Latest football gists and transfer stories *Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is planning a summer clearout, with first team regulars Radamel Falcao, Robin van Persie, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Rafael da Silva among those who could be leaving Old Trafford. *QPR may sack manager Harry Redknapp if they lose to Manchester United on Saturday, with Tim Sherwood his likely replacement. Jermain Defoe has agreed a £14m, £80,000-per- week deal to join Sunderland from FC Toronto. *England manager Roy Hodgson has had to scrap a planned get together dinner with his squad as he was unable to agree a suitable date with Premier League bosses. *Burnley are planning a £2.5m move for West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans. *Manchester City will rebuff any loan inquiries for £25m-rated forward Stevan Jovetic, with Juventus understood to be interested in taking him on a temporary deal. *Aston Villa will wait until the summer before trying to sign on-loan Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley in the hope they can land him on a free transfer. *Juventus and AC Milan are in the running to sign out-of-favour Spurs midfielder Paulinho. Stoke are prepared to let centre-back Robert Huth leave on loan, with Watford understood to be keen on taking the former Chelsea player. *Arsenal will face a challenge from Hamburg for the signature of £3.5m-rated Legia Warsaw youngster Krystian Bielik. *Manchester City will seek to build bridges with sister club New York City in the wake of the Frank Lampard saga by inviting them to play two warm- up matches – against St Mirren and Brondby – at their new training and academy complex ahead of New York’s debut MLS season. *QPR are keen to sign former Tottenham winger Paul-Jose M’Poke on loan for the rest of the season. M’Poke is due to join Al-Arabi from Standard Liege but an agreement is in place that allows him to join a European club on a temporary deal. *The FA are keen to close a work permit loophole in the transfer system that allows clubs to use a discredited appeals process to sign non-EU players. *Walter Smith says he will not return to Rangers, even if his friend Douglas Park takes control of the club.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 08:51:49 +0000
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