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Through the winter transfer window, the "Liverpool" team leaders will offer £18 million to the London "West Ham" club for striker Carlton Cole and midfielder Valon Behrami ("Caught Offside").
The "Reds" will also try to acquire 17-year-old Spanish player Inigo Ruiz De Galarreta, who is being actively monitored by many of Europe's football giants. The midfielder made his debut in preseason matches for Bilbao "Athletic" ("Caught Offside").
"Man Utd", "Liverpool", and Turin's "Juventus" are competing for the right to buy Madrid's "Real" and French national team striker Karim Benzema ("Caught Offside").
"Man Utd" owners will soon try to attract Panathinaikos' midfielder Sotiris Ninis to their team ("IM Scouting").
"Marseille" is targeting "Wigan" midfielder Charles N'Zogbia ("Talk Sport").
The new Birmingham "Aston Villa" manager Gerard Houllier has become the highest-paid coach in the club's history. The Frenchman will receive almost £8 million over three years ("Daily Mirror").
Former England national team coach, and now in charge of "Wolfsburg", Steve McClaren admitted that the "pressure is mounting" after his team's third consecutive defeat in the German "Bundesliga" championship ("Daily Mail").
