SPORTS AND GAME, GOSSIPS AND TRANSFERS (Thursday)

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko can fire his team to the Premier League title if he joins in a £35m deal.Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal are set to sell 20-year-old Norwegian defender Havard Nordtveit to German side Borussia Monchengladbach in an £800,000 deal.Full story: Daily Mail

Fulham boss Mark Hughes is lining up a £2m move for Cardiff striker Jay Bothroyd.Full story: The Sun

Italian Serie A side Bari are poised to swoop for Wigan's Argentine striker Mauro Boselli, who has scored just once since arriving for £6m last summer.Full story: The Sun

Tottenham head a list of Premier League clubs who have registered an interest in bringing David Beckham back to English football. Beckham is in talks with LA Galaxy about making a two-month loan move to Europe before the MLS season kicks off in March.

Full story: Daily Express

OTHER GOSSIP

Teenage Manchester United striker Federico Macheda, 19, wants to head for his native Italy on loan. Macheda's agent Marcello Bonetto said: "Alex Ferguson said Kiko can go for six months to gain experience."Full story: The Sun

Under-fire Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier may be running out of time to turn things around at Villa Park with club owner Randy Lerner growing increasingly concerned with his team's league position.Full story: Daily Mail

Gunners Miss Their Chance
Arsenal could have turned the Premier League into a threeway dogfight at the top of the table, but they failed to overcome ten-man Wigan. An early penalty put the Latics ahead before Arshavin and Bendtner had the Londoners in control, but a Squillaci own goal ensured a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw...

Stunned & Sunk At Anfield
Liverpool's season has hit another low as they were defeated 1-0 by Wolverhampton, who were sitting in last place at the start of play, at Anfield. It was a sorry performance from the Reds, who succumbed to a goal from Stephen Ward despite starting Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres

Blues End Barren Run
Chelsea's astonishing freefall had seen them go winless in six Premier League matches, but the Blues finally gained a full three points by edging Bolton 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. Florent Malouda scored the lone goal of the contest early in the second-half...

PLAYER OF THE SEASON SO FAR!
Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has been voted as 2010-11 Premier League Player of the Season so far by Goal.com readers.


Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rafael van der Vaart had to settle for second place, with Menchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov finishing in third position.

The vote that ran for the best part of three days was completely dominated by the winner. Nasri won a whopping 39.57 per cent (4503 votes) of the vote.

Runner-up Van der Vaart collected 13.07 per cent (1487) of the votes, with number three Berbatov taking home 12.13 per cent (1380). No other player reached double figures.

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic finished fourth with only one vote more than number five Gareth Bale. The Tottenham winger accumulated 959 votes, while Vidic collected 960 votes.