Friday's gossip column

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Porto's £10m-rated Brazilian defender Pepe wants a move to Chelsea. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse could be off to New York Red Bull in the summer after a disastrous loan spell with Marseille. (Daily Mirror)

Plymouth defender Tony Capaldi is poised to join Wolves on a free transfer. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City defender Sylvain Distin says he will leave the club in the summer unless they prove they match his ambition. (Daily Mail)

Bayern Munich are ready to sell Owen Hargreaves for £17m. (Daily Telegraph)

Plymouth want to make Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi their record signing at £400,000. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom insist Diomansy Kamara, Jason Koumas and Curtis Davies will not be sold in the summer even if the Baggies do not go up. (Daily Express)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is lining up a summer swoop for Celtic keeper Artur Boruc. (Daily Record)

Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is set to snub interest from Spanish clubs to lead Celtic's assault on next season's Champions League. (The Express)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate is to step up his interest in Hibernian midfielder Scott Brown. (The Sun)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Real Madrid have made a fresh bid to lure Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to the Bernabeu. (The Sun)

American tycoon Sten Kroenke has increased his stake in Arsenal to 11%. (Daily Mirror)

Two American groups are battling it out for a 30% stake in Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)

Uefa fears an all-English Champions League final could descend into violence. (Daily Express)

Sunday's FA Cup semi-final between Blackburn and Chelsea will be played in front of thousands of empty seats at Old Trafford. (Daily Telegraph)

Watford are yet to sell 3,000 of their tickets for Saturday's semi-final against Manchester United. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp fears backroom staff Tony Adams and Avram Grant will move on in the summer. (Daily Express)

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AND FINALLY...

Fulham coach Dave Beasant was told he was sacked at 11pm on Tuesday only to receive a phone call from new caretaker boss Lawrie Sanchez half an hour later telling he was reinstated. (Daily Mirror)

Hibernian boss John Collins has distanced himself from talk of a dressing room revolt at Easter Road to concentrate on the Scottish Cup semi-final against Dunfermline. (The Herald).

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