The top stories from papers and websites - 20 January 2013

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• Sir Alex Ferguson joined Southampton supporters in condemning the sacking of Nigel Adkins.


• Rafa Benitez will gamble on John Terry in a bid to stop the rot at Chelsea.


• Mario Balotelli is all packed up and ready to join AC Milan in a £24million deal.


• Chelsea are preparing for a £10million Barcelona raid on goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.


• Aston Villa and Wigan are joining Swansea and West Brom in the race for Bristol City winger Albert Adomah.


• Brighton are poised to trump Tottenham, Arsenal and AC Milan for the signature of French wonderkid Jeremy Balmy.



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• Nigel Adkins knew he was going to be sacked before he met with Southampton supremo Nicola Cortese.


• Blackpool want talks with Nigel Adkins about becoming their new manager after his Southampton exit.


• Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has refused to rule out the arrival of Lewis Holtby this month instead of the summer.


• Harry Redknapp is trying to persuade Porto defender Rolando to sign for QPR.


• Hull are ready to spend £1million on QPR striker DJ Campbell.


• Leeds are ready to sign Ivory Coast striker Aruna Dindane.


• Birmingham boss Lee Clark has held a crunch meeting with players and told them urgent sales are vital to avoid club redundancies.



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• New Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino is facing a player revolt after Nigel Adkins was brutally sacked yesterday

  
  

  
  


• Frank Lampard is poised to sign for LA Galaxy this summer after agreeing a deal with the MLS club.


• Tottenham have joined the race for Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila.


• Paul Lambert admits that Aston Villa may not be able to bring in any fresh faces.


• Fulham hope to sign a goalkeeper and Roma's Maarten Stekelenburg is the top target.


• Manchester City are keen on 17-year-old PSG striker Hervin Ongenda.


• Arsenal want Guingamp midfielder Gilbert Imbula.


• QPR defender Anton Ferdinand is a target for Turkish side Bursaspor.


• Sevilla want to sign Manchester City striker John Guidetti on loan.


• Sheffield Wednesday are in talks over a deal for Gent striker Shlomi Arbeitman.


• Leeds are close to sealing a deal for former Portsmouth striker Aruna Dindane.



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• Nigel Adkins was masterminding Southampton's climb to safety with a noose around his neck after it emerged new manager Mauricio Pochettino was put on standby weeks ago.


• Sir Alex Ferguson has waded into the Luis Suarez diving row by blaming foreign players for the escalation of diving in English football.



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• Roberto Mancini claims he will see out his contract at Manchester City.


• Sir Alex Ferguson has told Liverpool to stop Luis Suarez diving - just like he did with Cristiano Ronaldo.



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• Rafael Benitez is preparing to gamble on John Terry's fitness after admitting his Chelsea squad is short of natural leaders.



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• Arsenal have broken their wage structure to persuade Theo Walcott to sign a three-and-a-half year contract extension worth £100,000-a-week that will also bring him a £3million loyalty bonus.


• Liverpool have launched an audacious £8million bid for Inter Milan's Brazilian youngster Philippe Coutinho.

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The top stories from papers and websites - 13 January 2013

• Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has decided he wants to become Manchester City manager next season when he returns from his sabbatical.


• Newcastle United and Southampton are both keen to sign French midfielder William Vainqueur from Standard Liege.


• Swansea manager Michael Laudrup is planning a £2million bid for Osasuna attacker Roland Lamah.


• Manchester City and Manchester United are vying to sign St Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.


• New Blackburn boss Michael Appleton wants to sign midfielder George Thorne from West Brom.

• Crystal Palace want £15million from Manchester United for Wilfried Zaha - and will insist the winger returns to Selhurst Park on loan for the rest of this season.


• Newcastle will not let captain Fabricio Coloccini return to Argentina on the cheap.


• West Brom and Reading are both interested in signing Fulham midfielder Chris Baird.


• Aston Villa will not sell Darren Bent to a relegation rival after Reading and QPR showed an interest in the striker.


• West Brom have placed an £8million price tag on Jonas Olsson to keep him out of QPR's clutches.


• Theo Walcott's new contract at Arsenal will only be for the next three-and-a-half years.


• Ashley Cole has yet to be offered a new deal by Chelsea despite opening talks with Paris St Germain and Real Madrid.


• Oxford United manager Chris Wilder has emerged as the front-runner for the Barnsley job.


• Newcastle had scouts watching St Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Friday night.


• Everton are ready to move for Athletic Bilbao defender Fernando Amorebieta, who is out of contract at the end of the season.


• Tom Ince's return to Liverpool is off after Blackpool refused to budge on their valuation of the winger.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol has emerged as a candidate to take over at Schalke.

• Liverpool are trying to work out how to hijack Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder's move to Galatasaray.


• Manchester United will be forced to sign Wilfried Zaha for £12million this month to prevent the Crystal Palace winger joining Arsenal.


• Everton manager David Moyes will be a target for Schalke and Werder Bremen at the end of the season.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is back on the trail of Bolton winger Chung-yong Lee.


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is eyeing Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue and AC Milan left-sider Urby Emanuelson.


• Manchester City striker John Guidetti is a loan target for Fiorentina.


• Newcastle are lining up a move for West Ham defender James Tomkins as a replacement for Fabricio Coloccini.

• Liverpool have made a sensational bid to hijack Wesley Sneijder's move to Galatasaray as the playmaker would prefer to play in the Premier League.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol is planning an £8million bid for Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila, who is wanted by QPR.


• Arsenal are lining up Toulouse defender Serge Aurier to replace Bacary Sagna at right-back.


• Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole intends to hold talks with Manchester United at the end of the season.


• Manchester United have been told to up the ante by Crystal Palace after offering £5million up front, and a further £5m in add-ons, for Wilfried Zaha.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is plotting a summer bid for Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.


• Reading want to sign Arsenal full-back Carl Jenkinson on loan.


• Cardiff have joined the hunt to sign QPR striker DJ Campbell.


• Blackburn want to re-sign David Bentley on loan from Tottenham with a view to a permanent deal.


• QPR boss Harry Redknapp wants a centre-half and Sunderland's Titus Bramble has emerged as a top target.


• Southampton manager Nigel Adkins is stepping up his bid to sign Cagliari defender Davide Astori.


• Hull City are keen to sign Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale.


• West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has put plans to sign Southampton striker Rickie Lambert on hold.


• Everton boss David Moyes is prepared to sell Victor Anichebe for £5million to raise funds.


• Newcastle full-back Danny Simpson is hoping Fulham sign him so he can be closer to his pop singer girlfriend Tulisa.


• Bristol City want Bradford City boss Phil Parkinson to replace the sacked Derek McInnes.


• Fulham manager Martin Jol is a target for Schalke.


• Craig Hignett could return to Barnsley as manager for the rest of the season.


• Sean O'Driscoll is the favourite to take charge at Blackpool following Michael Appleton's departure for Blackburn.

• Tottenham have told Real Madrid it will cost £55million to sign Gareth Bale.


• Atletico Madrid hope to re-sign Chelsea striker Fernando Torres on a season-long loan in the summer.

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The top stories from papers and websites - 05 December 2012

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• Roberto Mancini's Manchester City are now officially the worst English team in Europe.


• Rafa Benitez has tried to inspire Chelsea by comparing their Champions League struggles with his own failed reign at Inter Milan.


• West Ham face D-Day today on their ambitions of moving to the Olympic Stadium, but the club are expected to be chosen as preferred bidders.


• Spain striker Fernando Llorente has confirmed he plans to leave Athletic Bilbao when his contract expires at the end of the season.

• Rafa Benitez last night publicly questioned whether his Chelsea players still have the hunger that drove them to last season's Champions League glory.


• West Ham chairman David Gold insisted Andy Carroll would not go back to Liverpool in January because he did not come from Argos.


• Brendan Rodgers is set to gamble with Luis Suarez to keep Liverpool's European hopes alive.


• Arsene Wenger is ready to offload Brazilian flop Andre Santos - even though the Arsenal left-back wants to stay.


• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is plotting a January raid for Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana.


• Fraizer Campbell is being lined-up to fire Hull City in the Premier League - for the second time.

• Rafa Benitez has launched a bizarre defence of Fernando Torres as Chelsea stand on the verge of an embarrassing Champions League exit tonight.


• Pepe Reina's future at Liverpool is under threat, with manager Brendan Rodgers considering January moves for Jack Butland or Ron-Robert Zieler.


• Liverpool are also close to finalising a £12million deal for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge and the £6million acquisition of his England Under-21 team-mate Thomas Ince.


• David Beckham has been earmarked as the prospective owner of an emerging Miami-based MLS franchise.


• Chelsea are keen on Club America defender Diego Reyes.


• Bolton are lining up a deal for Norwegian winger Dawda Leigh, 26, who is a free agent.


• Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza, 26, has agreed a two-and-a-half year contract with Wigan.


• Aston Villa, Newcastle and Norwich will have FC Cluj winger Modou Sougou watched at Manchester United tonight.


• St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas is a contender to take over at ambitious League Two side Fleetwood Town.

• Chelsea have been told to back off Pep Guardiola or risk losing out on the former Barcelona coach.


• Scott Parker handed Tottenham a major fitness boost yesterday when he returned to action.


• Arsene Wenger insist he will not quit Arsenal and join Paris St Germain.


• Paul Robinson will demand a transfer is Brad Friedel makes a sensational return to Blackburn.


• Swansea sensation Michu is wanted by Serie A duo Napoli and Genoa.


• QPR boss Harry Redknapp and his old club Southampton want Matt Besler of MLS club Kansas City.


• Steve Clarke has rubbished reports Liverpool are set to launch a £12.5million January raid for Shane Long.

• Juan Mata insist Chelsea will not wilt under the pressure if fans continue their hate campaign against Rafa Benitez.


• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has given City manager Roberto Mancini the green light to land Inter Milan outcast Wesley Sneijder.


• Norwich goalkeeper Mark Bunn has set his sights on a Republic of Ireland cap.

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The top stories from papers and websites - 1 December 2012

Here the latest transfer rumours, gossip and speculation from the newspapers:-

• Raheem Sterling is involved in a contract row with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.


• Rafa Benitez has told his Chelsea flops they are not fit enough and have just TWO GAMES to save their futures.


• Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is trying to talk Yaya Toure out of going to the African Nations Cup.


• David Moyes admits he would take Joleon Lescott back to Everton.


• Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert may have to sell Darren Bent for a cut-price £10million.


• Arsenal are poised to swoop for Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina - and Brendan Rodgers would let him go.


• Manchester United winger Nani is wanted by PSG to replace Nene.


• Liverpool and Chelsea both want Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony.

• Bad boy Joey Barton last night claimed Harry Redknapp will not be able to save crisis club QPR from relegation.


• Police have banned MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon players from kissing the badge on their shirts tomorrow.


• Raheem Sterling has not been made a new contract offer by Liverpool.


• Sam Allardyce is keen on taking Joe Cole back to West Ham on loan.


• Inter Milan are set to sell Wesley Sneijder after talks over a wage cut stalled.


• PSG have joined Juventus in the race to sign Manchester United winger Nani.


• Millwall have offered West Brom £1million for Chris Wood.

• New Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez has told his players: You're not fit enough.


• Harry Redknapp wants Liverpool to stump up £5.5million to let Joe Cole join QPR next month.


• David Moyes is ready to take Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott back to Everton.


• Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is confident he will not be sacked at the end of the season.

• Rafa Benitez has told Roman Abramovich his Chelsea squad are not fit enough, fresh enough or big enough.


• Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski is heading to Manchester United.


• Alex McLeish has emerged as a surprise contender for the Wolves job if Stale Solbakken fails to reverse the club's fortunes.


• Manchester City are keeping an eye on the Raheem Sterling contract negotiations at Liverpool.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol has hinted he many rival new QPR manager Harry Redknapp in a January move for Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.


• David Moyes has admitted he would jump at the chance to re-sign Joleon Lescott if the defender feels he needs to seek a loan move away from Manchester City.

• Rafa Benitez has told Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich: Your squad is not fit enough.


• Roberto Mancini has received assurances from Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak that his job is not under threat.


• West Brom manager Steve Clarke has targeted a new striker in January after new Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez hinted at recalling Romelu Lukaku.


• Brendan Rodgers wants Liverpool to lead the rush in the January sales.

• Arsenal will step up their search for January signings this weekend with expected scouting missions for Holland internationals Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Kevin Strootman.

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The top stories from papers and websites - 9 February 2012

• Fabio Capello sensationally quit as England boss last night - finally paving the way for people's choice Harry Redknapp to take over.


• Wayne Rooney last night called for Harry Redknapp to be appointed England boss - and was backed by senior players and fans from across the country.


• Gareth Southgate and Trevor Brooking are being considered as emergency England managers.


• Swansea have confirmed boss Brendan Rodgers has signed a new and improved contract.


• Arsenal defender Johan Djourou has signed a contract extension until 2015.

• Fabio Capello last night quit as England boss over the John Terry captaincy debacle, paving the way for Harry Redknapp to take over.


• Harry Redknapp will be offered the England job - but on the FA's terms.


• Fabio Capello has taken his massive backroom staff with him after they got a combined £1million pay-off to leave the England set-up.


• Few England players were sorry or sad to learn of Fabio Capello's resignation and immediate departure.


• Luis Suarez has admitted for the first time that he "must pay" for the row that led to his eight-match ban.


• Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin is holding out for a move to Zenit St Petersburg in the summer - not Anzhi Makhachkala now.


• Neil Redfearn has been told the Leeds manager's job is his to lose.


• Gareth Bale is ready to turn his back on Barcelona and stay at Tottenham.


• Real Madrid have given hope to Manchester City after Raul Albiol was told he can leave the Bernabeu.


• Bolton have called time on Robbie Blake, Paul Robinson and Sean Davis' careers at the club.

• Furious Fabio Capello slammed the FA after quitting as England boss last night.


• Dimitar Berbatov has hit out at his lack of game time and admitted his Manchester United future is in limbo.


• Leicester, Peterborough and Doncaster are battling it out to sign Macclesfield defender Shaun Brisley.

• Fabio Capello resigned as England manager last night after an explosive meeting in the FA chairman's office, leaving the way clear for Harry Redknapp to succeed him.


• Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is back in training after recovering from a knee injury.

• Fabio Capello dramatically resigned as England manager last night after refusing to accept the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy.


• Harry Redknapp won the biggest fight of his life yesterday - and a few hours later saw the pathway to the England manager's job cleared by Fabio Capello's resignation from the national post.

• Fabio Capello last night sensationally resigned as England manager, capping an extraordinary day on which Harry Redknapp was acquitted of tax evasion charges, clearing the way for him to succeed the Italian at Wembley.

• Fabio Capello last night quit dramatically as England manager over the governing body's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.


• Harry Redknapp was cleared of tax charges yesterday by a unanimous verdict, opening the way for the Tottenham manager to be appointed as Fabio Capello's successor with England.

• Harry Redknapp is the overwhelming favourite to replace Fabio Capello as England's next manager after the Italian resigned because of the breakdown in his relationship with the Football Association over the John Terry affair.

• Rangers were still sweating on their shock move for Daniel Cousin last night as they awaited international clearance to re-sign the striker.


• Swedish club GAIS fear Rangers are trying to avoid paying up for January signing Mervan Celik. 

• Hamburg hope to tempt Gylfi Sigurdsson back to Germany when his loan deal at Swansea expires at the end of the season.


• Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov is a transfer target for Juventus , according to reports in Italy.

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The top stories from papers and websites - 8 February 2012

• England manager Fabio Capello is set to tell FA chairman David Bernstein he will not back down over John Terry.


• Manchester United's Patrice Evra will be told to shake hands with Liverpool's Luis Suarez when they meet on Saturday.


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could become the next France manager after Euro 2012.


• Tottenham winger Gareth Bale heads a Barcelona summer wishlist that also includes Jordi Alba, Thiago Silva and Neymar.


• Bayern Munich are eyeing a cut-price summer deal for Blackburn's Junior Hoilett.


• The two Manchester clubs are battling to sign Benfica winger Nico Gaitan.

• Fabio Capello will be read the riot act on Wednesday over his public stance that John Terry should have remained England captain.


• Luis Suarez is still refusing to apologise for sparking the Patrice Evra race storm.


• Steve Kean's hopes of ending the bitter rift with Blackburn skipper Chris Samba have hit another setback.


• Nicolas Anelka has laid bare the nightmare end to his Chelsea career, and pointed the finger at Andre Villas-Boas.


• Carlos Vela wants a permanent move away from Arsenal.


• Andrew Johnson is on collision course with Fulham after the latest twist in his contract saga.


• Adel Taarabt said a one-to-one with Mark Hughes convinced him his future lies with QPR.

• Fabio Capello will tell his players to like it or lump it over the John Terry affair.


• Chelsea could offer £50million flop Fernando Torres as bait in a bid to land Atletico Madrid striker Falcao.


• Stoke will not stand in Matt Upson's way if he wants a cash-laden move to China.


• Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain insists he won't let the hype go to his head.

• Fabio Capello is set for showdown talks with FA chairman David Bernstein that will decide his future.


• Barcelona are looking at ways to fund a £50million summer bid for Tottenham's Gareth Bale, with the possibility of Spurs being given first option on a number of Barca youngsters.

• Andre Villas-Boas has been ordered to improve Chelsea's results after another round of talks with Roman Abramovich.


• Fabio Capello will meet furious FA officials on Wednesday for showdown talks that will determine if he remains England manager.


• Arsenal are lining up a shock summer swoop for Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge.


• Arsene Wenger is lining up a summer move to bring Fiorentina's 18-year-old defender Matija Nastasic to Arsenal.


• Matthew Upson's proposed move to Shanghai Shenhua may be put on hold after Stoke failed to get Robert Huth's red card - and subsequent three-match ban - overturned.

• Fabio Capello is determined to go on the offensive when he meets the Football Association chairman on Wednesday for showdown talks that will determine his future as England manager.

• Rio Ferdinand is adamant that John Terry's ongoing desire to play for England will not affect his own international ambitions, leaving Fabio Capello with a major selection dilemma for the match against Holland this month.

• Rangers boss Ally McCoist is considering a shock bid to re-sign Daniel Cousin.


• Neil Lennon has warned his Celtic players that the SPL title is far from secured.


• Former Rangers star El-Hadji Diouf has dismissed the SPL as a "Sunday morning league". 

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