Red Devils chasing Spurs star and other red-hot gossip

(16-09-2010) Manchester United are eyeing Tottenham's Wilson Palacios. According to reports, Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants the tough-tackling holding midfielder in the continued absence of the injured Owen Hargreaves. Palacios cost Spurs £12m from Wigan in January 2009. He is currently valued at around £16m. Elsewhere, Chelsea are weighing up a move for 18-year-old Malaga striker Juanmi; Liverpool are planning a January move for Romanian side Cluj's 20-year-old Cote d’Ivoire striker Lacina Traore; Arsenal and Manchester United are set to fight it out for Werder Bremen winger Marko Marin; and Tottenham are monitoring Hoffenheim’s £5m-rated Togo striker Peniel Mlapa, who has been dubbed the new Emmanuel Adebayor.