BBC Sportfootball

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

Related BBC sites

Page last updated at 13:45 GMT, Friday, 26 November 2010

Friday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

TransfersOther gossipAnd finallyNews image

BREAKING GOSSIP

1335 GMT: Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto has agreed a new five-year contract with the club following his fine recent form.
Full story: goal.com

1205 GMT: Argentine forward Carlos Tevez could be offloaded to Barcelona in January with Manchester City rumoured to be lining up a move for Spanish striker Bojan Krkic as his replacement.
Full story: Metro

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has placed an £80m price tag on Ashley Young after Manchester United and Liverpool revealed their interest in the winger.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal and Manchester City have joined the race to sign Sporting Lisbon's teenage winger Zezinho, dubbed "the new Cristiano Ronaldo".
Full story: talksport

Napoli are pondering a January move for Liverpool's teenage striker Nathan Eccleston.
Full story: goal.com

Liverpool are considering recalling midfielder Alberto Aquilani from his season-long loan to Juventus.
Full story: caughtoffside.com

The Reds are also interested in Lille's central defender Adil Rami and forward Gervinho.
Full story: The Independent

But Lille midfielder Eden Hazard will not be leaving the club despite interest from Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson.
Full story: sport.co.uk

Liverpool could make a shock January move for Manchester City winger Adam Johnson.
Full story: Metro

West Ham striker Carlton Cole could be on his way to Liverpool in January after publicly criticising the tactics of Hammers manager Avram Grant.
Full story: Metro

Meanwhile, former Hammers defender Anton Ferdinand could be on his way back to Upton Park with the Sunderland centre-back set to leave the Stadium of Light.
Full story: Metro

Manchester United expect to clinch the signing of 26-year-old goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, of Norwegian club Aalesund, by the weekend.
Full story: talksport

In-form striker Johan Elmander has stalled on signing a new contract with Bolton - and sparked a scramble for his signature. Liverpool, Newcastle and Stoke are interested.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Fulham are ready to win the £3m race for 6ft 8in Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore of Romanian side Cluj.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Cottagers boss Mark Hughes could raid former club Manchester City with keeper Shay Given, winger Shaun Wright-Phillips and striker Roque Santa Cruz all on Fulham's wish list.
Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester United target David De Gea has said he will happily reject overtures from Sir Alex Ferguson to remain at Atletico Madrid.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Dimitar Berbatov will definitely not be leaving Old Trafford in January, according to the player's agent Emil Dantchev.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Birmingham are poised to make a £2m move for Swedish striker Denni Avdic who plays for IF Elsborg.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal target Gokhan Inler could leave Udinese if the right club makes the right offer, says the Swiss midfielder's agent.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Dinamo Zagreb vice-president Zdravko Mamic has revealed that the Croatian side have rejected a £17m offer from Arsenal for highly rated youngsters midfielder Mateo Kovacic and wing-back Sime Vrsaljko.
Full story: caughtoffside

Atletico Madrid forward Diego Forlan says he will not be joining Tottenham in January and will instead end his career in Spain.
Full story: talksport

Palermo's defensive midfielder Armin Bacinovic is a target for Chelsea and Liverpool.
Full story: talksport

Birmingham striker Kevin Phillips could be about to start a bidding war between Championship promotion chasers QPR and Swansea.
Full story: Metro

OTHER GOSSIP

Tottenham defender William Gallas has boldly predicted that Spurs can win "everything" this season, despite having already been knocked out of the Carling Cup.
Full story: talksport

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed will back manager Mark Hughes in the transfer window but vented his anger at the 4-1 home loss to Manchester City last week.
Full story: Daily Mail

Plymouth have held talks with former Leeds and Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale over potential investment in the cash-strapped club.
Full story: Daily Mail

Tottenham will press ahead with plans to move to the Olympic Stadium despite receiving the go-ahead to build a new 56,000-seater arena adjacent to White Hart Lane.
Full story: Daily Mail

Winger Stewart Downing believes new Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier needs to bring in up to five new players during the January transfer window.
Full story: Daily Mirror

AND FINALLY

Bolton boss Owen Coyle has revealed that the team's good spirit has been partly helped by the game rock-papers-scissors.

"The lads do a 'scissors, paper, rock' thing and there is a punishment for the loser. So they are getting good at playing it - or else. The loser gets his ears flicked and it is painful," said the Scot.
Full story: Daily Mirror



Print Sponsor


see also
Friday's Scottish gossip
26 Nov 10 |  Scotland
Thursday's gossip column
25 Nov 10 |  Gossip
Thursday's Scottish gossip
25 Nov 10 |  Scotland
Wednesday's gossip column
24 Nov 10 |  Gossip
Wednesday's Scottish gossip
24 Nov 10 |  Scotland
Tuesday's gossip column
23 Nov 10 |  Gossip
Monday's gossip column
22 Nov 10 |  Gossip
Transfers - November 2010
24 Nov 10 |  Football


related internet links:
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites