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Rumours on Wednesday 6th February 2008

last updated Wednesday 06th February 2008, 8:00 AM

All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Arsenal winger Alex Hleb will stay with the Gunners despite a planned summer raid by Barcelona. (The Sun)


  • Tottenham and Arsenal will fight it out to land Newcastle winger Charles N'Zogbia in the summer. (Daily Mail)


  • Middlesbrough are set to double defender David Wheater's wages to fend off interest from Liverpool. (The Sun)


  • Boro expect Wheater to sign a new long-term deal in the next two weeks. (Daily Mail)


  • Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been spotted house hunting in Barcelona while he recovers from a thigh injury. (Daily Mail)


  • Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has pledged his future to the club despite interest from Real Madrid and AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)


  • Manchester United have been sounding out clubs interested in signing striker Louis Saha. (Daily Mail)


  • Ipswich hope to sign out-of-favour Portsmouth striker David Nugent on loan. (Daily Mirror)


  • West Ham will go to court to fight a legal challenge from Kia Joorabchian over fees relating to Carlos Tevez's spell at Upton Park. (Telegraph)


  • Giovanni Trapattoni is the preferred choice to be the new Republic of Ireland boss, ahead of Terry Venables and Billy Davies. (Independent)


  • Coventry City want to re-sign striker Gary McSheffrey on loan from Birmingham. (Daily Star)


  • Leeds striker Tresor Kandol wants to quit Elland Road after a bust-up with new boss Gary McAllister. (The Sun)


  • Former Scotland striker Gary McSwegan, 37, is training with Clyde. (Daily Record)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • England boss Fabio Capello could partner Wayne Rooney with Joe Cole up front against Switzerland and leave Michael Owen on the bench. (Various)


  • Owen was a spectator in training on Tuesday as Capello experimented with new formations. (Various)


  • Matthew Upson, Wes Brown, David Bentley and Ashley Young are all set to start against the Swiss at Wembley. (Various)


  • Motherwell will pay £40,000 to replace part of their rain-sodden Fir Park pitch - and the new surface will only last six weeks. (Daily Record)
AND FINALLY...
  • Fabio Capello banned England players from playing golf before the friendly with Switzerland but says they can play as much as they like on Thursday. (Various)


  • Benjani's move from Portsmouth to Manchester City was held up on transfer deadline day because the Zimbabwe striker fell asleep at the airport and missed two planes. (The Times)
























Source BBC Sport