Friday's gossip B*ll*x

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CITY BOLLOX
Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy says that he will quit international football with Wales if City qualify for the Champions League.Daily Mirror http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Cr ... 04985.html

Meanwhile the Times brings up old shyte with Adey 'interview' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 896073.ece

Former Manchester City defender Danny Mills will compete in April's Brighton Marathon in a wheelchair to help raise money for the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and football charity the National Association of Disabled Supporters. (The Sun)

Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor says that current Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas will be the next star to quit the Emirates if the club underachieve again this season.Daily Mirror http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Ce ... 04869.html

TRANSFER GOSSIP
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is planning a summer raid on Manchester United to sign defender Rio Ferdinand, who has recently endured a torrid few months for club and country.Daily Mail

Arsenal could also lose Fabregas' fellow Spanish midfielder Fran Merida, with Atletico Madrid set to step up their interest in the player.The Sun

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is keen on signing Torino's Italy Under-21 international defender Angelo Ogbonna.The Sun

Birmingham want to sign Seville striker Arouna Kone on loan.The Sun

Alternatively, City are planning a move for Salzburg striker Marc Janko.Daily Mirror

Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo has turned down the chance to join Middlesbrough.Daily Mirror

Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan has other targets in mind though, namely Manchester United striker Federico Macheda, who the Scot wants on loan. Daily Mail

Swansea are tracking Sheffield United's Welsh international winger David Cotterill.Daily Mirror

Derby boss Nigel Clough is planning a £500,000 swoop for Plymouth striker Jamie Mackie.Daily Mirror

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OTHER BOLLOX
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is wanted by Real Madrid as replacement for current boss Manuel Pellegrini.Daily Mail

Hull manager Phil Brown has been given only two games to save his job as the club look to consolidate in the wake of the departure of Paul Duffen as chairman.The Sun

Alternatively, Brown has just one game to avoid the sack, meaning he must get a positive result at Burnley on Saturday.Independent

However, if former Hull owner Adam Pearson returns to the club, Brown will be axed as manager regardless of whether he turns their fortunes around. Daily Mail

Another manager who is battling to save his job is Reading boss Brendan Rodgers, who has two games to save himself from the axe. Daily Mail

Notts County executive chairman Peter Trembling says the club backed away from appointing former Inter coach Roberto Mancini as boss at Meadow Lane because of the media interest it would generate.Guardian

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has denied suggestions that his poor form this season is because of continual transfer speculation linking him with a move to European champions Barcelona.The Sun

Liverpool's players have backed Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani, who has recovered from a broken ankle, to be the clubs trump card after he finally made his debut in the Carling Cup tie with Arsenal on Wednesday.Daily Mirror

Striker Marlon King will miss out on £2.7m in wages after his sacking by Wigan in the aftermath of his 18-month jail sentence for sexual assault. Daily Mirror

LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will miss England's friendly with Brazil in Doha on 14 November if Galaxy win their MLS play-off next week as they would next play again on the 12th. This will wreck his chances of breaking Peter Shilton's 125-cap record at the World Cup in South Africa next year.The Sun

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed international friendlies as money-making ventures for FA delegates, who fancy a "nice sunny trip". The Sun

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has phoned Sir Alex Ferguson, Sam Allardyce, Steve Bruce and Rafa Benitez to help defuse the row over comments attributed to him suggesting that the Manchester United, Blackburn and Sunderland boss were ganging up on Liverpool manager Benitez.The Sun

Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell's attempts to release his registration from Notts County have hit a snag as the club want him to agree to five-year gagging agreement preventing him talking about his time at Meadow Lane.The Sun

Arsenal striker Jay Simpson is aiming to be a hit in the Premier League next season, whether it be with the Gunners or at QPR, with whom he is currently on loan.Daily Mirror

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AND FINALLY
Sheffield United player-coach Gary Speed says the only training he is now doing is for the London Marathon. The former Newcastle midfielder, who has been recovering from a serious back injury suffered last November, is running the event for the Bobby Robson Foundation.Daily Mirror

Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri says he was so hungry to make his mark on his return to Arsenal's in the Carling Cup match with Liverpool on Wednesday he "wanted to eat the pitch". The Frenchman has been out for three months with a broken leg.The Sun

Portsmouth boss Paul Hart says he loves being kept in the dark over issues at Fratton Park as it makes his day more interesting. Hart admitted he had not been consulted over the appointment of Avram Grant as director of football in October and Pompey despite a transfer embargo being in place at the club since 15 October, Hart only found out about it on Tuesday.The Sun

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Mark Hughes believes that City's dazzling array of attacking talent has given his Champions League chasers the confidence to go for victory in every match.
The Blues boss signed Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez and Roque Santa Cruz in the summer with Robinho and Craig Bellamy already on board for a strike force to rival the best. Now, combined with a new mental toughness that permeates the whole team, Hughes reckons his Carling Cup quarter-finalists are perfectly equipped to be genuine winners this season.

As City prepared for Sunday's Premier League match at promoted Birmingham, the manager said: "With the quality of players we've got, we are always likely to score goals so we are always confident of going up against anybody. It's always difficult going to St Andrews but the way we are playing, we fancy ourselves against anybody. At home you expect Birmingham to be a big test but we go into games expecting to win, we don't just hope."

The Blues' last two away games at Aston Villa and Wigan have produced determined performances and priceless points from matches that might easily have been lost last season, he added. "Our resilience is the big difference away from home this year. We are going to need those qualities over a long hard season, because we are going to go to places where we are not in the ascendancy and we'll have to see games out."

City were able to rest players such as Bellamy for the 5-1 midweek win over Scunthorpe and Hughes was also able to take workaholic Gareth Barry off early with his work well done. Hughes said: "We'll be fresh and ready. The cup game was good for competition - a lot of guys are trying to get into the team, and it keeps them all on their toes. We're in good shape at the moment."

Lescott loves life at Eastlands
Manchester City - Joleon Lescott is convinced he can achieve success

Joleon Lescott feels he was harshly criticised over his move from Everton to Manchester City, but couldn’t be happier these days.

Lescott was accused of having a ‘poor attitude’ in the closing stages of his Goodison career, but he believes he deserved better after giving his all to the Everton cause.The City centre back also insists his switch from Merseyside to Manchester wasn’t about money – it was purely about ambition.

Lescott said: "Moving to City was one of the best days of my life. It was not about the money, I remember hearing one of the coaches at Everton had said that about me. And I thought, 'how could you say that when you know me as well as you do?'. "Believe me, I had a great contract at Everton. I didn't need any more.

"But City represented a chance to achieve real success faster than it was going to happen at Everton. People talk about David Moyes maybe one day going to Manchester United, and that's fine because managers can afford to wait. "But as a player you do not have that luxury, and I felt I couldn't wait. I felt that when I joined City, that they were better equipped than Everton to finish fourth.

"I reached the FA Cup final with them last season, which was an achievement. The next step is to win a trophy, and I sense that feeling. There are World Cup players here, winners here, and if we are all pushing in the same direction then we should achieve things,” added Lescott who was relieved to get his first City goal at the weekend after gaining a reputation as a goalscoring centre back at Everton. He said: "I did get a bit of a reputation for goals from set-pieces, so it is nice to have finally scored one for City. Every time I go up now someone on the bench says, you have to score. They think I should have scored a few more by now. "We work really hard in training on set-pieces, but at the moment we are more concerned with keeping clean sheets.”

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