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With the beginning of a New Year comes hand in hand the re-opening of the football transfer window. Thefirst90minutes.com will be the place to keep up to date with all the tabloid gossip during January. Here we take a look at the rumours running riot across the papers today...
With Manchester United yet to turn their loan deal for Carlos Tevez into a permanent switch, Real Madrid and Inter Milan could move for the Argentine striker in January. (The Sun) Chelsea striker Didier Drogba could decide to leave Stamford Bridge after being fined a week's wages - £100,000 - for publicly criticising the club over the way they treated him in 2008. (The Sun) Everton and Aston Villa want to sign Inter Milan's Honduras striker David Suazo, who is out of favour at the San Siro and has been on loan at Benfica this season. (Daily Mirror) Real Madrid want to sign Wigan midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia on loan in January, with an option to buy him in the summer. The Latics, however, want £18m for the Ecuador star. (The Sun) Wigan do not want to sell Valencia but will sell him for £15m. (Daily Mirror) Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has drawn up a list of potential striker signings, with Wigan's Emile Heskey and Portsmouth's Peter Crouch among his targets. (The Guardian) Heskey, however, is likely to rejoin his former club Liverpool for £4m. (The Independent) Everton are also chasing a striker, with Zenit St Petersburg forward Pavel Pogrebnyak the latest frontman to be linked with a move to Goodison Park. (The Independent) Portsmouth defender Lauren has been told he can leave Fratton Park and is set to join Greek side AEK Athens. (Daily Mirror) Pompey's Welsh full-back Richard Duffy is also set for a move away from the south-coast club. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle are set to bid £5m for Portsmouth midfielder Papa Bouba Diop and are also interested in Blackburn defender Christopher Samba. (Daily Mail) Partizan Belgrade winger Zoran Tosic has pulled the plug on his move to Manchester United after failing to agree terms and Manchester City and Arsenal are poised to swoop for the 21-year-old instead. (Daily Express) The breakdown in talks with Tosic could affect United's hopes of signing his Partizan team-mate, midfielder Adem Ljajic. (Daily Express) Hull City boss Phil Brown is lining up a £2m raid for Wigan midfielder Michael Brown, and will also pay the Latics £3m to make Marlon King's loan into a permanent deal. (The Sun) Turkish side Besiktas hope to capture Newcastle utility man Geremi in a cut-price £2m deal. (Daily Mirror) Wolves boss Mick McCarthy says striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, who is wanted by Everton, and winger Michael Kightly, a target of Newcastle, are not for sale. (The Sun) West Brom have rejected a £3m offer from Bolton for Scotland midfielder James Morrison. (Daily Mirror) Baggies boss Tony Mowbray has had a £2m bid for Paris St Germain forward Peguy Luyindula turned down. (Daily Mirror) AC Milan are keen on Arsenal's want-away defender William Gallas and will let Philippe Senderos, who is on loan at the San Siro from the Gunners, return to the Emirates Stadium to speed up the deal. (The Sun) AC Milan are willing to pay £6m for Gallas, who is also a target for Marseille. (Daily Express) Wenger wants to buy a new centre-back before he allows Gallas to leave. The Arsenal boss is considering making bids for Fulham's Brede Hangeland and West Ham's Matthew Upson but is not interested in bringing Senderos back into the fold. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal have turned down a transfer request from defender Kolo Toure. (Daily Star) Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is set to cut his losses on £7m full-back Andrea Dossena and AC Milan hope to take him back to his native Italy. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal will face competition from Italian giants Juventus for Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Andrei Arshavin. (Daily Mirror) Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari will give Roma Florent Malouda plus £5m in a swap deal for their Brazilian winger Cicinho. (Daily Mirror)
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