Greetings from a cold and damp UK. Here is the round up of the gossip in the Sports pages Sun Emmanuel Adebayor, Diego Costa and Jordan Henderson dominate the back pages. Chelsea have entered talks with Fiorentina over a deal to bring in Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado, 26, during January. The Premier League leaders have increased their efforts to sign Cuadrado after having a £20.6m bid rejected on Wednesday. Chelsea are preparing to offset the arrival of Cuadrado with the sale of winger Mohamed Salah, 22, or forward Andre Schurrle, 24. Germany international Schurrle is set for a move back to his native country to join Wolfsburg. But Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella says there is no chance of Cuadrado moving to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea are also planning a £40m move for Juventus 21-year-old France midfielder Paul Pogba, who left Manchester United on a free transfer in 2012. Wigan Athletic are set to reject a second improved offer of more than £4m for 23- year-old winger Callum McManaman from West Brom. Spanish side Valencia are ready to try to beat Liverpool to the signing of Manchester City and England midfielder James Milner, 29. Manchester United have not received a single official enquiry in January about Brazilian midfielder Anderson, 26, who has not played for the club since August and is officially for sale. Manchester United have opened discussions to sign 16-year-old Paraguayan striker Sergio Diaz from Cerro Porteno. Swansea are looking at Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes, 24, as a potential replacement for Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Bony, 26, who has signed for Manchester City. QPR want to sign Italy striker Dani Osvaldo, 29, to save them from relegation - even though Southampton loaned him out to Inter Milan after he headbutted a team-mate. Newcastle plan to compete with Arsenal for the signature of Ipswichs 21-year-old defender Tyrone Mings. Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero says the signing of striker Samuel Etoo, 33, is being held up because nobody can figure out who is in charge at Everton. West Broms Greece striker Georgios Samaras, 29, is set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal on a six-month loan with a view to a permanent deal. Arsenal will face competition from Manchester United to sign 24-year-old Villarreal centre-back Gabriel Paulista, who is valued at £16m by the Spanish club. OTHER GOSSIP Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson and Chelsea striker Diego Costa had to be separated after confronting each other in the tunnel at the end of Tuesdays Capital One Cup semi-final first leg. Manchester Uniteds Dutch midfielder Daley Blind, 24, says former Old Trafford full-back- turne d-television-pu ndit Gary Neville was wrong to criticise his style of play. Newcastle face a compensation bill of more than £2m if their next permanent boss decides to remove head coach John Carver, first-team coach Steve Stone and goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman. Carver is not up to the job of managing Newcastle, according to the clubs former striker Mick Quinn. Newcastles plan to make former Arsenal midfielder Remi Garde their new boss is off and Derby County manager Steve McClaren is their new target. Portuguese forward Bebe, 24 - on loan at La Liga side Cordoba from Benfica - has admitted he thought Manchester United were joking when they signed him for £7.4m in 2010. Chelsea thought they had secured the signing of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in 2005, according to Reading manager Steve Clarke - who was Jose Mourinhos assistant at Stamford Bridge at the time. Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling, 20, says he is happy to shoulder the clubs goalscoring burden and is adapting well to his new central role at Anfield. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, will be fit to face former club Chelsea next week despite suffering an injury scare in a friendly against Hamburg in Abu Dhabi. BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling made light of Chelsea defender John Terrys bizarre tackle on him during Tuesdays Capital One Cup semi-final first leg - by posting on Instagram a mocked-up photo of the two of them in a wrestling ring. Comedian Kevin Bridges - a Celtic fan - tweeted his delight after former Dundee United midfielder Ryan Gauld scored twice for Sporting Lisbon - even though they lost 3-2 at Belenenses in a Portuguese League Cup tie. Former Swansea defender Chico Flores, now with Qatari club Lekhwiya, showed off his drastic new haircut on Twitter. New style, he posted. Huddersfield defender Anthony Gerrard has criticised the behaviour of some parents at youth football matches, tweeting: Watching my lads football, some of the parents are so bitter and twisted towards other kids its unreal! Let them play and enjoy it. Wow. AND FINALLY... Former Chelsea and Celtic midfielder Craig Burley has had Fernando Torres face tattooed on his arm after losing a bet that the striker would not score for Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. Manchester United are dealing with an infestation of mice at Old Trafford, linked to the grounds canal-side location, according to a hygiene report. Only 10% of Manchester United shirt sales happened in Manchester last year, according to a sports retail company, the rest were sold elsewhere - but Manchester City sold only 5% of their shirts in the city.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:55:56 +0000
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