TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United will sign Leighton Baines from Everton for £15m in January. Former Blues manager David Moyes failed with several bids for the England left-back, 28, in the summer and Everton are looking at Swanseas Ben Davies, 20, and Chelseas Ryan Bertrand, 24, as possible alternatives. Liverpool are ready to battle Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal to sign AC Milans out-of-favour striker Stephan El Shaarawy, 20. Several English clubs are thought to be interested in mohicaned striker El Shaarawy Several English clubs are thought to be interested in El Shaarawy Manchester United are not thought to have offered Wayne Rooney a new contract because they do not want to commit £70m on keeping him at Old Trafford. The 28-year-old striker is believed to be looking for an improvement on his current £250,000-a-week salary and wants a five-year contract. Paris St-Germain are set to move for Chelseas Spain midfielder Juan Mata in January. Tottenham are also interested in the 25-year-old. Arsenal are plotting a £7m January bid for West Brom midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu, 26. Inter Milan are planning an £8m bid for Arsenals 27-year-old defender Thomas Vermaelen - who might be persuaded to move to get regular first-team football and ensure a place in Belgiums World Cup squad. Youssouf Mulumbu Mulumbu joined West Brom from Paris St-Germain in 2009. Sunderland midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini, 28, is being tracked by Inter - who have money to spend following Indonesian businessman Erick Thohirs takeover. Everton want Bruno Martins Indi. The 21-year-old Feyenoord and Netherlands defender is being hailed in Europe as the new Sol Campbell and the Toffees are poised to make a £6m bid. Manchester United manager David Moyes will allow Wilfried Zaha to leave on loan in January. The England winger, 20, has made just one appearance since joining from Crystal Palace in the summer. Tottenham are working on secret plans for a new 65,000-seat multi-purpose stadium that would allow them to share with a London-based NFL franchise. Former Stoke manager Tony Pulis wants £2m a year to replace Ian Holloway at Crystal Palace. Former World Footballer of the Year Zinedine Zidane has dismissed as strange Sir Alex Fergusons claim in his new autobiography that Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard, 33, is not a top, top player. Pulis left Stoke in May after seven years in charge. Owen Hargreaves told a TV audience that he wants a private chat with Ferguson - who wrote in his book that the former England midfielder was one of his worst Manchester United signings. Former Swindon and Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio has been linked with a return to management at League One strugglers Bristol City. Sunderlands Scotland striker Steven Fletcher, 26, says the Black Cats players were treated like kids by Di Canio. Manchester City playmaker David Silva, 27, says he is baffled that his former Valencia team-mate Juan Mata, 25, is not playing regularly for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Mata and several of his Chelsea team-mates are uneasy at Mourinho tinkering with his line-up so often.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:18:09 +0000
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