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Football Rumours on Thursday 30th October 2014
2014-10-30 09:58:07


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Liverpool are in pole position to sign Germany midfielder Marco Reus, 25, after talks over a new contract at Borussia Dortmund collapsed.
    ( Metro )


  • Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is planning on signing Southampton's 25-year-old £20m-rated England attacker Jay Rodriguez.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Arsenal are keen to sign 30-year-old Juventus full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner.
    ( Talksport )


  • Arsenal are also looking to sign Spartak Moscow midfielder Romulo, 24, this January, with manager Arsene Wenger preparing to offer the Russian club £9.5m plus striker Yaya Sanogo on loan.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Manchester City have joined Premier League rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United in the competition to sign Real Madrid's 27-year-old midfielder Sami Khedira.
    ( Shoot )


  • Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham are interested in 25-year-old Bayer Leverkusen defender Omer Toprak.
    ( Daily Star )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Some of Rio Ferdinand's Queens Park Rangers team-mates will welcome his three-match FA ban over an offensive Twitter post as they are understood to believe the Hoops' side is stronger without the former England captain.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Daniel Sturridge has defended "misunderstood" fellow Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.
    ( Talksport )


  • England striker Sturridge, 25, fears his recent muscle injury problems could be a hereditary condition.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel now regards Manchester City as a "bigger club" than their city rivals Manchester United based on recent form.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says the club's superstitious Russian owner Maxim Demin rarely attends the club's matches because he feels he is a jinx.
    ( Bournemouth Echo )


  • £86m signing Gareth Bale, 25, is set to return for Real Madrid against Liverpool in the Champions League next week after recovering from a muscle injury.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Referee Mark Clattenburg is "hurt and upset" at the decision to drop him from the Premier League list this weekend.
    ( Sun )


  • Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside plays down talk of an imminent takeover after a Thai consortium claimed to be in discussions over a £40m deal.
    ( Guardian )


  • Referee chiefs Mike Riley and Howard Webb will travel to the Netherlands next month to see if video replays could work in the Premier League.
    ( Sun )


  • Spain's national team doctor Juan Jose Garcia Cota claims Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 26, had no problems with his hamstring while on international duty.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Old Trafford legend Bryan Robson says Manchester United have badly missed the steadying influence of Michael Carrick, 33, this season.
    ( Daily Express )


  • West Brom's Argentina midfielder Sebastian Blanco, 26, admits he had doubts about moving to the Premier League but now feels he made the right decision.
    ( Birmingham Mail )


  • Everton midfielder Darron Gibson, 30, could miss the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland at Celtic Park on 14 November after jarring his knee in training.
    ( Irish Independent )


  • Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini has backed Sunderland's Vito Mannone, 26, to bounce back from his latest goalkeeping howler.
    ( Northern Echo )


  • Atletico Madrid's Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic, 28, says one of the reasons for his departure from Bayern Munich was his lack of respect for manager Pep Guardiola.
    ( As )


  • Barcelona's new signing Luis Suarez, 27, says he was close to joining Juventus in the summer of 2012 but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers convinced him to stay at Anfield.
    ( Tuttosport )


  • Manchester United are closely monitoring Schalke defender Benedikt Howedes, 26, and midfielder Julian Draxler, 21.
    ( Bild )




  • AND FINALLY

  • A Belgian referee has been criticised after awarding Genk a goal in their league match - despite the ball clearly hitting the bar.
    ( Metro )


  • Leicester striker Leonardo Ulloa watched former club Brighton take on Tottenham - from the away end at White Hart Lane.
    ( Daily Mail )


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