Darren Bent News

HULL City are close to striking a 4m deal with Burnley to capture top target Charlie Austin following advanced talks between the clubs this week.

Newcastle's interest in out of favour Aston Villa striker Darren Bent is being halted by club and player demands over transfer fee and salary.

We start today with the man that just last week claimed that he was not going anywhere and that any talk of it was 'absurd'.

ALAN PARDEW is seeking reassurances about what Joe Kinnear's presence at Newcastle United will mean on a day-to-day basis after emerging from his first meeting with the newly installed director of football.

The Birmingham club accept they will have to take a loss on the England international who has cost them almost three times that amount since arriving at Villa Park in January 2011.

It doesn't always have to be a negative, even accusatory question. It can be asked with genuine, pleasant surprise as well, as it was surely asked throughout last season regarding Michu.

After a long, gruelling season, the world of football will now be able to kick back and enjoy a long, hot summer as the game's brightest stars head off on their holidays.

Pardew thinks appointment is "great news" claims new director of football who will work at training ground and travel with the team Joe Kinnear will flex his muscle at Newcastle by taking a training-ground office and travelling to matches with the team.

With time ticking by in the summer transfer window, Premier League clubs have been relatively quiet up to now, with almost half of England's top-flight yet to make a signing.

Darren Bent's footballing woes were kicked to one side when he married Kirsty Maclaren in front for 200 close friends and family members over the weekend.

The rumour mill has come back around to Darren Bent this morning, with The Sun, The Star and The Mirror all convinced Steve Bruce is ready to hijack Newscastle's bid for the Aston Villa striker.

The Toon are dithering over Villa's A 6million asking price and the ex-England striker's A 70,000-a-week wage demands.

The transfer window will be opening on July 1, but the gossip is already well underway.

Toon are keen on signing the 29-year-old but expect him to lower his wage demands before a deal can be agreed Darren Bent could soon A become a Newcastle United player - but only if he and Aston Villa lower their A demands, writes Alan Oliver of the Sunday People .

The notes of All Things Bright and Beautiful rang out from Ely Cathedral during the wedding of England footballer Darren Bent today.

It's the weekend and the agents have been busybut just wait for the fans to be hit tomorrow when the Sundays get into gear! Darren Bent: Picking up supporters on Facebook and Twitter for a Hull City move but we can't see it! Steve Bruce looks to have got his man in Maynor Figueroa on a two-year deal.

The 29-year-old striker, who plays for Aston Villa and England, is marrying his fiance, model Kirsty Maclaren, at Ely Cathedral.

Sam Allardyce has been desperate to make Andy Carroll's loan-deal permanent since the moment the season ended - and it looks like he might get his wish.

Stephen Ireland has been told he can leave Aston Villa this summer, the Daily Telegraph has reported, as manager Paul Lambert continues to offload the highest earners at the Midlands club.

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