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Wednesday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester City playmaker Carlos Tevez is preparing to leave Eastlands for Inter Milan in the summer.
Full story: talkSPORT

Sunderland and England Under-21 midfielder Jordan Henderson will reject overtures from Chelsea and Manchester United this summer after expressing a desire to stay with the Black Cats.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal are weighing up a double swoop for Everton duo Jack Rodwell and Sylvain Distin - the latter seen as a possible solution to the Gunners' widely perceived weakness in central defence.
Full story: Metro

CSKA Moscow are determined to keep hold of Japan international midfielder Keisuke Honda unless any potential buyers, who are said to include Arsenal and Liverpool, can match their £12m valuation.
Full story: talkSPORT

Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, on loan at AC Milan from Barcelona, has had a change of heart over his stated desire to end his career at the San Siro, and could now become a target for Chelsea and Manchester City.
Full story: Metro

Paris St Germain are considering a £4m bid for Manchester City and England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips in the summer.
Full story: Daily Mail

West Ham's rookie goalkeeper Marek Stech is a £2m target for Italian side Napoli.
Full story: Daily Mail

Aston Villa face competition from Villarreal and Zenit St Petersburg as they hunt the signature of Basel midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri.
Full story: talkSPORT

OTHER GOSSIP

The leg injury Manchester United's Nani sustained in a tackle by Liverpool's Jamie Carragher on Sunday could end the Portuguese winger's season because of the risk of infection.
Full story: Metro

However, fellow United winger, Antonio Valencia, who broke his ankle in the Champions League tie against Rangers in September, is on the comeback trail after playing in a specially arranged training game on Monday.
Full story: the Sun

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has declared Tottenham winger Gareth Bale is "one of the best players in the world" ahead of the second leg of Spurs' Champions League last-16 tie against AC Milan on Wednesday.
Full story: the Sun

The Football Association will seek clarification from Fifa on the rules over retrospective disciplinary action. It comes in the wake of the controversy over Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who appeared to elbow Wigan midfielder James McCarthy in last month's match.
Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure's hopes of escaping a ban for testing positive for a banned substance appear to be receding after Fifa's general secretary Jerome Valcke said ignorance cannot be used as an excuse for failing a drugs test. Toure believes his positive test may be the result of taking what he believed to be an innocent diet pill.
Full story: Daily Mail

The Football Association of Ireland would consider Stoke's Jermaine Pennant for the Republic of Ireland senior squad if the winger approached it. Pennant, who has represented England at under-21 level, believes he qualifies for Gionvanni Trapattoni's side through his grandfather.
Full story: the Independent

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has suggested that manager Neil Lennon's confrontation with Rangers counterpart Ally McCoist in the Old Firm match on 2 March was partly caused by the pressure his club's boss has to work under. (Daily Record)

AND FINALLY

Tottenham have signed a new £50m five-year kit deal with American company Under Armour.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Midfielder Stewart Downing has revealed how he spends his Aston Villa wages as part of the ongoing trial of his former agent. A home cinema costing £45,000 is perhaps the most extravagant of a relatively modest set of home improvements.
Full story: the Guardian

England rugby union boss Martin Johnson has revealed that Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger helped him define his own management style.
Full story: Daily Star

Liverpool striker Andy Carroll paid £900 for a Newcastle shirt signed by former team-mate Kevin Nolan at a charity dinner before handing it over to a fan he outbid.
Full story: the Sun

Former Newcastle, Tottenham and Rangers playmaker Paul Gascoigne has revealed that he phoned Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to ask for a move to Old Trafford when he left Lazio in 1995.
Full story: Daily Express



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see also
Tuesday's gossip column
08 Mar 11 |  Gossip
Tuesday's Scottish gossip
08 Mar 11 |  Scotland
Monday's gossip column
07 Mar 11 |  Gossip
Monday's Scottish gossip
07 Mar 11 |  Scotland
Transfers - February 2011
01 Feb 11 |  Football


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