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Marseille kept the pressure on table toppers Lille with this win away at Lens.
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Liverpool face competition for Rijeka midfielder Anas Sharbini.
Benitez’s scouts are very busy indeed identifying quality youngsters to bring to the club.
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Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will start some contract banter with Tunisian midfielder Mehdi Nafti upon his return from the Africa Cup of Nations. (Daily Star)
Tottenham Hotspur have one fewer option in defence after Gareth Bale was ruled out for the rest of the season. The Welshman was expected to return this month,but he has been advised that if he plays this season his foot injury could get even worse. (Times)
Former Lens coach Guy Roux has criticised the sheer lunacy of Rangers and Fulham and their attempts to shunt through the £3m Daniel Cousin transfer, calling both clubs “stupid” for thinking that FIFA will ignore the fact that Cousin has already played for two clubs this season. (BBC)
Portsmouth and Man City have squirmed, contorted, and limbo danced around regulation to ensure that Zimbabwe striker Benjani’s transfer from Pompey to Manchester City goes through. (Various)
Chelsea have been having a look at the Africa Cup of Nations and have taken a shine to IK Start’s Ghana international midfielder Anthony Annan. (Daily Mirror)
…While Chelsea striker Didier Drogba doesn’t want to be considered for any future African player of the year awards after it was revealed that Fredi Kanoute only won the 2007 title because Drogba refused to travel to Togo to collect the award. (Various)
Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano reckons that he will tie up a permanent deal this week, releasing him from his slavemasters at MSI, and taking the Argentine to Anfield. (Various)
Blackburn Rovers goalie Brad Friedel has put pen to paper on a one-year extension to his current contract, which will see him between the Ewood Park sticks until 2010. (BBC)
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A steaming pile of weekend transfer rumours courtesy of Sportingo…
Liverpool’s lanky paperclip of a striker has had enough of the transfer guff being spoken about him and he has reiterated his desire to stay at the club. This will come as a disappointment to Sven Goran Eriksson, who was said to be monitoring events at Anfield. (Various)
Despite Jurgen Klinsmann’s declaration that he doesn’t want Daniel Van Buyten to leave Bayern Munich, clubs are still lining up to “have a word” with the defender. The latest club to make a move for the Beligian international is Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle. (The Sun)
A long queue of admirers for midfielder Oliver Kapo is forming outside St Andrews but Portsmouth are trying to leap ahead of frontrunners Sunderland and Wigan with a £3m bid. (Mirror)
Young Manchester United defender Ryan Shawcross has “disappointed” The Lord of the Ferg by signing for Stoke in a package worth £2million. (The Sun)
Tottenham are pondering opening up their massive transfer wallet and pulling out £9m to sign Juventus’ ex-Chelsea midfielder Tiago. (Sun)
…And Tottenham are sniffing around Udinese’s 26 year-old Andrea Dossena who can play at either left-back or left wing. (Times)
…Whilst 23-year-old winger Wayne Routledge thinks that Tottenham want too much dosh for him and that is scaring off potential suitors like Qpr, Crystal Palace and Watford. Routledge said: “I’m valued at a price by Spurs and clubs aren’t willing to pay that. I need a compromise.” (The Sun)
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is after Werder Bremen midfielder Leon Andreason, the word on the street is that the Dane has been spied at the Cottagers’ training ground. (Times)
…And Fulham are also trailing Lazio defender Guglielmo Stendardo, but will have to beat away interest from Birmingham. (Daily Mirror)
…But Hodgson’s £5m move for Watford’s Marlon King could be scuppered because of the gnarly state of King’s right knee. (Mirror)
Portsmouth boss ‘Arry Redknapp has moeved to take French defender Lucien Aubrey on loan from Lens with a view to a permanent move. (Express)
Roy Keane has sanctioned the shipping out of Stephen Wright on loan to Hull for six months. (Mirror)









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