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- Arsenal are ready to make a £10m January transfer move for versatile Fiorentina star Juan Manuel Vargas. 
 - Arsenal are rumoured to be monitoring Barcelona youngster Rafa Alcantara with a view to making a move to capture the teenager in the January transfer window. 
 - Striker Michael Owen has hinted that he will leave Manchester United next summer to get more playing time in the final years of his career.                 
 - Manchester City youngster Gai Assulin says is he considering his future at the club already - just under a year after signing for Roberto Mancini's side from Barcelona. 
 - Birmingham could hand a new deal to out-of-contract James McFadden. The Scotland forward has been out for a year with a knee injury but is now training with his old team-mates.                                                            
 - Aston Villa are set to go head-to-head with Italian side Napoli to sign Rosenborg and Norway midfielder Markus Henriksen. 
 
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 - Tottenham are plotting a cut-price January move for striker Eder Lopes, whose Portuguese side Academica de Coimbra would rather sell than lose him on a free in the summer.                  
 
- Newcastle defender Danny Simpson believes the club can 'do a Birmingham' and win the Carling Cup because the top clubs' current interests lie elsewhere. 
 
- Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has tipped Owen Hargreaves for an England recall after watching his stunning comeback from injury in City's 2-0 Carling Cup win over Birmingham.