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Rumours on Monday 7th July

last updated Monday 07th July 2008, 9:22 AM

Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Fulham are leading the chase to capture Rosenborg full-back Fredrik Stoor, who is also wanted by Blackburn, Manchester City and Wigan. (Daily Mail)


  • Blackburn want to sign Fulham midfielder Steve Davis. (Daily Telegraph)


  • Inter Milan have made an official £6.5m opening offer for Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. (The Sun)


  • Chelsea are ready to bid £75m for AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka after their initial "astronomical" bid was turned down. (Daily Express)


  • Another Brazil superstar, Barcelona's Ronaldinho, has turned down a move to Manchester City, despite the offer of a salary of £200,000 a week. (Various)


  • Ronaldinho will join AC Milan, says Brazil boss Carlos Dunga. (Daily Mirror)


  • Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted his club are odds-on favourites to sign Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. (The Sun)


  • But Calderon has said any deal for the £70m-rated winger is off until he proves his fitness after he undergoes ankle surgery. (The Mirror)


  • Arsenal, Tottenham and Aston Villa are battling to sign Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red. (Daily Mail)


  • Tottenham full-back Pascal Chimbonda will this week seal an £8m switch to Valencia. (Daily Mirror)


  • Liverpool hope to tempt Aston Villa to part with Gareth Barry by adding Steve Finnan to their existing £15m offer for the England midfielder. (Telegraph)


  • Manchester United and Arsenal are locked in an £18m battle to sign Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. (Daily Star)


  • Newcastle are preparing a £4m bid for Switzerland international midfielder Gokhan Inler. (Telegraph)


  • Portsmouth have sealed a club record £10m deal for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch. (Various)


  • Pompey boss Harry Redknapp will now sell striker David Nugent to Hull for £3m. (Various)


  • Redknapp is also preparing to make moves for Reading full-back Nicky Shorey and Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Various)


  • Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin is stalling on a move to Arsenal, while the futures of Alex Hleb and Emmanuel Adebayor are uncertain. (Various)


  • Adebayor is wanted by Barcelona and the Spanish giants are set to push on with their pursuit. (Daily Mail)


  • Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood says the club will not sell Adebayor but admits Hleb may leave. (Various)


  • But if Adebayor does move, the Gunners will try to sign Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz. (Daily Mail)


  • Hull manager Phil Brown is set to bid £1.4m for QPR midfielder Martin Rowlands. (Various)


  • Brown also wants Dutch striker Roy Makaay, who is available from Feyenoord for £1,5m, and £3m-rated Wolves midfielder Seyi Olofinjana. (Telegraph)


  • Bolton's young German midfielder Kevin Wolze plans to sign for Bundesliga side Wolfsburg. (Daily Mirror)


  • Bolton and Middlesbrough want to sign Reading's £3.5m-rated midfielder James Harper. (Daily Mirror)


  • Wigan boss Steve Bruce has pulled out of the race for Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic after the player said it is too cold for him in England. (Various)


  • Birmingham are determined to hold on to James McFadden, who is wanted by Blackburn and Celtic. (Daily Star)


  • Watford say defender Danny Shittu is not for sale, despite interest from Premier League clubs and Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic. (Various)


  • Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric is ion the verge of completing an £800,000 deal for CSKA Sofia defender Aleksander Tunchev. (Daily Mirror)


  • Carlisle striker Joe Garner will join Nottingham Forest this week in a £500,000 deal. (Daily Mirror)


  • Burnley are set to beat off competition from Cardiff to sign Dutch midfielder Remco van der Schaaf. (Daily Mail)


  • But the Bluebirds are set to lose striker Robbie Fowler, who will join Dubai club Al-Ahli. (The Sun)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Queiroz is set to take over as Portugal manager. (The Sun)


  • United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to promote from within to replace Queiroz, with Academy boss Brian McClair a leading contender. (Mirror)
AND FINALLY
  • Newcastle fans have reacted furiously after learning that relatives of Osama Bin Laden are among the front runners to buy their club. The Bin Ladens, who own a Saudi Arabian building firm, are set to bid £300m for the Premier League club. (The Sun)
















































Source BBC Sport