Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
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Fulham are confident of completing the loan signing of Derby midfielder Giles Barnes. (Guardian)
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Russia striker Andrei Arshavin is flying to London from Dubai to wrap up a move to Arsenal. (Sky)
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is willing to pay £18m to beat Real Madrid to the signing of Wigan's Luis Antonio Valencia. (Daily Mirror)
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Manchester City have held talks in London that could secure the services of Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz, Newcastle keeper Shay Given and Arsenal defender Kolo Toure. (Daily Mail)
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Everton boss David Moyes hopes to wrap up a deal to bring £8m-rated Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan from French club Rennes. (Sun)
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Striker El-Hadji Diouf was sold by Sunderland to Blackburn because of a dramatic dressing-room bust-up with team-mate Anton Ferdinand. (Various)
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Everton have made an attempt to seal the loan signing of Tottenham's Darren Bent to ease their striker crisis. (Daily Mirror)
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Tottenham have already sold Giovani Dos Santos to Portsmouth for £7m after the Mexican midfielder failed to impress at White Hart Lane. (Sun)
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Bolton boss Gary Megson has tabled a bid for Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis after losing Kevin Nolan to Newcastle. (Sun)
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Alternatively, Megson has increased his bid for Sporting Lisbon's Portugal midfielder Miguel Veloso to £14m. (Guardian).
Manchester City have failed with their most audicious bid of the transfer window - luring Chelsea captain John Terry. (Times)
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Sunderland have made bids for Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia and Manchester City's Tal Ben-Haim. (Times)
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Portsmouth want to take 19-year-old Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge on loan until the end of the season. (Daily Mail)
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Reading have snubbed Wigan's £5m offer for Stephen Hunt which could let in Spurs, but Harry Redknapp could also be alerted by Marseilles left-back Taye Taiwo who is keen on a move to White Hart Lane. (Sun)
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Doncaster boss Sean O'Driscoll is on the verge of buying Hibs striker Dean Shiels for £100,000. (Daily Mirror)
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OTHER GOSSIP
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Manager Tony Adams believes he still has the full backing of the Portsmouth board and the club's fans. (Sun)
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Gennaro Gattuso is the latest AC Milan star to try and persuade David Beckham to stay at the club once his three-month loan spell ends. (Sun)
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Luiz Felipe Scolari has accused referees of picking on Chelsea and singling his players out for red cards. (Daily Express)
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Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has admitted for the first time that he nearly joined Inter Milan last summer. (Sun)
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Nicolas Anelka has embarrassed his boss Phil Scolari by insisting Sir Alex Ferguson is the big difference between Chelsea and Manchester United. (Sun)
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Joe Kinnear claims Charles N'Zogbia deserved "six of the best with a cane" for his "schoolboy" attack on the Newcastle boss. (Daily Mirror)
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has laughed off talk he is cracking up as the Premier League title race hits boiling point, insisting he is "very, very positive" (Various)