Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to say he is leaving Manchester United after Euro 2008, according to "a close friend". (Daily Mirror)
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Manchester City are negotiating with Ronaldinho's sponsors, Nike, over signing the Brazilian. (Daily Express)
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Frank Lampard is at the centre of a "tug-of-war" between former manager Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan and incoming Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari. (The Sun)
- Liverpool's John Arne Riise is expected to complete a £5m move to Roma this week. (Daily Mail)
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Sunderland are ready to smash their transfer record with a £10m swoop for Celtic's Aiden McGeady. (The Sun)
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Wigan are close to signing Croatia striker Ivan Klasnic on a free transfer from Werder Bremen. (Daily Mirror)
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Aston Villa have made the first move to sign Blackburn's want-away midfielder David Bentley. (Daily Express)
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Tottenham are hoping to offload right-back Pascal Chimbonda to Aston Villa and defender Younes Kaboul to Portsmouth. (Daily Mirror)
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Hull are planning to hijack centre-back Anthony Gardner's move from Tottenham to Stoke. (Daily Mirror)
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Arsenal want Spain and Valencia's Raul Albiol, who can play at centre-back or in defensive midfield. (Daily Express)
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Aston Villa are set to buy misfit Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell for £5m. (Daily Mail)
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Oliver Kapo could be on his way out of Birmingham City, with Wigan and Newcastle both interested in signing the midfielder. (The Times)
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Manchester City's Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson is wanted by Spanish side Atletico Madrid. (Daily Mirror)
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Portsmouth will make an opening bid of £10m for Liverpool striker Peter Crouch this week. (The Independent)
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Middlesbrough and Newcastle want to sign Fulham striker Steven Davis, who would prefer to make his loan period at Rangers permanent. (The Times)
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Sunderland are monitoring striker Carlton Cole's position at Premier League rivals West Ham. (The Times)
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Newcastle have told Liverpool and Aston Villa they want £9m for winger James Milner. (Daily Mirror)
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West Brom will bid £4m for Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi after his talks with Stoke stalled. (Daily Mirror)
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Rangers will complete the £3m signing of Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty today - beating Old Firm rivals Celtic to the Northern Ireland international's signature. (Various)
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Celtic are being linked with moves for Russia striker Roman Pavlychencko and Spurs forward Darren Bent. (Various)
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And Celtic could also move for Roma midfielder Matteo Brighi. (Various)
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Belgian outfit Germinal Beerschot are offering Rangers' Thomas Buffel an escape route back to his homeland. (Daily Record)
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Burnley have made a £500,000 bid for Falkirk captain Darren Barr. (Daily Express)
OTHER GOSSIP
- Manager Sir Alex Ferguson is furious with Manchester United's fixture list for 2008/09 as his side face away trips after all six Champions League group games. (The Sun)
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Rangers fans are unhappy with their club's fixture list for the season which will see them play three of their opening four games away from home. (Various)
AND FINALLY...
- Uefa will have to spend £157,000 to replace the turf at St Jakob-Park in Basle following last Wednesday's torrential downpour during the Switzerland-Turkey match. (Daily Star)