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Derby manager Nigel Clough is leading the chase for Notts County keeper Kasper Schmeichel. The Dane, 23, has been paid up by the League Two champions and is available on a free transfer. Birmingham and Tottenham are also interested in Schmeichel. Derby have opened talks to sign on-loan Wigan striker Tomasz Cywka, 21, on a permanent basis.

Source: Daily Mail

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish admitted Joe Hart would return to Manchester City next season as their No 1 keeper following Shay Given’s injury. McLeish will approach Manchester United about taking Ben Foster on a season-long loan.

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According to German daily Bild, Manchester City are one of four clubs fighting it out to sign experienced Schalke striker Kevin Kuranyi. The 28 year-old is one of the Bundesliga’s top scorers this season with 18 goals so far for title-chasing Schalke. After ten successful years in Germany’s top division, where he has scored over 100 goals, it is thought that Kuranyi is keen to take up the challenge of playing abroad. Kuranyi’s Schalke contract expires at the end of the season, meaning that the experienced front man would be available for free, a transfer hinging on a lucrative wage packet. Bild speculates that Manchester City will compete with Turkish giants Besiktas and Fenerbahce along with Dynamo Moscow to offer a deal worth at least 6 million Euros per season to capture the striker.

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Borussia Dortmund have warned Manchester United that they will need deep pockets to sign Neven Subotic. Reports in Germany claim the Barclays Premier League champions have joined Arsenal and Manchester City in the race for 21-year-old centre half. It is thought bids approaching £20million would be needed to land Subotic, who partners United’s Nemanja Vidic in the Serbia defence. But Dortmund managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke warned: ‘If Manchester want to have him, they have to sign over two oil fields to us. Or cart over at least two big lorries tightly packed full of English banknotes. ‘We have no intention to sell the player, he is under contract.’

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Manchester United have been linked with a £17million move for Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra. Liverpool are also said to be tracking the tough-tackling France international but could be priced out of a move for the former Arsenal, Chelsea and Portsmouth player. The 25-year-old impressed in La Liga after moving to Madrid from Pompey in a £20m deal 15 months ago, but he has grown frustrated at losing his place to Fernando Gago.

Source: Daily Mail