The Gossip: August

31/8/2012: Sir Alex insists there will not be any activity on deadline, aside from Dimitar Berbatov, although the Bulgarian is not certain to join Fulham in the manager's eyes. The Scot has heard Spurs are interested in re-signing the hitman. "There will not be any more business today," he said. "There's no need to loan today. We can do that seven days after the deadline."

30/8/2012: Noe Baba looks set to join Celtic and not United, according to his club Castlebar Celtic. The Republic of Ireland Under-17 skipper was strongly linked with the Reds after travelling with the club on a trip to Brazil earlier this year but Castlebar's Noel Coll told the Mayo News: "We're still in talks with Celtic but no deal has been agreed so far. He was in talks with the likes of Arsenal and Man United and he is in talks with Celtic. It seems that is where he'll be going."

30/8/2012: Dimitar Berbatov is undergoing a medical at Fulham while Martin Jol thinks Moussa Demble should have moved to another club in a year's time rather than switch to Spurs. The Cottagers boss told the