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Gossip column: Pique, Khedira, Neves, Lamela, Ferdinand

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News Gossip column: Pique, Khedira, Neves, Lamela, Ferdinand
OCT 21, 2014 LISTEN

Manchester United are planning a £20m move to bring Barcelona defender Gerard Pique back to Old Trafford. The 27-year-old moved to the Nou Camp in 2008.

(Daily Star)  
United will offer Real Madrid's 27-year-old anchorman Sami Khedira a contract worth £5.5m a year to try and beat Chelsea and Arsenal in the queue.  

Defender Rio Ferdinand could be offloaded by QPR in January after six months at Loftus Road. The former England captain, who turns 36 in November, could be replaced by Porto's Rolando, 29, or West Ham's 26-year-old Winston Reid.

(Daily Mirror)  
Liverpool will compete with Juventus and several Spanish sides for the signature of Porto's 17-year-old midfielder Ruben Neves.

(Daily Mirror)  
Leeds are pondering a loan move for Slovenian midfielder Josip Ilicic, 26, who has fallen out of favour at Fiorentina.

(Tuttomercatoweb)  
Former Real Madrid striker Raul, whose last club was Qatari side Al-Saad, is set to sign a deal with North American Soccer League side New York Cosmos. The 37-year-old will also have a role at the club's academy.

(ESPN FC)   OTHER GOSSIP
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said that he would like to manage in Spain one day as he prepares to face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.

(AS)  
The Sun's back page on Tuesday
Burton Albion boss Gary Rowett is the man most likely to fill the vacant Birmingham City manager's post after Lee Clark was sacked on Monday.

(The Times)  
Tottenham playmaker Erik Lamela, 22, believes that Spurs can secure a top-four Premier League finish to qualify for next season's Champions League despite their 4-1 weekend defeat by champions Manchester City.

(London Evening Standard)  
CSKA Moscow striker Ahmed Musa, 22, has pinpointed Manchester City's “very weak” defence before the teams' meeting in the Russian capital on Tuesday.

(Manchester Evening News)  
Sunderland winger Will Buckley, 24, denies his side gave up during Saturday's 8-0 thrashing away to Southampton.

(Evening Chronicle)   BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
West Brom mocked Manchester United substitute Marouane Fellaini only for the Belgian to then

score a superb equaliser just a few minutes after his arrival into the action.  

United reserve goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard was one of those to take offence at West Brom's tweet, saying it showed

“a complete lack of knowledge, class and respect.”   AND FINALLY

Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all turned down the chance to sign Raheem Sterling, 19, before the winger joined Liverpool from QPR for an initial £500,000 in 2012.

(Daily Express)  

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