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Rumours on Saturday 1st September 2007

last updated Saturday 01st September 2007, 9:40 AM

All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

  • Ronaldinho has agreed to join Chelsea from Barcelona - next season (Express)


  • Rangers' new loan signing Amdy Faye says his former Newcastle boss Graeme Souness persuaded him to move to Ibrox (Record)


  • Celtic are furious at Bobo Balde turning down a loan move to Sunderland, despite not having played a first-team game since last December (Record)


  • Southend initially rejected Barnsley's second bid for Jamal Campbell-Ryce after it was smaller than their first offer (Sun).
OTHER GOSSIP
  • Accrington Stanley are in danger of going out of business for a second time. Chairman Eric Whalley says their financial situation is the worst it has been since their Unibond League days (Mail)


  • FA Chief executive Brian Barwick says Michel Platini's plan to award a Champions League place to the FA Cup winners is "perfectly reasonable" (Mail)


  • Arsene Wenger will sign a new three-year deal at Arsenal next week (Express)


  • PFA chief Gordon Taylor wants annual heart checks for players to become compulsory after the number of recent health scares (Express)


  • Derby boss Billy Davies says the step up from Championship to Premier League is like moving from primary school to secondary school (Guardian)


  • Sir Alex Ferguson says it was "amazing" no-one was killed in crowd trouble when Manchester United visited Roma last season, and he hopes lessons have been learnt for their return there this season (Independent)


  • Thierry Henry will make his Barcelona debut this weekend against Athletic Bilbao as Samuel Eto'o is out for two months with a thigh injury (Independent)


  • Bolton boss Sammy Lee has hit out at what he calls "malignant rumours" coming from the dressing room about player selection (Mirror)


  • Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits he is "surprised" by the decision of his number two Pako Ayesteran to leave the club, having worked with him for 11 years (Sun)


  • Aston Villa's Ashley Young says he thought it was a joke when he was told Steve McClaren had phoned up to say he was in the England squad (Sun)


  • Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says he offered to pay Blackburn compensation after changing his mind about taking the manager's job in 1997 - but the club said no (Star).
AND FINALLY...
  • Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was refused entry to a nightclub after the Carling Cup win over Barnsley because he was wearing a football shirt. But once he was allowed in, he bought drinks for 150 fans and left a £500 tip for the bar staff (Mail).
























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