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Saturday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Shaun Wright-Phillips claims he does not want to leave Manchester City after getting more chances in the first team.
Full story: Metro

Blackburn's England Under-21 international goalkeeper Frank Fielding will join Derby for a second time on loan.
Full Story: Daily Mirror

Wigan's Charles N'Zogbia says he is holding out for a move to one of the Premier League's biggest clubs in the summer.
Full Story: Metro

Cardiff City have reopened talks with Wigan in the hope of securing a loan switch for the Latics' third-choice keeper Chris Kirkland.
Full Story: Daily Mirror

Arsenal have cooled their interest in Ipswich's teenage striker Connor Wickham because the Gunners have doubts that the 17-year-old could make the grade at the Emirates.
Full story: Daily Mail

Tottenham duo Gareth Bale and Luka Modric top Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's summer wish-list.
Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has assured fans that the club will be buying big-money players in the summer after midfielder Cheik Tiote extended his contract.
Full story: Metro

West Ham outcast Julien Faubert has lashed out at his Upton Park employers and vowed to leave the club in the summer.
Full Story: Daily Mail

OTHER GOSSIP

Cesc Fabregas' Arsenal team-mates want the injured skipper to lift the Carling Cup trophy should they beat Birmingham on Sunday.
Full story: Daily Mail

Fabregas was stunned to find out he would miss out on playing at Wembley through the Gunners' official website.
Full story: Daily Express

The Spaniard is "hugely disappointed" to miss the final but is confident he will have other chances to play at Wembley this season - in the FA Cup and Champions League.
Full story: The Sun

West Ham boss Avram Grant admits the Hammers tried to sign Liverpool's Joe Cole when he was released by Chelsea last summer, but they could not afford the midfielder's wages.
Full Story: The Sun

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure says that his team will owe former boss Mark Hughes a huge debt if they go on to win a trophy this season.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Aston Villa may offer midfielder Stewart Downing a new long-term contract this summer as they face up to losing winger Ashley Young.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Sunderland midfielder Sulley Muntari says his former boss at Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, is desperate to return to the Premier League.
Full story: Daily Mirror

One of the five players banned by the Football Association for betting on the outcomes of their own games says that the practice is common in the lower leagues.
Full story: The Independent

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been pencilled in to make his comeback from the calf injury that has sidelined him for the last month against Liverpool next Sunday.
Full story: The Sun

French midfielder Samir Nasri will earn £100,000 a week after agreeing a new five-year deal worth at least £26m to stay at Arsenal.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Kenny Dalglish's hopes of being made Liverpool manager on a permanent basis continue to look up after Reds owner John Henry again heaped praise on the team's resurgence. "We all have to be extremely happy with the progress, work-rate, determination and coaching staff," said the American tycoon.
Full story: The Times (subscription only)

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan rates the Hammers' chances of Premier League survival this season as 50-50 and estimates relegation will cost his club £40m.
Full story: The Guardian

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway claims he has unearthed "the next Gareth Bale" in 19-year-old winger Matt Phillips, who was signed by the Seasiders from Wycombe for £250,000 last summer.Full story: Daily Star

Chelsea want Arsenal chief scout Steve Rowley to replace Frank Arnesen as the club's head of player recruitment.
Full story: The Independent

AND FINALLY

David Beckham has revealed a new tattoo on his chest via his Facebookpage. The design depicts Beckham as Jesus with the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder describing the three cherubs as symbols of his sons.
Full story: The Sun

Birmingham midfielder Craig Gardner believes his team's run to the Carling Cup final might have been helped by his lucky underpants.
Full story: The Sun

Arsenal are expected to confirm a small pre-tax loss when the club publishes its half-yearly accounts on Monday following a period without a sale of a major player.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph

Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock has criticised Manchester City youngster Abdul Razak for "vanishing" from Crystal Palace when the Eagles - with Warnock then in charge - tried to help the deportation-threatened Ivorian as a 15-year-old.
Full story: The Independent

TV duo Ant and Dec will make a half-time appearance at the Carling Cup final to film a penalty shoot-out for their ITV show Push the Button.
Full story: Daily Mail

The latest proposal to revamp the FA Cup involves staging the third, fourth and fifth rounds over six days of the week, from Friday through to the following Wednesday, with no replays.
Full story: Daily Mail

The Premier League has delayed fining Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson for not conducting post-match interviews with the BBC because the broadcaster's top brass want to sort out the six-year impasse before completing their sport department's move to Salford, where United will be next-door neighbours.
Full story: Daily Mail



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see also
Friday's gossip column
25 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Thursday's gossip column
24 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Wednesday's gossip column
23 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Wednesday's Scottish gossip
23 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Tuesday's gossip column
22 Feb 11 |  Gossip
Tuesday's Scottish gossip
22 Feb 11 |  Scotland
Transfers - February 2011
01 Feb 11 |  Football


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