Wednesday’s transfer rumour roundup.
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Premier League champions Manchester United are eyeing up a shock summer move for Newcastle United holding midfielder Cheick Tiote, while the Premier League champions are also set to go head to head with both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the race to win the signature of Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho.
Full story: The Daily Star
Unsettled AC Milan front man Mario Balotelli’s much-publicised move to Arsenal could now take place at the end of the season after it emerged that the Italian’s boot sponsor has now won the contract to make the north London club’s kit as of next season, with the firm said to be willing to subsidise the £40m transfer.
Full story: The Metro
Serie A champions Juventus still want to land out-of-favour Manchester United wide man, with the Old Lady of Italian Football set to compete with rivals AC Milan and Inter Milan for the Portugal international this summer.
Full story: talkSPORT.co.uk
Liverpool made a move to land former Blackpool winger Tom Ince in the January transfer window according to the England Under-21 international’s father Paul, only for the player to instead decide to move to Crystal Palace.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
However, the Merseyside giants are hopeful though of still being able to complete a deal to sign Ukraine winger Yevhen Konoplyanka at the end of the campaign.
Full story: The Daily Star
Veteran Chelsea skipper John Terry will sign a one-year contract extension shortly after accepting the west London club’s policy of only offering 12-month extensions to those players aged over 30.
Full story: The Daily Mail
However, Terry claims that he will never represent his country again and has no intention whatsoever of making an international comeback at this summer’s World Cup finals.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Swansea City opted to part company with head coach Michael Laudrup as the relegation threatened Swans thought that the Dane did not have the necessary leadership skills required to inspire the players to get out trouble.
Full story: The Daily Mail
Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins finally lost patience with Laudrup when he found out that his manager had gone to Paris for a two-day holiday, while also giving his squad the time off too, despite the South Wales club losing to fellow strugglers West Ham United on Saturday.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
Real Madrid want Southampton coach Mauricio Pochettino to take over from current boss Carlo Ancelotti in the Santiago Bernabeu hot seat if the Italian fails to guide los Blancos to victory in this season’s Uefa Champions League.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley decided to sack director of football Joe Kinnear after a number of mistakes made by the Irishman, culminating when he sold Yohan Cabaybe to Paris Saint-Germain for the wrong price.
Full story: The Times
Former Arsenal front man Gervinho has claimed that he was not trusted enough by Gunners head coach Arsene Wenger during his unsuccessful two-year stint at the Emirates.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
FC Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita has revealed that Liverpool tried to sign him on transfer deadline day, however, the Merseyside giants just ran out of time to complete a deal for the midfielder.
Full story: The Daily Star
Prolific Liverpool front man Daniel Sturridge has slammed his former club Chelsea for not playing him more often as a striker during his miserable time at Stamford Bridge.
Full story: The Daily Star
FC Porto holding midfielder Fernando has confirmed that he will not be signing a new contract with the Portuguese champions at the end of the season, and so opening the door for a possible move to Manchester City.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
New AS Monaco forward Dimitar Berbatov spoke to Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra about moving to the South of France, with the Frenchman having previously played for the Ligue 1 giants.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna is due to sit down shortly with the north London club to discuss the possibility of extending his stay at the Emirates beyond this summer.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Liverpool will hand in-form midfielder Jordan Henderson a new deal as a reward for the England international’s brilliant form for the Reds so far this season.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
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