Sunday's gossip column

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NEWCASTLE GOSSIP

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley will put the club up for sale, with a rich individual from China and a consortium from the north-east having expressed preliminary interest in buying him out. (Mail on Sunday)

Ashley is ready to tell fans baying for his blood: Give me £1,000 each and you can run the club yourselves. (News of the World)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill wants to sign Wigan striker Emile Heskey for £3m but faces competition from the forward's former club Liverpool. (News of the World)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce will bid £6m for Middlesbrough striker Mido in January. Bruce wants the Egyptian to replace Heskey, who has a clause in his contract allowing him to leave at the end of the season. (The People)

Arsenal will go head-to-head with Manchester United for £16m-rated Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso. (News of the World)

Sunderland will have to smash their record transfer fee and pay £13m to make French striker Djibril Cisse's loan move permanent. (The People)

Manchester City have offered their 19-year-old striker Daniel Sturridge a £1.2m-a-year deal in a bid to thwart the attentions of Chelsea. (News of the World)

Blackburn boss Paul Ince is chasing versatile attacker Ugur Yildirim as the Dutchman, who plays for Turkish club Sivasspor, wants to play in England. (The People)

Chelsea are ready to make a £2m move for Wolves' 15-year-old attacker Zele Ismail - the hot prospect dubbed the next Theo Walcott. (The People)

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Brentford and MK Dons boss Martin Allen will be appointed new boss of Cheltenham on Monday. (News of the World)

Arsene Wenger has called on football's governing bodies to strengthen their enforcement of transfer regulations in response to the growing influx of foreign money in the English game. (The Observer)

Striker Alessandro Del Piero has hinted he might seek a move to the Premier League when his contract with Juventus expires in 2010. (The Observer)

AND FINALLY

Everton manager David Moyes has stunned the Goodison Park board by missing out on £200,000 in wages. Everton chiefs expect Moyes to sign the record-breaking five-year deal but are struggling to understand why he has left the £60,000-a-week package untouched for nearly seven weeks. (News of the World)