.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Middlesbrough have promised to honour an agreement to pay an extra £1m to cash-strapped Portsmouth once Gary O'Neil plays his 100th game for the Teessiders. The midfielder, who moved between the two clubs in 2007, played his 99th game for Boro against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Full story: Daily Mail

Former Bristol City manager Gary Johnson has agreed a two-year-deal to take charge of Peterborough after meeting with Posh owner Darragh MacAnthony in Florida.
Full story: The Sun

Ipswich chief executive Simon Clegg has rejected suggestions that manager Roy Keane could lose his job at Portman Road.
Full story: The Guardian

Former Celtic full-back Willie McStay could return to the club to assist caretaker boss Neil Lennon after quitting as boss of Hungarian side Ujpest Dozsa.
Full story: Daily Record

Dundee United captain Lee Wilkie has ruled out a money-spinning benefit game as he is uncomfortable about supporters paying after he was forced to retire with a serious knee injury, aged 29. (The Sun)

AND FINALLY

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is to make his film debut in a two-minute short written by Blues fan David Baddiel and his brother Ivor. The Y Word will attempt to raise awareness of anti-semitic chanting at football grounds. (The Independent)

England and Tottenham striker Peter Crouch's had to rummage through a hotel's lost property in search of a size-12 replacement before England's friendly against Egypt on 3 March after fiancee Abbey Clancy packed two left shoes for him.
Full story: The Sun



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see also
Transfers - March 2010
23 Mar 10 |  Football
Monday's Scottish gossip
05 Apr 10 |  Scottish Premier
Sunday's gossip column
03 Apr 10 |  Gossip
Sunday's Scottish gossip
04 Apr 10 |  Scottish Premier
Saturday's gossip column
03 Apr 10 |  Gossip
Saturday's Scottish gossip
03 Apr 10 |  Scottish Premier


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