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Jol for Newcastle; Chelsea to lose Shev; double swoop for Spurs star; Sunderland's £5m target

Plenty of hot gossip and rumours in the papers today, as ever. Whether any of it is actually true is another matter. AC Milan, Reading, Bolton, Machester City and Fulham also get a mention.

by Mark Rivlin on 29 December 2007

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Martin Jol: Magpies swoop? (gettyimages.com)

Former Spurs boss Martin Jol is ready to take over from Sam Allardyce should he get the boot from Newcastle (The Sun). Hmm, the only thing that Jol would have in common up there is that his accent is not dissimilar to the fans'. Hum the tune 'Jol never walk alone' and you can see what I mean.

Chelsea boss Avram Grant says he has spoken to owner Roman Abramovich about bringing in more players in the transfer window (various). He's not called Grant for nothing.

AC Milan want to take Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko back to the San Siro in January (The Sun). I'm sure Blues fans would be inconsolable at that thought.

'Joey Barton involved in a row? Newspaper title-tattle!'

Reading's Stephen Hunt could be on the verge of a £5m move to Sunderland (The Sun). Ah, yesterday it was Robbie Savage and today the feisty wide man. Are Sunderland really that desperate that they need these two troublemakers? Better for Roy Keane and Co to join the League Against Cruel Sports and not have anything to do with the Hunt.

Bolton's Spanish midfielder Ivan Campo wants to return home to Real Sociedad (Daily Mirror). Yesterday we were linking him with Sheffield United and now Sociedad...the lad's a real Blades runner (get on with it, enough puns, ed). Meanwhile, Reebok striker Nicolas Anelka will join Chelsea in the January transfer window for £10m (Daily Star). That takes care of the first 20 seconds of the Grant-Abramovich chat, then.

Manchester City and Newcastle both want Tottenham full-back Pascal Chimbonda (Daily Mirror). I'll bet a few other clubs do, too. Spurs would be crazy to let him go. Newcastle's Joey Barton had a row with boss Sam Allardyce hours before he was arrested (Daily Mirror). Oh now come on, Barton involved in a row? Newspaper title-tattle!

New Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will earn a £1m bonus if he keeps his new employers in the Premier League (Daily Mail) Dear old Mohammed Al Fayed, making promises he knows he won't have to fulfil.

Finally, Sven-Goran Eriksson followed Liverpool as a youngster (Daily Mirror). Yes, no surprises there. There's nothing the Manchester City boss likes more than painting the town red.

Comments (3)

by supernatural on December 29, 2007

martin jol ??? stupid thinking.. never ever improve, maybe lippi will be good idea!!!

by paul on December 29, 2007

We are in the market for a rightback and have signed gunter so it wouldnt be a surprise if chimbonda was off. As much as i like him as a player he seems to be the kind of player who goes where the money is,just ask wigan fans!

by Steve on December 29, 2007

To be perfectly honest, i like Chimbonda, but he's not the answer to our right-back role. I don't know loads about Chris Gunter, but from what i've been told, he's mustard so no worries there. I still keep hearing about a certain Daniel Alvez on his way out of his current club, Sevilla and wants to join up with Ramos at WHL! Don't know how true this is but i would like to think bang on correct!