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Football Rumours on Monday 31st March 2014

last updated Monday 31st March 2014, 10:05 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Real Madrid are ready to offer Chelsea's 33-year-old defender Ashley Cole £8m in wages over two years. Cole's contract at Stamford Bridge expires at the end of this season.
    ( The Sun )


  • Liverpool are preparing a summer bid for Southampton's 24-year-old centre-back Dejan Lovren after missing out on the Croatia international last year.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is planning to revamp his forward line this summer, with the futures of strikers Demba Ba, 28, Fernando Torres, 30, and on-loan Romelu Lukaku, 20, likely to be under scrutiny.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa, 25, could be on his way back to former club Borussia Dortmund on loan, despite the Japan international's impressive display in the 4-1 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • United are ready to part with Wilfried Zaha, 21, for a cut-price £5m this summer, despite having signed the forward in a £10m deal from Crystal Palace in January 2013.
    ( The Sun )


  • Nuremberg's 21-year-old Swiss striker Josip Drmic has denied a move to Arsenal has been agreed, but says he dreams of one day playing for the Gunners.
    ( Sky Sports )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Manchester United are targeting Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti, 54, as a potential replacement for David Moyes should they decide to part with the 50-year-old Scot.
    ( Daily Star )


  • United player-coach Ryan Giggs, 40, could quit his boyhood club at the end of the season after falling out with Moyes.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood says he will continue to watch his side from the stands, despite calls from unhappy Spurs fans for him to direct the team from the technical zone.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Spurs players Aaron Lennon and Roberto Soldado took to social media in the wake of their side's 4-0 defeat at Liverpool to deny rumours of an altercation in the team's dressing room following the defeat at Anfield.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is unconvinced by Jose Mourinho's claims that his Chelsea side are out of the Premier League title race.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • West Ham's Stewart Downing, 28, has urged fans to get behind his team when they face Sunderland, following the boos that greeted the Hammers' 2-1 win over Hull last Wednesday.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Carlo Ancelotti has been left baffled by Real Madrid fans booing Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale during his side's 5-0 win over Rayo Vallecano.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Inter Milan are hopeful of bringing in Chelsea's Fernando Torres, but feel the £5m price tag for the 30-year-old striker is "oversized".
    ( Tuttosport )


  • Liverpool have joined rivals Manchester United in the pursuit of Bayern Munich's 25-year-old defender Jerome Boateng.
    ( Bild )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Everton defender Leighton Baines was spotted making a purchase from an ice-cream van outside Craven Cottage as reward for his side's 3-1 victory at Fulham on Sunday.
    ( Daily Express )






















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