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Transfer rumours – December 22
Thursday 22nd December 2011, 9:00AM GMT.
Expressandstar.com bring you transfer talk from Wolves, West Brom, Aston Villa, Birmingham and Walsall.
We have scoured the back pages and the internet to bring you the latest gossip.
We are not saying they are true – just that they are out there.
WOLVES
Wolves have allowed Danny Batth to stay on loan at Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season, while Burnley want to keep Sam Vokes.
WEST BROM
West Brom goalkeeper Luke Daniels be in the Championship next year in an upgraded loan switch from League Two outfit Southend to Ipswich.
ASTON VILLA
Aston Villa face a three-way battle with Fiorentina and Fortuna Dusseldorf to land Switzerland midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta from Bayer Leverkusen.
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham defender Liam Ridgewell is Newcastle’s top target in January but Stoke are interested, while Queens Park Rangers have joined the hunt.
WALSALL
All quiet at the Banks’s Stadium.
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