Premiership transfer rumours
Agent confirms Chelsea watching prolific young striker
Chelsea are rumoured to be after Dutch sensation Ricky van Wolfswinkel of Sporting Lisbon. His agent has admitted that some clubs are currently trying to chase his signature. “I know that Manchester United and Chelsea are watching him, but that i…
Is Cheik Tiote the best choice for Chelsea?
Chelsea are prepared to table a £20 million for Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote, according to the Sunday mirror. Tiote, 25, who has been a first-team regular under Magpies manager Alan Pardew, has been a transfer target for the Blues since the Janua…
Chelsea target Gareth Bale and Cesc Fabregas for ‘sexy football’
Abramovich Targets Arsenal And Tottenham Players Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has definitely returned to his big spending ways. After bringing in Fernando Torres and David Luiz the Russian owner is now targeting Arsenal and Tottenham players in order…
Roy Hodgson keen to replace Mascherano with Steven Defour
The Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is keen to join his old boss Rafael Benitez at Inter Milan, and the Reds new boss Roy Hodgson has targeted the Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour as the first-choice to replace him.
According to the Liverpool Echo, Hodgson will be able to buy the experienced Belgian international for about half [...]
Hodgson – Torres doesn’t want to stay with Liverpool!
The new Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has admitted that he has spoken to the Spanish striker Fernando Torres, and says the hitman is very unhappy with the Liverpool club as a whole, and there is little he can now do to persuade him to stay. Torres has been strongly linked with a move to Chelsea, [...]
Sol Campbell picks Newcastle over Celtic and Sunderland
The transfer window is getting more interesting as the new season approaches, and the Sol Campbell saga has been second only to Joe Cole in the suspense stakes. But it is being reported today that Campbell has made a final decisuion to play for Newcastle next season.
A report on ESPN said: Newcastle United have managed [...]
Liverpool beat West Ham to Loic Remy
West Ham looked like hot favourites to sign the prolific Nice striker Loic Remy, but it now seems that Liverpool have hijacked the deal.
Remy’s agent, Frederic Guerra, said earlier: “Yes, Liverpool are interested in Loic and Loic is interested in Liverpool,”
“There has also been interest from West Ham and Tottenham and it is [...]
Tottenham offered Brazilian star Fabiano
The Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has admitted that he has been offered the Brazilian superstar striker Luis Fabiano, who scored three goals for his country at this summers World Cup Finals, but he is unsure if the North London club could afford his wages.
Redknapp said: “Yes, I like him. He’s a fabulous player and would [...]
Mascherano very keen on Inter Milan move
The Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano would love to move to Inter Milan, according to his agent Walter Tamer, and he says negotiations would be “very easy”, but Liverpool would have to agree terms with Inter first.
Tamer said: “For him to be linked to Inter has a magical taste, it’s a dream. Think about it, the [...]
Redknapp refuses to let Robbie Keane return to Celtic on loan
The Tottenham striker Robbie Keane was an instant hit at Celtic when he arrived on loan in January, and scored an amazing 16 goals in 19 games for the Bhoys, but his boss Harry Redknapp has ruled out any chance of another loan to the Scottish giants.
Redknapp has made it clear that Keane will only [...]
Edin Dzeko confirms “good offer”!
The top Bundesliga striker Eden Dzeko has been variously linked with Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Man Utd in the last few months, and is now ready to leave Wolfsburg after receiving a “good offer”, and wants showdown talks with the Wolfsburg management.
“I hope and think that Wolfsburg will let me go,” Dzeko said. “Last [...]
Hodgson – Liverpool job will be a lot easier than Fulham!
The new Liverpool coach Roy Hodgson is looking forward to getting his team back into the top four, and thinks it will be a lot easier than the time of his his previous appointment, when he only had five games to save Fulham from relegation.
He was asked if he thought it was impossible to get [...]
Chelsea lose out as David Silva joins Man City for £27m!
According to reports this evening, the Valencia and Spain midfielder David Silva has agreed to join Manchester City for £27m, but if Roque Santa Cruz goes the other way then the price will be reduced to just £21m, but that depends on how negotiations go on between Santa Cruz and Valencia.
The Daily Mirror has been [...]
Inter Milan close in on Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano
There have been extensive Liverpool transfer rumours lately, and the biggest one has been the reports that Javier Mascherano would be the first Liverpool player to follow Rafael Benitez to Inter Milan. Now it looks like the whispers are based in fact as his agent has revealed that “preliminary talks” have alreafy taken place.
Marco Piccioli, [...]
Man Utd to swap Nemanja Vidic for Benzema?
There is a very interesting article in the Manchester Evening News which is suggesting that Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson could kill two birds with one stone, by swapping want-away defender Nemanja Vidic for the Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
Ferguson has never hidden his admiration for the young Frenchman, and it was expected that [...]
Liverpool transfer rumours June 15th – Gerrard, Mascherano, Johnson and Benayoun
The papers are full of Liverpool transfer rumours this morning, and they all concern players leaving the club! The main man is Steven Gerrard, and the new England captain is reported by AS to be ready to join Real Madrid after the World Cup.
Jose Mourinho tried extremely hard to sign Gerrard when he was Chelsea [...]
Mascherano and Kuyt to follow Benitez to Inter Milan
According to reports this morning, the ex-Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is expected to be unveiled as the new coach at Inter Milan this week, and his first move will be to ask Dirk Kuyt and Javier Mascherano to join him in Italy.
The Mail says that contract talks between Liverpool and Mascherano have stalled, and the [...]
Benitez hot favourite to coach Inter Milan
Rafael Benitez has had many years at Liverpool without winning the Premiership trophy, but now it seems he is going to be given the chance to win a title with Inter Milan.
Jose Mourinho left the Italian giants for Real Madrid this week, and Inter director Gabriele Oriali believes that Benitez is the right man to [...]
Man City transfer rumours June 2nd – Milner, Dzeko, Maicon, Oanuhu and Ibrahimovic
With Robert Mancini aiming to make the Man City team his own after inheriting all his players from Mark Hughes, we can expect a hell of a lot of transfer activity at the Eastlands this summer.
Todays papers are full of Man City transfer news, starting with the revelation from Sport that City have made a [...]
Jimmy Bullard signs for Celtic
It seems that the Celtic manager Neil Lennon has managed to win the signature of his top summer target, the Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Hull were keen to get Bullard’s £45,000 a week wages cut from their wage bill as they try to reduce their crippling debt, and the news that he has agreed a 12 [...]
Fulham in talks with Liverpool defender Aurelio
It seems that Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is close to securing another excellent deal for his club after it was revealed today that he is in talks with Liverpool’s Brazilian defender Fabio Aurelio.
The 30 year-old is out-of-contract at Anfield, and despite being offered a pay-per-play deal by Liverpool, the Brazilian has decided to look elsewhere.
There [...]