This morning we've got a game the Rumour Mill hopes you'll enjoy playing. The rules are simple. We'll mention a series of soccer stars, each one followed by the name of a football club, or in some cases clubs. What you have to ascertain is this: do the players and clubs match up to make a bona fide rumour from today's papers, or have we mixed them all up in the name of mildly diverting pre-coffee-and-fag-break fun? OK, folks, here we go!
Cesc Fábregas: Arsenal
Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic: Manchester City, Manchester United
Darren Bent: Newcastle United, Wolfsburg
Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi: Chelsea
Scott Parker: Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United
Emmanuel Adebayor: Besiktas
Standard Liege defender Daniel Opare: Tottenham Hotspur
FC Twente and Belgium winger Nacer Chadli: Tottenham Hotspur
Mikel John Obi: Trabzonspor, Galatasaray
Wayne Rooney: Basingstoke Town, Buckie Thistle
Luis Suárez: Nethy Bridge FC, Boat of Garten FC
Peter Odemwingie: Crystal Palace
ANSWERS
We didn't mix any of them up. They all match. No, in retrospect it wasn't much of a game.
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