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Football Rumours on Friday 6th December 2013

last updated Friday 06th December 2013, 9:45 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Chelsea will have to part with £80m to sign Monaco striker Radamel Falcao, 27, or offer Fernando Torres or Demba Ba in part-exchange.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Arsenal and Manchester United are on alert after Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 23, could leave the club.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Real Madrid have made Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 26, their top priority in the transfer market amid interest from Arsenal for their striker Karim Benzema, 25.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Liverpool are weighing up a move for Fenerbahce left-back Caner Erkin, 25, as Reds manager Brendan Rodgers seeks to reinforce his defensive options.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Porto want to sign Manchester United midfielder Anderson, 25, on loan in January. United bought the Brazilian from Porto for £24m in 2007.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Arsenal have been warned off a January move for Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, 21, but manager Carlo Ancelotti hinted the striker may be available in the summer.
    ( Metro )


  • Everton boss Roberto Martinez is lining up a pre-contract agreement for former Celtic winger Aiden McGeady, 27, who is set to leave Spartak Moscow.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, 28, is considering January move to Bundesliga side Schalke.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Athletic Bilbao's 24-year-old midfielder Ander Herrera, a transfer target of Manchester United, insists he is staying at the Spanish club.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Arsenal are interested in signing Standard Liege striker Michy Batshuayi, 20.
    ( Talksport )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Porto want Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas, the man who led them to an unbeaten season in 2010-11 and won four trophies, to return to the club to replace Paulo Fonseca.
    ( The Sun )


  • It is thought Villas-Boas, 36, has been given seven games to convince the Tottenham board he is the man to take the club forward.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Meanwhile Spurs have banned a section of their own young fans known as the '1882' group from Block J at White Hart Lane after they moved on to the stairs and did not comply with various instructions and warnings, resulting in the club receiving a warning from their local council. The club plans to re-site the fans behind the goal.
    ( DailyTelegraph )


  • Coach Roy Hodgson has told England fans to bet on his team winning the World Cup, but only £10.
    ( The Sun )


  • Aston Villa's Fabian Delph is tipping his 27-year-old team-mate Gabriel Agbonlahor to play his way into Hodgson's World Cup squad.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Paramedics dashed to the home of Manchester United's Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa, 24, when he was stricken by breathing problems hours after the champions lost to Everton on Wednesday.
    ( The Sun )


  • Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta, 31, has suggested that striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25, could yet play a part in the club's title challenge.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs, 40, insists "the gap is bridgeable" despite their 1-0 home defeat by Everton leaving them 12 points behind leaders Arsenal.
    ( Manchester Evening News )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Tottenham's Brazilian midfielder Sandro, 24, is well renowned as being the team's joker and intensified his claim by driving the team bus to Craven Cottage on Wednesday night.
    ( Metro )


  • Arsenal are suing a corporate box holder at the Emirates Stadium for £375,000 after an alleged bust up over unsliced bread.
    ( Daily Mail )






















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