Paper Talk - 26 January 2012

• Manchester United's Patrice Evra is ready to step into Saturday's red-hot FA Cup cauldron at Liverpool.


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has called for a ban on Premier League clubs loaning out players over the age of 21.


• Portsmouth fans are considering a £32million buy-out of the troubled club.


• Newcastle target Adrian Mariappa has dismissed an £800-a-week pay rise from Watford.


• Tottenham are ready to sell Giovani dos Santos to Villarreal for £5million.


• QPR boss Mark Hughes is ready to launch a £4million bid for Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega.


• Millwall aim to secure Aussie Shane Lowry on a permanent deal from Aston Villa this month.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is facing an anxious wait over Rob Green's Upton Park future.


• Martin Jol is keen to bring £7million FC Twente winger Nacer Chadli to Fulham.


• Everton are lining up a £1million deal for AEK Athens defender Kostas Manolas.


• Bolton are keen to sign Porto kid Juan Iturbe - dubbed the new Messi - on loan.

• Brazil star Willian is keen to be part of Chelsea's future.


• Harry Redknapp will swap the dock for the dugout and take full charge of Tottenham at Watford on Friday night.


• Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez fears he faces two years on the football scrapheap.


• Chelsea are closing on an £8million move for Genk midfielder Kevin de Bruyne.


• Mark Hughes hopes to persuade Manchester City's Nedum Onouha to join his QPR revolution on Thursday.


• West Ham have failed with a £7million bid for Rangers' Nikica Jelavic.


• Newcastle are trying to sign Eljero Elia on loan - six months after Juventus pipped them to his signature.

• Chelsea could take their January spending past £35million as they close on deals for Kevin de Bruyne and Willian.


• Tottenham misfit Giovani dos Santos will snub Bolton to return to Spain.


• Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has missed out on Turkey striker Mevlut Erding.


• Rangers have rejected West Ham's bid for Nikica Jelavic.


• Wigan Athletic have made an offer for £700,000-rated Dutch striker John Verhoek.

• Manchester City could sue Carlos Tevez for compensation following the fall in his transfer value.


• Overspending clubs could be forced to cut their squad size if they breach new UEFA break-even rules.

• Paris Saint-Germain are closing on a £4million deal for Chelsea defender Alex.


• Roman Abramovich has blocked Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas' move for Porto striker Hulk after being quoted a world-record £83million.


• Villarreal have offered £6.5million for Tottenham's Giovani dos Santos but face competition from Granada.


• QPR are launching bids for Wigan's Victor Moses and Nancy midfielder Samba Diakite as well as stepping up their interest in Nedum Onouha and Steven Pienaar.


• Birmingham are keen on Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui.


• UEFA issued Premier League clubs with a "wake-up call" to comply with financial fair-play rules or face points deductions and player bans.

• UEFA has said it will defend in court any penalties imposed on clubs which breach its financial fair play rules, including most seriously the possibility of club being excluded from the Champions League.

• QPR have switched their attention to Victor Moses after being unable to sign a winger from Tottenham.

• Chelsea are in talks with Genk over the signing of Kevin de Bruyne, the Belgian club said on Wednesday.

• Rangers have confirmed they have booted out a West Ham bid for Nikica Jelavic.


• Mohamed Bangura has vowed to overcome his nightmare start at Celtic.


• Kari Arnason is heading out of Aberdeen after demanding £5000 a week to stay at Pittodrie. 

• Everton are facing competition from Blackburn, Sunderland and Swansea for Sporting Lisbon’s playmaker Adrien Silva.

• Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb , with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent, after talks over cancelling his contract.

• Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb , with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent, after talks over cancelling his contract.

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Paper Talk - 25 January 2012

• Carlos Tevez has been stung for almost £10million by Manchester City in his bitter dispute with them.


• Anton Ferdinand will snub John Terry's handshake ahead of QPR's FA Cup tie against Chelsea on Saturday.


• Steven Gerrard has branded as "ludicrous" the pressure piled on Kenny Dalglish after Liverpool's recent slump in form.


• Mario Balotelli's agent has called for referee Howard Webb to be banned for life over the decision to charge the Manchester City striker with violent conduct.


• Pepe Reina has warned the Kop they may have to wait another THREE YEARS for Liverpool to become title contenders.


• Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has put himself in the frame for England's Euro 2012 campaign after impressing Fabio Capello.


• Aston Villa are ready to let Emile Heskey walk away for nothing this summer.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has joined the race to sign Liverpool wonderkid Raheem Sterling on loan.


• Watford boss Sean Dyche has accused Newcastle of insulting him after attempting to land Adrian Mariappa on the cheap.


• Chelsea are closing in on the £8.5million signing of Genk winger Kevin De Bruyne.

• Mario Balotelli could quit Manchester City after his four-game ban for violent conduct.


• Manchester City have told Carlos Tevez he can rot.


• Steven Gerrard has blasted Liverpool fans questioning Kenny Dalglish.


• Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger deserves the respect of the club's fans.


• Gareth Barry has revealed how a cheeky chant from the Kop made him go cold on a move to Liverpool.


• Jose Mourinho would be Barcelona boss - but for his arrogance, aggression and failure to listen, according to a new book which reveals he was snubbed after an interview in 2008.


• Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti will wait until the summer before making a second raid on former club Chelsea for Frank Lampard.


• Blackburn boss Steve Kean wants to offload midfielder Mauro Formica so he can add to his squad.


• Newcastle are hoping to seal a £2million deal for Watford defender Adrian Mariappa.


• Bolton, Swansea, Barnsley, West Ham and Sheffield United have hit brick walls trying to nab Liverpool kid Raheem Sterling on loan.

• Manchester United are hopeful Phil Jones will shrug off an ankle injury and declare himself fit for Saturday's FA Cup trip to Liverpool.


• Manchester City have hit rebel Carlos Tevez for a whopping £9million for turning his back on the club.


• Mario Balotelli's fuming agent has launched a fierce attack on referee Howard Webb and threatened to take the striker away from English football.


• QPR's Anton Ferdinand is agonising over whether to shake hands with John Terry before their FA Cup showdown on Saturday.


• Jonny Howson completed his £2million move to Norwich on Tuesday and admitted he had to leave Leeds United to play Premier League football.


• Alan Pardew has told worried Newcastle fans to keep on smiling despite Saturday's 5-2 shocker at Fulham.


• Pardew was blasted by Watford on Tuesday night for offering 'pocket money' to sign defender Adrian Mariappa.


• Gareth Bale insists Tottenham will bounce back from their "sick" defeat by Manchester City.


• Liverpool have made an offer for £15m rated Udinese midfielder Mauricio Isla. The 23-year-old has caught the eye of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish after impressing in Serie A this season.

• Carlos Tevez is nearly £10million out of pocket - and counting - for his behaviour at Manchester City.


• City's Mario Balotelli could quit English football because he feels he is being victimised.


• England boss Fabio Capello has joined the clamour for wing wonderkid Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to keep his Arsenal place for the remainder of the season.


• Chelsea are set to sign Racing Genk winger Kevin De Bruyne for £8.5million after talks in London between the two clubs.


• Watford have told Newcastle to come up with far more than "piggy bank money" if they want to land highly-rated centre-back Adrian Mariappa.


• AC Milan left-back Taye Taiwo has revealed he cannot wait to play for Mark Hughes after completing his loan move to QPR.

• Carlos Tevez's bitter fall-out with Manchester City has cost the rebel striker a staggering £9.3million in fines, wages and lost bonuses.


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is on a two-man shortlist to replace Jose Mourinho as Real Madrid manager.


• Chelsea and QPR have issued a joint statement urging supporters not to tarnish Saturday's potentially explosive FA Cup fourth-round tie.


• Sunderland are being linked with a move for Bolton's Kevin Davies.


• Lokomotiv Moscow have joined the race to sign Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.


• Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard may disappoint Roberto Martinez by turning down a move to Wigan.


• West Ham have launched an ambitious bid to sign Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou.


• LA Galaxy are in talks with Leeds United over a move for defender Alex Bruce.


• QPR are weighing up a move for South Africa striker Katiego Mphela.


• City boss Roberto Mancini is on the verge of signing Israeli midfielder Nir Biton after talks with his agent in Manchester on Tuesday night.


• Southampton and Everton have both registered an interest in Birmingham City's highly-rated goalkeeper Jack Butland.


• Tomas Rosicky's future with Arsenal will be determined over the next few days after his agent Pavel Paska arrived in London for talks with manager Arsene Wenger.

• Sir David Murray made a surprise return to his old club Rangers on Tuesday.


• Dundee United are weighing up a move for out-of-favour Hearts hitman Ryan Stevenson.


• Johan Mjallby insists the Celtic board are playing a key role in the club's charge for glory by keeping the January exit door bolted shut.


• SFA Performance Director Mark Wotte has told Celtic's James Forrest the worst thing he could do for his career would be making a move to England. 

• Hugo Rodallega has confirmed he will leave Wigan at the end of the season. The striker says he is in talks with a number of sides but has refused to name them "out of respect for Wigan".

• Theo Walcott's cousin Jacob - currently on the books at Reading - could be set for a move to Holland if he impresses in a trial game for Utrecht tonight.

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Paper Talk - 24 January 2012

• QPR want defender Anton Ferdinand to shake hands with John Terry before their FA Cup showdown on Saturday.


• Andrey Arshavin is becoming as unpopular with his Arsenal team-mates as he is with the fans.


• Wojciech Szczesny insists Arsene Wenger's position as Arsenal manager should NEVER be questioned.


• Carlos Tevez insists he will only join AC Milan.


• Liverpool want Real Madrid attacker Esteban Granero in a loan deal.


• Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has lined up a stunning double swoop for Nicky Maynard and Jean Beausejour.


• Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is plotting a loan move for Lazio striker Mauro Zarate.


• Chelsea defender Alex is set to snub QPR and rejoin former manager Carlo Ancelotti at PSG.


• Blackburn's Jason Roberts has been offered an escape route to Reading as part of their Russian revolution.


• Southampton boss Nigel Adkins is ready to snap up goal machine Billy Sharp from Doncaster.


• Preston players are furious after new boss Graham Westley told them they were dropped - by early-morning text.

• Robin van Persie last night set the record straight over his relationship with Arsenal - and his admiration for boss Arsene Wenger.


• Brighton are preparing an audacious bid to land Michael Owen.


• Outcast Everton winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is on his way back to Russia after the club agreed a deal with Spartak Moscow.


• Danny Welbeck is expected to sign a £42,000-a-week five-year deal within the next fortnight.


• Norwich are telling clubs that hitman Grant Holt is not for sale - at any price.


• John Coleman has agreed to become the new Rochdale manager.


• Liverpool want to hijack West Ham's pursuit of Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic.

• Arsene Wenger is close to losing the support of the Arsenal dressing room.


• Chelsea defender Alex is on the verge of joining PSG in a £4million move.


• Red-faced Everton were last night forced to swallow a £6.5million loss on Diniyar Bilyaletdinov after flogging him to Spartak Moscow on the cheap.


• Newcastle have made a £2million approach for Watford central defender Adrian Mariappa.


• Ipswich manager Paul Jewell has improved his bid for defenders Jason Pearce and Joel Ward to £1.4million, an offer cash-strapped Portsmouth will find hard to refuse.


• Barnsley boss Keith Hill has hijacked Hibernian's bid to sign midfielder Michael Tonge on loan from Stoke to boost his side's play-off hopes.


• Blackburn outcast Jason Roberts has been offered the chance to revive his career at Reading.

• Robin van Persie led a dressing-room inquest after Arsenal's disappointing 2-1 defeat by Manchester United.


• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is attempting to drive through a move for Shakhtar Donetsk winger Willian before the transfer deadline.


• Mark Hughes was left fuming after the Home Office turned down a work permit for Brazilian wonderkid Henrique.


• Leicester will make a move for Cardiff defender Anthony Gerrard if they can sell either Matt Mills or Sean St Ledger.


• Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has moved to strengthen his struggling side by agreeing a £3million fee for Birmingham winger Jean Beausejour.


• Watford have turned down an initial £3million bid from Newcastle for defender Adrian Mariappa.


• West Ham are in talks with Nacional winger Edgar Costa.


• Middlesbrough have had a £150,000 offer for Blackpool striker Lomana LuaLua rejected.


• Manchester United striker Mame Biram Diouf is attracting interest from French side Brest.


• QPR have failed in their attempt to sign Brazilian striker Henrique after he was denied a work permit.

• QPR will put pressure on Anton Ferdinand to shake hands with John Terry before the potentially explosive FA Cup clash with Chelsea on Saturday.


• Arsenal's players staged an impromptu internal inquest and accused each other of letting down manager Arsene Wenger after their third successive Premier League defeat.


• Alex is on the verge of completing a £4million move to join Carlo Ancelotti at PSG.

• Harry Redknapp had previously been investigated by the British Tax Authority for a £300,000 payment over the transfer of Rio Ferdinand from West Ham United, a court heard yesterday in a dramatic opening day at the Tottenham Hotspur manager's trial on tax evasion charges.

• Harry Redknapp received almost £600,000 in commission payments from transfers involving Peter Crouch and Rio Ferdinand, a court was told yesterday as the Tottenham manager's financial affairs were laid bare on the opening day of his trial on charges of tax evasion.


• Roman Abramovich's friendship with the billionaire owner of Shakhtar Donetsk is the key to Chelsea signing Willian.

• Motherwell manager Stuart McCall last night insisted players are facing trial by Sportscene and vowed to fight any ban dished out to Michael Higdon.


• Former Dutch golden boy Luigi Bruins hopes to resurrect his career at Rangers after being sold on the club by former team-mate Michael Mols.


• James Forrest pledged his future to Celtic, insisting a switch to the Premiership with Spurs doesn't interest him.


• St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas is convinced there will be further bids for star striker Fran Sandaza in the next week.


• Ryan Stevenson may be set to end his self-imposed Hearts exile - even though he's preparing to hold talks over a Bosman move away from Tynecastle.


• Dundee United have dropped their interest in Slovakian striker Milos Lacny. 

• Newcastle have made an offer for 25-year-old Watford captain Adrian Mariappa.

• Crystal Palace hope to fend off competition from Championship rivals to sign Jamie Vardy from Fleetwood Town, before loaning the striker back to the Conference side for the rest of this season. Blackpool, Leicester City, Southampton, West Ham United and both halves of the Old Firm have been linked with £700,000 offers for the 25-year-old.

• Paris St Germain have made a sensational move to sign Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.

• Manchester United have cooled their interest in Dinamo Zagreb sensation Mateo Kovacic after baulking at the midfielder’s £10 million price tag. Tottenham and Manchester City are now leading the race to sign the 17-year-old playmaker.

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Paper Talk - 23 January 2012

• Harry Redknapp demanded FA action against Mario Balotelli yesterday after accusing him of an act of violence that 'has no place in football'.


• Steven Pienaar is set to speak with Tottenham this week after QPR were told he will cost £6million.


• Blackpool have been told they will have to make a cash offer for Celtic winger Paddy McCourt despite attempts to loan him for the rest of the season.


• Galatasaray and Juventus have been rebuffed in their enquiries for Man City midfielder Nigel de Jong.


• Wigan are making a £2million move for Bristol City striker Nicky Maynard and are interested in Everton's James McFadden.


• Shakhtar Donetsk have confirmed Chelsea's interest in Willian.


• Manchester United are interested in Brazil striker Leandro Damiao.


• Reading are ready to move for Doncaster striker Billy Sharp.

• Furious Harry Redknapp last night branded Mario Balotelli a madman who got away with kicking Scott Parker in the head.


• Arsene Wenger reacted angrily after Arsenal fans turned on him following a third successive defeat.


• Portsmouth boss Michael Appleton has been told to sell his best players this month to stop the club going bust.


• West Brom have slapped an £8million valuation on Peter Odemwingie amid interest from Fulham and West Ham.


• Bolton boss Owen Coyle is swooping for Guinea's exciting attacker Ismael Bangoura and trying to rush through a package with the African star.


• Leicester boss Nigel Pearson is set to sign Aston Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso on loan.


• Lyon have joined the chase for Tottenham defender Vedran Corluka.

• Arsene Wenger was blasted by his own fans - and even skipper Robin van Persie - as chants of 'You don't know what you're doing' echoed around the Emirates during Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.


• Liverpool want to hijack West Ham's pursuit of Rangers ace Nikica Jelavic.


• Nedum Onuoha is poised to switch from Man City to QPR in a £2.75million deal.


• Adel Taarabt wants to stay at QPR under new boss Mark Hughes.


• Huddersfield boss Lee Clark wants £1million-rated Ben Marshall.


• Bristol City boss Derek McInnes is set to snap up veteran defender David Weir from Rangers.


• Tony Pulis is sending Michael Tonge and Tom Soares to Hibernian on loan in a Stoke clearout.


• Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton has been told to sell his stars to save the club.


• Jose Mourinho is fighting for control of the Real Madrid dressing room following a major bust-up.

• Harry Redknapp angrily insisted that Tottenham's title charge was derailed by a player who should not have been on the pitch as he accused match-winner Mario Balotelli of kicking Scott Parker in the head deliberately.


• Arsene Wenger and Robin van Persie were embroiled in a row last night as Manchester United kept up the pressure in the title race.

• Harry Redknapp launched a stinging attack on Mario Balotelli after the Italian striker wrecked Tottenham's title hopes.


• Danny Welbeck kept Manchester United on the heels of leaders Manchester City as Arsene Wenger hit out at irate Arsenal fans.

• Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits he's interested in Celtic kid James Forrest.


• Ally McCoist's hopes of landing free agent Enar Jaager will be dashed unless he can shift players off the Ibrox wage bill this month.


• St Johnstone striker Fran Sandaza has slammed Rangers for trying to nab him on the cheap.


• Former Rangers and Scotland star Stephen Hughes will join Aberdeen today on trial as he bids to relaunch his career. 

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Paper Talk - 22 January 2012

• Manchester City must pay a world-record £150million fee to lure Gareth Bale from Tottenham.


• Rafael van der Vaart has urged Bale to stay at Spurs and help the club challenge for the title over the coming years.


• Harry Redknapp has cranked up the pressure on Roberto Mancini by saying failure to deliver trophies this season could cost the Man City boss his job.


• Nigel Reo-Coker blasted Craig Bellamy last night after they clashed at the Reebok.


• Arsene Wenger has held showdown talks with his Arsenal players ahead of the clash with Manchester United.


• Carlos Tevez is ready to take on Manchester City in a game of brinkmanship to secure his move to AC Milan.


• Newcastle are keen to tie Danny Guthrie and Fabricio Coloccini to new contracts.


• Blackburn will not sell Chris Samba this month at any price.


• Roma want out-of-favour Spurs right-back Vedran Corluka on loan.


• Juventus have emerged as favourites to sign Manchester United's Paul Pogba.


• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists Dimitar Berbatov is staying at Old Trafford.


• Lazio have joined the chase for Manchester United and Liverpool target Ricky van Wolfswinkel.


• Liverpool are trying to sign Juventus winger Milos Krasic on loan.

• Luka Modric, the brilliant Croatia midfielder who has masterminded Tottenham's emergence as title contenders, is now Manchester United's No 1 £50million transfer target for the summer.


• Emile Heskey heads a list of players leaving Aston Villa this summer, after costing the club £1million a goal.


• Spurs are readying a £7million bid for Celtic winger James Forrest.

• Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is determined that nothing will stop his club's quest for their first title since 1968 and insists he will keep on upsetting his "jealous" rivals.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol last night issued a hands-off warning to clubs tracking his hat-trick hero Clint Dempsey.


• Kenny Dalglish has warned his players he will kick them out of Liverpool if there is a repeat of last night's defeat at Bolton.


• Stoke boss Tony Pulis has told Kenwyne Jones to forget about a multi-million pay-day with Saudi side Al-Hilal.


• Steve Kean insists Chris Samba will not be allowed to leave Blackburn.

• John Terry will not duck Saturday's powderkeg FA Cup clash just four days before he is in court accused of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand.


• Inter Milan and Real Madrid are lining up summer bids for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.


• Chelsea are stepping up their interest in Lille playmaker Eden Hazard.


• Nedum Onouha is set to snub a move to QPR in favour of joining Everton.


• Real Madrid are keeping a close eye on Danny Welbeck's contract wrangle at Manchester United.


• Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed Manchester United scouted Robin van Persie during his early days at Feyenoord but didn't follow up their interest in the striker.


• Steve Kean has survived a plot to sack him by senior staff within Blackburn.


• Southampton are ready to go head to head with West Ham for Huddersfield hot-shot Jordan Rhodes.


• Spurs are lining up a move for Swansea playmaker Joe Allen.


• Emile Heskey leads a quartet of highly-paid stars set to leave Aston Villa this summer.


• Blackburn are considering a move for Brazil midfielder Richarlyson.


• Everton boss David Moyes could be forced to sell another key asset at the end of the season, with Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka and Jack Rodwell all targets for rival clubs.


• West Brom boss Roy Hodgson is planning a raid on his former club Fulham for Brede Hangeland and Damien Duff.


• Rookie Denmark defender Jores Okore is a target for both Manchester Clubs as well as Spurs, Liverpool and Newcastle.


• Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has his eyes on Valencia striker Aritz Aduriz.

• Chris Samba aims to double his money at his next club.


• Lille have sparked a £25million transfer battle after declaring they are willing to sell Eden Hazard this month.


• Newcastle could have bought Sunderland's James McClean last summer - but didn't think he could hack it in the Premier League.


• Roberto Mancini has vowed to defend Manchester City against "jealous" critics.


• Roma and West Ham are interested in Spurs defender Vedran Corluka.


• Manchester United contract rebel Ravel Morrison has denied demanding a new deal worth £30,000 a week.

• Sir Alex Ferguson believes Robin van Persie is now as important to Arsenal as Lionel Messi is to Barcelona.


• Portsmouth have been issued with a petition to be wound up by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

• Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool manager, threatened to get rid of disrespectful players after his side's surprisingly emphatic defeat at Bolton.

• Kenny Dalglish has threatened a clear-out of Liverpool's under-performing players.

• United, Spurs and Arsenal are on alert after Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen hinted the Dutch giants were open to a January move.


• Fulham have agreed terms with Catania striker Max Lopez, but AC Milan could gazump them.

• Sir Alex Ferguson is in talks with Crystal Palace over a £3m move for defender Nathaniel Clyne

• Liverpool are "in pole position" to sign Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic

• Liverpool are lining up an £8m bid for Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero.

• Martin O'Neill has revealed he has knocked back several loan approaches for Ji-Dong Won, and says the South Korean will not be leaving.

• Wolves are weighing up loan moves for Stoke's Cameron Jerome and Hamburg's Michael Mancienne.

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