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Football Rumours on Monday 24th Dec 2012

last updated Monday 24th December 2012, 9:26 AM


  • Fulham boss Martin Jol has moved to reinforce his defence by agreeing a cut-price £800,000 deal for Standard Liege's Turkey keeper Sinan Bolat, 24.
    ( Het Nieuwsblad )


  • Southampton boss Nigel Adkins is lining up a January move for Brighton winger Will Buckley, 24.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • On-loan Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku, 19, says he wants to stay at West Bromwich Albion at least until the end of the season.
    (Daily Express)


  • Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert wants to sign Welsh striker Steve Morison, 29, from his former club Norwich.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Brazilian midfielder Denilson, 24, has said he does not know what his future holds at Arsenal once his loan deal with Sao Paulo expires at the end of the season.
    ( Globo Esporte )


  • Tottenham will offer American goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 41, a new contract to stop him returning to Blackburn Rovers.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Veteran striker Kevin Phillips, 39, has told his Blackpool team-mate Tom Ince, 20, to wait before making a transfer back to the Premier League as he must not risk missing out on playing regular first team football. The England under-21 international winger has been linked with a £4m return to Liverpool.
    ( Blackpool Gazette )


  • Celtic will battle with Premier League duo West Ham United and Norwich City to sign Kilmarnock's 22-year-old midfielder Liam Kelly.
    (Daily Mail)



    OTHER GOSSIP

  • West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has banned full-contact training at West Ham over Christmas to try and avoid any more injuries at the club.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Reading's Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, 29, looks set for talks with the club's owners to discuss his future.
    (Daily Star)


  • Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to offer his captain Steven Gerrard, 32, a new contract.
    ( The Times )


  • Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol says England winger Stewart Downing, 28, is not good to enough for Liverpool despite scoring his first goal for the club against Fulham.
    (talkSPORT)


  • Chelsea will give striker Daniel Sturridge a generous £1.5m cut of the £12m transfer fee agreed with Liverpool to ensure the 23-year-old makes the move to Anfield after he hinted he would be happy to stay and let his contract run down.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Manchester City will also receive £1.7m from Chelsea when Sturridge joins Liverpool due to 15 per cent of any future transfer profit clause that was inserted at the tribunal which judged on the his free transfer move to Stamford Bridge in 2009.
    ( The Sun)


  • A number of injuries to senior players has seen Sunderland recall midfielder David Meyler, 23, from his loan spell at Championship club Hull.
    ( The Journal )



    AND FINALLY

  • There was embarrassment for a Southampton fan dressed as Santa as his pants split during a half time relay at St Mary's.
    ( Metro )


  • Burnley fans can expect to find a claret coloured 'onesie' in their Christmas stocking after the club shop sold out of the all-in-one romper style suits in record time.
    ( Lancashire Telegraph )





















  • Source BBC Sport