Transfer Gossip

The Sunny Sunday Gossip

HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT THE OPENING PARAGRAPH OF THIS
'Tottenham supremo Daniel Levy has hiked the asking price for Mido to a staggering ฃ7.5million as Middlesbrough try to close a deal for the Egyptian striker,' says The People.

Jesus wept.

It's not the only bad news for Middlesbrough, with the News Of The World claiming that 'Yakubu is set to get his move from The Riverside after all. Negotiations have been going on all week with the 24-year-old Nigerian international set to join Everton who have chased his signature all season.'

All season? That's one day.

Still, The Observer agrees that Everton is Yakubu's likely destination.

Meanwhile, 'Gareth Southgate is keen to snap up Portsmouth's veteran defender Dejan Stefanovic to get him out of an injury crisis.

'But Boro will have to give Stefanovic, 32, a long-term contract to pull off the deal because he will need a work permit to stay in England.

'Stefanovic's Pompey days are numbered and he can go for about ฃ750,000.'

The People also claims that Southgate is interested in Milan Baros, who has failed to impress at Lyon since leaving Aston Villa. Where he failed to impress. As he did at Liverpool. Is anyone else noticing a pattern?


CHELSKI TURN TO QUARESMA...
If Arjen Robben does, as expected, do one to Real Madrid, Chelski will look to replace him with the ฃ27m capture of Ricardo Quaresma from Porto, according to the News Of The World.

The Blues will face competition for the winger, however. Pretending to be a real journalist, the Gossip Column has done a bit of research (okay, google) and discovered that Fiorentina are willing to break the bank to take him to Italy.


...WHILE MANYOO WANT ALVES
With Gary 'The Neviller' Neville looking increasingly broken, the Sunday Express reckons ManYoo are on the look-out for a new right back.

Inevitably, they've deided that means the Red Devils will go head to head with Chelski for the signature of Brazilian Dani Alves, who has made his desire to leave Sevilla very public.


WEST HAM MIGHT STILL GET GUDJOHNSEN
'Eidur Gudjohnsen 'could still leave the Camp Nou,' for West Ham, according to an executive at Barcelona, who believes the Iceland striker will return to the Premier League to secure regular first-team football,' says The Observer.

They also claim that West Ham's attempts to capture Kieron Dyer are ongoing - in contrast to a claim in the redtops this morning that Dyer's move collapsed because he failed a medical.


IT'S ALL GO AT ARSENAL
In news that makes more sense after David Healy's first Premier League goal, The People reckon Arsenal are eyeing Celtic's Artur Boruc as a replacement for Jens Lehmann.

The Gunners, says the paper, are 'considering a ฃ6million offer before the transfer window shuts at the end of the month.

'Sources at both clubs confirm talks have taken place about a deal which would see Poland World Cup keeper Boruc, 27, heading for London.

'Lehmann, 37, signed a new deal in the summer and his deputy, Poland's Lukasz Fabianski, could find himself pushed down the Gunners' list by his compatriot.'

Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, has threatened legal action against Real Madrid, telling the News Of The World: "I did not allow Fabregas to talk to anybody. He denies that he spoke to Real Madrid. So if you can get the statement that he's done that and that Real Madrid has done that we will sue Real Madrid."

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