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AC Milan are set to make a £20m bid for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn are poised to offer former AC Milan midfielder Johann Vogel a short-term contract. (The Sun)

West Brom want to sign on-loan Hearts striker Roman Bednar in a permanent £2m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have joined the list of clubs trailing young Cardiff City midfielder Aaron Ramsey. (Daily Mirror)

Coventry City boss Chris Coleman wants to take defenders Carlos Bocanegra and Dejan Stefanovic on loan from his old club Fulham. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham boss Alan Curbishley still hopes to sign Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell in a £5m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is set to sign Senegal defender Lamine Diatta to bolster his squad. (Daily Express)

Diatta has passed a medical and agreed a deal until the end of the season. (Daily Star)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor and Newcastle winger James Milner are in line for England call-ups. (The Times)

Dubai International Capital could still reach a deal with George Gillett for his 50% stake in Liverpool. (Various)

Former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce says the current problems at St James' Park are not his fault. (Daily Telegraph)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan's job is safe even if he fails to win the Scottish Premier League this season, according to Bhoys chief executive Peter Lawwell. (Daily Record)

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc feels he was unfairly booked for clapping Hibernian fans after his side's win at Easter Road on Saturday. (Daily Record)

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says he will never quit the Premier League because it is the best in the world. (Various)

Arsenal may have beaten AC Milan at the San Siro on Tuesday but Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland thinks they will struggle against his side this weekend because of the muddy pitch at the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

German side Hamburg want Croatia boss Slaven Bilic to be their new manager. (Daily Star)

Chelsea boss Avram Grant predicts his side will be drawn to face Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals for the third time in four years. (Various)

Uefa president Michel Platini will be at St Johnstone's Scottish Cup quarter-final tie with St Mirren on Saturday. (Daily Record)

Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher is set to win his first full cap against Croatia on 26 March. (Daily Record)

Micky Adams, Paul Simpson and Chris Casper are competing for the vacant manager's job at Shrewsbury. (Star)


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Stockport County are selling a million pixels on their website for £1 each in an attempt to raise £1m to buy back Edgeley Park. (Various)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has introduced bingo to his squad - hosting sessions when the team gets together before matches. (The Sun)

Strictly Come Dancing star Alesha Dixon has been on a string of dates with Aston Villa striker John Carew. (The Sun)

West Brom will have to play at least 108 minutes of football to beat Bristol Rovers in Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final. Research by Cup sponsors E.ON shows Rovers players effectively run for an extra 18 minutes because of their boggy home pitch, where they have scored four times in the last 10 minutes during their run.

 

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Arsenal, Reading and Portsmouth are tracking Ryan Gates, 12, who has scored 95 goals for Havant and Waterlooville Under-12s this season. (Various)

AC Milan will offer £15m for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba in the summer. (The Sun)

Manchester United and Arsenal target Karim Benzema will sign a new long-term deal with Lyon. (The Sun)

Blackburn have handed a trial to former Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune. (Daily Mirror)

Derby have told Rangers they will have to pay £2m for striker Kenny Miller in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Juventus are keen on Manchester City defender Micah Richards and Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy. (Daily Mail)

Senegal defender Lamine Diatta has rejected an offer to join Newcastle United. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle centre-back Steven Taylor is set to agree an improved deal - if the Magpies avoid relegation. (Daily Mail)

Wolves are poised for a £1m-plus summer bid for Hearts defender and captain Christophe Berra. (The Sun)

West Brom are confident of signing on-loan Roman Bednar for £2.3m from Hearts in the summer. (The Herald/The Scotsman)

Everton will not move to sign midfielder Thomas Gravesen when his loan period ends in the summer. (The Sun)

Aberdeen contract rebels Lee Miller and Barry Nicholson have until next week to accept new contract offers. (Record)

Defender Ross Tokely has done a U-turn and decided to stay with Inverness Caledonian Thistle beyond the summer. (The Sun)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Sir Alex Ferguson will step down as Manchester United manager in 2011, when he is 69. (Daily Mirror)

Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants life bans for players guilty of reckless challenges. (The Times)

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he would love to get his old job back at Stamford Bridge. (The Sun)

David Beckham wants to extend his England career until the 2010 World Cup finals. (Daily Mirror)

BBC pundit and former England striker Gary Lineker could become the face of the Football Association's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. (Daily Express)

A multi-million pound takeover at Sheffield Wednesday could collapse unless boss Brian Laws keeps the Owls in the Championship. (Daily Star)

Chelsea defender John Terry feels his side's style of play is as pleasing on the eye as Arsenal's. (The Guardian)

Lawyers representing Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks will travel to Dubai next week for talks with Dubai International Capital (DIC). (Various)

DIC could complete a deal for the Reds this weekend. (Daily Telegraph)

Liverpool frontman Dirk Kuyt believes his Anfield team-mate Fernando Torres is the best striker in the world at the moment. (Various)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has rejected claims by ex-Gunner David Bentley that Theo Walcott must leave the Emirates Stadium to be a success. (Various)

Sheffield United want ex-England boss Graham Taylor to be head of football at Bramall Lane. (Daily Mail)

East Lothian businessman Eddie Ramsay is in talks about buying Livingston and making Almondvale a leading greyhound racing venue. (Daily Record)

Stirling Albion chairman Peter McKenzie has dismissed reports that the club will sell Forthbank and ground-share with Alloa Athletic next season. (Daily Record)

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AND FINALLY

Barnsley have offered Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich a free pie if he turns up at Oakwell for Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final. (Daily Star)

Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho needed to drink two bottles of beer from the press-room bar before he could present a post-match urine sample for drug testers after his side's win over Olympiakos on Wednesday night. (The Guardian)

Alan Shearer pulled on his old Newcastle kit on Thursday as he prepared for the Sport Relief Super Cycle challenge at the Magpies' training ground. (various)

Dundee striker Derek Lyle is out of his side's Scottish Cup tie with Queen of the South after falling through his coffee table. (Daily Record)

 

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Chelsea have told Didier Drogba they will not stand in his way if he wants to leave this summer - as long as he helps them win silverware this season. (Daily Express)

Tottenham are closing in on Carlos Kameni after the Cameroon keeper got the all-clear to leave Espanyol. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough midfielder Fabio Rochemback wants to move back to his former club Sporting Lisbon. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United's hopes of luring Lyon striker Karim Benzema could be over after he looked set to agree an extension to his contract with the French club. (Daily Telegraph).

Chelsea could be poised to step in with a late offer for Benzema, 20, with Andriy Shevchenko likely to be off-loaded in the summer, possibly to former club AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Sir Alex Ferguson insists he will still be managing Manchester United at the age of 70. (Various)

Croatia boss Slaven Bilic reckons Arsenal striker Eduardo will make a full recovery from his broken leg. (The Sun)

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists he was right not to bring back former striker Michael Owen but sign Spaniard Fernando Torres instead. (Various)

Everton striker James Vaughan could miss the rest of the season after a knee operation on Monday. (The Sun)

West Brom midfielder Filipe Teixeira faces up to eight months on the sidelines with cruciate ligament damage. (Daily Mail)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson admits he will consider the Intertoto Cup route into Europe next season if his side fails to qualify through the Premier League. (Various)

Liverpool could soon be owned jointly by American Tom Hicks and the Dubai International Capital after they looked on the brink of an agreement. (Various)

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson wants to stay on as manager next season - even if they are relegated from the Premier League. (Times)

Former Leeds, Coventry and Middlesbrough striker Noel Whelan is a contender to become manager of East Stirling.

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Michael Ballack reckons Chelsea's resurgence since their Carling Cup final defeat to Tottenham was down to skipper John Terry's insistence on a team-bonding paint-balling trip the following week. (Guardian)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can expect a nice bottle of red from Wigan boss Steve Bruce, who is still grateful for the Frenchman lending him three players key to him getting promoted with ex-club Birmingham last season.

 

[the dark knight]

Fabregas! Fabregas! Whooaa

Cesc Fa-bre-gas,
You are the love of my life,
Cesc Fab-re-gas,
I'd let you sh*g my wife,
I wish i could play football like you
'Cos you're Arsenal
Through and through

....gay.


anyway, we're shockingly on a GREAT run. lets hope we keep that up..especially against the italians.

torres is proving to be worth every piece of cash spent on him with 7 goals in a week.

 

[excellence of execution]

great footballing day. manure and chelski lost and liverpool won.bring on inter for dessert!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Arsenal midfielder Matthieu Flamini is wanted by AC Milan, who could move for him at the end of the season when his contract expires. (Sunday Mirror)

Meanwhile the Gunners are set to hand Cesc Fabregas a significant wage rise, to around £130,000 a week, to keep him at he club. (Various)

Manchester United want to sign Sporting Lisbon pair Bruno Pereirinha and Miguel Veloso. (Sunday Mirror)

Bryan Robson is set to join United as an official ambassador. (Sunday Mirror)

Liverpool striker Peter Crouch will reject a new deal unless Rafael Benitez leaves the club. (News of the World)

Bolton are hoping to sign Liverpool's 34-year-old defender Sami Hyypia, who is coming to the end of his contract at Anfield. (News of the World)

Manchester City will move for Juventus defender Georgio Chiellini at the end of the season. (News of the World)

Everton have made Lyon's Sweden midfielder Kim Kallstrom their top transfer target. (News of the World)

Arsenal are interested in 18-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder Ignacio Camacho. (Various)

Chelsea are set to make a £10m summer swoop for Blackburn winger David Bentley. (The People)

Fulham's Jimmy Bullard is wanted by Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, who are prepared to pay £4m to capture the midfielder. (The People)

Boro boss Gareth Southgate has been handed £20m to bring in new players during the summer. (The People)

Chelsea are ready to make a £20m bid for Atletico Madrid's 19-year-old Argentine striker Sergio Aguero. (The People)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez wants to bring in 20-year-old Mallorca striker Oscar Trejo on loan. (The People)

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is monitoring 20-year-old Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero, who is on loan at Getafe. (The People)

West Ham and Bolton are fighting it out for the signature of 38-year-old keeper Santiago Canizares. (The People)

Tottenham face competition from Barcelona to sign Sevilla's Denmark international midfielder Christian Poulsen. (The People)

Fulham striker David Healey is wanted by Hull and Ipswich. (The People)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will make a summer move for Newcastle's unsettled Australian international striker Mark Viduka. (The People)

Derby boss Paul Jewell is chasing Watford striker Nathan Ellington, who he had at Wigan. (The People)

Blackburn are on the trail of Fenerbahce's Ugun Bural and Porto defender Bruno Alves. (The People)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman wants to sign Derby midfielder Stephen Pearson on a loan deal. (The People)

Ipswich manager Jim Magilton is pursuing Sheffield Wednesday left-back Tommy Spurr. (The People)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Michael Owen is facing a desperate fight to save his international career, with new England boss Fabio Capello believed to rate the Newcastle striker as his fourth-choice forward. (News of the World)

But Bolton defender Gary Cahill has emerged as a surprise candidate to be given a chance in Capello's squad for the friendly against France later this month. (Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is ready to commit himself to the club by signing a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the rest of his career. (Sunday Mirror)

Chelsea coach Henk Ten Cate has accused his own players of deliberately leaking stories to the press in order to cause him embarrassment. (Sunday Mirror)

The Blues are considering making a sensational offer to former Barcelona midfielder Michael Laudrup to become their first-team coach next season, to replace Avram Grant. (Mail on Sunday)


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Former Everton and Middlesbrough defender Abel Xavier, famous for his crazy hairstyles, is set to light up the silver screen after winning the part of a detective in a movie called Without Fear. (Sunday Express)

 

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liverpool still kicking ass in Europe,bring on chelsea for the 1/4 finals.

 

[the dark knight]

my temperature reached 41C last night...i couldnt catch the match. but i heard we kicked ass. torres......i love you mate.

 

[phantomgerald]

Chelsea allegedly wants to sign Diego and sell Lampard. I'm torn on this. Diego is a great player, but despite his lack of form, Lampard is one of the best midfielders in the world, and him and Ballack are almost clicking, so why bring a new guy in and start this chemistry thing again.

 

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lampard scored 4 goals in one match:shock: but then again it was against derby so it doesn't count

 

[phantomgerald]

Chelsea vs Fenebache, Liverpool vs Arsenal, Manchester vs Roma and Barca vs Schalke.

 

[the dark knight]

Chelsea vs Fenebache, Liverpool vs Arsenal, Manchester vs Roma and Barca vs Schalke.

LOL man utd vs roma again.

we should be praying now that we got arsenal. i gotta admit, i have 0 confidence in LFC these days. even with torres..

 

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Yeah but Fenebarche and Schalke would have been a better choice. And you do realise what happens if Pool and Cheslea both go through?

 

[Wrestling Station]

Liverpool vs Arsenal (that is a 50%-50% chance for both teams)
Barcelona vs Shalke (It seems its an easy ticket for Barca)
Chelsea vs Fenerbache (Chelsea will struggle abit here, but i think they will proceed after two matches).
Man United vs Roma (hmm, Man United will qualify with luck on their side "as usual")

 

[Italian Outsider]

some random prediction, i haven't got a right one recently but well...
Liverpool vs Arsenal
Barcelona vs Shalke
Chelsea vs Fenerbache
Man United vs Roma

fuck Roma imo, but they are doing very good recently, not only in ucl, i'll probably fuck up 2 of these..