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Football Rumours on Friday 16th July 2010

last updated Friday 16th July 2010, 9:03 AM

Football rumours from today's newspapers

  • Manchester City will take their summer spending to £75m after Lazio accepted their £17m bid for left-back Aleksander Kolarov.
    (Daily Mail )

  • But Manchester United could be in danger of losing Kolarov's Serbia team-mate Nemanja Vidic, with the centre-back believed to be the subject of serious interest from Real Madrid.
    (Daily Mail )

  • Shakhtar Donetsk are considering a £20m bid for out-of-favour Manchester City winger Robinho.
    (Daily Mail )

  • North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are set to lock horns in an £8m battle over 17-year-old Ipswich striker Connor Wickham.
    (Daily Mail )

  • Sevilla's Brazil international striker Luis Fabiano has welcomed talk of a summer move to Tottenham.
    (The Sun)

  • AC Milan are offering their Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to Tottenham and Aston Villa as they try to raise money to scupper Manchester City's bid for Wolfsburg's Edin Dzeko.
    (Daily Mail )

  • Villa are weighing up an £8m bid for Dinamo Zagreb striker Mario Mandzukic.
    (The Sun)

  • Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is hoping to bolster his attacking options with the acquisition of AZ Alkmaar striker Moussa Dembele.
    (Daily Mail )

  • West Ham will complete a £1m deal for Lyon striker Frederic Piquionne on a three-year contract worth £40,000 a week. The Hammers also hope to land Nice forward Loic Remy on Friday after failing with an initial £11.5m bid.
    (The Sun)

  • But Liverpool may yet enter the race for Remy with a late £12m bid.
    (The Mirror)

  • Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is close to sealing a 12-month loan deal for Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck.
    (Daily Star)

  • Bruce will have to pay £10m if he wants to sign midfielder Stephen Ireland from Manchester City.
    (The Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Former Tottenham boss Martin Jol, currently in charge at Ajax, has emerged as a late contender to take over at Fulham.
    (The Mirror)

  • Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be offered an extra £30,000 a week at Old Trafford as part of a five-year contract, taking his weekly salary to £130,000.
    (Daily Mail )

  • Ex-United forward Eric Cantona says he is "sure England will not qualify" for Euro 2012 or the 2014 World Cup because there are not enough English players competing in the Premier League.
    (The Sun)

  • Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has revealed that many of his new players are "disenchanted" following a disappointing 2009-10 season.
    (Daily Star)
AND FINALLY...
  • Joe Hart has cut short his holiday in a bid to become first-choice goalkeeper for Manchester City and England next season.
    (Daily Mail )

  • The ball used in the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain has sparked a bidding frenzy on eBay. By Thursday night the price had soared from £99 to £52,100, with the auction ending at 1700 BST on Friday.
    (The Sun)








































































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