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Football Rumours on Tuesday 15th September 2015

last updated Tuesday 15th September 2015, 10:40 AM


  • Newcastle, who are bottom of the Premier League, will try to sign QPR striker Charlie Austin, 26, in the January transfer window.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Austin would prefer to see out the final year of his contract at Loftus Road and leave on a free transfer at the end of the season.
    ( Sun )


  • Hull will let Ahmed Elmohamady, 28, leave in January with Aston Villa, Everton, Leicester and Swansea all keen on the Egypt winger.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Former West Ham and Bolton forward Ricardo Vaz Te, 28, is training with West Brom and could earn a short-term deal.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Bolton manager Neil Lennon is considering a move for former Trotters captain Kevin Nolan, 33, who is available on a free transfer after being released by West Ham.
    ( Bolton News )


  • Southampton's Uruguay midfielder Gaston Ramirez, 24, is expected to return to Italy in January after falling out of favour at St Mary's.
    (Talksport)



    OTHER GOSSIP

  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho retains the support of club owner Roman Abramovich despite the Blues taking only four points from their opening five Premier League games.
    ( Times )


  • Mourinho and his players have banned "all banter" as they attempt to arrest the club's worst start to a top-flight season for 29 years.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • The Blues have also denied a claim captain John Terry, 34, and forward Diego Costa, 26, were involved in a training-ground row.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Liverpool's disappointing start to the season is a result of manager Brendan Rodgers trying to get too many summer signings to gel, according to former Reds director of football Damien Comolli.
    ( Talksport )


  • Former Liverpool and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann says former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp, 48, would be a "great fit" at Anfield, if Rodgers leaves.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Ex-Reds striker John Aldridge says the team have lost their identity and fans are right to be angry.
    ( Liverpool Echo )


  • Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, 25, has travelled to the United States to see a specialist about his heel injury.
    ( Guardian )


  • Argentina winger Angel Di Maria, 27, says he had a difficult relationship with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal - and that was the prime reason he left Old Trafford for French champions Paris St-Germain in the summer.
    ( Le Parisien )


  • Van Gaal has challenged his players to prove they are good enough to win the Champions League again.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Former England captain Gary Lineker, 54, believes a winter break would help English clubs in the Champions League.
    ( Sun )


  • Former Chelsea midfielder Slavisa Jokanovic hopes to "hurt" the Blues by inspiring Maccabi Tel Aviv to a Champions League win at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Manchester City's England goalkeeper Joe Hart, 28, is now the best in the world, says Juventus counterpart Gianluigi Buffon, 37.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Everton are to offer 19-year-old defender Brendan Galloway a new contract as a reward for breaking into the first team.
    ( Liverpool Echo )


  • Former Sunderland player, manager and chairman Niall Quinn has defended club owner Ellis Short after the American was criticised by frustrated fans.
    ( Sunderland Echo )



    AND FINALLY

  • A Liverpool fan has set up a 'Sack Brendan Rodgers' page on a fundraising website following the club's disappointing start to the season, with the aim of paying the necessary compensation to the Northern Irishman.
    ( Metro )


  • Newcastle United's players had to walk the last mile to Upton Park after their team coach was held up in London's rush-hour traffic before Monday's Premier League match against West Ham.
    ( Independent) )





















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