Saturday Morning News, Blog and Gossip Round Up

Paul Scholes is ready to answer an SOS from Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and come out of retirement.
Full story: The Sun

Tottenham have emerged as contenders for the signature of Juventus winger Milos Krasic.
Full story: Metro

Manager Harry Redknapp is considering £10m-rated Fulham forward Moussa Dembele.
Full story: Daily Mirror

QPR are set to go head-to-head with Tottenham for the services of Blackburn star Junior Hoilett.
Full story: talkSPORT

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson hopes to sign Dundee United midfielder Scott Allan next week.
Full story: The Sun

Demba Ba, who is heading to the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, has put England’s top clubs on red alert after it emerged that he has a £10m release clause in his Newcastle contract.
Full story: Daily Mail

Harry Redknapp will not be signing is Santos star Ganso. Spurs had been linked with the 22-year-old Brazilian but the Spurs manager admitted he had never heard of him.
Full story: talkSPORT

Gary Cahill will miss the FA Cup third-round trip to Macclesfield and could be a Chelsea player by Sunday, according to Bolton boss Owen Coyle.
Full story: Manchester Evening News

Arsenal are looking at Lyon defender Aly Cissokho as they seek a left-back on loan.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Liverpool have held talks with the representatives of Colombian international striker Jackson Martinez.
Full story: Daily Mail

Everton manager David Moyes has had to rethink his transfer strategy after defender Phil Jagielka was ruled out for six weeks.
Full story: Guardian

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has expressed concern at the spending limitations being placed on him.
Full story: Independent

Thierry Henry says returning to ­Arsenal is not about being a hero but a glorious ­opportunity to ­represent the club he loves again. Full story: Evening Standard

Tottenham will hold talks with Mayor of London Boris Johnson to discuss an £18m ‘final offer’ from the public purse to fund the club’s planned stadium development.
Full story: Goal.com

Blogs from Football Friends

Now that we’re into the New Year, it’s time to look back on the year that was 2011 and pick out the players that made the year their own. 

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

Tottenham kick off their FA Cup campaign this weekend and welcome an in-form Cheltenham Town side to White Hart Lane.

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

Thierry Henry completed his much awaited move to Arsenal on a two month loan deal from MLS side New York Red Bulls.

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

January is finally upon us and we all know what that means; the re-opening of the transfer window. 31 days of gossip fuelled news and players making the moves from club-to-club, either on loan or permanently. But, who does need to sign who before February 1st? Find out below.

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

Like it or not, the English League Cup, or Carling Cup as it is now known, is not considered a major trophy by some managers, with Arsene Wenger relaying to the press last year that, “winning it would not end his trophy drought”.

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

La Liga took its month-long break over the festive period with Messi, Ronaldo, et al. kicking back and relaxing while the Premier League pushed into its most intense and exciting three weeks of the season.

Full story: FootballFriendsonline.com

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