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Skysports.com looks at today's newspaper speculation

Last updated: 6th July 2008

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We bring you all the football gossip from the national newspapers. Please note that these are the views published in the print media.

Sunday 6th July

Gunners to go for Huntelaar - News of the World

Arsenal are ready to offer £18million for Ajax striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar, if Emmanuel Adebayor leaves. Would this be a good replacement?

Hammers in Behrami bid - News of the World

West Ham will bid £9million for Lazio full-back Valon Behrami and also want Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic on a free transfer. Would these deals improve the squad?

Reds to offer Finnan to Villa - News of the World

Liverpool will include Steve Finnan in their next bid for Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry. Would this help to meet Villa's asking price?

Ronaldo now set to stay - Daily Star Sunday

Cristiano Ronaldo has accepted defeat in his quest to join Real Madrid and will stay at Manchester United, although there are reports he could be out for three months with his ankle injury. Is the end in sight for this saga?

Rovers to go for McFadden - Daily Star Sunday

Blackburn boss Paul Ince has lined up James McFadden as his first signing and hopes to sign the Birmingham City forward in a £5.5million deal. Would McFadden be a good recruit for Rovers?

Baggies turn to Meite - Daily Star Sunday

West Brom are planning a £3million offer for Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite, who has been interesting Hull. Would Meite beef up the Baggies' defence?

Hughes wants Friedel reunion - Sunday Mirror

New Manchester City boss Mark Hughes will return to former club Blackburn to bid £1.5million for Brad Friedel. Would the keeper be first choice or back-up to Joe Hart?

Toffees ready Bentley bid - Sunday Mirror

Everton will offer Blackburn £15million for David Bentley as they fear losing Mikel Arteta. Would Bentley be a suitable replacement, if Arteta leaves?

Pompey in Fletcher hunt - The People

Portsmouth will offer £4million for Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher. Would Fletcher be a hit at Fratton Park?

Potters plan Carson swoop - Mail on Sunday

Stoke City want to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson - either on loan or permanently. Can the Potters persuade Carson to join?

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Comments

John Flynn (Aston Villa fan) says...

Liverpools shameless antics in luring Barry leave a bad taste in the mouth.Blatantly leaking your interest to the press,getting Gerrard to speak out publicly and then clearly initiating Barrys interview with the NOTW.I hope Barry does go as he has made his position untenable.However I hope it is to a club who know how to conduct themselves.....a bit like Liverpool used to do. Equally aggravating is Liverpool fans arrogant belief that joining them is akin to going to Real Madrid.You are a poor fourth in a 2 horse race Liverpool fans.Face up to it !

Posted 22:40 6th July 2008

Dave Smith (Middlesbrough fan) says...

steve mclaren will try to hijack george boatengs move to hull and take him to fc twente. Scott carson is also being touted as a possible part of the deal to take stewart downing to liverpool with turkish winger arda turan bein lined up as his replacemant with adam johnson also on his way out so youngster nathan porrit can give competition after signing a pro contract with boro

Posted 22:33 6th July 2008

Mark Wakeham (Liverpool fan) says...

What an idiot Scott Williams of Cardiff is....I mean, does he think he is the transfer Oracle? Torres to Chelsea? Get real, both owners and managers have slapped a "no sale at any price" on him and the man himself has accepted that his transfer to LFC was his becoming a player. Ok, so 1 season on we move him to a Premiership rival? That makes sense. Might be the way you do things in the LOWER LEAGUES, Scott, but in the top echelon, get your facts right, ok son? ok. By the way, Finnan as makeweight to Villa for Barry, who WILL come this summer, ( only 1 year left on his contract so he can walk to us for nowt next summer ) and Crouch to Pompey or maybe Spurs in deal Keane. Hilario? hilarious. Bentley? maybe, could do with him. Palacios? do me a favour, YOU LOT bid for him. Scott, son, stick to lower league.

Posted 22:32 6th July 2008

Charlie Finn (Arsenal fan) says...

Love the scatter gun approach of Scott Williams to transfer speculation. You'll get no more then 10% of those right fella, and that by sheer chance. "So and so seen here, so and so seen there...." Do me a favour.

Posted 21:13 6th July 2008

Bob Sinclair (Chelsea fan) says...

Just flown back from a buisness trip in Milan and saw Frank Lampard in Milan airport looking particularly happy with himself.

Posted 20:26 6th July 2008

Scott Williams (Cardiff City fan) says...

Chelsea will end their interest in Robinho, if as expected, Milan accept their improved bid for Kaka. However they are also on the look out for another out and out striker after being told by Arsenal they have absoloutely no chance of signing Adebayor. Possible alternatives include Torres (£84mil), Pavlyuchenko (£12mil) and suprisingly Kenwyne Jones, if he can prove his fitness. Roy Keane would not stand in Jones' way if he wants to leave. Arshavin will NOT join Chelsea, but Barcelona. Leaving Chelsea will be Ivanovic (Juventus), Wright-Phillips (Spurs), Bridge (Sunderland), Pizarro (Cologne), Hilario (Liverpool) and Sidwell (Villa). The only two players that Man Utd will sign this summer are Huntelaar (£14mil) and Ribery (£31mil). Players on the way out include Fraizer Campbell (Wigan) and Saha (Blackburn). Arsenal will sign Nasri (£10mil), Bischoff (free), Crouch (£9mil) and Valencia from Wigan. On their way out will be Hleb (Barca), Adebayor (Barca) and Hoyte (Villa). Liverpool will end their interest in Gareth Barry and instead turn to the cheaper option in Wilson Palacios from Wigan. However Aston Villa will allow Barry to leave in January, but not to Liverpool. Liverpool will also sign David Villa or Robbie Keane as a replacement for Chelsea-bound Torres. However they swiflty ended their interest in Marcos Senna when he stated that he would like to remain at Villareal. Other players Liverpool will sign include David Silva OR David Bentley, but not both, and Hilario from Chelsea. Players on their way out include Benayoun (Blackburn), Finnan and Voronin (Santander) and obviously Torres to Chelsea. Other transfers will include: Diego Milito (Spurs); Darren Bent (Sunderland); Paul Robinson (Villa); Kevin Nolan & Alan Lee (Boro); Kris Boyd (Hull); Freddie Ljungberg (Fiorentina); Ronaldinho (Milan); Marcus Bent (QPR); Andy Johnson (Newcastle); James Milner (Villa); Daniel Cousin & Ched Evans (Cardiff).

Posted 19:47 6th July 2008

Jaz B (Rangers fan) says...

My mate works at the Rangers Ticket Centre and an Under 19's player told him that the Gers are already in talks with Benfica over a loan deal for USA int. Freddy Adu! He isnt wanted by the Benfica fans and his merchandise qualities arent hittin the spot with the club either. This is a guranteed story people!!

Posted 18:10 6th July 2008

Nivz P (Liverpool fan) says...

Glad to hear barry is on his way. The player clearly wants to sign for the reds, and this is the type of players we need, someone who WANTS to bring title success to liverpool. I think bentley would be a great addition to the squad, and I can see him fitting into a 5-man midfield well on the right hand side, with the menacing babel on the left. Defences beware! Keane would be a good replacement for crouch. (Thanks for the goals peter, have a good time at pompey) Hope the new full backs do well, as finnan and riise were consistently good for a long time...i think rafa will keep pennant and benayoun as both are good squad players, and can offer something different compared to babel's direct pace and bentley's delivery...and gives kuyt an opportunity to play upfront and score some more crucial goals! voronin needs to go, I think rafa knows this. barry & bentley are proven quality players and are desperate for a taste of success with a big club, and will help the reds mount a title challenge. liverpool needs to spend big to compete with man utd, who are in my opinion, stil the team to beat. beat them, and you can win the league (with or without ronaldo!)

Posted 17:52 6th July 2008

Martin S (Manchester United fan) says...

There is one overriding reason that Ronaldo will not go to Real Madrid yet - he is apparently not prepared to sign for them whilst Ruud van Nistelrooy is there (because of the problems he had with him on the training ground many times at ManU). Real would be happy to do an exchange to accomodate that but Manu are not interested in having Ruud back under any circumstances. This is from a very reliable colleague within Real.

Posted 10:33 6th July 2008

Alex A (Arsenal fan) says...

Wow, if Barcelona did offer £30million for Adebayor, please let him go and make good use of the money to bring both Davids (Villa and Silva) in. Can't believe a player who just had a good season and start demanding for astronomical wages. Kinda remind me about Cashley Cole..and now its Cash-debayor

Posted 15:53 4th July 2008

Daniel Bulpin (Chelsea fan) says...

Chelsea to sign Robiniho in the next 10 days from Real Madrid for 27 million pounds and to sign a 5 year contract with the Blues also Drogba may be part of the deal. COME ON U BLUES!!!

Posted 15:41 4th July 2008

Alan Donaldson (Celtic fan) says...

Arthur Boruc just been seen at Highbury, great loss for Celtic but hopefully the money raised will bring in new talent.

Posted 15:26 4th July 2008

Scott Osmon (Dagenham & Redbridge fan) says...

Just heard that eidur gudjonson has fininshed agreeing personal terms with West ham united and west ham are meetin with barca tonite to agree fee which is supposed to be around 8 million. also benzema has just been seen leaving old trafford with who is to be believed his agent. huntelaar was seen at stamford bridge yesterday at around 1700 GMT along with ricardo Quaresma and robinho. it is belived that a stright swap of drogba for robinho i sgonna happen and SWP is on his way to spurs for 10 million. bentley going 2 villa for 15 million and lennon goin man city. leaving elano to join newcastle. barry looks on his way 2 liverpool for 14 million + crouch and xavi has been seen entering anfield to discuss a possible move. arsenal are goin to accpet 30 mill bid for adebayor which will help fund nasri and raise extra funds for martins and sergio Aguero. hleb is also on his way 2 barca as he was seen in barcelona. lampard deal 2 inter almost done for around 20 million. ronaldo stayin for 1 more year but he will leave next season wat will be around 25 million + sneijder. ramos could be on his way to machester united for a fee of around 30 million but hat may not happen as real have not targeted a replacement. if this does not go through then phillip lahm will man utd next target for about 20 million. ribery is stayin at bayern but podolski is on his way. his deal with cologne has collapsed and he looks set for a surprise move to everton. west ham look to have won the race to sign nickey shorey and also looking to buy petrov from man city which involves cash and LBM. middlesborough look to sign bouba diop from portsmout for about 4.5 million and pompy are set for pavleychenko. arshavin is on his way to chelsea all that is left is personal terms as zenit accepted a 13 mill

Posted 14:34 4th July 2008

Stewart Maclaren (Everton fan) says...

Stewart MacLaren (Everton Supporter) - David Moyes to secure Steve Round as his number two soon. Also deals for Jose Antonio Reyes, Memhet Aurielo, Manuel Fernandes & Michael Johnson are close to completion, according to my source at Goodison Park.

Posted 13:02 4th July 2008

Bryan Saunders (Tottenham Hotspur fan) says...

Spurs have had the leading strike force for the last 2 seasons as well as the worse defence. Clearly Spurs are playing what i call the "seive" formation or 118. Both Keane and Berbatov will leave. I cant blame them - both are unbeleivable in quality and want to win things on a consistent basis. Spurs do not have a team which can do that. Ramos is clearly going for a massive clear out and rebuild. Whether he gets the necessary funds to do that remains to be seen. No one can replace either Keane or Berbatov and certainly not together. with the probable loss of Bent and the terrible loss of Defoe last season Spurs dont look like doing anything again this season. Meaning that the fantastic signings Ramos has already made are likely to go away again. Basically Spurs are not looking very healthy. I hope to be proved wrong but i doubt i will be im sad to say.

Posted 12:53 4th July 2008

Tom Shaw (Sheffield Wednesday fan) says...

the owls are expected to add a 3rd summer signing by wednesday of next week and i have heard from a very good source that it is DJ Campbell on a season long loan, on another matter why doesnt this Ronaldo saga just end because i am bored of it now

Posted 12:37 4th July 2008

Huw Read (Manchester United fan) says...

Man Utd to sign Berbatov by the end on next week !!!! 26million plus Silvestre!!! GOOD DEAL

Posted 10:14 4th July 2008

Duncan Eghan (Birmingham City fan) says...

kevin phillips to sign for brum today on a two year contract with lee hendrie to follow

Posted 08:32 4th July 2008

Davie Hynds (Celtic fan) says...

pavlyuchencko was seen in glasgow airport this morning on his way to celtic park!

Posted 06:33 4th July 2008

Marty C (Everton fan) says...

Moyes is to sign Reyes on a 12 month loan deal, alongside Aurelio from Fenerbahce for 2.5 million

Posted 22:43 3rd July 2008

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