EPL Gossip Sunday May 18th
Everton want to bid £11m for Valencia winger Joaquin. (News of the World)
Joaquin and Arteta running up and down the flank will cause trouble for any EPL team. If Joaquin is unhappy at Valencia he may see Everton as a lifeline.
Chelsea are being strongly linked with a move for departing Barcelona midfielder Deco. (News of the World)
Only way Deco comes to Chelsea is if Lampard leaves. The Chelsea midfield is already crowded with Ballack and Lampard.
Thierry Henry could be tempted to follow David Beckham into Major League Soccer with a £5.2m-a-year offer to join new club Seattle Sounders. (Various)
I would like to think that Herny will one day end up playing in the MLS. I just can’t wrap my head around him playing for Seattle. An east coast team I could see. A west coast team with no talented players around him I can’t.
Juande Ramos wants £8m-rated Sevilla defender Adriano Correia added to his Tottenham squad this summer. (News of the World)
The last thing Sevilla want to do is sell anyone to Tottenham and there former coach Juande Ramos.
John Arne Riise is ready to snub a move to Newcastle for the lure of Champions League football next season with Schalke emerging as favourites to sign him. (News of the World)
Arne Riise needs to get himself out of Liverpool. The Liverpool fans will always see him as the player who gifted Chelsea an own goal in the Champions League.
Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne has set his heart on a summer move to Tottenham despite efforts by Sven-Goran Eriksson to keep him at Eastlands. (Mail on Sunday)
Quite confident in the fact that Richard Dunne will not be in a Manchester City jersey come next season.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to raid his homeland, France for three players to make up for the loss of Mathieu Flamini. Wenger has identified Lille midfielder Jean Makoun, St-Etienne right-back Mahamadou Dabo and Marseille’s Samir Nasri. (Sunday Telegraph)
Nasri is not going to come cheap. I think the press like to link up every young French player with Arsenal. Last week Hatem Ben Arfa this week Samir Nasri.
Tottenham have emerged as favourites to sign Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o after making a £24m bid. And they have also made their interest in West Ham’s Dean Ashton clear to the Hammers. (News of the World)
The last thing Tottenham need is another striker never mind two of them.
Villa have reached agreement with Chelsea for midfielder Steve Sidwell. The fee for the former Reading star is £7m. (News of the World)
The world has gone mad if someone sees Steve Sidwell as a 15 million dollar player.
Chelsea are poised to ditch Nicolas Anelka and set up the ninth transfer of his career. (Sunday Mirror)
That was quick. If I were Sunderland I’d give Chelsea a call to see if there is any truth to this.
Derby want former England boss Steve McClaren to take them back into the Premier League. (News of the World)
As I mentioned in my article a couple of months ago, Steve McClaren better make sure his next job in football is a good one or else it could be his last job in football.
May 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I could see Henry going to the MLS although i think one of the problems he has in barcalona is that hes away from his family so he might not won’t to move further away. I think he should try another year in la liga with barca he hasn’t lit the league up but hes been ok and it took him a while to adapt to the premiership if you think back. I don’t see him coming back to england and playing for a team other than arsenal, hes already played in france and italy so yeah maybe hell go state side i wouldn’t blame him. I wonder if deco is going to start getting linked with the mls as well because i don’t know where hes going to go. I really don’t think the premiership would suit him and while italy would the only team i could see making a move for him would be somebody like roma. I suppose he could always go back to portugal.