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Saturday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Bolton they can keep Gary Cahill, if chairman Phil Gartside and manager Owen Coyle maintain their stance that his initial offer for the player - rumoured to be £6m - is "derisory".
Full story: Metro

Roberto Mancini is hopeful that Carlos Tevez will stay at Manchester City after revealing his wife and daughters have returned to Manchester. Full story: the Times (subscription required)

Aston Villa could make a move for Spurs full-back Alan Hutton after Luke Young headed for QPR.Full story: the Sun

Arsenal are keen on Hamburg winger Eljero Elia. Full story: Daily Mail

Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto has insisted that Luka Modric is "happy" to stay at Spurs.
Full story: talkSPORT

Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka and Manchester City's Roque Santa Cruz are both targets for Spanish side Real Betis.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Newcastle are set for crunch talks with Lyon over defender Aly Cissokho.
Full story: talkSPORT

Arsenal's negotiators are working overtime in a bid to sign Parma's Danilo Pereira before transfer deadline day.
Full story: Metro

Sunderland are set to go back in for Tottenham's Peter Crouch, with Stoke's attempts to sign the Spurs and England striker at a standstill.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea are ready to part company with central defender Alex in a bid to secure the signing of Milos Krasic from Juventus.
Full story: Metro

Striker Carlton Cole wants to stay at West Ham, even though they accepted a £6m bid from Stoke for him.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea could make a £35m move for Bayern Munich's France international winger Franck Ribery. Full story: caughtoffside.com

Liverpool are plotting a late transfer swoop for Barcelona winger Ibrahim Afellay before the transfer window closes on Wednesday. Full story: caughtoffside.com

Chelsea are in the hunt for Porto's Joao Moutinho as their chase for Luka Modric falters.
Full story: Daily Mail

Stoke are preparing a £2m swoop for 18-year-old Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha.
Full story: Daily Mail

OTHER GOSSIP

Newcastle chief Derek Llambias has taken a final swipe at Joey Barton following his free transfer to QPR.
Full story: Metro

Shamrock Rovers' Karl Sheppard has blamed someone hacking his Twitter account for a post in which he appeared to admit diving for the game-winning penalty against Partizan Belgrade, a result which earned the Irish side a Europa League group spot alongside Spurs.
Full story: Metro

AND FINALLY

New Manchester City signing Samir Nasri has taken a swipe at rivals Manchester United, insisting he never wanted to join the league champions.
Full story: Metro



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see also
Saturday's Scottish gossip
27 Aug 11 |  Scotland
Friday's gossip column
26 Aug 11 |  Gossip
Friday's Scottish gossip
26 Aug 11 |  Scotland
Thursday's gossip column
24 Aug 11 |  Gossip
Thursday's Scottish gossip
25 Aug 11 |  Scotland
Transfers - August 2011
31 Aug 11 |  Football


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