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Saturday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Tottenham are tracking Roma's £12m-rated Montenegro international striker Mirko Vucinic.
Full story: Daily Mirror

The White Hart Lane outfit hope to further improve their attacking options with a £12m swoop for Brazilian striker Leandro Damiao, after his club Internacional rejected an opening £10.5m bid earlier this week. Full story: Goal.com

Spurs are also in pole position to land West Ham midfielder Scott Parker - provided they can agree a deal to sell Wilson Palacios to Italian side Napoli first.
Full story: Daily Mail

Liverpool have offered £8m for 18-year-old Ipswich striker Connor Wickham but the East Anglian side are holding out for £10m.
Full story: Independent

Udinese star Alexis Sanchez is set to snub the advances of Manchester City because he would rather join Inter Milan or Barcelona.
Full story: talkSPORT

Brazilian striker Neymar looks set to remain at his club Santos after his agent dismissed claims Chelsea have lodged a fresh offer for the striker.
Full story: Metro

Liverpool are lining up Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia, as they fear they have lost out to Manchester United for Aston Villa's Ashley Young.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Paris Saint-Germain will be the first club to tempt Manchester United with an offer for striker Dimitar Berbatov this summer.
Full story: Daily Mail

West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie may be one step closer to a dream move to Arsenal after his club made an approach for Watford's Danny Graham.
Full story: Metro

Sunderland have enquired about Birmingham defender Roger Johnson - and have been quoted a £14m fee.
Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle are ready to bid £5m for Reading's Shane Long, with Everton and Celtic also interested in the striker.
Full story: Daily Mail

Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster could be in line for a shock cross-city move to Aston Villa as a replacement for Brad Friedel, who has joined Tottenham. Full story: Daily Express

Arsenal could make a shock move for striker Jermain Defoe, who has become a peripheral figure at Tottenham.
Full story: Daily Star

El-Hadji Diouf says the prospect of working with new West Ham manager Sam Allardyce again "would be a fantastic thing". The winger has previously played for Allardyce at Blackburn and Bolton.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Norwich have seen off competition from Sunderland to sign midfielder Bradley Johnson after his Leeds contract expired.
Full story: the Sun

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has reminded all the Premier League's managerless clubs - Aston Villa, Fulham and Chelsea - that he is ready for another challenge in England.
Full story: talkSPORT

Out of work since resigning as boss of Dutch giants Ajax in December, Dutchman Martin Jol is willing to succeed Mark Hughes as manager at Fulham.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Former West Ham midfielder Valon Behrami, now with Fiorentina, says the club's decline began when Gianfranco Zola was sacked as manager, as the players felt such loyalty to him and did not welcome successor Avram Grant.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

AND FINALLY

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is ready to take Uefa to court over his five-game touchline ban from European matches.
Full story: the Sun

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been photographed visiting a hair restoration treatment clinic in London.
Full story: the Sun



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see also
Transfers - June 2011
30 Jun 11 |  Football
Saturday's Scottish gossip
04 Jun 11 |  Scotland
Friday's gossip column
03 Jun 11 |  Gossip
Friday's Scottish gossip
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Thursday's gossip column
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Thursday's Scottish gossip
02 Jun 11 |  Scotland
Wednesday's gossip column
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Wednesday's Scottish gossip
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