Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to sign Junior Hoilett from Blackburn?

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<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.24.1.1/67321?ns=guardian&pageName=Football+transfer+rumours%3A+Arsenal+to+sign+Junior+Hoilett+from+Blackburn%3AArticle%3A1743107&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Football%2CSport%2CTransfer+window+%28football%29&c5=Premier+League&c6=Paul+Doyle&c7=12-May-10&c8=1743107&c9=Article&c10=Feature&c11=Football&c13=Rumour+Mill+%28series%29&c25=&c30=content&c42=Sport&h2=GU%2FSport%2FFootball%2FTransfer+window" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">Today's rumours are undermanned</p><p>Treacherous English tabloid the Sun has only gone and boosted the chances of <strong>a GERMAN team</strong> beating brave Londoners Chelsea in the fortcoming Champions League final by revealing this morning that Roberto Di Matteo is "a goner" no matter what happens at the Munich showpiece. The exclusive disclosure that the manager will not be round next season is sure to trigger the same sort of panic attack that Tottenham players supposedly suffered when they were led to believe that Harry Redknapp would be moving on. If even the ferocious English terrier Scott Parkercould not hold the Tottenham troops together, then Chelsea, who will be deprived of the suspended lionheart John Terry for the final, are certain to collapse like so much foreign-built blancmange.</p><p></p><p>"Roberto has tried to talk to the club's hierarchy about pre-season training for next season but has been given very short shrift," the Sun quote a club insisder as saying. "That has convinced him that he really is just an interim manager, filling the post until a full-time appointment can be made." The Sun says that one of the favourites to get the job full-time is Laurent Blanc, whose France side will play <strong>AGAINST ENGLAND</strong> at this summer's Euros, no doubt with Le Turncoat Tabloid cheering them on.</p><p></p><p>Still, if Di Matteo does get the boot from the Bridge, he could always consider applying for a return to the Hawthorns. The only problem for Di Matteo is that, according to other organs, West Brom have <strong>their heart set on Gus Poyet</strong>. But they may not get him, as fellow Midlanders Wolves and Aston Villa are said to want Poyet to bring them some Brighton-style loving too. From that you may deduce that the writing is on the wall for Alex McLeish, as well as on vandalised bedsheets heldup by disenchanted ultras at Villa Park.</p><p></p><p>"D'oh!" might very well be the reaction of <strong>Danny Simpson</strong> upon finding out via today's papers that his haggling for an improved contract at Newcastle has convinced the club's bosses its time to offload him. Whether he will turn to twitter and seek succour in the writings of Nietzsche, Morrissey and Joey Barton but apparently he will be joined on the Newcastle scrapheap by Leon Best, of whom the club want rid even though he had not demanded a pay rise and has scored twice as many Premier League goals this season as Shola Ameobi. On his way into the Mike Ashley Arena, meanwhile, is Ajax's Danish defender Nicolai Boileson, who, just to recap, is Danish and a defender.</p><p></p><p>The second team in Manchester are hoping to emerge from the shadow of neighbours Manchester City by signing 18-year-old Chilean striker <strong>Angelo Henriquez</strong>. The only snag is that Borussia Dortmund want the youngster too and may insist on United pulling out of contention as a condition for selling United Shinji Kagawa. But maybe United don't really want the Chilean but just want Dortmund to think that they do so that United can then withdraw their interest and make it look like they've done Dortmund a favour. Yes, perhaps hanging around Roberto Mancini has made Ferguson better at this mind-games lark.</p><p></p><p>But there'll be no psychological ploys when Ferguson heads over to Goodison Park to negotiate the purchase of Leighton Baines: y<strong>ou can't out-eyeball David Moyes</strong>. Cash is the key, and the Daily Mirror reckons Ferguson is about to offer £10m to Everton. He might also consider improving his squad by acquiring some of City's cast-offs: the Mirror claims Mancini is to jettison Nigel De Jong, Eden Dzeko, Adam Johnson, Kolo Toure and Stefan Savic.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile back in London, despite being on the verge of bottling qualification for the Champions League, Arsenal plan to continue vying with the likes of Bayern Munich, this time for the signature of <strong>Blackburn's Junior Hoillet</strong>, who is out of contract at Ewood Park and has mysteriously decided against prolonging his stay among insurrectionaist fans, clueless chicken barons and a manager whose unpopularity is matched only by his chutzpah.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/transfer-window">Transfer window</a></li></ul></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/pauldoyle">Paul Doyle</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> &copy; 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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