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Rumours on Saturday 19th January 2008

last updated Saturday 19th January 2008, 9:35 AM

All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Marlon King's £5m move from Watford to Fulham could be in doubt after worries about an old injury to his right knee. (Mirror)

  • Roy Hodgson could also be signing Leon Andreason from Werder Bremen after the Danish international midfielder was seen at Fulham's training ground. (Times)

  • Manchester City are in the hunt for another striker after loan signing Nery Castillo was ruled out for up to six weeks with a broken bone in his shoulder. (Star)

  • Birmingham striker Geoff Horsfield has turned down Scunthorpe to join Doncaster. (Sun)

  • Portsmouth have taken French defender Lucien Aubrey on loan from Lens until the summer, with a possible permanent deal to follow. (Express)

  • Sunderland's Stephen Wright could be on his way to Hull on a six-month loan deal. (Mirror)

  • Tottenham are ready to pay Juventus £9m for former Chelsea midfielder Tiago. (Sun)

  • Plymouth midfielder David Norris, who is wanted by Ipswich and Leicester, has asked to leave the club. (Sun)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Fulham's Jimmy Bullard said a surgeon told him it "looked like a bomb had gone off in my knee" after he suffered a career-threatening injury. (Guardian)

  • Premier League chiefs are discussing plans for each club to play one game a season abroad when the international television contract comes up for grabs in 2010. (Mirror)

  • Kevin Keegan says Newcastle "will give any help we can" to troubled midfielder Joey Barton, who he knows from his time at Manchester City. (Sun)

  • Keegan also said he was "shocked" to read Michael Owen's criticisms of him as England manager in the striker's autobiography but is confident they can work together. (Sun)

  • Derby boss Paul Jewell says it will "almost be a relief" if they get relegated so they can plan for the future. (Mirror)

  • Sunderland's Ross Wallace is out for the rest of the season after damaging knee ligaments in training. (Express)

  • Middlesbrough's Jeremie Aliadiere says he prefers playing and losing with his new club to sitting on the bench at Arsenal as at least it makes him feel he is part of a team. (Mirror)

  • Nicolas Anelka has warned Chelsea team-mate Didier Drogba not to move abroad as "he will not what he has at Chelsea and in England anywhere else". (Express)

  • Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Quieroz says the standard of youth coaching in England is "a disgrace". (Sun)

  • Liverpool fan' group "Reclaim the Kop" plan a protest march on Monday against the way Tom Hicks and George Gillett have treated manager Rafael Benitez.. (Star)

  • Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko says he is still pining for life in Italy and moved to England to give his children a chance to live in a different country, "not to find a better club than Milan". (Star)

  • Blackburn's David Bentley says he left Arsenal because it was boring, there was no banter and they were too analytical of how players played. (Mail)

  • A second investigation into Fabio Capello's finances has been opened in Switzerland, focusing on a company producing "Don Fabio" perfumes. (Telegraph)
AND FINALLY...
  • Fulham's Clint Dempsey says the variety of food available is one of the reasons he likes living in London, having been raised on barbequed food in Texas. (Sun)

  • Arsene Wenger has admitted Theo Walcott is not developing at the speed he had hoped but says he remains confident the youngster will fulfil his potential. (Mirror)

  • Former England boss Steve McClaren is keen to get back into management as soon as possible. "I'm not one for lying on the beach," he said. (Star)

  • Kevin Keegan's daughters are both going out with Manchester United fans. (Star)

  • Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland wants to become a fireman when he quits playing football. (Independent)
























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