Gallas to Italy and other red-hot gossip

Roma want to sign star Arsenal defender William Gallas. According to reports, the Serie A giants are keeping a close eye on the 32-year-old’s contract negotiations with the Gunners. The north Londoners generally only offer one-year contract extensions to players over 30. If he moves to the Italian capital he will be reunited with his former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. Elsewhere, Manchester City City are keeping a close eye on Sampdoria midfielder Andrea Poli but insist striker Emmanuel Adebayor wants to stay at Eastlands, despite interest from AC Milan; and Wilson Palacios has stunned Tottenham by admitting he is using Spurs to get a move to Real Madrid.