Fridays Paper 'Gossip'

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Latest Paper 'Goss' (Friday Jan 30)


THE SUN
•Chelsea are ready to make a £21million bid for West Ham striker Enner Valencia as part of a crazy transfer scramble.
•The Blues are also still in talks about signing Douglas Costa for £22million from Shakhtar Donetsk as well as sealing a £27million deal for Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado.
•Francis Coquelin has signed a new Arsenal deal - only weeks after he appeared to be heading for the Emirates Stadium exit.
•Roberto Mancini admits he would love to be reunited with Yaya Toure at Inter Milan next season.
•Swansea boss Garry Monk is lining up a bid for Fulham's Bryan Ruiz and could also swoop for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon.
•Scott Sinclair will join Aston Villa on loan today.
•Burnley risk missing out on Dundee United's Stuart Armstrong unless they increase their £1.2million bid.
•Reading's Danny Guthrie is set to leave the club after issuing a come-and-get-me plea on Twitter.
•Sheffield Wednesday want to take Nottingham Forest winger Jamie Paterson on loan.
•Bournemouth will go back in for their former striker Lewis Grabban after he left for Norwich last summer.
•MK Dons are hoping to re-sign Keith Andrews.

DAILY MIRROR
•Mario Balotelli's poor performances for Liverpool have shattered his confidence and left him insecure.
•Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has made a personal intervention to get the Juan Cuadrado deal done.
•Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is confident of wrapping up a £15million deal for Southampton defender Nathaniel Clyne in the summer.
•Aston Villa have made a dramatic late bid for MK Dons' 18-year-old midfielder Dele Alli.
•Tottenham are making a late move for Everton forward Kevin Mirallas.
•Ravel Morrison has agreed a four-year deal with Lazio.
•Wilfried Zaha will spend today weighing up whether to join Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace revolution permanently.
•Swansea boss Garry Monk is trying to seal a cut-price £2million deal for Southampton midfielder Jack Cork.
•Paul Pogba's future lies away from Juventus according to his agent.
•Tottenham captain Younes Kaboul is a target for Stuttgart.
•Hull have been given permission to speak to Lokomotiv Moscow's £3million forward Dame N'Doye.
•Leicester are signing Robert Huth on loan for the rest of the season from Stoke.

DAILY MAIL
•Colombia World Cup star Juan Cuadrado is on the verge of a £26.8million move to Chelsea, with Jose Mourinho determined to force through the deal before Monday's transfer deadline.
•Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is predicting Daniel Sturridge's return to fitness will transform his side's season - as the Anfield club set their sights on a move for Danny Ings.
•Anderson is in discussions to end his Manchester United career and return to Brazil.
•Manchester United are set to offer an 18-month contract to 20-year-old Salford City trialist Sadik El Fitouri.
•West Ham hope to have an answer from Darren Fletcher today with a two-and-a-half year deal on the table with the option for an extra year.
•Swansea have agreed a fee of around £3million for Southampton midfielder Jack Cork.
•Leicester are signing Robert Huth on loan from Stoke for the rest of the season.
•Diego Forlan has been offered to West Brom and Hull.
•Aston Villa are trying to beat Newcastle to the signing of MK Dons midfielder Dele Alli.
•Crystal Palace are back in the chase for Bolton midfielder Lee Chung-yong.
•Wigan are keen on Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson.

DAILY STAR
•Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho last night went to war over the Diego Costa row.
•Liverpool are set to sign Burnley striker Danny Ings.
•Southampton midfielder Jack Cork is set to join Swansea in a £3million deal.
•Paul Pogba could ask to leave Juventus this summer - which will put Manchester United and Chelsea on red alert.
•Scott Sinclair is set to join Aston Villa on loan from Manchester City.

THE EXPRESS
•Liverpool have launched a bid to sign striker Danny Ings that would see him being immediately loaned back to Burnley.
•Diego Costa will contest his FA stamping charge with Chelsea's blessing as manager Jose Mourinho risked further punishment by raising the siege barriers around the club.
•Scott Sinclair is set to complete his loan switch from Manchester City to Aston Villa within the next 24 hours.

THE TIMES
•Liverpool want to sign Danny Ings before the transfer window closes and are willing to loan him back to Burnley for the rest of the season to get the deal done.
•Chelsea agreed the £23million sale of Andre Schurrle to Wolfsburg last night, paving the way for the arrival of Juan Cuadrado as his replacement.
•Manchester United have agreed a £2.6million deal to sell Anderson to Internacional in Brazil.
•Leicester have made an approach for Feyenoord forward Lex Immers and have been given permission to talk to Stoke defender Robert Huth.
•Scott Sinclair is expected to join Aston Villa on loan with a view to an option of a permanent £3million deal in the summer.
•Tottenham midfielder Etienne Capoue is the subject of interest from Sevilla.
•Cardiff have been linked with Empoli goalkeeper Davide Bassi

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Costa faces hearing over 'stamp' .. .. January 30th 2015

Chelsea striker Diego Costa will discover later on Friday whether he must serve a suspension for violent conduct, with his case to be heard by an independent regulatory commission.

The Spain international is facing an immediate three-match ban for his alleged stamp on Liverpool midfielder Emre Can during Tuesday's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge.

However, Press Association Sport understands, in a move which has the full support of the club, that Costa contested the Football Association charge ahead of Thursday's 6pm deadline and as such the case will now go before an independent regulatory commission, which will make the final decision and has no leave of appeal.

There will, therefore, be a resolution before Saturday's Barclays Premier League contest with title rivals Manchester City, a match Chelsea have announced they will not be holding a press conference to preview.

The incident - one of several during an action-packed 120 minutes earlier this week - happened in close proximity to the dugouts but was missed by the match officials.

It was subsequently reviewed on video by referee Michael Oliver, with the charge following as part of the FA's fast-tracked procedures.


The cancellation of Friday's media conference, which under Premier League rules Chelsea are obliged to hold, means manager Jose Mourinho will not be put into the crossfire ahead of the Stamford Bridge encounter, which comes just days after being fined £25,000 by the FA for claiming there was a ''clear campaign'' against his side. (He's lost the plot now)

Those comments followed the draw at Southampton on December 28, with the Portuguese making similar remarks after Tuesday's 1-0 win against Liverpool when defending Costa.

''I don't know what you understand by stamp,'' Mourinho said.

''I think maybe you are already influenced by... I'm going to use a word which put me in trouble, but I think this time I cannot be punished to say that there is a campaign on the television with a certain pundit that is saying Diego Costa 'crimes'. This guy must be nuts.

''I saw the incidents. About the penalty, I don't speak. I prefer not to speak. If I comment I will be in trouble and I don't want to be.

''What you call stamps and Sky calls crimes, I have to say absolutely accidental. He goes to the ball, he chases the ball, as the opponent is on the floor, they have a contact, he puts his foot there when he's looking to the ball.''

The move to avoid the pre-match press conference may be a sensible decision, but it could prove costly for Chelsea.

Rule K.95 of the Premier League handbook states each club must ensure their manager attends a press conference with broadcasters and, at their discretion, other representatives of the media on a Thursday or Friday before a weekend game ''save for exceptional circumstances, to be managed and monitored by the league''.

It is understood the Premier League will write to Chelsea and ask for their observations in the wake of this week's no-show, with a fine a possible outcome.

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Yes he got lucky ..Only a 3 match ban

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It's a conspiracy

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hahaha

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Darren Fletcher is at this moment with West Ham .. (1. 20 Fri)
Looks like a done deal now