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Rumours on Saturday 17th May

last updated Saturday 17th May 2008, 10:13 AM

Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Rangers are lining up a swap deal with Fulham which will see on-loan Steven Davis staying at Ibrox and Daniel Cousin going to Craven Cottage. (Daily Mail)


  • Cesc Fabregas is close to signing a new contract at Arsenal after the Gunners warded off Real Madrid and Barcelona. (Daily Telegraph)


  • Manchester United striker Louis Saha admits he will be put up for sale after the Champions League final. (Various)


  • Saha's Old Trafford team-mate Mikael Silvestre says he would jump at a move to French side Bordeaux, the side he supported as a youngster. (Daily Mirror)


  • Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate will make a £5m bid for Newcastle midfielder James Milner if he fails to keep Gary O'Neil. (Sun)


  • Everton midfielder Lee Carsley could make a shock return to Birmingham on a two-year deal. (Sun)


  • AC Milan are determined to sign Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o from under the noses of Tottenham. (Sun)


  • But the Eto'o story has taken a new twist with reports he no longer wants to leave Barcelona with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy poised to make a £30m offer. (Daily Telegraph)


  • Sunderland boss Roy Keane is the latest to target Manchester City's Irish international defender Richard Dunne in a £2.5m deal. (Daily Mirror)


  • Tottenham face competition from Roma to sign striker Marcelo Moreno from Brazilian side Cruzeiro. (Daily Mirror)


  • Motherwell striker Ross McCormack, 21, wanted by both Middlesbrough and Wigan in January, could spark a transfer war after declaring he wants to play in England. (Daily Express)


  • Arsenal are ready to move for Werder Bremen midfielder Diego, 23, if Alexander Hleb leaves the Gunners. (Daily Mail)


  • Derby and Scotland striker Kenny Miller is on the verge of a return to Rangers. (Scottish Sun)


  • AC Milan will bid for Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc in the summer - even if a £10m price tag is placed on the Polish star. (Daily Record)


  • Coventry are set to pick up Hibs midfielder Guillaume Beuzelin under freedom of contract. (Daily Express)


  • Preston have joined the race for Gretna goalkeeper Greg Fleming. (Daily Record)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Mathieu Flamini says he would still be an Arsenal player if they had offered him a new contract last summer. (Sun)


  • Cesc Fabregas made a desperate last-ditch appeal to Flamini to stay at the Gunners. (Sun)


  • Ian Holloway has refused to resign as Leicester boss leaving owner Milan Mandaric to decide whether he deserves the sack after the club dropped into League One. (Sun)


  • Damien Comolli is fighting to save his position as Tottenham's sporting director as questions are raised about the value of some of the players he has recommended. (Times)
AND FINALLY...
  • Sven-Goran Eriksson and Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra had an awkward encounter at the opening of a club store in Thailand. (Daily Telegraph)
























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