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Football Rumours on Sunday 24th June 2012

last updated Sunday 24th June 2012, 8:56 AM


  • Manchester City are ready to discuss a new £52m contract with attacking midfielder David Silva - to fight off interest from Real Madrid.
    (Daily Star Sunday)


  • Winger Gareth Bale, 22, has handed Tottenham a massive boost by deciding to stay at White Hart Lane for at least one more year.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Spurs have made a shock move to sign Liverpool midfield target Gylfi Sigurdsson.
    (Sunday Express)


  • Manchester City have turned their attention to Brazilian Dede, 23, in their bid to bolster their defence as Roberto Mancini has seemingly given up on AC Milan's Thiago Silva.
    (Footylatest)


  • Real have made a shock move to land striker Carlos Tevez - and Manchester City could be ready to sell as they prepare their first bid of £20m for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Danny Murphy will join Blackburn Rovers after the 35-year-old former Liverpool and England midfielder's contract with Fulham expired.
    (Lancashire Telegraph)


  • Sweden defender Olof Mellberg has emerged as a surprise summer transfer target for Everton. The 34-year-old former Aston Villa captain is out of contract with Greek champions Olympiakos.
    (Liverpool Echo)


  • Newcastle striker Leon Best, 25, has been made an offer that he "may find hard to turn down" by Blackburn.
    (Newcastle Chronicle)


  • Liverpool and Everton are shaping up for a huge transfer battle, with both clubs tracking Inter Milan striker Luc Castaignos, 19.
    (Metro)


  • Luka Modric, 26, has decided he wants to leave Tottenham to play for Spanish champions Real Madrid. Manchester United and Paris St-Germain have both been chasing Modric, but it seems the Croatia midfielder has set his heart on playing for manager Jose Mourinho.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Modric is also a target for Lokomotiv Moscow after Slaven Bilic's arrival as boss.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Chinese clubs are eyeing Wayne Rooney and other young Premier League stars in a bid to help them conquer the football world.
    (Sunday Express)




  • OTHER GOSSIP



  • Andre Villas-Boas is in a three-way fight for the Spurs job along with former Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick and Laurent Blanc, who managed France at Euro 2012.
    (Sunday Telegraph)


  • Tottenham will hope to talk to Blanc about the vacant manager's post at White Hart Lane this week after France's exit from Euro 2012 to Spain.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • City's England winger Adam Johnson has emerged as a late challenger for one of the three over-age spots in the Team GB Olympic squad.
    (Mail on Sunday)




  • EURO 2012 GOSSIP



  • Fabio Capello has gone "crazy" at suggestions he has been helping Italy prepare for Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final showdown against England.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • England cannot afford to wind up Italy hot-head Mario Balotelli - because they are more likely to get themselves sent off, according to coach Gary Neville.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Balotelli has told his Manchester City team-mates and England opponents that he fears none of them ahead of the game in Kiev.
    (Mail on Sunday)




  • AND FINALLY



  • The England team chef has revealed the secret recipe that is helping England at Euro 2012 - peanut balls, a tasty concoction given to the players as an energy boost.
    (Footy Latest)





















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