This weeks transfer gossip rumours summed up on a friday
Monday
Arsenal have ruled out a January move for Real Madrid’s Ruud van Nistelrooy. Robin van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner and Eduardo are all injured and Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has said that although he needs a striker, it won’t be the former Manchester United star.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish is keen on taking on Fulham left-back Paul Konchesky.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Tottenham are battling to secure the services of Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia from Swiss side Young Boys of Berne.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Tuesday
Aston Villa striker John Carew is a £5m target for Turkish giants Fenerbahce.
Read full story – Daily Mirr
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has played down rumours of a move for Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko next summer.
Read full story – Daily Mail
Portsmouth’s Algerian midfielder Nadir Belhadj is frustrated at being on the bench and is willing to quit the club in January in order to make sure of a place at the World Cup.
Read full story – The Sun
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has arranged a behind-closed-doors match in order to take a look at Angola defender Francisco Zuela, who plays for Russian side FC Kuban.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Liverpool will complete the signing of highly-rated 16-year-old Kristján Gauti Emilsson later this week. The central defender, who plays for Icelandic champions FH, has also had trials with Manchester United and Rangers.
Read full story – Daily Mail
Barcelona winger Jeffren Suarez, who was once a target for Arsenal, has been offered to Wigan, Blackburn and Everton.
(Daily Mirror)
Wednesday
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is ready to part with defender Anton Ferdinand in his bid to acquire Tottenham full-back Alan Hutton.
Read full story – The Sun
Manchester City are leading the chase for AC Milan full-back Ignazio Abate.
Read full story – The Sun
Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is being targeted by Spurs’ north London rivals Arsenal, according to the Russian’s agent Oleg Artemov.
(Daily Express)
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish wants to complete a deal to sign on-loan Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on a permanent basis.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Midfielder Lee Carsley will be an unexpected casualty of McLeish’s rebuilding campaign at St Andrew’s when the January transfer window opens.
Read full story – Daily Mail
Fulham have sent a circular to Premier League and Championship clubs to make it be known that strikers Eddie Johnson and David Elm, forward Seol Ki-Hyeon and defenders Fredrik Stoor and Toni Kallio are available for transfer as the Cottagers try to slash their wage bill.
Read full story – Daily Mail
Celtic’s largest shareholder Dermot Desmond will hold the key to any potential move to take striker Robbie Keane on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
(The Times)
Thursday
Icelandic 16-year-old Kristjan Gauti Emilsson claims he has agreed a “dream” move to Liverpool, signing a three-year contract.
(Icelandic news website www.mbl.is)
Full-back Andrea Dossena may have played his last game for the Anfield club, with Roma ready to take the Italy international back to Serie A in January.
Read full story – The Times
Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has ruled out a move to the Premier League, insisting he is happy at the Nou Camp.
Read full story -The Sun
Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is interested in signing former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Read full story – The Sun
Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill has warned Fenerbahce that striker John Carew is not for sale.
(The Sun)
Tottenham striker Robbie Keane will not be allowed to leave White Hart Lane for Celtic in January. (Daily Express)
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is keen on Rangers midfielder DaMarcus Beasley.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
The Cottagers are making a £1m move for teenage striker Raheem Sterling from neighbours QPR.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Sunderland are tracking Belgium Under-21 goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Read full story – The Sun
Watford want to keep on-loan Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury for the rest of the season but they will ask the Gunners to pay half of his wages.
Read full story- The Sun
Friday
Tottenham will get rid of David Bentley in January following a heated row between the winger and manager Harry Redknapp.
Read full story – Daily Express
Redknapp has been told by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy that he will have to sell before he can make any signings in the new year.
Read full story – The Guardian
Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is preparing a new-year raid for Stoke striker James Beattie following his row with manager Tony Pulis after the defeat at Arsenal.
Read full story -Daily Telegraph
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant has been ordered to offload players as the club’s cash crisis mounts.
Read full story – Daily Telegraph
Blackburn are poised to complete the signing of France Under-21 midfielder Amine Linganzi from St Etienne in January.
Read full story – Daily Mirror
Wigan are set to allow Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson leave the club in the new year after failing to unseat Chris Kirkland from the number one spot.
Read full story – The Sun
