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Football Rumours on Tuesday 25th June 2013

last updated Tuesday 25th June 2013, 9:38 AM


  • Manchester United are preparing to make a record-breaking £50m move for 26-year-old Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.
    ( Metro )


  • New Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is set to lose out to Real Madrid in the race to sign midfielder Isco, 21, from Malaga.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Arsenal are ready to pay Le Havre £2.5m for left-back Benjamin Mendy, but could be forced to double their offer for the 18-year-old.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Barcelona will join the £25m race to sign striker Wayne Rooney, 27, if Manchester United decide to sell.
    ( The Sun )


  • Gareth Bale, 23, will tug on the heart strings of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy in order to clinch his dream move to Real Madrid.
    ( Metro )


  • Liverpool are ready to rekindle their long-standing interest in Werder Bremen's Holland winger Eljero Elia, 26.
    ( talkSPORT )


  • Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio is looking to sell 29-year-old forward Stephane Sessegnon for £8m.
    ( Metro )


  • Arsenal are trying to offload 26-year-old Switzerland centre-back Johan Djourou to a club in Germany's Bundesliga, with Hamburg and Hanover both interested.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Liverpool may miss out on Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 24, after the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder rubbished reports linking him to Anfield.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Newcastle are chasing £12m-rated Wilfried Bony but face competition from Everton, Swansea and Anzhi Makhachkala for the highly-rated Vitesse Arnhem striker, 24.
    ( talkSPORT )


  • Birmingham have accepted £2m bids from Norwich and Swansea for 19-year-old winger Nathan Redmond.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Montpellier president Louis Nicollin has denied being interested in signing QPR's Djibril Cisse, 31, who is currently on loan at Qatari club Al-Gharafa.
    ( Midi Libre )


  • AC Milan have had "offers from Spain" for Italian midfielder Riccardo Montolivo, 28, but the player is not for sale, according to club CEO Adriano Galliani.
    ( Tuttosport )


  • Roma's Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic, 23, has played down rumours of a move to Borussia Dortmund as a replacement for 21-year-old Mario Gotze.
    ( Gazzetta )



    OTHER GOSSIP

  • Newcastle United officials met with around 400 fans to discuss recent supporter unrest at the club following Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football.
    ( Newcastle Chronicle )


  • The agents of Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, 21, want Southampton to pay them £1m as part of his £12m move to Southampton.
    ( The Sun )


  • Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 25, will ask Arsenal for a weekly wage of more than £100,000 should the Gunners sign him for £22m.
    ( Daily Mail )



    AND FINALLY

  • Long-serving Everton defender Tony Hibbert has spoken of fulfilling his life-long dream to buy his own carp fishery.
    ( Angling Times )


  • Countdown star and Manchester United fan Rachel Riley was left speechless when Ryan Giggs surprised her by appearing on the Channel 4 show - after she racked up a milestone 1,000 appearances.
    ( Daily Mirror )





















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