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Football rumours (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)

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Published Date: 30 June 2009
Sunderland, Southampton, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Eveton, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham, Birmingham and Ipswich are among the clubs making the headlines today.
Former Sunderland manager Peter Reid has rejected speculation he will quit as coach of Thailand to take charge of League One club Southampton. (Press Association)

Ipswich boss Roy Keane is close to completing a £1million deal for QPR full-back Damien Delaney. Keane also wants to make a double raid on former club Sunderland to sign defender Nyron Nosworthy and winger Carlos Edwards. (Daily Star)

Villa are also set to bid £5million for Middlesbrough midfielder Tuncay. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea are poised to complete a hat-trick of signings by landing CSKA Moscow forward Yuri Zhirkov, Manchester City forward Daniel Sturridge and Middlesbrough goalkeeper Ross Turnbull. (Daily Mirror)

Samuel Eto'o wants a £12.5million signing-on fee to join Manchester City. The Barcelona striker has already been offered wages of £250,000 a week by the Eastlands club. (The Sun)

Or the Cameroon striker is looking for a £15million golden handshake from Barcelona otherwise the move to City is off. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have been stunned by Andrey Arshavin's revelation that he would be "really happy" to play for Barcelona if he gets the chance. (The Sun)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso will holds talks with manager Rafael Benitez this week over a possible move to Real Madrid. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, Reds defender Alvaro Arbeloa is set to seal a switch to Real for about £5million. (The Independent)

Aston Villa are ready to pay £5million for Espanyol forward Luis Garcia, who is also wanted by Porto. (The Sun)

Tottenham have joined the chase for Groningen's Sweden international striker Marcus Berg but they may need to pay £10million to beat Everton to his signature. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs have told Villarreal they want cash plus Sebastien Eguren and Marcos Senna in exchange for striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. (The Times)

West Ham are trying to hijack Hull's £3.4million move for Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune. (Daily Mirror)

Fulham have offered £2.2million for Almeria striker Kalu Uche. (The Sun)

Birmingham want to sign Tottenham defender Gareth Bale on a season-long loan deal. (Daily Star)

Wolves are set to sign Reading striker Kevin Doyle for a club record fee of £6.5million. (The Sun)

Huddersfield will pay £1million to sign Bristol Rovers striker Rickie Lambert. (The Sun)

Burnley are fighting it out with Cardiff in the race to sign £2.5m-rated Doncaster defender Mat Mills. (Daily Star)

Carlos Tevez has accused Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson of blowing the chance to win the Champions League final by dropping him. The Argentine striker, whose United contract expires today, said: "He made a mistake to leave me on the bench." (Daily Mirror)

Former Aston Villa manager David O'Leary says his successor Martin O'Neill has not helped the club progress. (Daily Mirror)

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  • Last Updated: 30 June 2009 9:08 AM
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  • Location: Alnwick, Northumberland
 
 
 


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