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Football Rumours on Saturday 4th June 2011

last updated Saturday 04th June 2011, 9:25 AM

Football rumours from today's newspapers

  • Tottenham are tracking Roma's £12m-rated Montenegro international striker Mirko Vucinic.
    (The Mirror)

  • Spurs are also in pole position to land West Ham midfielder Scott Parker - provided they can agree a deal to sell Wilson Palacios to Italian side Napoli first.
    (Daily Mail)

  • Liverpool have offered £8m for 18-year-old Ipswich striker Connor Wickham but the East Anglian side are holding out for £10m.
    (The Independent)

  • Udinese star Alexis Sanchez is set to snub the advances of Manchester City because he would rather join Inter Milan or Barcelona.
    (talkSPORT)

  • Brazilian striker Neymar looks set to remain at his club Santos after his agent dismissed claims Chelsea have lodged a fresh offer for the striker.
    (Metro)

  • Liverpool are lining up Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia, as they fear they have lost out to Manchester United for Aston Villa's Ashley Young.
    (The Mirror)

  • Paris Saint-Germain will be the first club to tempt Manchester United with an offer for striker Dimitar Berbatov this summer.
    (Daily Mail)

  • West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie may be one step closer to a dream move to Arsenal after his club made an approach for Watford's Danny Graham.
    (Metro)

  • Sunderland have enquired about Birmingham defender Roger Johnson - and have been quoted a £14m fee.
    (Daily Mail)

  • Newcastle are ready to bid £5m for Reading's Shane Long, with Everton and Celtic also interested in the striker.
    (Daily Mail)

  • Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster could be in line for a shock cross-city move to Aston Villa as a replacement for Brad Friedel, who has joined Tottenham.
    (Daily Express)

  • Arsenal could make a shock move for striker Jermain Defoe, who has become a peripheral figure at Tottenham.
    (Daily Star)

  • El-Hadji Diouf says the prospect of working with new West Ham manager Sam Allardyce again "would be a fantastic thing". The winger has previously played for Allardyce at Blackburn and Bolton.
    (The Mirror)

  • Norwich have seen off competition from Sunderland to sign midfielder Bradley Johnson after his Leeds contract expired.
    (The Sun)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has reminded all the Premier League's managerless clubs - Aston Villa, Fulham and Chelsea - that he is ready for another challenge in England.
    (talkSPORT)

  • Out of work since resigning as boss of Dutch giants Ajax in December, Dutchman Martin Jol is willing to succeed Mark Hughes as manager at Fulham.
    (The Mirror)

  • Former West Ham midfielder Valon Behrami, now with Fiorentina, says the club's decline began when Gianfranco Zola was sacked as manager, as the players felt such loyalty to him and did not welcome successor Avram Grant.
    (Daily Telegraphl)
AND FINALLY
  • Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is ready to take Uefa to court over his five-game touchline ban from European matches.
    (The Sun)

  • Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been photographed visiting a hair restoration treatment clinic in London.
    (The Sun)
























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