Wednesday's paper gossip round-up
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 7:56 PM | by Daniel Whiteway Today's rumours are bought to you in association with the concept of deja vu.
Manchester United are increasing their efforts to sign Porto winger James Rodriguez, 20, after having a £30m bid rejected.
French winger Florent Malouda, 32, is likely to leave Chelsea after starting negotiations with Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.
Manchester City could move for Brazilian full-back Daniel Alves, 29, after he fell out with Barcelona officials by playing in a friendly without permission.
Liverpool have not given up hope of winning the race to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson, 22, but will not bow to his wage demands to prevent him from signing for Tottenham.
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Arsenal want to offload Denilson, Carlos Vela, Sebastien Squillaci, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Park Chu-young and Johan Djourou in a attempt to cut the club's wage bill .
But the Gunners are resigned to losing Robin van Persie, 28, after completing the £13m signing of French striker Olivier Giroud from Marseille.
Branislav Ivanovic has told Tottenham's Luka Modric, 26, to join Chelsea instead of Manchester United or Real Madrid.
Arsenal have cooled their interest in Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila, 21, after he fell out with France coach Laurent Blanc.
Inter Milan are in talks to sign Manchester City's 27-year-old midfielder Nigel de Jong .
Brazil striker Alexandre Pato, 22, fancies a transfer to the Premier League when his AC Milan contract expires in 2014.
Stoke City are interested in signing Houston Dynamo's 26-year-old central defender Geoff Cameron.
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