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Football Rumours on Wednesday 10th September 2014

last updated Wednesday 10th September 2014, 9:28 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Barcelona right-back Dani Alves, 31, has emerged as a shock transfer target for Manchester United and Liverpool.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Premier League champions Manchester City and Italian giants Juventus are also interested in Brazil defender Alves.
    (Talksport)


  • France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 24, says he was desperate to leave Southampton this summer before club bosses "blocked" his move.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Arsenal are looking to sign Barcelona's 19-year-old midfielder Sergi Samper - with manager Arsene Wenger ready to pay his £9.6m release clause in January.
    (Metro)


  • Valencia are working on a new contract for promising Spanish striker Paco Alcacer, 21, with Arsenal and Chelsea reportedly stepping up their interest.
    (Talksport)


  • Chelsea are interested in 19-year-old Aston Villa winger Jack Grealish, although he has been offered a new four-year deal by his club.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Schalke are planning to hand striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, 31, a new contract to ward off interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.
    (Daily Express)




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is personally drawing up a £10m four-year contract offer for midfielder Fabien Delph, 24.
    ( Daily Star )


  • England coach Roy Hodgson is giving his players "homework" to undertake between get-togethers as he tries to speed up his young side's development in time to make an impression at Euro 2016.
    (Guardian)


  • QPR's wage bill is bigger than Italian giants AC Milan.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Meanwhile, QPR have been told they could be demoted to the fifth tier of English football the next time they are relegated if they refuse to pay a fine incurred by breaking the Football League's Financial Fair Play rules.
    ( Times )


  • Former Leeds, Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler, 39, has applied for the vacant manager's job at Leeds United.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has "concerns" about Jack Wilshere's England role as a defensive midfielder and says he is sorry striker Danny Welbeck, 23, has left Old Trafford to join Arsenal.
    (Independent)


  • Spanish full-back Jose Enrique, 28, is ready to put his injury nightmare behind him - and wants to get back to the levels he showed during his first season at Liverpool.
    (Liverpool EchoLiverpool Echo)


  • Former international centre-back John Terry tells England and Liverpool attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling, 19, to carry on punching above his weight.
    (Sun)


  • Newcastle's attacking midfielder Remy Cabella, 24, should show the physical toughness of fellow Magpie Cheick Tiote, says the club's former striker Mick Quinn.
    (Evening Chronicle)


  • No Premier League clubs have agreed to make public the full details of fees paid between clubs and to agents during transfer windows.
    (Independent)


  • Midfielder Alex Pritchard, 21, is hoping to catch the eye of Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino during his loan spell at Championship new boys Brentford.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has told Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26, that he plans to make him an important part of the team.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, 28, says Chelsea represent the biggest threat to his side retaining their Premier League title.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • QPR owner Tony Fernandes would not stand in the way of 67-year-old manager Harry Redknapp if England asked him to lead the national team.
    (Evening Standard)


  • Rangers legend Arthur Numan has urged centre-back Virgil van Dijk, 23, to leave Celtic at the first opportunity to help his international career.
    (Daily Record)


  • Forward Danny Welbeck, 23, looks like a great buy for Arsenal after his England heroics, says former international midfielder Jamie Redknapp.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Zinedine Zidane says it would be "a tragedy" if Real Madrid's £85m forward Gareth Bale, 25, does not play at a major international tournament with Wales.
    (Wales Online)


  • Scotland coach Gordon Strachan says he is baffled Watford striker Ikechi Anya, 26, plays only in the Championship when he could be at a club in the Premier League or with Celtic.
    ( Herald )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Ex-Liverpool defender Daniel Agger, 29, has paid to help send Denmark's homeless team to next month's World Cup in Chile.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joked that he should be banned "for 40 games" after being involved in an "accidental" collision with Austria's David Alaba while winning his 100th cap for Sweden.
    ( Independent )






















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