TRANSFER GOSSIP ☆Chelsea have set aside £60m to sign Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, next summer. (Daily Express) (external) ☆Meanwhile, Chelsea striker Loic Remy, 27, says he cannot understand Liverpools decision to pull the plug on his move to Anfield this summer. (Daily Star) (external) ☆Hull Citys record signing, striker Abel Hernandez, 24, says he rejected Benfica in favour of a dream Premier League move on deadline day. (Sky Sports) ☆Former Tottenham, Fulham and Wales midfielder Simon Davies, 34, has signed for Pembrokeshire-based amateur team Solva AFC. (Wales Online) (external) ☆Nicolas Anelkas agent has denied speculation that the striker, 35, could have joined Fiorentina prior to agreeing a deal with Indian side Mumbai FC until Christmas. (Sky Sports) (external) ○Chelsea have expressed an interest in Barcelonas 11-year-old prodigy Xavier Simons. (Daily Express) (external) ☆Meanwhile Barca have secured first rights to 18-year-old Santos striker Gabriel. (Daily Mail) ☆Birmingham City manager Lee Clark, 41, hopes to complete the loan signing of a Premier League player on Thursday. (Birmingham Mail) (external) ☆Championship leaders Nottingham Forest are poised to allow defender Greg Halford, 29, to join Bolton Wanderers on loan with the deal expected to go through on Thursday. (Daily Mail) (external) ☆Manchester United legend Gary Neville, 39, has questioned the clubs logic in selling forward Danny Welbeck, 23, to rivals Arsenal for just £16m. (Talksport) (external) ☆European governing body Uefa has rewritten rules to allow Manchester City to sidestep Financial Fair Play sanctions. (Independent) (external) ☆Tottenhams owner, 77-year-old businessman Joe Lewis, wants to sell the club for £1bn. (Daily Mirror) (external) ☆BBC pundit Phil Neville, 37, has backed former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham, 39, to take on a senior role at the Football Association - or even make a move into politics. (Daily Mail) ☆Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge, 25, faces a race against time to be fit for the Merseyside derby later this month. (Liverpool Echo) (external) ☆Tottenham could make a shock move to Milton Keynes while their new stadium is built. (Sun - subscription required) (external) ☆Mike Ashley is willing to listen to offers to sell Newcastle United as he looks to bring an end to a troubled seven-year reign at St James Park. (Daily Telegraph) (external) ☆Meanwhile, Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, 53, has two games to save his job. (Daily Express) (external) ☆New signing Danny Welbeck, 23, has pleaded with Arsene Wenger to be given an extended run at centre forward in the Arsenal team. (Times - subscription required) (external) ☆The president of Sporting Lisbon has launched an outspoken attack on the investor funds which have bought economic rights in scores of footballers in Portugal and elsewhere. (Guardian) (external) ☆Midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26, has vowed to fight for my place in Manchester Uniteds strongest XI. (Guardian) (external) ☆The future of Blackpool manager Jose Riga, 57, looks doubtful after his behaviour was condemned by chairman Karl Oyston. (Times - subscription required) (external) ☆Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny, 29, believes team-mate Olivier Giroud, 27, will come back even stronger when he returns from injury. (Sun - subscription required) (external) ☆Defender Tyler Blackett, 20, is hoping to keep his place in Manchester Uniteds first-team squad, despite the arrivals of Marcos Rojo, 24, and Daley Blind, 24. (Manchester Evening News) (external) ☆Massimo Cellinos ownership of Leeds United could come under renewed scrutiny, Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey has warned.(Yorkshire Post) (external) ☆Tottenham executive director Darren Eales has been confirmed as the club president of Major League Soccers new Atlanta-based franchise. (Evening Standard) (external) ☆Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish took a leaf out of Yaya Toures book on the day he turned 19 - by asking his club on Twitter (external) if they had remembered to get him a birthday cake. AND FINALLY ☆New Villa loan signing Tom Cleverley, 25, took part in a Twitter Q&A hosted by the Premier League on Tuesday - with predictably mixed results.(Birmingham Mail) (external) ☆Liverpool sold £50,000 worth of Mario Balotelli replica shirts on the day that the 24-year-old striker signed from AC Milan. (Telegraph) #babatee
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