1. Rangers have accepted a £10m loan from Newcastle United chairman Mike Ashley.
2. Manchester United are allowing Darren Fletcher to leave the club for free in this transfer window.
3. Victor Valdes gave a team talk before his first game that left his fellow Manchester United players ‘in awe.’
4. Senegal coach Alain Giresse is angry that West Ham played striker Diafra Sakho after he pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations.
5. Gary Lineker is rumoured to be interested in becoming the new football anchor for BT Sport’s Champions League coverage.
6. VIDEO – The last few minutes of this Albanian league game were farcical, match-fixing or pure ineptness? (Telegraph)
7. Google have trolled Tottenham by using the club as a definition for ‘lackadaisical.’ (Metro)
8. Wealdstone FC are back in the news, this time with them scoring a possible phantom goal. (Mirror)
9. Top notch time wasting here as Brazilian U20 Wallace gets sent off. He then decides to lie down on the field and wait for a stretcher. (Telegraph)
10. Radio DJ Danny Kelly has described Women’s Football as ‘naff’ and ‘no better than Sunday league.’ (Mirror)
5 Transfer Rumours that won’t go away:
1. Jordy Clasie – Feyenoord to Southampton – Undisclosed
2. Jorge Mere & David Concha – Sporting Gijon/Santander to Newcastle United – Undisclosed
3. Aleksandar Dragovic – Dynamo Kiev to Manchester United – £15 million
4. Andre Schuerrle – Chelsea to Wolfsburg – £30 million
5. Vlad Chiriches – Tottenham to Roma – Undisclosed
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