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Football Rumours on Saturday 1st March 2014

last updated Saturday 01st March 2014, 9:59 AM




TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 25, could snub Manchester United's interest if they fail to reach next season's Champions League.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Cardiff striker Craig Bellamy, 34, has hinted that he could retire at the end of the season if they avoid Premier League relegation.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Inter Milan are interested in signing Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o, 32, and Tottenham's 25-year-old midfielder Etienne Capoue this summer.
    ( Metro )


  • Arsenal are planning a £15m bid for Real Madrid's 21-year-old Spanish striker Alvaro Morata in the summer transfer window.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Roberto Soldado, 28, could be offered an escape route from Tottenham after just one disappointing season. Atletico Madrid are considering the misfiring Spurs forward as a cut-price summer replacement for in-demand 25-year-old striker Diego Costa.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Barcelona have won the race to sign 17-year-old Croatia midfielder Alen Halilovic from Dinamo Zagreb, seeing off rival interest from Manchester United and Manchester City.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Championship rivals Nottingham Forest and Leeds are battling to sign 25-year-old West Ham midfielder Jack Collison on loan.
    ( Metro )


  • Liverpool could bid for Cardiff City defender Steven Caulker, 22, if the Bluebirds are relegated from the Premier League this season.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Stoke midfielder Steven Nzonzi, 25, wants a move at the end of the season after a meeting with boss Mark Hughes.
    ( The Sun )


  • Manchester United manager David Moyes was in Germany on Friday night to watch £10m-rated centre-half Matthias Ginter, 20, play for Freiburg against Hertha Berlin.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Liverpool and Manchester United are keeping tabs on Inter Milan's 19-year-old defender Ibrahima Mbaye, who is currently on loan at Serie A club Livorno.
    ( Talksport )


  • Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is keen on a move for Wolfsburg's 34-year-old striker Ivica Olic, whose contract at the Bundesliga club expires at the end of the season.
    ( Daily Star )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Santi Cazorla is ready to sign a new deal that will keep him at Arsenal until 2017. The 29-year-old's new contract is set to be announced alongside improved deals for Per Mertesacker, 29, and Tomas Rosicky, 33.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • The Football Association does not expect Wednesday's friendly against Denmark at Wembley - their penultimate home match before the World Cup - to sell out.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Harry Redknapp will discuss his future as Queens Park Rangers manager at the end of this season, should the Championship club fail to achieve promotion to the Premier League.
    ( The Times )


  • West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes it will take £200m for under-fire boss David Moyes to put Manchester United back on top.
    ( Evening Standard )


  • Former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, now in charge at Turkish club Galatasaray, has told Tottenham he wants to become their manager at the end of the season.
    ( Metro )


  • Manchester United could play a series of lucrative friendlies abroad next season to try and offset the financial loss facing them if they fail to qualify for Europe.
    ( The Guardian )


  • Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend believes he can see off competition from Liverpool's Raheem Sterling and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for a place in England's World Cup squad.
    ( The Times )


  • Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, 33, remains coy over his future at Old Trafford.
    ( Daily Star )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Crawley have made head groundsman Matt Moss redundant after being asked to explain a series of postponements by the Football League. The League One club have called off five home games in nine weeks.
    ( Argus )






















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