According to Peter Fraser at Sky Sports News, Blackburn midfielder
David Dunn admitted that the club has yet to have discussions with him regarding a
contract extension. His current deal with the club ends after this season. Dunn said,
"My contract is up at the end of the season .
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According to Sky Sports News, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp
ruled out any possible move for Manchester United goalkeeper Ben
Foster. He said,
"If United wanted to loan him, and I don't know if they do, it would be a problem for him to go
somewhere and not play.
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UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, the agent of Tottenham
striker Roman Pavlyuchenko admitted that Roma are interested in
his client. Oliver Wendt told romagiallorossa.com:
"It is true, yesterday Daniele Prade was in London to better understand the situation of
Pavlyuchenko but we don't know the real intentions of the Giallorossi .
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According to Peter O'Rourke at Sky Sports News, Everton and
Birmingham are both interested in Standard Liege striker
Milan Jovanovic. Jovanovic's contract ends after the season so the club might
decide to cash in on him in January.
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According to Peter O'Rourke at Sky Sports News, Manchester United goalkeeper
Tom Heaton will leave the club when his contract ends. The 23-year-old's advisor,
Tony Coton, said,
"Tom's contract is up in the summer and he will be leaving Manchester United .
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According to James Riach at Sky Sports News, Manchester City striker
Roque Santa Cruz admitted that Robinho has openly admitted that
he would like to play for Barcelona. Santa Cruz told Catalunya Radio,
"Of course he talks to us about it .
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According to Sky Sports News, 19-year-old Manchester United starlet
Corry Evans is hoping to be loaned out so that he can continue his development.
Evans is considered to be one of the top prospects for the Red Devils.
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According to Peter O'Rourke at Sky Sports News, there is no truth in the rumor linking
AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso with Manchester
City. Gattuso's agent, Andrea D'Amico said,
"There is no truth in the Manchester City link .
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Arsenal defender
Bacary Sagna has no desire to leave the club despite rumored interest from
Juventus. His agent Christophe Mongai told
tuttomercatoweb.it,
"Juventus have contacted us, but not recently and, in any case, they have never made an offer to
Arsenal .
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According to Richard Torgerson at Sky Sports News, Tottenham have invited
Valerenga striker Havard Nielsen to train with the club.
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According to Sky Sports News, The Star is reporting that Doncaster
boss Sean O'Driscoll is not interested in Manchester United
youngster Ritchie De Laet. O'Driscoll said,
"We watched Manchester United reserves and there were four or five players that we would like
.
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Roberto La Florio, the agent
of Liverpool defender Andrea Dossena, has urged Liverpool to let
his client go. He told Radio Kiss Kiss,
"The will of Andrea returning to Italy is now clearly established .
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Palermo goalkeeper
Rubinho has no desire of leaving despite being targeted by
Fulham. Rubinho's agent Joao Santos told
Mediagol.it,
"Rubinho has a four-year contract with Palermo and he is an important player at the club .
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According to Sky Sports News, West Ham United defender Matthew
Upson has no desire to leave the club. He was quoted as saying,
"Losing at West Ham is not affecting my performance ... You take pride in that no matter where
the team is."
"It is not easy and it probably is better to be somewhere where you are winning matches, but
West Ham is where I am at.
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Barry Moat still thinks there's a chance of him buying Newcastle United in the future. Apparently,
whilst Moat has no immediate plans to launch another bid, he will continue to think about how he
might wrest the club for Ashley in the future. Speaking to Sky Sports News he said: "For one reason
or another it didn't come [.
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According to Sky Sports News, West Ham United are not selling Carlton
Cole despite interest from Manchester United. A spokesman of the club
said,
"[Cole is] not for sale ... We want to keep all our best players and the suggestion that we need
to sell because of a financial crisis is not true.
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According to Sky Sports News, AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan
Huntelaar does not want to leave the club despite interest from
Tottenham. Huntelaar told Sky Sports Italia,
"I want to stay at Milan ... I had my chances at the start of the season, but I was not good
enough to make the most of them.
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Anfield Talk 14 November @ 11:05 AM EST
Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has dismissed reports that he is looking to leave the club in
January.
Babel has struggled to hold down a regular place in Rafa Benitez's plans, making just two starts in
the Premier League this term.
While the 22-year-old is keen to be playing more regularly as he looks to seal a place in Bert van
Marwijk's Holland squad for next summer's World Cup finals, he insists he does not want to make a
move away from Anfield in search of more first-team action.
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Darius Vassell's future in Turkey has been cast into doubt after he was thrown out of
his hotel where he was staying late at night.
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Sickening is how I would describe the Kung Fu kick meted out by Jonny "The Hitman" Evans of Man
Utd against Drogba of Chelsea last Sunday. But lets be fair, Man Utd have included Kung Fu inÂ
its training ever since Cantona was accused by a Shaolin Master based in Moss side Manchester ofÂ
having poor technique in his kung fu kick pictured above.
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Anfield Talk 10 November @ 03:04 PM EST
Liverpool full-back Emiliano Insua claims the Reds can still be crowned Premier League champions
this season, but results must improve soon if that aspiration is to be fulfilled.
Despite dominating for large parts of the game, Liverpool could only manage a 2-2 draw against
Birmingham City at Anfield on Monday night, a result that leaves Rafael Benitez's side sitting
outside the top four and a full 11 points behind leaders Chelsea.
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Anfield Talk 05 November @ 02:29 PM EST
Despite Liverpool's desperate start to the season John Aldridge still believes manager Rafa Benitez
is the right man for the job.
The Reds' hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League are now out of their
hands following Lyon's late leveller on Wednesday night.
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According to Sky Sports News, the Evening Gazette is reporting that Adel
Taarabt wants to leave Tottenham. Taarabt was quoted as saying,
"Tottenham would like me to sign a new deal with them but, frankly, I don't fancy going back
there now .
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According to Sky Sports News, South China forward Chan Siu-ki
is set to join Tottenham on trial. Chan has scored 22 goals in 27 appearances for
his club.
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According to Chris Burton at Sky Sports News, Benfica winger Angel Di
Maria has no intentions of leaving anytime soon, despite being linked with
Chelsea and Manchester United. Di Maria said,
"I am only thinking about Benfica and looking forward to playing the match tomorrow .
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UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Andrea Dossena's agent
Roberto La Florio played down any rumor that his client is set to join
Napoli. He told tuttomercatoweb.it,
"We will wait until the international break to evaluate and talk to Andrea .
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According to Sky Sports News, Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is in
talks with the club to sign a new contract. His current deal expires at the end of the season.
Hodgson said,
"I am open to discussions ... Fulham has already got in touch with my agent.
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According to Nadia Carminati at Sky Sports News, Roma defender John
Arne Riise denied any rumor that he wants to leave the club for
Liverpool. He said,
"I never said I want to return to Liverpool nor in England and I have never issued those
statements .
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Manchester City are
interested in Osasuna duo Cesar Azpilicueta and Nacho
Monreal. However the club does not have any desire of selling either unless their buy-out
clauses are met.
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According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Liverpool defender
Andrea Dossena has been linked with Napoli. His agent
Roberto La Florio said,
"It is clear that in January Napoli will sign new players, especially in the role of Dossena
.
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According to James Riach at Sky Sports News, Hull City chairman Adam
Pearson is looking to lower the wages of the club. Currently the club's highest paid
players are Jimmy Bullard, Geovanni, Daniel
Cousin, and George Boateng.
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The Netminder 02 November @ 01:30 AM EST
After a year as a Nielsen-rated channel, Fox Soccer Channel isn't quite challenging Monday Night
Football in the cable ratings but can point to impressive growth across the board -- doubling or
tripling its ratings from fall 2008 for most programming.
Here's the most impressive part: The ratings gain can NOT be explained by an upsurge in cable and
satellite companies adding the channel, says FSC executive VP and GM David Sternberg.
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Soccerblog 29 October @ 08:30 PM EST
Put behind bars for 18 months for groping a woman, and after she spurned his advances, breaking
her nose.
He is terminated from Wigan although this incident occurred when he was loaned out to Hull.
"He is absolutely sacked - we will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18
months.
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Off the Post 29 October @ 04:03 PM EST
Featuring two courtesy of the man himself 1. "I'm just out of your league. I'm a millionaire." Yes,
the biggest joke of all is disgraced King's attempted chat-up line. 2. So Marlon King was jailed
for failing to score at a club. Which one? Wigan, Hull, Middlesbrough? 3. Sky Sports News is
reporting that a top footballer has [.
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Anfield Talk 21 October @ 12:42 PM EST
Liverpool legend Ian Rush has urged the club's supporters to get behind Rafa Benitez and the team.
The former prolific Anfield marksman claims it would be wrong to sack the Spaniard at this stage in
the season, and instead urged the current squad to step up and drag the club out of its current
crisis.
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