Press Watch: Everton 'want to offload Ferguson'
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Your support makes all the difference.Duncan Ferguson, once an Everton icon, looks to have a limited future at Goodison Park even though his long struggle for fitness seems to have been won. According to The People, Everton want the Scottish striker's substantial salary off their wage bill and may not wait until the next transfer window in January. The report says two Nationwide clubs want to take Ferguson on loan and that would suit Everton, who are willing to let fringe striker Nick Chadwick go on the same basis.
The News of the World says Newcastle wanted to offload nine players before the transfer deadline, even alerting rivals Sunderland to their list of available names, but could not shift one because of high wage demands. Nikos Dabizas, it is reported, refused to contemplate offers below £500,000-a-year.
West Ham's determination to appoint Alan Pardew as their new manager is highlighted by the Sunday Express, which says the Hammers' summer sales have given them the financial muscle to satisfy any Reading demand for compensation, although the News of the World reckons West Ham will offer only £250,000 and turn to Gary Megson of West Bromwich Albion if the bid fails.
The Express, which tips Lawrie Sanchez as a likely candidate for the Madejski Stadium should Pardew leave, puts Nottingham Forest's Paul Hart and Steve Coppell of Brighton on the West Ham shortlist along with Megson, while the News of the World has Rushden manager Brian Talbot in the frame too.
Fabrizio Ravanelli, axed in Derby's summer purge, has returned to the East Midlands to take his children back to school and wants another English club, reports the People. The striker would happily accept a fraction of his £40,000-a-week Derby salary.
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