Saturday's gossip column

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Portsmouth's Serbia international Dusko Tosic is expected to join Swansea on an emergency loan after the FA and Premier League finally gave the 25-year-old clearance to play. Tosic's registration had been withheld due to Pompey's administration. (Daily Mail) 
West Bromwich Albion want to sign on-loan Auxerre defender Gabriel Tamas on a permanent basis, with the Romanian international available for £800,000. (Daily Mirror) 

OTHER GOSSIP

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says he would not swap Spanish striker Fernando Torres for Manchester United's in-form England forward Wayne Rooney. (The Sun) 
Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina is about to sign a deal worth £80,000-a-week that will keep him at Anfield for the next four years.(Daily Mail) 
Aston Villa are prepared to make James Milner one of their highest earners with a contract extension worth around £65,000-a-week.(Daily Telegraph) 
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will try to convince left-back Wayne Bridge to reconsider his decision not to play for England at the World Cup.(Daily Mail) 
Former West Ham star Paolo Di Canio dreams of one day taking over as manager of the London club.(Daily Mirror) 
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe aims to return from his hamstring tear in just 10 days.(Daily Mirror) 
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson tells Owen Hargreaves to forget the 2010 World Cup and concentrate on his club.(Daily Mirror) 
World football's governing body Fifa made a £130m profit in 2009 as the game's commercial appeal defied the global financial crisis. (The Sun) 
Newcastle striker Peter Lovenkrands has told Denmark coach Morten Olsen he will not be available to play for his country at the World Cup after the death of his father earlier this year. (Daily Mail)

AND FINALLY

Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt has admitted to employing an "orthomanual therapist" to hit him twice a year with a mallet in order to knock out the lumps and bumps he picks up over the season.(Daily Mail)

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Friday's gossip column

BREAKING GOSSIP

West Ham United want to sign Chilean midfielder Luis Jimenez (on photo) from Serie A champions Inter Milan. Boss Gianfranco Zola told La Gazzetta dello Sport.: "He is one of those lads who play the way I like. It's not easy to sign non-EU players in England but I think these problems can be solved."

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea are on standby to swoop for Lyon striker Karim Benzema.The president of the French club Jean-Michael Aulas admitted: "He has been approached. For the moment, I managed to convince them not to go further." (The Independent) 
Chelsea could be set to wreck Liverpool's hopes of signing Glen Johnson with Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie saying: "Glen has got permission to speak to two clubs".(The Sun) 
The future of striker Carlos Tevez still hangs in the balance with just two weeks remaining on his loan deal at Manchester United, but he could still stay at Old Trafford - if the club make him the highest paid player.(The Sun) 
Manchester City have agreed an £18m deal to sign Blackburn forward Roque Santa Cruz.(Daily Mail) 
Newcastle United have slapped a £10m price tag on defender Sebastien Bassong with Tottenham and Arsenal leading the chase.(Daily Mail) 
Manchester City still wait anxiously to see if striker Samuel Eto'o will be heading their way from Barcelona, but Inter Milan are keen on ruining Mark Hughes' party.(The Sun) 
West Brom are lining up an audacious bid for former Liverpool star Luis Garcia.(Daily Mirror) 
Bayern Munich are closing in on Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa.(The Times) 
Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh is being checked out by Arsenal as a possible replacement for Emmanuel Adebayor who could be off to AC Milan.(The Times) 
Sunderland are close to securing Manchester City defender Richard Dunne for £5m.(Daily Mirror) 
Crystal Palace have won the race to sign striker Freddie Sears on loan from West Ham. (The Sun)
Fulham have moved closer to signing Wigan midfielder Paul Scharner for £4m.(Daily Mail) 
Wigan are poised to battle it out with Celtic for the services of Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher.(The Sun) 
Celtic and Ipswich are vying for the services of Cobreloa striker Eduardo Vargas. (The Sun)

OTHER GOSSIP

Kevin Keegan is being lined up for a return to football with Southampton. The Pinnacle consortium, poised to take charge of the Saints, want the former England and Newcastle boss to be part of the team.(Daily Mirror) 
Burnley director Brendan Flood says Celtic tried to prise manager Owen Coyle away from them within an hour of the English club's promotion to the Premier League. (Daily Express) 
Former Celtic and West Ham striker Paolo Di Canio will this week become head coach of Romanian club Poli Iasi. (Daily Express)
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez faces a massive headache with Xabi Alonso the latest player to eye Anfield's exit door, following news that Javier Mascherano's agent met with Barcelona this week.(Daily Express) 
Former Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has told his team-mates Arjen Robben and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to leave Real Madrid and head for Spurs.(Daily Star) 
 
AND FINALLY

Newcastle United are committed to paying their players a £10m bonus less than six weeks after relegation from the top flight.(Daily Mail) 
Kirk Broadfoot says he could have been blinded by the exploding egg that ended with the Rangers defender in hospital with burns and shards of glass in his eyes after a microwave accident. (The Sun) 
Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot says he is missing out on a sunshine holiday because of fears his injured ankle could develop a blood clot brought on by flying. (Daily Record)
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