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Departures Lounge: Shane Long set for Hull move?
Meanwhile, United are interested in re-signing Paul Pogba, while Stephen Ireland has signed permanently with Stoke.
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Jan 14th 2014, 2:53 PM
Departures Lounge: Matic on the verge of Premier League return
News on a former Chelsea midfielder coming back to the club and a current one on the way out.
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Jan 13th 2014, 3:21 PM
Departures Lounge: Will Marchisio be asked to solve United's midfield problems?
Plus, the latest on Shane Long and Aiden McGeady.
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Jan 9th 2014, 4:46 PM
Departures Lounge: Solskjaer close to signing former Man United pair
The recently-appointed Cardiff City boss is working hard to bring in new faces this month.
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Jan 6th 2014, 3:12 PM
Departures Lounge: Athletic Bilbao turn down United bid for Herrera
David Moyes is still scratching around for a midfielder but time is running out.
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Aug 30th 2013, 1:51 PM
Departures Lounge: Eto'o becomes Chelsea's latest acquisition
The former Barcelona striker’s arrival has been confirmed this afternoon.
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Aug 29th 2013, 3:50 PM
Departures Lounge: Pellegrini calls for reinforcements
Manchester City are after some defensive back-up in the shape of Martin Demichelis.
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Aug 27th 2013, 1:17 PM
Departures Lounge: Unsettled Ozil after a move to England
The German playmaker is interested in joining Manchester United, if reports in Spain are to be believed.
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Aug 26th 2013, 3:15 PM
Departures Lounge: Arsenal look to Benzema, Black Cats bag Greek midfielder
Having missed out on Gonzalo Higuain, Arsene Wenger is now believed to be keen on his former team-mate.
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Aug 22nd 2013, 2:51 PM
Departures Lounge: Saints splash out on Osvaldo, Spurs and Liverpool after Willian
We’re into the final fortnight of the transfer window.
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Aug 19th 2013, 12:44 PM
Departures Lounge: Arsenal look at alternatives to Suarez, Chelsea consider Eto'o bid
Meanwhile, Gareth Bale has reportedly told his Wales teammates that he’ll never play for Tottenham again.
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Aug 14th 2013, 2:18 PM
Departures Lounge: Arsenal settle for a lesser Luis as Dr House shrugs off Nani for Bale rumour
Here’s your daily sieve through the gloopy mess that is the transfer market.
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Aug 12th 2013, 3:55 PM
Departures Lounge: Suarez move is 'practically impossible'
Meanwhile, Spurs are reportedly asking as much as £100million for Gareth Bale.
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Aug 9th 2013, 5:55 PM
Departures Lounge: Tottenham want Luis Suarez to replace Gareth Bale
Spurs have accepted a bid of €100m plus striker Alvaro Morata for the Welsh winger, according to reports.
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Aug 1st 2013, 12:40 PM
Departures Lounge: Celtic bid for Doyle rejected, Everton prepare fresh McCarthy offer
Two Ireland players hoping for moves are included in this afternoon’s transfer gossip round-up.
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Jul 31st 2013, 12:52 PM
Departures Lounge: James Franco's brother can't see Chicharito leaving Manchester United
There’s that, plus talk of Modric being the new Fabregas and Valencia spending some hard-earned cash on Solomon Kalou.
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Jul 30th 2013, 6:15 PM
Departures Lounge: Ace Ventura gives Bale to Real Madrid his blessing
We’ve also got news on Nani, Newcastle and Liverpool’s pursuit of a Paraguayan full-back.
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Jul 29th 2013, 2:37 PM
Departures Lounge: Entourage's Ari Gold gives his expert thoughts
He is an agent, after all.
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Jul 25th 2013, 1:03 PM
Departures Lounge: Bill Murray on Reina, Bale and more
The Spanish keeper is off to Italy while Spurs’ talisman is believed to fancy a switch to Real Madrid after all.
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Jul 24th 2013, 2:15 PM
Departures Lounge: Karl Pilkington on Man City's latest targets
There’s also news on a Brazilian midfielder to Arsenal and where Ireland’s Conor Clifford could end up next.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 2:47 PM
Departures Lounge: Spain U20 captain arrives in England
Jack Nicholson, Will Smith and Alicia Silverstone feature in your latest lunchtime transfers and gifs mash-up.
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Jul 18th 2013, 1:54 PM
Departures Lounge: Jerry Seinfeld isn't having Cazorla to Atletico Madrid
We’ve also got George’s thoughts on the latest developments with Gonzalo Higuain and Kramer giving Gervinho’s move his seal of approval.
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Jul 17th 2013, 4:58 PM
Departures Lounge: Mike Tyson and Alan Rickman rate today's transfer rumours
Your daily dose of transfer tittle-tattle, as rated by the experts.
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Jul 16th 2013, 1:59 PM
Departures Lounge: United renew interest in Cesc Fabregas
Meanwhile, Liverpool are interested in Xherdan Shaqiri, and QPR want Richard Dunne.
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Jul 15th 2013, 12:58 PM
Departures Lounge: Cast of The Wire on the latest transfer rumours
Talk of Rooney to Chelsea, the type of signing that won’t get Arsenal fans excited and Man City close to getting their man.
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Jul 12th 2013, 1:35 PM
Departures Lounge: Katy Perry is over the moon with Sunderland's new arrival
The pop princess can hardly contain herself after news of the Black Cats’ latest signing.
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Jul 10th 2013, 2:29 PM
Departures Lounge: Emma Watson laughs off latest transfer speculation
We’ve also got news on Gareth Barry to Arsenal, Chelsea’s interest in Christian Benteke and Man City target Steven Jovetic.
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Jul 9th 2013, 1:46 PM
Departures Lounge: Dr Evil scoffs at a couple of today's transfer rumours
Arsenal have bid how much for Suarez?
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Jul 8th 2013, 2:29 PM
Departures Lounge: Sean Connery and Tina Fey rate the day's transfer tittle-tattle
Perch to Wigan, Shelvey to Swansea (probably) and the rest of Wednesday’s movers and shakers.
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Jul 3rd 2013, 3:05 PM
Departures Lounge: Nicholas Cage gives his verdict on Paulinho's Spurs move
Also, Wayne Rooney is linked with a move to Chelsea, while Bayern Munich want David Luiz.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 2:31 PM
Departures Lounge: Batman & Robin and a new dynamic duo for Spurs
All the day’s transfer gossip – now with added Big Lebowski gif.
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Jul 1st 2013, 1:36 PM
Departures Lounge: Black Cats want Huddlestone, Reds in talks with defender
We rate the transfer rumours of the day with gifs of Morgan Freeman, Roman Abramovich and Alan Carr.
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Jun 28th 2013, 3:40 PM
Departures Lounge: Steve Carrell and Mariah Carey on the latest transfer news
Andrei Arshavin returns to Russia, Spurs close in on Paulinho and Darren Bent could be off to Newcastle.
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Jun 27th 2013, 12:38 PM
Departures Lounge: Featuring Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman and Patrick
Our star-studded line-up analyse the transfer speculation of the day.
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Jun 26th 2013, 1:46 PM
Departures Lounge: Walter White and Nicki Minaj on the day's transfer gossip
The pair team up to run the rule over speculation about Luis Alberto, Luka Modric and Roque Santa Cruz.
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Jun 21st 2013, 2:47 PM
Departures Lounge: Daft Punk react to news that Higuain is off to Arsenal
The French duo give their thoughts on the likely arrival of a striker to North London.
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Jun 20th 2013, 2:58 PM
Departures Lounge: Homer Simpson, Jason Segel and David James on today's gossip
Spurs are interested in a Brazilian midfielder while Edison Cavani sounds keen on a move to Real Madrid.
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Jun 18th 2013, 2:45 PM
Departures Lounge: Chuck Norris, Jay-Z and Bill rate today's transfer tittle-tattle
Liverpool are looking for a goalscoring midfielder and a certain Armenian international fits the bill.
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Jun 17th 2013, 3:38 PM
The Departures Lounge: French revolution continues at 'Le Chateau Nouveau'
This is starting to get ridiculous.
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Jan 25th 2013, 1:56 PM
The Departures Lounge: Liverpool close in on Coutinho
The Brazilian international could soon become the second player to arrive at the club during this month’s window.
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Jan 21st 2013, 3:41 PM
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