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May 26 - 8.48am: It may not always be fact, but it's not always fiction either...
Defender Michael Turner has disappointed Liverpool by pledging his future to Hull. (Various)
Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra is trying to persuade Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery to come to Old Trafford.
(The Sun)
Manchester City and Tottenham are battling it out for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
(Daily Star)
West Brom defender Paul Robinson says he will leave the relegated club as he wants to play in the Premier League. (Various)
(Full story)
Arsenal have made an 8m bid for Fulham centre-back Brede Hangeland.
(Daily Mirror)
Tottenham are ready to make another bid for Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov, who is currently playing for Manchester City.
(The Sun)
Chelsea are confident they have beaten Inter Milan in the race to sign FC Twente striker Marko Arnautovic.
(Daily Mail)
Wolves have abandoned plans to sign Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone after being quoted 8m for the 22-year-old.
(Daily Mail)
Rangers manager Walter Smith is set to offload midfielder Barry Ferguson this summer rather than risk him going on a free next year.
(Full story: Daily Record)
Tottenham are ready to listen to offers for Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko and are set to step up their chase for Djibril Cisse.
(The Guardian)
OTHER GOSSIP
Newcastle are ready to offer Alan Shearer a four-year contract as they look to bounce back into the Premier League. (Various)
Shearer has been told that 30m must be slashed from Newcastle's wage budget following their relegation to the Championship.
(Daily Star)
West Brom manager Tony Mowbray is the favourite to succeed Gordon Strachan at Celtic.
(The Sun)
Wigan boss Steve Bruce has been strongly linked with the vacant manager's position at Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)
However, Strachan is not a target for Sunderland.
(The Independent)
Strachan told family and friends last week that he would be standing down as Celtic manager.
(Daily Record)
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate says the club needs to be in the Championship promotion hunt by Christmas if he is to remain in his job.
(The Sun)
Former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd is hoping to beat Jim Magilton to the QPR manager's job. (Daily Star)
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