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    Norwich are after Rangers midfielder Thomas Buffel. according to press reports.

    This morning''s The People newspaper has a new name for Norwich fans to get excited about - Thomas Buffel.

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    Buffel, 27, joined Glasgow giants Rangers in 2005 in a £2.5million deal from Dutch side Feyenoord. The attacking midfielder had fallen out with coach Ruud Gullit after refusing to sign a new deal after three years at the club, during which time he scored 34 goals in 90 appearances.

    The Belgian international, who has six goals in his 24 appearances for his country, hit five goals in his first season in Scotland despite only featuring 18 times, and helped Rangers to a League and League Cup double.

    Buffel has been linked with moves to several clubs away from Ibrox, notably Hannover 96 in the German Bundesliga. Since suffering a serious knee injury in February last year he has fund his first team appearances under Walter Smith limited.

    Norwich boss Glenn Roeder is said to be keen on Buffel, who began his career with Excelsior, and he can be added to a lengthy list of proposed transfer targets, with nobody yet having been confirmed as the first new signing of the summer.

    One of those, Newcastle''s young striker Andy Carroll, is said this morning to be interesting Derby County, whose manager Paul Jewell has completed seven signings already this summer.

    Sunderland''s Ian Harte, available on a free transfer and twice linked with a switch to Carrow Road, is again said to be intersting East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys'' flirtation with Newcastle''s Shola Ameobi, also admired by Roeder, is looking likely to be hijacked by Premier League new boys Hull City.

    The Tigers'' manager Phil Brown is said to be preparing a bid for the 26-year-old of around £2million. Toon chairman Mike Ahley is known to be keen to cash in on the striker, deemed surplus to requirements by Kevin Keegan.

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    Rangers midfielder attracts Norwich City interest

    10:11 June, 15, 2008

    Thomas Buffel is being linked with a move to Carrow Road

    The 27-year-old Belgium international looks likely to leave Rangers ahead of the end of his contract after an injury-hit season at Ibrox.

    Bruges have been trying to lure the player back to his homeland recently and agent Kees Ploegsma has said: "Rangers are willing to negotiate if a club comes in for Thomas."

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    QPR lining up bid for Hoolahan

    13 June 2008

    Norwich''s potential Blackpool recruit Wes Hoolahan is reportedly a £375,000 target for Championship rivals QPR.

    Big spending Rangers'' boss Iain Dowie has already launched an undisclosed bid for Seasiders'' team mate Kaspars Gorkss. Dowie is now ready to also trigger a similar release clause in Republic of Ireland international Hoolahan''s current Bloomfield Road contract.

    Charlton chief Alan Pardew is a confirmed admirer of the 26-year-old but any Championship bidding war could end up mired in red tape with Hoolahan''s move to Blackpool from previous club Livingston still the subject of a legal wrangle involving Fifa.

    In June 2007, Hoolahan signed a two-year contract with Blackpool but Livingston refused to sign the documentation sanctioning the move, stating that Blackpool had repeatedly breached the terms of an initial loan agreement between the clubs.

    Blackpool denied they had defaulted on payments relating to Hoolahan''s loan move and referred the matter to the Football Association. With Livingston being backed by the Scottish Football Association the matter was passed to Fifa for a decision to be made on the player''s future.

    In August last year Fifa ruled in Blackpool''s favour, thus confirming Hoolahan as a Blackpool player. Fifa are still to decide the fee to be paid, or if Livingston are entitled to any compensation and while this is still on-going Blackpool cannot sell Hoolahan.

    Maurice Smith, a member of the Livingston board at the time Hoolahan made his Blackpool switch, is adamant until Fifa make a final decision the Dublin-born player must stay at Bloomfield Road.

    He explained: “The final decision on whether any compensation should be paid by Blackpool to Livingston over and above the sum that they have already paid is still with Fifa. My understanding is that until Fifa come to a conclusion Blackpool can''t sell Hoolahan unless they settle something with Livingston, so it''s not as clear cut as a typical transfer.”

    The West Lothian side are understood to want a fee in the region of £250,000, while Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston has stated he would not be willing to pay a penny more than the £75,000 the club already handed to Livingston.

    A Blackpool club official said: “It''s something we are not going to comment on. As far as we are concerned he is still a Blackpool player. It''s still on-going with Fifa and we have no further comment to make on it.”

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