Thursday's gossip column - transfers and rumours

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Everton are ready to make a triple swoop for Manchester City and England defender Joleon Lescott, 30, on loan, Paris Saint-Germain striker Kevin Gameiro  , 25, and Toulouse forward Wissam Ben Yedder   , 22.
Joleon Lescott
Joleon Lescott left Everton for Manchester City in a £22m deal in August 2009
Juventus are lining up a £90,000-a-week deal to persuade Arsenal and England winger Theo Walcott, 23, to join them in January.
The Italian giants also want to sign former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
Liverpool may try to keep Nuri Sahin, 24, at the end of his loan spell from Real Madrid but face competition from the Turkey midfielder's former club Borussia Dortmund.
Former Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, 31, could return to the Premier League to help Reading stay in the top flight, a year after the Russian's transfer to Spartak Moscow.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is going to use the sale of Portuguese winger Nani, 26, to fund the transfers of Porto's Colombian winger James Rodriguez   , 21, and Celtic's 21-year-old Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama.  

OTHER GOSSIP

Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola
Former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola is seen as a possible replacement for Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson will spend next week in New York - raising the intriguing possibility of fresh talks with former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal's players, including Germany forward Lukas Podolski, 27, and Spanish playmaker Santi Cazorla, 27, who both joined the club in the summer, are losing faith with the methods of manager Arsene Wenger.
Bradford City captain Gary Jones believes Arsenal's stars ought to be embarrassed by their Capital One Cup quarter-final exit at Valley Parade on Tuesday and said that 10-man Torquay United had put up more of a fight in League Two on Saturday.

AND FINALLY

Magician and Bradford fan Dynamo claims he helped his side to a shock victory over Arsenal by having a hand in Gunners defender Thomas Vermaelen's missed penalty.