Tuesday's gossip column

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes will make a new bid for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz in the January transfer window and Werder Bremen midfielder Torsten Frings and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry are also among his targets. (Daily Express)


Hughes is also looking for an experienced goalkeeper to cover for Joe Hart. (Daily Express)

Unsettled Stoke striker Dave Kitson is considering his future at the club after only three months at the Britannia Stadium because he is not enjoying life in the north. (Daily Mirror)

Derby boss Paul Jewell is planning a January swoop for Leicester striker Matt Fryatt. (Daily Mirror)

OTHER GOSSIP
Tottenham are set to fire sporting director Damien Comolli, who has angered manager Juan Ramos with his transfer dealings. (The Sun)

But Ramos has been given a personal assurance by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy that he will be given time to turn the club around. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham's first-team coach Gus Poyet is the man most likely to replace Ramos if the Spaniard does leave White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror)

Spurs £15m winger David Bentley is furious with Ramos because he feels his manager's rotation policy is the reason he has been left out of Fabio Capello's latest England squad. (Daily Express)

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Chelsea's Frank Lampard will get one last chance to prove they can play together in midfield for England in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan. (Various)

Capello is considering phoning Newcastle striker Michael Owen to clarify that he has a future with England and has only been left out of his latest squad because of form and fitness. (Daily Mail)

Former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce says Magpies owner Mike Ashley only ever bought the club to make money. (Various)

Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear has escaped punishment after being asked by a policeman to move away from the touchline during Sunday's 2-2 draw with Everton. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones, who is recovering from a knee injury sustained playing against England in June, is to spend the week training with the Trinidad & Tobago squad but the Black Cats have sent a club physio to monitor his fitness. (Daily Mirror)

England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence has told Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia to forget about switching his allegiance from his native Spain to England despite becoming eligible for a British passport next summer. (Daily Mirror)

Or, Capello will consider picking Almunia for England if he presses ahead with plans to become a British citizen. (Daily Mail)