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Part one of today's blizzard of transfer rumours... Aston Villa, Bolton, and Newcastle are set for a January transfer scuffle over Sporting Braga's Peruvian defender Alberto Rodriguez. The 22 year-old is nicknamed 'El Mudo' (The Mute), but his £5.8million transfer fee could mean that Newcastle will have to drop out of the race for his signature.