Tuesday 11 March 2008

Paper talk

My football gift to you .... all the transfer talk, rumours and gossip from today's newspapers!

Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is lining up a pair of Argentine stars to replace Darren Bent and Pascal Chimbonda in the summer - £10m-rated Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito and Getafe defender Cata Diaz. (The Sun)

Sunderland manager Roy Keane is planning a £2m swoop for 20-year-old Leeds defender Rui Marques. (Various)

Manchester City and Tottenham have joined Liverpool and Newcastle in the race to sign highly rated English goalkeeper Scott Loach. The 6ft 4in Watford stopper, 19, has been winning praise while on loan with Bradford. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea are plotting a £1m raid on cash-strapped Sheffield Wednesday for teenager Mark Beevers. The centre-back was voted the Football League's Apprentice of the Year. (Daily Star)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman wants to sign Bolton striker Heidar Helguson to boost the club's battle to beat the drop. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United are to gazump Tottenham for £4.5m-rated Espanyol goalkeeper Carlos Kameni at the end of this season. (Daily Mail)

West Ham are planning a summer bid to install former player Slaven Bilic as their new manager, with the club increasingly concerned with the direction Alan Curbishley is taking them in. (Daily Star)

Chelsea are poised to lose as many as 10 players - including top stars Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba - in a mass £60m summer clear-out ordered by owner Roman Abramovich. (Daily Express)

Former England managers Terry Venables and Steve McClaren are locked in a battle to become the new director of football at Sheffield United, while Graham Taylor is also in with a shout. (Various)

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas says if he had stayed at first club Barcelona he would be recommending they get his current manager Arsene Wenger as boss. The 20-year-old declared: "He is the best coach I've ever had." (Daily Express)

Newcastle striker Michael Owen insists he is more concerned about helping Newcastle climb the league table than winning back his place in the England team. (Daily Telegraph)

Angry Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ordered his players in for training on their day off less than 24 hours after their FA Cup defeat by Portsmouth. (Daily Mail)

Former Sheffield United boss Bryan Robson is set to leave behind the managerial world to become a global ambassador for Manchester United, for whom he made 345 appearances and scored 74 goals in his playing days. (The Guardian)

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