Sunday's gossip column

BREAKING GOSSIP

Latest gossip will appear here throughout the day.

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Liverpool are set to offer £20m for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young.
Full story: News of the World

Villa have rejected an £18m opening offer for Young from Tottenham, saying they value the player at £30m.
Full story: The Sunday Times

Arsenal poised to bid £10m for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh to replace Emmanuel Adebayor.
Full story: News of the World

Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc says he would like Chamakh's future to be resolved by Thursday. (The Observer)

Everton have slapped a £30m price tag on centre-back Joleon Lescott, which is double Manchester City's current bid.
Full story: News of the World

Tottenham are close to capturing Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch after tabling a £12m offer in the last 24 hours, beating off competition from Fulham and Sunderland.
Full story: News of the World

Spurs will find out on Monday if Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will reject an £18m transfer to Stuttgart in favour of a move to White Hart Lane.
Full story: The Mail on Sunday

Chelsea and Tottenham are considering making a move for David Beckham, while AC Milan, who had the LA Galaxy midfielder on loan last season, are also interested.
Full story: The Mail on Sunday

Hull want to take Manchester City striker Benjani on a season-long loan. (News of the World)

Bolton will try to hijack Portsmouth's bid to sign Hull defender Sam Ricketts. (News of the World)

Former Newcastle striker Lomana LuaLua may quit Qatar club Al-Arabi to join Stoke. (News of the World)

OTHER GOSSIP

Chelsea are set to report Manchester City boss Mark Hughes to the Premier League for 'tapping up' John Terry.
Full story: News of the World

Manchester City's Middle Eastern owners are ready to spend more than $1bn (£610m) on transfer fees and wages in their first year in control of the club.
Full story: The Sunday Times

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Gunners' fans resentment over Emmanuel Adebayor's dalliance with AC Milan and Barcelona last summer drove the Togo striker to join Manchester City.
Full story: The Mail on Sunday

David Beckham has tipped Chelsea to win the Premier League title this season - because of their new boss Carlo Ancelotti. (News of the World)

Steve McMahon has been told to find another £30m if he wants to take control at Newcastle. The former Liverpool player's Profitable Group made a £70m bid for the club on Friday. (News of the World)

AND FINALLY

Carlos Tevez has bought former Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo's old home for £4m. The Argentine striker, who has just joined Manchester City, will be neighbours with another former team-mate at Old Trafford, Rio Ferdinand. (News of the World)

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