A round-up of Friday’s biggest transfer stories.
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Premier League champions Manchester United have opened talks with Inter Milan over the purchase of £10 million-rated midfield player Fredy Guarin in January.
Full story: The Metro
Representatives from both Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United met with Guarin’s agent on Thursday, however, Premier League rivals Chelsea have now dropped out of the running for the Colombia international.
Full story: The Daily Express
Manchester United have no plans just yet to start negotiations with unsettled front man Wayne Rooney over a new contract for the England international, even though arch-rivals Chelsea are set on making another move for the player at the end of this season.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Both Chelsea and Manchester United are keen on bringing experienced Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso back to the Premier League in the summer, while the Spaniard’s former club Liverpool are said to also be monitoring the player’s situation at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Full story: The Daily Star
Chelsea have already spoken to mega-rich Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco about the possibility of signing red-hot forward Radamel Falcao when the transfer window opens again next month amid speculation that the Colombian does not currently see eye to eye with the French club’s manager Claudio Ranieri.
Full story: The Daily Express
Chelsea will try and sign highly rated young Southampton left-back Luke Shaw in the new year, with the England Under-21 international expected to cost the west London club £20m to buy.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says that he “has not heard anything” about the Hammers signing former Newcastle United attacker Obafemi Martins on loan in January.
Full story: talkSPORT
Highly rated Everton attacking midfield player Ross Barkley will put pen to paper on a new contract at Goodison Park this weekend.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Manchester United head coach David Moyes went to watch in-demand FC Porto centre-back Eliaquim Mangala in action against Atletico de Madrid in the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday night.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Premier League leaders Arsenal are confident that coach Arsene Wenger will agree a new three-year contract with the north London club before the Uefa Champions League gets back under way again in February.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
In-demand Atletico de Madrid midfield player Koke claims that was not fazed at all by the news that Manchester United manager David Moyes came to run the rule over him during Wednesday night’s Uefa Champions League group-stage clash with FC Porto at the Vincente Calderon.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has claimed that it will take an enormous offer to be able to persuade the Magpies to part company with striker Papiss Cisse in the winter transfer window.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
New Crystal Palace head coach Tony Pulis says that the struggling south-east London outfit cannot afford to buy Blackburn Rovers marksman Jordan Rhodes in the new year.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Manchester United boss David Moyes has been told he can forget about signing up-and-coming Southampton left-back Luke Shaw at the turn of the year.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Out-of-favour Chelsea midfield player Kevin de Bruyne wants to have showdown talks about his future at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho before Christmas.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
High-flying Southampton could move for unsettled Queens Park Rangers shot-stopper Julio Cesar in January in order to solve their current goalkeeping crisis at St Mary’s.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
England No 1 Joe Hart looks like finally earning a recall for Manchester City’s huge Premier League showdown with leaders Arsenal at Eastlands on Saturday lunch time.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen have just pipped Chelsea in the race to land Wolfsburg’s promising Germany Under-19 international Julian Brandt.
Full story: The Daily Mail
Bosnia and Herzegovina international Miralem Pjanic has urged compatriot Eden Dzeko to leave Manchester City when the winter transfer window opens again for business in the new year and join him at Serie A giants AS Roma.
Full story: The Daily Mail
West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says that the east Londoners were right to sign injury-prone England international Andy Carroll from Liverpool last summer in a club-record deal, despite the giant front man having still to even feature for the Hammers so far in this campaign because of a long-running heel problem.
Full story: The Times
Liverpool midfield player Jordan Henderson has returned to training with the Reds ahead of Sunday’s crucial trip to face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League after recovering from a heel injury.
Full story: The Liverpool Echo
Mercurial Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has been announced as Twitter’s number one trending football topic for 2013.
Full story: The Metro
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