EPL Gossip Saturday May 3rd
Barcelona are planning an audacious £30m bid for Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas. The Catalan club may offer Samuel Eto’o, Deco, Eidur Gudjohnsen or former Gunner Thierry Henry in s part-exchange deal. (Daily Star)
That is just about the right price that will get Arsenal to at least consider it. They just can’t sell Fabregas, what kind of message does that say to your fans after going three years without any titles.
Brazil stars Kaka and Ronaldinho could be on the way to the Premier League after quizzing Tottenham defender Gilberto about life in England. AC Milan’s Kaka and Barcelona’s Ronaldinho are targets for Chelsea and Manchester City respectively. (Various)
Why in the world would they ask Gilberto? He has only been living in London for 4 months.
Tottenham look set to miss out on Valencia striker David Villa as Real Madrid have made a £24m bid for the Spain international. (Various)
As I said it would take Torres money to sign Villa not Darren Bent money.
Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra is lining up a £10m swoop for Porto’s Portugal international centre-back Bruno Alves. (Mirror)
If City sell Richard Dunne in the summer transfer window Bruno Alves would make a great replacement. Alves is a no nonesense centreback who would fit in well in the EPL.
AC Milan’s Gennaro Gattuso wants to join a Premier League club. (Various)
The only top four teams that would make sense is Chelsea as a replacement for Claude Makelele. The other three teams don’t go out of their way to buy 30 year old players.
Scolari remains tight-lipped about his future, but it appears Manchester City’s chances of capturing him to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson are slim as the Brazilian is reluctant to move away from Portugal. (Various)
Haven’t the English press learned anything from 2006. Scolari is not going to commit to anything until after Euro 2008 nor will he talk about it. Another fine example of how mainstream media fails its readers.