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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Norwich striker Grant Holt, 31, has told Celtic to forget about signing him - despite buying a house in his hometown of ­Carlisle and moving his family north.

Grant Holt
Grant Holt has scored 65 times in 143 league appearances since joining Norwich from Shrewsbury

Manchester City's Samir Nasri could soon be playing alongside David Beckham at Paris St-Germain. The French club are preparing a move for the 25-year-old France midfielder.

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

Tottenham are preparing to offer free-scoring winger Gareth Bale, 23, £130,000 a week to keep him at White Hart Lane.

Full story: London Evening Standardexternal-link

Everton boss David Moyes has turned down a number of requests from Championship clubs to take 19-year-old midfielder Ross Barkley on loan.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

Fulham boss Martin Jol will ask Arsene Wenger whether the Cottagers can extend 21-year-old midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong's loan from Arsenal until the end of next season.

Full story: London Evening Standardexternal-link

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to offer 34-year-old defender Rio Ferdinand a new one-year contract. Ferdinand's current deal expires at the end of this season.

Full story: The Sunexternal-link

David Beckham, 37, has admitted his move to Paris St-Germain hinged on his ability to sell shirts. "If I can help to sell lots of shirts, no problem," said the former England captain. "It's great to see so many people wearing my shirt."

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

Former Arsenal midfielder Marc Overmars says fans must stay patient with manager Arsene Wenger - even if the Gunners lose Sunday's north London derby with Tottenham Hotspur.

Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars won one Premier League title and one FA Cup at Arsenal

Full story: talkSPORTexternal-link

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho admits he will have to get stronger if he is to be a success in the Premier League. "I need to improve my muscles ­because they are still quite small at the moment," said the 20-year-old.

Full story: Daily Starexternal-link

Premier League strugglers Aston Villa have announced a loss of £17.7m as income fell in 2011-12 by 12.6% to £80m.

Full story: the Guardianexternal-link

Wolves fans staged a demonstration outside Molineux before Friday's Championship game with Watford following the club's sharp decline.

Full story: Express & Starexternal-link

Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill has called on a technology expert to teach his players the pitfalls of Twitter and other social networking sites. It follows James McClean's latest Twitter row, which led to the 23-year-old Republic of Ireland winger deleting his account this week.

Full story: Daily Mailexternal-link

AND FINALLY

Manchester City are lending Real Madrid a helping hand in their bid to knock their local rivals Manchester United out of the Champions League by allowing Jose Mourinho's side to train at the Etihad Stadium before next Tuesday's tie at Old Trafford.

Full story: Daily Mirrorexternal-link

Former Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp, 43, might have been clever at finding the net in his playing days but an interview on FATV has shown his footballing knowledge is severely lacking.

Full story: 606 Newsletterexternal-link

Ex-Arsenal forward Ian Wright, 49, turned down the manager's role at League One side Swindon Town because he is not ready for management - and his wife did not want him to take the job.

Full story: The Sunexternal-link

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  • Comment posted by U15634017, at 11:43 2 Mar 2013

    Im a protestant from northern ireland myself and i can understand how easy it is to get sucked into all the anti catholic/protestant stuff but normally by his age people have grown up and are more willing to accept people for who they are not what they are. He needs to move on and enjoy his life before he throws his football career away imo

  • Comment posted by Deggsa, at 01:47 2 Mar 2013

    SeanIreland93 Completely agree with you and BBW,McClean is a fool,the poppy is to commemorate any fallen soldier and a bunch of the brave lads and lasses were Northern Irish,the poppy is an emblem of respect and in no way political.

  • Comment posted by U15296211, at 00:10 2 Mar 2013

    Tired of McClean's antics at this stage, he has been bad both on and off the pitch this year and hes embarrassing to us Irish with his pro IRA crap and refusing to wear a poppy to honour soldiers who died so people like him could be free, total fool!

  • Comment posted by matt, at 08:54 2 Mar 2013

    mcclean is just a young man who has a lot to learn his opinions are his and he is entitled to them he is irish so he has a right to want it "united"anyway if i was mancini i would drive nasri to paris myself and dump him outside the ground and ian wright dont become a manager just coach some of these young forwards how to become good (walcott )

  • Comment posted by Plain Speaking, at 11:50 2 Mar 2013

    City are allowing Real Madrid to train at the Etihad to to "save" the Old Trafford pitch. Ferguson said it had "collapsed" during the Christmas period. Media trying to distort the truth again.

  • Comment posted by joe90andabit, at 05:10 2 Mar 2013

    @ seanireland93 and deggsa: I would agree about the poppy being about respect and rememberance, and the fact that tens of thousands of Irish men from the south and the north died in both world wars, if it were not for the fact that the selling of poppies in my school recently has become less about remeberance and more about recruitment. Very worrying indeed,

  • Comment posted by HOLDHOLL, at 11:05 2 Mar 2013

    @18

    I'm sure what you are saying are valid points but I cannot understand what you have written. You see, we use punctuation marks in sentences so we can see where sentences start/end and commas are used for breathing space. Try it, this could change your life. Use punctuation.

  • Comment posted by siorghra, at 09:23 2 Mar 2013

    Poppygate rears its ugly head again. McClean really should know better. In the public eye, it's best to keep your beliefs to yourself.


    Unfortunately in Northern Ireland the poppy is highly political. Like it or not, that's the way it is. People keep forgetting the British Army murdered many innocent civilians as well as treating Catholics like second class citizens, but this is a football forum.

  • Comment posted by whatyousay, at 06:49 2 Mar 2013

    Dennis Bergkamp....... What a legend. Not an Arsenal supporter but he was a classy footballer.

  • Comment posted by U15357596, at 06:39 2 Mar 2013

    couldnt care less if bergkamp doesnt know some football trivia. he is still one of the greatest footballers and my favourite footballer of all time (and i support Chelsea)

  • Comment posted by U15634017, at 02:28 2 Mar 2013

    @7 vpamw
    To be fair i didnt go onto the daily mirror website and read the story i just read the small part the bbc reported on the story which i now see was abit misleading.

  • Comment posted by U15511489, at 02:07 2 Mar 2013

    How can nasri play alongside beckham if beckam has only few months in his contract

  • Comment posted by U15435586, at 01:48 2 Mar 2013

    @3 from daily mirror
    [real madrid]"But they are training at City's ground rather than at United in order to preserve the playing surface at Old Trafford, which has cut up on several occasions already this season
    damn that selfish city helping out united

  • Comment posted by U15634017, at 00:27 2 Mar 2013

    @2 SeanIreland93
    Absolutely right McClean is a childish idiot who needs to learn some respect. His antic's are embarressing for sunderland and the irish people.

    Love it that city are so pathetic and obsessed with united that they are trying to help real madrid. But i guess city dont need there ground for champs league games these days

  • Comment posted by ZOLANUFFSAID, at 13:25 2 Mar 2013

    mcclean doesnt want to wear a poppy garbage again,what about mertesacker/balotelli/kagawa all wearing poppy's it's about respect to the dead.Irish included who fought with britain,if he doesnt like britain so much then move back to irlenad! simples

  • Comment posted by petemcfc, at 12:48 2 Mar 2013

    @42 Unfortunately, my translator that turns nonsense into legible sentences is malfunctioning. Is there any chance you could re-write and re-post in English? Thanks

  • Comment posted by U14863733, at 11:38 2 Mar 2013

    celtic wouldnt want grant holt they have better players at celtic park and signing a 31yr old would be a backward step

  • Comment posted by U15494610, at 11:06 2 Mar 2013

    funny how there's nothing on the bbc website about the Harry Redknapp scandal...

  • Comment posted by U15423424, at 10:16 2 Mar 2013

    If McClean has such a problem with Britain, why does he play football in Britain?

  • Comment posted by U15634137, at 09:54 2 Mar 2013

    Mc Clean should look at what happened Neil lennon.

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