Football rumours from today's newspapers.
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Fulham are on the verge of signing West Brom midfielder Jonathan Greening in a deal that will see them hand the Baggies £2.5m, plus winger Hameur Bouazza.
(The Sun)
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Fulham are also weighing up a move for South African midfielder Kagiso Dkigacoi, who currently plays for Golden Arrows. (Daily Star)
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Tottenham want to sign former Arsenal striker Patrick Vieira and have opened talks with the Inter Milan player. Spurs could capture the Frenchman on a free transfer and pay-as-you-play deal.
(Daily Mail)
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Manchester City are on the brink of signing Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor for £25m and wages of £130,000 per week.
(The Sun)
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Or, the fee will be £30m and the Togo striker will pick up wages of £170,000 a week.
(Daily Star)
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could use the cash from the sale of Adebayor to sign Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh. (The Sun)
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Chelsea captain John Terry wants the club to make him the highest-paid player at Stamford Bridge if he turns his back on Manchester City. Terry has been offered £250,000 a week by the Eastlands outfit.
(Daily Star)
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Arsenal are set to poach 17-year-old Chelsea winger Frank Nouble after he turned down professional forms with the Blues.
(Daily Mirror)
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West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola wants to sign Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen on a season-long loan deal.
(Daily Star)
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Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has told Reds boss Rafael Benitez that he wants to join Real Madrid - but stopped short of handing in a transfer request. (Daily Star)
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Aston Villa are aiming to complete a £24m double move for Tottenham striker Darren Bent and Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing this week.
(Daily Star)
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Villa are also set to bid £7m to land Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph, who is also wanted by Everton. (Daily Mirror)
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Hull are set to make a £10m raid on Cardiff to sign winger Joe Ledley and striker Ross McCormack.
(The Sun)
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Tottenham have offered £11m to sign Sheffield United full-backs Kyle Walker and Kyle Naughton.
(Daily Mirror)
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Sheffield United are keen to capture Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
(Daily Mirror)
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Everton boss David Moyes wants to take Port Vale teenager James Lawrie on trial. (Daily Star)
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West Ham winger Julien Faubert is wanted by Bayer Leverkusen.
(Daily Mirror)
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Everton have been offered Benfica midfielder Hassan Yebda for £3m.
(Daily Mirror)
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Stoke are lining up a £750,000 bid for Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana in an attempt to beat Wolves to his signature.
(Daily Star)
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Burnley are set to sign right-back Richard Eckersley after he turned down a new deal at Manchester United.
(Daily Mirror)
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Leicester are closing in on £1.5m-rated Gillingham striker Simeon Jackson. (The Sun)
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Newcastle defender Habib Beye has insisted he must leave the club in order to save his career - Blackburn are believed to be among those interested in signing him.
(The Sun)
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Preston are ready to sign Norwich midfielder Darel Russell in a deal that could result in North End winger Simon Whaley going the other way. (Daily Star)
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Burnley are set to tie up a deal for Hamilton full-back Brian Easton for an initial fee of about £400,000.
(The Sun)
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Yeovil are giving a trial to striker Dean Bowditch, who has been released by Ipswich. (Daily Star)
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Striker Lee Hughes is set for talks with Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster after leaving Oldham. (Daily Star)
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Norwich have taken former Sunderland and Leeds striker Michael Bridges and ex-Rangers forward Chris Craig on trial. (Daily Star)
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Bristol City are set to sign Derby defender Lewin Nyatanga in a deal worth about £500,000. (Daily Star)
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Stockport have handed former Manchester United midfielder Floribert N'Galula a trial as he looks for a move from Sparta Rotterdam. (Daily Star)
OTHER GOSSIP
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Arabian billionaire Sulaiman Al Fahim is close to completing a takeover at Portsmouth after all the relevant checks were made. (Daily Star)
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Stiliyan Petrov is the dressing room favourite to become Aston Villa skipper. Boss Martin O'Neill needs to choose a new captain following the sale of Gareth Barry and the retirement of Martin Laursen.
(Daily Mirror)