Football rumours from today's newspapers.
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Spartak Moscow have made a £10m offer to re-sign Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
(The Mirror)
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Ipswich manager Roy Keane is to raid his former club for four players with Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter, Daryl Murphy and Nyron Nosworthy set to leave Sunderland.
(The Mirror )
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Striker Andriy Shevchenko finally looks set to leave Chelsea after he was left out of their Champions League squad.
(The Mirror )
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Chelsea are set to re-ignite their interest in Feyenoord forward Jonathan de Guzman.
(The Mirror)
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Aston Villa are closing in on a double swoop for Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock and Manchester City centre-back Richard Dunne.
(The Mirror )
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Middlesbrough are set to sign striker Danny Webber who was released by Sheffield United in the summer.
(The Mirror )
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Bolton have launched a bid to re-sign midfielder Kevin Nolan from Newcastle United.
(The Mirror)
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Sunderland are set to launch a £6m bid for Hull defender Michael Turner.
(Daily Mail )
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Brazilian side Internacional have rejected a £14m bid from Tottenham for midfielder Sandro.
(The Independent)
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Tottenham's have had their loan offer for Le Havre midfielder Kevin Anin rejected by the French club. (L'Equipe)
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Everton have been knocked back in their efforts to replace Joleon Lescott with Benfica's Brazilian central defender Luisao. (Portuguese press)
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Celtic captain Steve McManus has rejected the opportunity to join Ipswich Town on loan. (The Guardian)
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Notts County director of football Sven Goran Eriksson has failed in his bid to tempt Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved out of retirement.
(Daily Mail )
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Manchester United are set to sign Empoli's Italian duo Manuel Pucciarelli and Alberto Masacci. (Daily Telegraph)
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Wigan are ready to make a £1m move for Honduras forward Carlos Costly, who currently plays for Polish side GKS Belchatow. (Daily Telegraph)
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Birmingham are set to sign Middlesbrough forward Tuncay for £5m. (Daily Mail)
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Stoke are lining up a £5m bid for young Uruguay midfielder Diego Arismendi.
(The Mirror)
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The Potters have also made a renewed offer for Cardiff City midfielder Joe Ledley. (The Times)
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Bolton have had a £6.5m offer for midfielder Achille Emana turned down by Real Betis. (The Times)
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Fulham are poised to sign Salzburg striker Marc Janko on a season-long loan.
(The Mirror )
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Hull are interested in signing Reading defender Liam Rosenior.
(The Mirror)
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Reading manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping Watford striker Tommy Smith will snub interest from Portsmouth and instead join the Royals.
(The Sun)
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Greek champions Olympiakos are ready to take Tottenham forward Giovani dos Santos on loan. (Daily Star)
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Former England manager Glenn Hoddle believes David Beckham should pursue a move to Chelsea to keep alive his dream of playing at next year's World Cup.
(Daily Star )
OTHER GOSSIP
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New Portsmouth owner Sulaiman Al Fahim has vowed to turn the club into a major Premier League force after finally taking control of the south coast outfit.
(The Sun)
AND FINALLY
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Furious Celtic players have called for Eduardo to be banned after the Arsenal striker appeared to dive to win a penalty during the Gunners' 3-1 Champions League victory on Wednesday.
(Daily Mail)