January Transfer Window Rumour Mill

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According to Gazeta Wyborcza, Fulham are targetting Polish striker Radoslaw Matusiak. They will pay about £2,3m for him.

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West Ham have offered Marlon Harewood, Hayden Mullins and £4m for Charlton striker Darren Bent. (The Sun)

Liverpool want to table a bid for Real Madrid captain Raul. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn are planning to hijack Bolton's bid to land Birmingham midfielder David Dunn after Steven Reid suffered a fresh injury setback. (Various)

Everton defender David Weir is set to team up with former boss Walter Smith at Rangers. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham have had a £10m bid for Watford winger Ashley Young accepted. (Daily Mail)

Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd admits he will find it hard to turn down a new £8m bid for Young from the Hammers, who are battling with Aston Villa for the winger. (Daily Mirror)

Watford will spark a three-way battle when they accept West Ham's £8m bid for Young, who is also wanted by Villa and Tottenham. (Daily Star)

Everton are ready to enter the bidding for Sheffield Wednesday defender Madjid Bougherra. (Daily Mail)

Hearts look to have won the race to sign Georgia international midfielder Gogita Gogua, who spent last season at Russian side Spartak Nalchik. (Daily Record)

Rangers could have their bid to land Falkirk's Alan Gow hijacked, with Manchester City, Newcastle, Portsmouth and Wigan all monitoring the 24-year-old. (Daily Record)

Portsmouth's Cameroon winger Rodolph Douala may be offered a deal by Nantes. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa are preparing to sell striker Milan Baros to Lyon. (Daily Mail)


Sunderland boss Roy Keane could return to Celtic to get young defender Darren O'Dea on loan. (Daily Record)

Middlesbrough hope to sign West Brom's Zoltan Gera for £3m. (Daily Mail)


Everton midfielder Simon Davies is expected to complete his transfer to Fulham in the next 48 hours. (The Times)

Meanwhile, the Merseyside team are set to bid for the unsettled West ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker. (The Times)

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Hey up Manchester City got a mention there for the first time, who's Alan Gow? and is he any good.

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Gow is top drawer, will be a world reknown player one day. best three years watching Airdrie when i seen this exceptional talent week in week out

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Polish striker Matusiak also linked with Aston Villa.

From Sky Sports:

[quote]Reports in Poland claim that Aston Villa could be on the verge of signing GKS Belchatow striker Radoslaw Matusiak.

The Polish international striker has also been linked with a potential January switch to Fulham but the latest indications suggest that Villa Park could be his destination in a £2.3million deal.

Villa boss Martin O'Neill is working flat out to strengthen his squad during the transfer window and now looks close to adding another striker to his ranks in the form of Matusiak.

However the Ulsterman is remaining coy over any potential transfer targets.

"I'm hoping we can bring in somebody but you're never sure until someone signs," said O'Neill.

"There's no point in saying 'we're doing this, this and this' if one thing doesn't materialise for one reason or another.

"But what we're trying to find is quality players who would find the challenge exciting - not just now but in the next couple of seasons." [quote]

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Blackburn defender Lucas Neill will snub Liverpool to sign for West Ham. (Various)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has hit out at Neill after he turned down Champions League football to double his money with the Hammers. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham defender Calum Davenport is set to join West Ham for £3m. (Various)

St Etienne and Real Betis are reportedly interested in Aston Villa striker Milan Baros. (The Independent)

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce has told Chelsea that Tal Ben Haim is "a lot better than they think" after the Blues had a £2m bid rejected for the defender and refused to up the offer. (The Sun)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will get the chance to sign the player he craves most after Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho hinted he wants to leave Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

Reading have made an approach to sign Luton defender Leon Barnett and are among the clubs interested in Middlesbrough centre-half Seb Hines. (Various)

Argentine defender Gabriel Heinze, who has been linked to Tottenham, Juventus, AC Milan and Valencia but could leave on a free transfer in the summer, has told Manchester United he is going nowhere. (Daily Star)



Manchester United have failed in an £8m bid for Southampton defender Gareth Bale. (Various)

Southampton have slapped a £12m price tag on Bale. (Daily Express)

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has turned down a move to West Ham. (Daily Express)

Middlesbrough are ready to swoop for Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere. (The Sun)

Fulham are interested in West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green. (Daily Mirror)

Mido is set to be offered an escape route from Tottenham by Celta Vigo. (Various)

Reading will make a final £2m bid for Colchester defender Greg Halford, whose value they believe is being over-inflated at £4m by his club. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth are targeting Arsenal defender Lauren. (The Sun)

Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie, who has just returned from a loan spell at Stoke, wants to go back out on loan after falling out of favour at Villa Park. (Daily Mirror)



West Brom captain Curtis Davies has revealed that he laughed when he heard his club had priced him out of a move to the Premiership by putting a £10m price tag on his head and he added: "I did not realise the club valued me so highly." (Daily Mirror)

Wigan have launched a £5m bid for Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are set to move for Crewe contract rebel Billy Jones. (Various)

Watford are to take midfield free agent Khalilou Fadiga, who had a heart scare when at Bolton, on trial. (Daily Mirror)

Watford have told Tottenham they can sign winger Ashley Young - if Spurs splash out and then loan him back to the Hornets for the season. (Various)

Portsmouth striker Kanu has been told he can join PSV Eindhoven. (Daily Mirror)

QPR are set to release veteran Wales keeper Paul Jones, 39. (Various)

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is in talks with Reading over taking their director of football Nicky Hammond to the Midlands club. (Daily Star)

Reading are considering a move for Metz midfielder Daniel Bocande. (Daily Star)

West Ham are on the verge of beating Charlton to the signing of Sevilla striker Kepa Blanco. (Daily Star)

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock has told prospective buyers that striker Geoff Horsfield will not be sold cheaply. (Various)

Wigan striker Lee McCulloch will ask for a transfer to realise his dream to play for Rangers. (Daily Record)

Kilmarnock are bidding to sign Celtic midfielder Rocco Quinn on loan. (Daily Record)

Bolton are looking at Rennes defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe, who spent last week on trial at Celtic. (The Daily Telegraph)

Liverpool are looking into the possibility of signing Valencia defender Roberto Ayala, who is expected to join Villarreal in the summer, until the end of the season. (The Guardian)

Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu is ready to reject Watford and Leeds in favour of a move to Rangers (Daily Express) Hearts have rejected a £2.5m offer from Fulham for goalkeeper Craig Gordon (Daily Mirror)

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Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has turned down a move to West Ham. (Daily Express)

WTF???

Surely this is bollocks, no way would we sell JP - he's our form player at the moment and starting to look decent. grrrrrrrr

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Originally Posted by all_funkt_up

WTF???

Surely this is bollocks, no way would we sell JP - he's our form player at the moment and starting to look decent. grrrrrrrr

Maybe Jermaine's birthday party had something to do with this.

The two Kierons (Richardson & Dyer) and the 2 Jermaines (Defoe and Pennant) were present as his Birthday bash descended into a bar room brawl with guests injured. One of them was that Saskia bird from Big Brother. Tasty bit of scuttle she is.

3am on Sunday morning it was - cant imagine Rafa was too pleased. Silly C*nt

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Glenn Roeder insisted he will not be rushed into panic buying by Newcastle's nightmare FA Cup loss to Birmingham. (Various)

Manchester United have launched a £9m bid to sign Southampton star Gareth Bale - and could loan him back to Saints after signing him. (Various)

Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu will complete a move to Rangers on Monday. (Daily Record)

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has hit back at suggestions by Bolton boss Sam Allardyce that he 'pinched' David Dunn from under the Trotters' noses. (Various)

Blackburn defender Dominic Matteo is a target for Championship high-flyers Stoke. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool are considering selling Stephen Warnock to Blackburn for £1.5m. (The Guardian)

West Ham will make a £6m bid for Birmingham's Matthew Upson after having a £4m bid rejected on Thursday. (Daily Star)

Fulham boss Chris Coleman says he will not give in to unreasonable cash demands by Spurs to make winger Wayne Routledge's loan deal permanent. (Daily Express)

Tottenham boss Martin Jol has tabled a £2.5m bid for Benfica's Portugal defender Ricardo Rocha. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder has been given the green light to make a £6m bid for West Brom defender Curtis Davies. (Daily Star)

Hearts boss Valdas Ivanauskas says keeper Craig Gordon is not for sale after the Jambos rejected a £2.5m bid for the Scotland keeper. (Daily Record)

Reading boss Steve Coppell has agreed a £100,000 fee for Danish teenager Mikkel Andersen. (Daily Mirror)

Brazilian Fabio Rochemback will refuse to play for Middlesbrough in a bid to force a transfer to Sporting Lisbon. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt says he would be happy to spend the rest of his career at Anfield. (Daily Mirror)

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Manchester United's £20m bid for Owen Hargreaves will be rejected by Bayern Munich - for now. But the German club will allow the England midfielder to move to Old Trafford in the summer. (Daily Express, Daily Star)

Or will it? United are confident their bid will finally prove too tempting for Bayern to turn down. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn skipper Lucas Neill has also been left out as West Ham were joined by Newcastle and Everton in a £1.5m scramble for his signature. (Daily Mirror)

Harry Redknapp is set to launch a £6m bid for Auxerre defender Younes Kaboul to add to recent purchases Djimi Traore from Charlton and Lauren from Arsenal. (Daily Mail)

Wigan boss Paul Jewell has rebuffed a £1.1m bid from Rangers for Lee McCulloch. (Daily Record)

West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand is a target of Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder. (The Times)

Watford's Ashley Young will be taken out of the firing line when they face Aston Villa today as he considers a move to the join the Midlanders. (The Sun)

Rangers midfielder Jeremy Clement says he has no desire to play under new Ibrox boss Walter Smith and wants to return to France. (Daily Express)

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Manchester United are set to offer Cristiano Ronaldo a double-your-money five-year deal worth £100,000 a week. (News of the World)

Chelsea will swoop for US defender Oguchi Onyewu, currently at Standard Liege, for around £3m. (Daily Star Sunday, News of the World)

Manchester United have won the battle to sign Southampton's wonderkid Gareth Bale - for around £8m. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United are also likely to sign Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Aldo Dusher, the man who broke David Beckham's metatarsal before the 2002 World Cup. (News of the World)

Wigan boss Paul Jewell is planning a £3m bid for West Ham striker Marlon Harewood. (Sunday People)

Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler is ready to follow David Beckham into Major League Soccer. (Sunday Mirror)

Middlesbrough have made a £4m bid for Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere with Massimo Maccarone set to leave the Riverside. (Daily Star Sunday)

Birmingham want up to £8m for Matthew Upson as they have to pay the defender's ex-club Arsenal a percentage of any transfer fee. (Daily Star Sunday)

Aston Villa could swap striker Milan Baros for Lyon's version of Peter Crouch in John Carew. (Sunday Mirror)

John Terry, Frank Lampard and Michael Essien are set to sign new deals at Chelsea, despite the uncertainty over manager Jose Mourinho's future. (Sunday Mirror)

Bolton and Blackburn are expected to slug it out as they try to land Manchester City's central defender Sylvain Distin. (Sunday People)

Tottenham want winger Damien Duff from Newcastle, who could be tempted to sell to raise funds for a central defender. (Sunday People)

Juventus are planning a £30m offer for Liverpool's Steven Gerrard when they hopefully return back to Serie A for next season. (Various)

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Juventus are planning a £30m offer for Liverpool's Steven Gerrard when they hopefully return back to Serie A for next season. (Various)

@ Juventus trying to big themselves up