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Queens Park Rangers are preparing an improved £3.25m bid for 31-year-old West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie, who will be fined two weeks' wages by the Baggies after criticising the club on Twitter.

Chelsea made an audacious bid to re-sign Didier Drogba, 34, but the striker turned down their offer and is set to join Turkish side Galatasaray from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.

Full story: the Sunexternal-link

Norwich are preparing an improved £7m offer for Celtic striker Gary Hooper. The SPL side insist they want £8m for the 25-year-old but Norwich have offered £4.5m.

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

The Canaries and Fulham are both lining up £3m bids for QPR forward Jamie Mackie after the 27-year-old was told he could leave Loftus Road.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie
Odemwingie has expressed his displeasure after a transfer request was refused by West Brom

Manchester City are expected to announce they have sold striker Mario Balotelli, 22, for about £17m on Monday.

Full story: the Sunexternal-link

Arsenal are set to step up their chase for Barcelona's David Villa, 31, after manager Arsene Wenger admitted his side are short of fire power.

Full story: Metroexternal-link

Chelsea are getting ready to make a surprise bid to sign Birmingham City's England Under-21 keeper Jack Butland as a long-term investment.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

Everton manager David Moyes will redouble his efforts to bring in a new face before the transfer window closes in order to ease the burden on his squad.

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

OTHER GOSSIP

Paul Dickov is facing the sack just hours after masterminding Oldham's shock FA Cup fourth-round victory over Liverpool.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

Huddersfield Town want to interview former Southampton boss Nigel Adkins this week as they step up their search for a new manager, following the sacking of Simon Grayson.

Full story: Daily Telegraphexternal-link

Former Manchester United goalkeeping coach Tony Coton has defended under-fire keeper David de Gea, describing criticism of the Spaniard as "over the top".

Full story: Goal.comexternal-link

AND FINALLY

A ball-boy was taken off duty at Stoke for hurling a snowball at the driver of the Manchester City team bus.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

Arsenal's FA Cup win over Brighton was overshadowed by a fight among Gunners supporters after a fan unfurled a banner calling for Wenger to leave the club.

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

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  • Of all the fans of all the teams, the Arsenal ones calling for Wenger to go must surely be the most ridiculously ignorant. They must all be very young and not have seen the Arsenal before Wenger, how defensive and average they were. They probably expect Arsenal to be able to compete financially with Man City.

    In a word - idiots.

  • Odemwingie is a total money grabbing idiot. He would rather a pay rise and Championship football with QPR next season than play for a vastly superior team like WBA.

    Shocking how a player would rather play against teams like Cardiff City when he could be playing against teams like Swansea City.

  • who cares if you're first

  • #PrayForTheManCityBusDriver

  • Find it baffling that Chelsea want Jack Butland when Thibaut Courtois, who is a talented keeper, is at their disposal. Also, find it very concerning that Arsenal have made no signings so far in this window. Wenger needs to realise that at this rate, our chances of finishing in the top 4 are diminishing. If we do get Villa, which is highly unlikely, then great. Also need a CB, RB and DM for sure.

  • - and this time next year Abramovich will be trying to buy back Lampard after realising he has made another stupid blunder...

  • Odemwingie sounds a greedy man. Wants to leave a club comfortably in the top half, to a club heading for the Championship who seem to be signing mercenaries. Typical Redknapp. Will leave QPR bankrupt as he did Pompey.

  • I do hope it was that tedious "Michael" with his dreary 'Arsene out' etc posts that unfurled the flag in the last story and was on the wrong end of some fisticuffs from other gooners.

  • Apart from the Wenger comments on here, I'd expect Huddersfield to fully accept Adkins as their new manager, what a bargain

  • I wonder if the Man City bus driver lay on top of the snowball and played dead...

  • Peter Odemwingie is what is wrong with todays game. a player with modest talent who thinks he's RVP I hope he gets his move and we never hear of him again

  • All of you who want to get rid of Arsene Wenger haven't given a clear indication of who you think should replace him, especially anyone who could do the job as well as he has and is doing. At least the club will be very financially sound when he does decide to leave, which will be a very sad day for football, who will the media find to pick on then?

  • 3. An Eton Mess
    They must all be very young and not have seen the Arsenal before Wenger.
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    Or perhaps a bit too old , and remember Arsenal teams and player that would have never left the club for 'glory' nor 'money'.

  • why would anyone want wenger ou,it baffles me yes they've had a bad season but so do most club look what he's done for the club in my opinion if it wasn't for him arsenal wouldn't be a big club

  • @54 LOLING at ur username!!
    @55 Even if this were true, what about the rest of them??, The whole team let LFC down on Sunday until Stevie G n Downing came on. We just gave the ball away too much and did'nt seem as hungry as Oldham.
    Looking good for signing Coutinho, hopefully LFC will sign him at a lesser wage and a big win bonus, earn your money like us working class have to to pay your wages!!

  • Only on thursday will there be anything of interest in the transfer window. They might as well reduce it from a month to a week. Odemwingie isn't doing himself any favours. Baggies fans won't be happy.

  • Is that the first bit of fight seen at Arsenal for a few years?

  • @ DC, I think the difference is that Wenger has had years to turn the club around, Rodgers has had a matter of months and he's got Liverpool just 3 points behind Arsenal.

    Personally, I think it's time Wenger went upstairs and a new face came in, but I understand why Arsenal fans want him to stay where he is.

  • @Residue loser... id imagine you stay up every night to post that on each new gossip forum

  • @59
    I do what I can. Lets face it its only jokes around here.but I do like the fingers covered in brown sauce
    I have to say Liverpool were rotten. Yeah its the FA cup and it happens but I have to say I dont see much difference from the team that won the league cup. Which went their way only narrowly.

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