Last updated: 14:39 10/1/13 Well, well, well. The League Cup semi-final yesterday was a shock, no? Expect to see a few people claiming that Chelsea want Michu in the next few days.
Transfers
Leeds United have signed former Stoke City midfielder
Michael Tonge on a two-and-a-half year contract. The 29-year-old has left for an undisclosed fee.
Official News
Despite attention from elsewhere, Southampton's
Luke Shaw has
committed himself to the club by signing a long-term deal. The left-back was wanted by Arsenal.
The Rumour Mill
Manchester United are the talk of the town today. Both
The Times (warning: paywall) and
the Sun has said (again) that they are likely to sign
Wilfried Zaha on a £12m deal. The
Metro claims that they are also looking to sign Chelsea stars
Frank Lampard and
Ashley Cole, whose contracts both end in the summer. Finally,
talkSPORT believes that Sir Alex Ferguson has sent bis brother to Spain after expressing an interest in Rayo Vallecano striker
Leo Baptistao. With a strike force like United's, however, it's unclear as to where he'll fit into Fergie's plans. According to the
Evening Standard, Harry Redknapp wants to sign skulking mercenary
William Gallas. The 35-year-old defender has already played at Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham, with Spurs unlikely to offer him a new contract in the summer. QPR have also put in a £5m bid for West Brom's
Jonas Olsson. The Swedish defender's current contract means that he will have a £4m buy-out clause in the summer, according to the
Daily Mirror. There are conflicting reports over the future of Internacional striker and Spurs target
Leandro Damaio. The
Daily Mail claims that the Brazillian wants to stay at his current club, while
the Sun believes that he is "ready for an approach" from Tottenham.
talkSPORT claims that West Ham are ready to move for Everton centre-back
Silvain Distin. However,
the Sun believes that the 35-year-old is ready to commit his future to the Merseyside club.