Latest Football Gossip - Eke Emmanuel

TRANSFER GOSSIP
West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 21, wants to
leave the club at the end of the season to "move on
to better things". (Times - subscription required)
Thursday's Independent back
page.

Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj, who
turns 20 on Thursday, could be offered in exchange
for Paris St-Germain defender Marquinhos, 20, or
Everton full-back Seamus Coleman, 26, this
summer. (Manchester Evening News)

David Moyes's Real Sociedad are preparing a bid to
re-sign Real Madrid midfielder Asier Illarramendi,
24, who is also a target for Arsenal and Liverpool.
(Daily Star)

Wolfsburg's new £24m signing Andre Schurrle, 24,
has said he has no regrets about his Chelsea
career after completing his move back to the
Bundesliga. (Guardian)

Manchester United and Liverpool have been alerted
to the availability of Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir
Handanovic, 30, whose agent claims he will leave
the club in the summer. (Daily Express)

After the breakdown of a deadline day move to
Norwich, West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans,
27, could join the Canaries on loan before the end of
the season. (Birmingham Mail)

OTHER GOSSIP
Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, 30, rejected
a £1m-a-month offer in January to quit White Hart
Lane for a club in Qatar, and has now held talks
with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and vowed to fight
for a place in the first team. (Daily Mirror)
Premier League officials plan to write to Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho to ask him why he did not
talk to the media before and after their 1-1 draw
with Manchester City on Saturday. (Daily Star)
Former manager David Moyes banned chips at
Manchester United because he had a couple of
overweight players during his spell as Red Devils
boss. (FourFourTwo)
New director of football Les Ferdinand is set to
appoint ex-Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood as QPR
manager with a brief to get underachieving players
performing - as he did at Spurs last season with
Emmanuel Adebayor. (Daily Mirror)
Thursday's Sun back page

Meanwhile, Real Madrid assistant boss Paul
Clement has emerged as a rival to Sherwood for the
QPR manager's job. (Sun - subscription required)
But Clement is likely to elect to remain in Spain,
while Steve McClaren is also expected to reject
Rangers and stay with Derby, leaving Sherwood as
the main contender. (Times - subscription required)

Hull City are lining up Bolton manager Neil Lennon to
replace Steve Bruce, who has led the Tigers to only
four wins in 23 Premier League games this season.
(Daily Mirror)

Jack Wilshere has risked a fresh row over smoking
after the 23-year-old Arsenal midfielder was
pictured appearing to hold a shisha pipe during a
night out in London. (Daily Mail)

Former QPR boss Harry Redknapp has been invited
to join a consortium which is aiming to buy a club
on the south coast, where he lives. The group have
been looking at a takeover at League Two side
Plymouth, Conference club Torquay and Southern
Premier League outfit Poole Town. (Daily Star)
Everton will honour the 96 Liverpool fans who died
at Hillsborough with a commemorative plaque at
Goodison Park before Saturday's Merseyside
derby. (Liverpool Echo)

Retired ex-Manchester United forward Dion Dublin
insists FA Cup glory will not satisfy the club's
supporters. (Talksport)
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has invited
Bradford City to switch their FA Cup fifth-round tie to
the Stadium of Light after criticising the state of the
Valley Parade pitch. (Daily Mail)
After joining Derby County on loan from Hull City,
winger Tom Ince, 23, has revealed how his
temporary spell at their Championship neighbours
Nottingham Forest earlier this season turned sour.
(Derby Telegraph)

Brighton boss Chris Hughton has added more
experience to his backroom staff by bringing on
board Ewan Chester as chief scout. Chester worked
with Hughton at Birmingham and Norwich after over
20 years with Rangers.(The Argus)

QPR legend Rodney Marsh claims former manager
Harry Redknapp, who left the club earlier this week
because he needs knee surgery, jumped before he
was pushed. (Talksport)
Dundee manager Paul Hartley, 38, says he turned
down the chance to manage Cardiff City last
September. (Sky Sports)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Steven Gerrard showed off a special pair of boots
on Instagram as he prepared for his landmark
700th Liverpool appearance in the 2-1 FA Cup
fourth-round victory at Bolton Wanderers on
Wednesday. The 34-year-old said: "I will be
wearing these in the next match I play in.
Appearance number 700 for the Reds!"
Renowned sports psychologist Steve Black enjoys
a caffeine overload as he shares a coffee or three
on Instagram with QPR midfielder Joey Barton.
Having been given the all-clear following testicular
cancer, Newcastle United midfielder Jonas
Gutierrez has been raising awareness of the
disease on social media.
Ex-Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann tweeted
that his former Anfield team-mate Danny Murphy
was channelling his inner Bruce Forsyth with his
choice of jacket for the BBC's TV coverage of
Bolton against the Reds.

AND FINALLY...
Plans have been revived to build a statue in honour
of Newcastle legend Alan Shearer outside St
James' Park. (Newcastle Chronicle)