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Alan 9:38 Tue Jul 10
Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Sun

Roberto Mancini's new £37.5million contract makes him British football's highest-paid boss.
Arsenal star Jack Wilshere has been disciplined by UEFA for breaking strict player rules by appearing to boast on Twitter about betting on his team.
Ji-Sung Park arrived at QPR yesterday insisting: It was MY decision to quit Manchester United.
Brendan Rodgers has challenged Andy Carroll to prove he can be a part of his Liverpool revolution.
Manchester City hope to secure the signature of Robin van Persie by selling Emmanuel Adebayor to Tottenham for £5million.
Fabio Borini is back on Liverpool's radar - a fortnight after Roma confirmed his capture.
Real Madrid are ready to offer Ricardo Carvalho in a bid to land Luka Modric.
Arsene Wenger is tracking top Egyptian talent Milo.
Steven Nzonzi has sparked a scramble for his signature after failing to join up for Blackburn's training camp in Austria.
Stoke are closing in on Houston Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron.
Newcastle target Mathieu Debuchy will be allowed to leave Lille for £8million.
Wigan hope to sign Watford defender Adrian Mariappa.
Southampton and Reading are monitoring Scott Dann.
Sheffield Wednesday expect to seal the signings of David Norris and Bilel Mohsni in the next 48 hours. They've had a £350,000 bid for Norris accepted by Portsmouth and have tabled a £500,000 offer for Moshni.

Mail

Chelsea have pulled off another transfer coup by clinching the signature of £25million Brazilian wonderkid Oscar.
Manchester City killed off Russian interest in Roberto Mancini by making him the highest-paid manager in the country after agreeing a £37.5million five-year deal.
Fabio Borini is set to become Brendan Rodgers' first signing as the Liverpool manager challenges Andy Carroll to show he can be part of the new Anfield regime.
Gareth Barry flew to a leading specialist in Munich yesterday amid concerns he may miss the start of Manchester City's Premier League title defence.
Manchester United are stepping up their £30million bid for Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas Moura amid competition from Inter Milan.
Emmanuel Adebayor is close to sealing a £6million permanent move to Tottenham with a contract that would make him the best-paid player in the club's history.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez hopes to seal a £2.5million move for Watford defender Adrian Mariappa.
Winger Yassine El Ghanassy is expected to become a West Brom player in the next 24 hours after meeting Hawthorns officials for transfer talks.
West Ham are close to a £4.5million deal for Sochaux striker Modibo Maiga.
Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill must match Wolves' £15million valuation to land his top target Steven Fletcher.

Mirror

Andy Carroll faces a fight for his Liverpool future.
Roberto Mancini has signed a new £37.5million deal with Manchester City, making him the Premier League's highest-paid boss.
Daniel Agger is the latest Premier League star to feature on Real Madrid's radar.
Nemanja Vidic is set to make his long-awaited comeback on the Scandinavian leg of Manchester United's pre-season tour.
Edin Dzeko could be set to leave Manchester City for AC Milan in a £20million deal.
Arsenal have opened talks with Laurent Koscielny about a new long-term deal.
Wigan are making a move for Watford centre-half Adrian Mariappa.
New QPR signing Ji-Sung Park is in the frame to replace disgraced Joey Barton as captain.

Star

Roberto Mancini hit the jackpot last night after signing a new mega-money deal as Manchester City boss worth a staggering £38million.
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is closing in on a £6million deal for Emmanuel Adebayor.
Manchester United are closing in on a £16million deal to land Everton star Leighton Baines.
Andy Carroll is facing a fight for his Liverpool future after Brendan Rodgers challenged him to fit into his Anfield plans.
Chelsea hope to steal a march on Tottenham by winning the race to sign Brazilian hotshot Oscar.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is hoping to add three new faces to his squad while battling to keep hold of Victor Moses.
Ji-Sung Park turned down the chance to stay at Manchester United and a megabucks Far East payday to join QPR.
Stoke are in talks over a deal to sign Houston Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron.
Bolton defender Zat Knight turned down the chance to join Cardiff before signing a two-year deal.
Sheffield Wednesday hope to seal the signings of Portsmouth midfielder David Norris and Southend centre-back Bilel Mohsni in the next 48 hours.

Express

Andy Carroll faces a new battle to save his Liverpool career as Brendan Rodgers closes in on his first signing - Italian striker Fabio Borini.
Roberto Mancini has become the highest-paid manager in the Premier League.
Tottenham are ready to smash their pay structure to bring Emmanuel Adebayor back to White Hart Lane on a permanent deal.
Ji-Sung Park has revealed he turned down the chance to stay at Manchester United or a huge payday in the Far East to join Queens Park Rangers.
Shay Given has been warned he faces a fight for the No 1 jersey as Aston Villa close in on re-signing Brad Guzan.
West Brom are chasing a deal for Ghent's Belgium international winger Yassine El Ghanassy.
Zat Knight turned down the chance to join Cardiff and decided to help Bolton return to the Premier League.
Roberto Martinez wants to add three new faces to his Wigan squad.

Telegraph

Chelsea appear to have beaten Tottenham to sign highly-rated Brazilian midfielder Oscar in a deal understood to be worth more than £22million.

Times

Andy Carroll is battling to save his Liverpool career less than 18 months after becoming the ninth-most expensive player in football history.
Roberto Mancini has finally agreed a new five-year contract worth almost £38million with Manchester City that will make him the highest-paid manager in European football after Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid.

Guardian

Roberto Mancini has signed a new deal as Manchester City manager, agreeing a five-year contract worth at least £25m that secures him at the club until 2017.

Independent

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was non-committal on the future of Andy Carroll, as his club closed in on adding Roma's Fabio Borini to the Anfield strikeforce.

Record

Rangers defender Carlos Bocanegra thinks Celtic will be crowned SPL champions by December.
St Johnstone boss Steve Lomas is putting potential recruits under the microscope with Europe top of his agenda.
Mark Kerr has joined Hibs for pre-season training as he seeks a new club.




BBC

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester City hope striker Emmanuel Adebayor will move to Tottenham for £5m to pave the way for a deal for Arsenal forward Robin van Persie.

Full story: the Sun

A Manchester United delegation will arrive in Brazil on Tuesday intent on tying up a £30m deal for Lucas Moura, 19, before the Sao Paulo midfielder, also wanted by Inter Milan, heads off on Olympic duty with Brazil.

Full story: Daily Mail

Chelsea will beat Tottenham to sign Internacional's Brazilian striker Oscar, 20, in a £25m deal.

Full story: Daily Mail

AC Milan have joined Juventus and Inter Milan in the race to sign Manchester City's unsettled left-back Aleksandar Kolarov, 26.

Full story: talkSPORT

AC Milan are also prepared to pay £20m for City's Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko, 26.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Real Madrid will sweeten their move for Tottenham's Luka Modric by offering Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho, 34, who worked with Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas at Porto, as part of the deal. Tottenham want £35m for Croatian midfielder Modric.

Full story: the Sun

Liverpool want to sign Fulham's American midfielder Clint Dempsey, 29, before they head off on a tour of the United States.

Full story: Daily Mirror

England striker Andy Carroll is fighting for his Liverpool career under new manager Brendan Rodgers, who is concerned that the 23-year-old cannot fit into his preferred style of play.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Arsenal are battling with Barcelona to sign Toulouse's French midfielder Etienne Capoue, 23, who could cost £9.5m.

Full story: talkSPORT

Sunderland have been told they will have to pay £15m for Wolves striker Steven Fletcher.

Full story: Daily Mail

Wigan are hoping a £3m move for Watford defender Adrian Mariappa, 25, will kick off their summer spending.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Tottenham are set to beat Arsenal to sign Nottingham Forest's England U19 defender Jamaal Lascelles, 18.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Steven Nzonzi has not travelled to Austria for Blackburn's pre-season training camp as the French midfielder, 23, looks for a move away from Ewood Park. Rovers want £10m for Nzonzi, who has been linked with Arsenal, Stoke City, Spartak Moscow, Villarreal and Borussia Dortmund.

Full story: Lancashire Telegraph

Manchester United are closing in on a £16m deal to sign England and Everton full-back Leighton Baines, 27.

Full story: Daily Star

Everton are weighing up a move for versatile full-back Reto Ziegler, 26, after he was put up for sale by Juventus.

Full story: Metro
OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini's new five-year deal is worth £7.5m a season.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Gareth Barry could miss the start of the season due to an abdominal problem. The Manchester City midfielder, who was ruled out of Euro 2012, flew to Munich on Monday to see a specialist.

Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic could return to action in the pre-season tour of Scandinavia after eight months out with a knee injury.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Manchester United winger Nani has opened talks with the club over a new deal. The 25-year-old Portugal international has 18 months left on his contract.

Full story: Daily Express

Arsenal are ready to offer 26-year-old defender Laurent Koscielny a new five-year deal.

Full story: Daily Mirror
AND FINALLY...

Manchester City's players are sleeping on 1,000-euro mattresses, having hay baths and 06:30 BST alarm calls on their pre-season trip to Austria.

Full story: Daily Mirror




Guardian Rumour Mill

According to today's Daily Mail, Roman Abramovich has now "grabbed" the 20-year-old Brazilian midfield sprite Oscar from Internacional. Oscar, who will cost £25m, is described as "a wonderkid", if only because pretty much all kids in Brazil are wonderkids, where failure to attain wonderkid status by at least the age of 17 is often seen as a source of shame among Brazil's current 30 million-strong wonderkid population, many of whom can be seen thronging the streets of Brazil's main cities performing endless skinny-legged showboating keepie-uppies in the main shopping boulevards, occasionally being moved on by special squads of police officers.

Oscar scored a hat-trick in the Under-20 World Cup final and has been "watched" by Real Madrid and Barcelona. He plays in the "false wonderkid" position, behind the false nine, close to the false 10 and false 11, and no doubt spends a lot of his time jinking about looking swankily potent in confusing positions that don't correspond to simple Anglo-Saxon terms like "centre forward" and "right-winger". Chelsea are also after Porto's Hulk.

Also in the Mail, Manchester United still want to spend £30m on the 19-year-old midfield wonderkid Lucas Moura of Sao Paolo. "When I go on the internet I see Inter, Real Madrid and I don't know who else, wanting to come for me with a truck load of money," Moura said yesterday, believing everything he reads in hastily cobbled internet football rumour sites.

West Ham are all set to sign the Sochaux striker Modibo Maiga for £4.5m as part of a sensational triple-swoop also involving Porto's Abdoulaye Ba and, for reasons that remain unclear, superannuated defensive flutterer William Gallas. Sunderland have been told they will have to pay Wolves £15m if they want Steven Fletcher, who scored 22 goals in two seasons in a team that was relegated, and who is apparently still only 25 despite managing to cultivate the ravaged and soulfully lived in appearance of a taciturn middle-aged divorcee ex-boyband member with a story to tell.

Also in the Mail, Arsène Wenger has decided the root of Arsenal's problems is the basic lack of skinny-legged French teenage midfielders. Luckily help is at hand: the Caen striker M'baye Niang, 17, is currently on trial at the Emirates.

According to the Daily Mirror Real Madrid are after Liverpool defensive doodle Daniel Agger , who is described as "a shock target", which seems a little harsh. And Manchester City goal-lamppost Edin Dzeko could be on his way to Milan for £20m. Bayern Munich are also keen.

In the Sun City are continuing to gyrate seductively in front of Robin van Persie, whirling their hair extensions wildly while rotating their hot-panted hind quarters at high speeds and promising vaguely to sell Emmanuel Adebayor to Tottenham for £5m in order to seal the deal. Spurs will pay Adebayor something close to £170,000 a week. Van Persie is little more likely to join City in the absence of the head-stamping hitman, with whom he is currently no-speaks.

The Roma goal-hanger Fabio Borini is "back on Brendan Rodger's radar". Borini had disappeared from the Rodgers radar after signing for Roma from Parma, but is now once again beeping and flashing despite signing a four-year contract two weeks ago. No. The Mill doesn't get it either. Rodgers is also in a smouldering funk over Fulham's goal-strike kicker Clint Dempsey, who could be on his way for an incredible £17m.

José Mourinho has taken a series of flattering photographs of Ricardo Carvalho, painted his wheels black, sprayed him with air freshener and is currently revving him up outside White Hart Lane in the hope of convincing André Villas-Boas he'll make a good part exchange for Luka Modric. No don't worry about that knocking noise it's nothing. Carvalho, 43, was at Porto with Villas-boas. Spurs want £35m and – apparently – a very old defender who will play three games, get injured, sit behind the goalkeeping coach on the bench looking glazed for eight months and then go and play with Nicolas Anelka in China.

Arsenal and Chelsea are "hovering" after Steven Nzonzi failed to turn up at Blackburn's training camp in Austria. Both clubs also hovered a bit last season. Nzonzi would cost £5m. Arsène Wenger, when he's not levitating outside a Cul de Sac of new-build executive homes, the folds of his quilted blue sports coat flapping as he barks Nzonzi-friendly platitudes through a megaphone, is also "tracking" the 21-year-old Egyptian left-back Milo. Milo plays for Haras El Hodood and is also wanted by Lyon, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.

Meanwhile Stoke are after the Houston Dynamos defender Geoff Cameron. "Personal terms are unlikely to be a problem with Cameron as he is on less than £3,000 a week in the States," The Sun notes. Help Geoff. Help Geoff now by sending what you can.







Mail

Hammers set to beat Stoke and Reading in race to sign Maiga


Sealed with a kiss: West Ham are in pole position to sign Maiga

West Ham are close to a £4.5m deal for Sochaux striker Modibo Maiga.

They also want Sporting Gijon defender Alberto Botia as well as Tottenham's William Gallas and Porto's Abdoulaye Ba.

Maiga also has offers from Stoke and Reading.


Highly-rated: Botia (left) began his career at Barcelona

Meanwhile, Fulham and the Royals are keen on Crystal Palace's Nathaniel Clyne.




London24

Former Chelsea star won’t return to England despite QPR & West Ham interest

Transfer news: Nicolas Anelka will retire after his spell with Shanghai Shenua

Former Chelsea star Nicolas Anelka will not return to the Premier League, despite rumours linking him with an exit from Shanghai Shenua.

The 33-year-old had been linked with QPR and West Ham has endured a difficult start to life in China, scoring twice as well as having a spat with a fan last week.

“I won’t go back to the Premier League. If one day I leave Shenhua, it will be the day I retire,” Anelka told Oriental Sports Daily.

“I will never go back, although I had a good time there. But now I’m in Shenhua and this is my own decision.”




Chairman gives latest on Newcastle, West Ham, Man City, Man Utd, Fulham & Reading target

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is working hard to obtain the required fee for out-of-contract star Nathaniel Clyne.



The 21-year-old, has rejected a new deal with the Eagles and he has been tracked by a host of Premier League clubs, including Reading, Fulham, West Ham, Manchester City and Manchester United.

Any club would have to pay compensation and the Eagles are looking to earn £3million from the sale.

“We need to do a deal with Clyne,” Parish told the South London Press.

“There is a bit of action in the background and we know there is a lot of interest.”

“It is just about sorting out who it is best to go to and who will put the right money on the table. We’re all working to get an outcome.

“Clubs don’t want to go down the tribunal route. It is a game of cat and mouse on the fee - we’ve just got to let that play out.”





Marca

West Ham will make a last effort to raise its offer for Joselu

Germany and England, his possible destinations

by H. Cerezo



A player who is on the exit ramp to leave Real Madrid is Joselu.
The Galician front man will soon leave Madrid with two countries as potential destinations.

The first Germany, where Hoffenheim continues ahead of Borrusia Mönchengladbach in the race for the number '9 '. And the second, England. West Ham plans to make a last attempt for the top scorer and send a final offer.

Madrid has no plans to sell for less than eight million euros and the bid by the British club of 5.5m euros was rejected for the former Celta player.


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stomper 9:51 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
"And this is my own decision." What?
Is Anelka being held against his will?

Russ of the BML 12:03 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
"Roberto Mancini's new £37.5million contract makes him British football's highest-paid boss."

"AC Milan are also prepared to pay £20m for City's Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko, 26."

"Arsenal are ready to offer 26-year-old defender Laurent Koscielny a new five-year deal."

"Sunderland have been told they will have to pay Wolves £15m if they want Steven Fletcher"

"Spurs will pay Adebayor something close to £170,000 a week"

Right, ok. We've known it for some time. But I honestly believe, It is actually now official.

The game has gone mad.

Sydney_Iron 11:36 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Cheers Alan

Kenkwondo 11:34 Tue Jul 10
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Cheers.

tommythebubble 11:01 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thanks Alan another great read cheers

Hammerhermit 10:24 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thanks Alan 10:05 Tue Jul 10

Thanks Alan 10:19 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Miller 10:16 Tue Jul 10

I know, mate, but I enjoy it.

BubblesCyprus 10:18 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thanks Alan

Miller 10:16 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thanks Alan. With these concise reports each morning you spoil us.

Finnish Ironing 10:08 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
"Arsene Wenger is tracking top Egyptian talent Milo."

I had to read that twice.

Thanks Alan 10:05 Tue Jul 10
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ted fenton 9:51 Tue Jul 10

Eric.C. 10:01 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thanks,Alan.


'advanced talks'
'close to a deal'
'medical being arranged'
'jack Sullivan's tweets'
'no stones unturned'

It's all happening,isn't it?

Alan 9:56 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Guardian Rumour Mill added

Monk~koknee 9:55 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Certifies that today's thread satisfies requisite African rumour quota.

Thanks Alan

ted fenton 9:51 Tue Jul 10
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norwaytips 9:44 Tue Jul 10

norwaytips 9:44 Tue Jul 10
Re: Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Thank you Alan :-)





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