Football rumours from today's newspapers
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Brazil forward Kaka is willing to consider a move to the Premier League with either Chelsea or Manchester City after it emerged Real Madrid are prepared to offload him in the summer.
(Metro)
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Tottenham are planning to revive their interest in Manchester City full-back Micah Richards and hope a bid of £15m may be enough to prise the England international from Eastlands.
(Daily Mail)
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Manchester United are considering a summer bid for Borussia Dortmund's Serbian defender Neven Subotic.
(IMscouting)
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Liverpool are hoping to secure Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic on a season-long loan deal.
(caughtoffside)
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Bayern Munich are no longer interested in Manchester City target Gregory van der Wiel. However, City boss Roberto Mancini will still need to see off competition from Juventus if he is to bring the Ajax right-back to Eastlands.
(Daily Mail)
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Birmingham centre-back Roger Johnson is set to ignore links to Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United in order to play for Blues in the Europa League next season.
(Metro)
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Tottenham have rejected an approach from Paris St Germain for defender Younes Kaboul.
(The Times)
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Birmingham City's Carling Cup hero Obafemi Martins has been warned that he is expected to return to Russian side Rubin Kazan at the end of the season. The striker is currently on loan at St Andrew's.
(Daily Mail)
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Lokomotiv Moscow hope to sign Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo, who is currently on loan at Spanish side Levante.
(Daily Mail)
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Leeds want to take Aston Villa's Scottish midfielder Barry Bannan, 21, on loan to boost their bid for a return to the Premier League.
(The Mirror)
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West Ham striker Benni McCarthy is in talks with Charlton over a possible loan move after falling out of favour at Upton Park.
(Daily Mail)
OTHER GOSSIP
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Fernando Torres says it is up to him to adapt to Chelsea's style of play as he looks to break his scoring duck against Manchester United on Tuesday - the Spain striker has not scored since joining the Blues for £50m from Liverpool.
(Daily Mail)
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New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry, 33, wants to return to Arsenal one day. The Frenchman said: "I hope one day I can go back, I love that club and I just want to give as much as possible to this club, after what that club gave me."
(The Sun)
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Arsenal have suffered another injury setback because defender Thomas Vermaelen is not fit enough to make his comeback in a reserve match on Tuesday. He has been sidelined since August with an Achilles tendon problem.
(Daily Mail)
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Rangers manager Walter Smith has banned his players from drinking in nightclubs or posting inflammatory comments on social networking sites as he bids to turn around their season.
(Daily Record)
AND FINALLY
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Birmingham manager Alex McLeish only remembered his side's win over Arsenal in the Carling Cup final meant they had qualified for the Europa League next season when a journalist told him after Sunday's match.
(Metro)
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Obafemi Martins dedicated his Carling Cup-winning goal to the man who wished him luck after washing his Lamborghini.
(The Sun)
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Panama defender Luis Moreno is facing sanctions after he kicked an injured owl that landed on the field during a match between his Colombian club Deportivo Pereira and Atletico Junior. The bird was Atletico's mascot.
(Daily Telegraph)