Football rumours from today's newspapers
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Birmingham City are interested in signing Kris Boyd from Rangers, with the Blues set to send scouts to see him play for Scotland against the Czech Republic on Wednesday.
(Daily Mail)
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Arsenal have become the latest Premier League club to monitor West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans, who is believed to command a price tag of £6m.
(Daily Mail)
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John Rooney, the 19-year-old younger brother of Manchester United superstar Wayne, will have a second trial for Nigel Clough's Derby County this week.
(Daily Mail)
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Liverpool's highly rated new 15-year-old recruit, Raheem Sterling, who has been signed from QPR, was enticed to Anfield with a £300,000 contract offer.
(The Mirror)
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Burnley manager Brian Laws wants to sign 29-year-old Cameroon international winger Salomon Olembe, who is a free agent after leaving Turkish team Kayserispor.
(The Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
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John Terry is seething over Craig Bellamy's insults, directed at the former England captain after Manchester City's 4-2 win on Saturday, saying: "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
(The Mirror)
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Aaron Ramsey's broken leg is not as bad as the fracture suffered by team-mate Eduardo, and the Wales international could return for the Gunners in just six months' time.
(The Mirror)
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AC Milan's Alexandre Pato may miss his team's Champions League second leg tie against Manchester United on 10 March after the Brazilian international hurt his right thigh in the Rossoneri's 3-1 Serie A victory over Atalanta on Sunday.
(Daily Mail)
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Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf was warned by police following his confrontation with Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, which spilled into the tunnel at half-time, during the home side's 2-1 Premier League win at Anfield on Sunday.
(The Mirror)
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Midfielder Jack Wilshere will not be recalled prematurely to Arsenal from his loan spell with Bolton, despite his club-mate Aaron Ramsey's leg break which has reduced Gunners boss Arsene Wenger's options in the centre of midfield.
(The Mirror)
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Cardiff City boss Dave Jones is considering leaving the financially stricken Championship club in the summer after being told by chairman Peter Ridsdale that he must sell players and rely on free transfers in the close-season.
(The Mirror)