Saturday's gossip column: Hummels, Eto'o, Mancini

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TRANSFER GOSSIP

Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 25, could snub Manchester United's interest if they fail to reach next season's Champions League.

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Cardiff striker Craig Bellamy, 34, has hinted that he could retire at the end of the season if they avoid Premier League relegation.

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Etienne Capoue joined Tottenham from Toulouse last summer

Inter Milan are interested in signing Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o, 32, and Tottenham's 25-year-old midfielder Etienne Capoue this summer.

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Arsenal are planning a £15m bid for Real Madrid's 21-year-old Spanish striker Alvaro Morata in the summer transfer window.

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Roberto Soldado, 28, could be offered an escape route from Tottenham after just one disappointing season. Atletico Madrid are considering the misfiring Spurs forward as a cut-price summer replacement for in-demand 25-year-old striker Diego Costa.

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Barcelona have won the race to sign 17-year-old Croatia midfielder Alen Halilovic from Dinamo Zagreb, seeing off rival interest from Manchester United and Manchester City.

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Championship rivals Nottingham Forest and Leeds are battling to sign 25-year-old West Ham midfielder Jack Collison on loan.

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Liverpool could bid for Cardiff City defender Steven Caulker, 22, if the Bluebirds are relegated from the Premier League this season.

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Alen Halilovic has won three caps for Croatia

Stoke midfielder Steven Nzonzi, 25, wants a move at the end of the season after a meeting with boss Mark Hughes.

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Manchester United manager David Moyes was in Germany on Friday night to watch £10m-rated centre-half Matthias Ginter, 20, play for Freiburg against Hertha Berlin.

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Liverpool and Manchester United are keeping tabs on Inter Milan's 19-year-old defender Ibrahima Mbaye, who is currently on loan at Serie A club Livorno.

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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is keen on a move for Wolfsburg's 34-year-old striker Ivica Olic, whose contract at the Bundesliga club expires at the end of the season.

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OTHER GOSSIP

Santi Cazorla is ready to sign a new deal that will keep him at Arsenal until 2017. The 29-year-old's new contract is set to be announced alongside improved deals for Per Mertesacker, 29, and Tomas Rosicky, 33.

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The Football Association does not expect Wednesday's friendly against Denmark at Wembley - their penultimate home match before the World Cup - to sell out.

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Harry Redknapp will discuss his future as Queens Park Rangers manager at the end of this season, should the Championship club fail to achieve promotion to the Premier League.

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Roberto Mancini was sacked as Manchester City manager last May

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes it will take £200m for under-fire boss David Moyes to put Manchester United back on top.

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Former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, now in charge at Turkish club Galatasaray, has told Tottenham he wants to become their manager at the end of the season.

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Manchester United could play a series of lucrative friendlies abroad next season to try and offset the financial loss facing them if they fail to qualify for Europe.

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Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend believes he can see off competition from Liverpool's Raheem Sterling and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for a place in England's World Cup squad.

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Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, 33, remains coy over his future at Old Trafford.

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AND FINALLY

Crawley have made head groundsman Matt Moss redundant after being asked to explain a series of postponements by the Football League. The League One club have called off five home games in nine weeks.

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