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Rumours on Sunday 1st July 2007

last updated Sunday 01st July 2007, 10:04 AM

All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Fulham will renew their efforts to sign Leeds striker David Healy after missing out on Tottenham's Mido. (NotW)


  • Rangers are poised to make a shock swoop for freed Fulham striker Tomasz Radzinski. (Daily Star on Sunday)


  • Arsenal will table a £20m offer for Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o. (The People)


  • AC Milan have confirmed Eto'o is their number one target and say Arsenal do not stand a chance of signing the Cameroon forward. (News of the World)


  • The Gunners are also the only serious contenders battling Manchester United for the signature of striker Carlos Tevez. (NotW)


  • But Chelsea and Liverpool are also interested, while West Ham will match any offer Tevez receives. (Mirror)


  • Midfielder Frank Lampard has turned down Chelsea's offer of £121,000 a week sparking renewed speculation he will join Juventus or Barcelona. (NotW)


  • Chelsea will not buckle in their talks with players who want big bucks. That means Lampard and Arjen Robben could be heading to Spain. (Mail)


  • Image rights are the stumbling block for Lampard and John Terry. (Mirror)


  • Striker Didier Drogba says he is not hankering after a move to AC Milan and wants to stay at Chelsea. (NotW)


  • Midfielder Javier Mascherano has not yet signed a full-time deal with Liverpool and could make a surprise move to Manchester City. (The People)


  • Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka has told 'friends' he is interested in rejoining Manchester City. (Mirror)


  • Middlesbrough forward Yakubu could join him at Eastlands. (Mirror)


  • And veteran Italian forward Christian Vieri is another City target, as are Newcastle's Michael Owen and West Ham's Nigel Reo-Coker. (News of the World)


  • Aston Villa want Reo-Coker as well as Chelsea duo Geremi and Shaun Wright-Phillips and Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy. (Sunday Telegraph)


  • Liverpool want £3m and Michael Johnson from Manchester City for Bellamy. (Daily Star Sunday)


  • The Reds are close to landing Athletic Bilbao 'wonderkid' Mikel San Jose. He is an 18-year-old defender. (NotW)


  • Liverpool turned down an offer from Besiktas for Sami Hyypia as they need to find a replacement first. (People)


  • Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta has his sights on a move to England with Chelsea, Manchester City, West Ham and Middlesbrough interested. (Mirror)


  • Newcastle are keeping tabs on Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnson. (Express)


  • Wayne Bridge, Lassana Diarra and Geremi could be in a job-lot move from Chelsea to Newcastle. (Mail on Sunday)


  • Magpies boss Sam Allardyce, who says he needs five years to sort the club out, is 100% sure striker Michael Owen will stay at St James' Park. (NotW)


  • Charlton want West Brom's £4m-rated striker Nathan Ellington as a replacement for Darren Bent. (NotW)


  • Albion will in turn boost their attacking options with a move for Celtic's Craig Beattie. (NotW)


  • Rangers and Derby are willing to meet the £5m valuation West Brom have put on midfielder Jason Koumas. (People)


  • Derby also want Norwich striker Dickson Etuhu, West Ham winger Matthew Etherington and Sheffield United centre-back Claude Davis. (People)


  • Paul Robinson and Paul McShane will leave West Brom for Sunderland in a £6m double deal. (NotW)


  • Sunderland will sign Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon for £4.5m. (People)


  • Manchester United midfielder Kieran Richardson is in the middle of a tug of war between Sunderland and Sheffield United. (People)


  • Sunderland hope to catch Chelsea and Manchester United on the back foot with an early move for Heerenveen's Brazilian striker Afonso Alves. (NotW)


  • Bolton want to sign Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy. (People)


  • Tottenham are lining up £3.5m bids for Celta Vigo's Borja Oubina and Hertha Berlin's Kevin Prince Boateng. (NotW)


  • Spurs have had a £6m offer for Celtic's Shunsuke Nakamura turned down. Liverpool and Aston Villa are also interested in the midfielder. (NotW)


  • Arsenal are set to go head-to-head with free-spending Spurs. Both clubs have targeted £8m-rated West Brom defender Curtis Davies. (NotW)


  • Real Madrid want Arsenal's Jose Antonio Reyes but will only offer £6m, half the amount they agreed last summer. (NotW)


  • Birmingham will boost their ranks with Spartak Moscow's former Arsenal striker Quincy Owusu-Abeyie and Dutch U21 star Daniel de Ridder. (NotW)


  • Midfielder Stephen Clemence will swap Birmingham for Southampton. (Various)


  • Chelsea are putting the finishing touches to a deal for Dutch U21 star Royston Drenthe. (People)


  • Everton want Preston's David Nugent but will not go above £4m. (NotW)


  • Blackburn will fend off Portsmouth's interest in Ryan Nelson by offering the defender a new contract. (People)


  • Colchester are the latest club to express interest in signing veteran forward Teddy Sheringham. (People)


  • West Ham have beaten Rangers to the signing of Bordeaux midfielder Julien Faubert. The fee is £6m. (NotW)


  • Middlesbrough are close to agreeing terms with AZ Alkmaar's Icelandic right-back Gretar Steinsson. (Various)


  • Celtic's Bobo Blade could be set to join Craig Beattie at West Bromwich Albion for £1m. (Daily Star on Sunday)
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Sources at Arsenal say it is unlikely manager Arsene Wenger will stay at the club when his contract expires at the end of next season. (Mail on Sunday)

  • Sheffield United expect to be reinstated to the Premier League this week at the expense of West Ham. (Mirror)

  • Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore is thinking about quitting his role for a similar one in Major League Soccer in America. (People)

  • Steve Morgan will complete his £10 takeover of Wolves this week. (NotW)

  • Czech and Serbian tycoons are eyeing a takeover at Bristol City. (Various)
AND FINALLY...
  • David Beckham has beaten the 37-year distance record for an American Football field goal with a 64-yard effort in an advert. "The guy's leg is golden," said running back Reggie Bush. "He could sign up for the NFL now and play for 20 more years." (NotW)

  • Former England striker Rodney Marsh, who played in the United States in the 1970s, believes long-distance travel, lower-quality play and media surveillance will prevent midfielder David Beckham maintaining his England form while playing for LA Galaxy. (Mail on Sunday)
























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