The Rumour Mill: Leeds United, Rotherham United, Hull City, Barnsley, Doncaster, Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Man Utd, Liverpool, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough
Published Date:
20 November 2008
NOVEMBER 20 - 9.30am
It may not always be fact, but it's not always fiction either...
Former Leeds striker Tore Andre Flo is set to sign for Whites' League One rivals MK Dons.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is furious that Gunners star Theo Walcott was injured on England duty this week and wants a review of the international schedule. (Daily Express)
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is ready to battle Arsenal for £8m-rated Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour. (Daily Mirror)
Roque Santa Cruz is keen to leave Blackburn and accept an offer to join his former Rovers boss Mark Hughes at Manchester City in January. City could pay up to four times the £4.5m Rovers paid Bayern Munich for the Paraguay striker in the summer of 2007. (The Guardian)
Arsenal are set to make a January bid for giant Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten. (Daily Star)
Michael Ballack will start talks with Chelsea in January about extending his stay at Stamford Bridge. (The Sun)
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will not be joining AC Milan on a permanent deal at the end of his loan spell at the San Siro next year. (The Sun)
QPR are set to sign Bolton striker Heidar Helguson in a loan move that could lead to a permanent £1m switch. (Daily Mirror)
Wigan midfielder Olivier Kapo will plead with Latics boss Steve Bruce to let him leave the club after only four months and return to France in the New Year. (Daily Star)
Former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has failed in a £13m bid to buy Spanish side Real Mallorca and has been told it will cost him at least £12m more to clinch the deal. (Daily Star)
Martin Hansson, the referee in Liverpool's Champions League draw with Atletico Madrid at Anfield, has revealed he has received death threats over his decision to award Steven Gerrard a late penalty. (The Guardian)
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Sousa was recommended to QPR by Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, and he also took advice from the Brazilian before accepting the Loftus Road job. (The Times)
Briatore wanted to give the QPR job to caretaker boss Gareth Ainsworth but co-owner Bernie Ecclestone, vice-chairman Amit Bhatia and sporting director Gianni Paldini convinced him that Ainsworth was too big a gamble. (The Times)
Former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini, who is learning English in London, turned down the QPR job because he did not want to work in the Championship. (The Times)
Arsenal's have targeted Major League Soccer deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis as they continue their search for a new chief executive. (Daily Mail)
Diego Maradona has still not signed his contract to become Argentina boss. (Daily Mail)
Tottenham have named their 1984 Uefa Cup final penalty shoot-out hero Tony Parks as their new goalkeeping coach after the departure of Hans Leitert. (Daily Mirror)
Portsmouth goalkeeping coach David Coles was among the candidates for the Spurs job but Pompey fought to keep hold of him after losing Harry Redknapp and Joe Jordan to the north London club. (Daily Express)
Or, Redknapp will raid Fratton Park again to add Coles to his backroom staff. (Daily Star)
Former Scotland star Wille Johnston is asking for a pardon over the drugs ban at the 1978 World Cup that cost him his international career. (Daily Express)
West Ham United's vice-chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson says the club will not have to sell players in the January transfer window despite one of their main shareholding companies, Hansa, heading into administration. (The Guardian)
Former Carlisle United full-back Zigor Aranalde has applied for the vacant manager's job at Brunton Park. (Daily Star)
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