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Sunday's gossip column - gossip and transfers

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester United make Gareth Bale their key summer target but the Old Trafford club will have to pay Tottenham £40m for the 21-year-old.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

The Red Devils will also return with a summer bid for Aston Villa's Ashley Young after failing with an offer in January.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Manchester United are poised to edge out Arsenal in the £10m race to sign Southampton's 17-year-old forward Alex Oxdale-Chamberlain. Full story: Sunday Express

Newcastle want Ipswich's 17-year-old striker Connor Wickham as a replacement for Andy Carroll.
Full story: News of the World (Subscription required)

Chelsea face a battle with AC Milan in their bid to sign Ajax defender Gregory van der Wiel, who is also coveted by Manchester United and Barcelona.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Arsenal will stick to their guns and demand £80m from Real Madrid for their midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
Full story: The People

Juventus are poised to make a £5m move for Tottenham defender Alan Hutton.
Full story: The People

West Ham are trying to send Benni McCarthy, 33, out on loan - and will pay more than 80% of his £60,000-a-week salary.
Full story: The People

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is being lined up to take over as manager of the Qatar national team.
Full story: News of the World (Subscription required)

Chelsea could attempt to poach chief scout Steve Rowley from Premier League rivals Arsenal and are looking to ex-Ajax coach Marco van Basten should manager Carlo Ancelotti leave in the summer.
Full story: Mail on Sunday

Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen is being headhunted by three clubs and could quit Stamford Bridge in the next fortnight.
Full story: The People

The 2013 FA Cup final will kick off at 1730 BST, instead of the more traditional 1500 BST, to satisfy demands from broadcasters, and as part of the biggest overhaul in the competition's 140-year history.
Full story: The People

Scotland were given fresh hope that James McCarthy may switch allegiance when Wigan manager Roberto Martinez said the midfielder would reject Giovanni Trapattoni's attempt to cap him in Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia next month. (Scotland on Sunday)

Scotland coach Craig Levein is refusing to give up hope of Wigan midfielder James McCarthy changing his allegiance from Republic of Ireland. (Sunday Herald)

Hamilton chairman Ronnie MacDonald, whose club will cash in when James McCarthy plays a competitive international, thinks the Wigan midfielder will remain Republic of Ireland despite being linked with a change of heart to play for Scotland. (News of the World)

Neil Lennon says he once considered stripping Scott Brown of the Celtic captaincy but is glad he stood by the midfielder and now wants to hand the Scotland international a bumper new contract. (Sunday Mail)

Recent Rangers signing El Hadji Diouf has been banned by the club from nightclubbing in Glasgow after a fight started when a club supporter thought another clubber was pestering the on-loan Blackburn forward. (News of the World)

Scotland defender Danny Wilson says he would have been stupid to accept Celtic's offer of a loan move last month after having been a Rangers player from his youth until his transfer to Liverpool. (Various)

Scotland forward Chris Maguire has told Aberdeen to make him an offer he can't refuse to keep him beyond the summer, when his present contract ends. (News of the World)

New Scotland cap Chris Maguire has laughed off suggestions he has rejected the chance to become Aberdeen's highest-paid player and says money will not determine whether he stays at Pittodrie this summer. (Sunday Mail)

Kevin Doyle has urged Wolves strike partner Steven Fletcher to heal his rift with Scotland coach Craig Levein. (News of the World)

Celtic striker Gary Hooper looks like being thwarted in his attempt to play for Scotland after documents showed that his grandfather, William, had been registered in Berwick as English. (Sunday Mail)

AND FINALLY

Crawley Town's 26-year-old captain Pablo Mills, whose non-league side play Manchester United in the FA Cup on 19 February, admits that the last time he visited Old Trafford it was on a stadium tour with his mum and brothers.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

Everton skipper Phil Neville's principles stopped him from pursuing a move to Tottenham when manager Harry Redknapp came in for him in the January transfer window.
Full story: Sunday Mirror



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see also
Sunday's Scottish gossip
13 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Saturday's gossip column
12 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Saturday's Scottish gossip
12 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Friday's gossip column
11 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Friday's Scottish gossip
11 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Thursday's gossip column
10 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Thursday's Scottish gossip
10 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Transfers - February 2011
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