Football Rumours

No doubt you will have heard about Trung Dung's takeover of Newcastle. The internal mood in St James' Park is that Ashley wants to sell it to Trung's consortium for £350 Million. The reason that this has not been so widely publicied is because Mr Dung wants to remain anonomous untill Firday. Mr Dung is making a offical announcement Tomorrow lunch time (Vietnamese Time). Ashley will sell the club to him and his consortium by mid next week. Lee Sinnott has been contacted and is ready to join the coaching staff if not actually taking over in the hot seat. Kinnear is aware of this and looking forward to working with Lee. Kinnear is happy about the situation and Mr Dung is one of the 8 investors ready to pounce that he mentioned the other day. Get ready Newcastle fans. Trung Dung is coming!

Walsall have signed Marco Reich

Walall have signed Sofiene Zaaboub

Walsall have signed Chris Palmer from Wycombe

jonas Olsson has moved to WBA

Preston are interested in WBA striker Bartosz Slusarski

- Roberto Mancini is hovering in the wings to take over at Liverpool.
- This weekend's two outbursts by Benitez were the final straw for Hicks and Gillette who have instructed Max Clifford's PR company to oversee the replacement of Benitez.
- Expect to see plenty of stories arguing that Hicks and Gillette are correct to over-rule Benitez in the next few days. You'll also start spotting cagey comments from Liverpool players during the international break.
- Mancini's success in Italy and strong sense of professionalism are what have marked him out. He has a good grasp of English and has expressed an interest in coaching a Premier League side with title aspirations.

Everton F.C are to this week confirm the signing of Michael Owen, Stéphane Mbia, Joe Ledley and Diego Milito. Any deal for João Moutinho is now dead in the water. Also Victor Anichebe will complete a move to Preston North End on his return from the Olympics.

Fulham have made a bid of 6M for Inter Milan CB Rivas Nelson Enrique Lopez. Rivas only started 19 games last season, and would like a move to improve his chances of becoming a regular for his country.

Derby County have completed the signing of out-of-contract West Brom defender Martin Albrechtsen.