EPL Gossip for Sunday June 22nd
Dutch forward Rafael van der Vaart will trigger a £15m scrap for his services between Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. (News of the World)
They will be more teams looking at the services of van der Vaart. One thing is for sure Hamburg will sell him to the higher bidder in the coming weeks.
Arsene Wenger will authorise the £25m sale of Emmanuel Adebayor later this month – while seeking to buy Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn. (The Mail on Sunday)
You can’t say no to that amount of money. Despite the message it sends that is still a good piece of Business on Arsenal’s part.
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is preparing a £6m swoop for Tottenham’s out-of-favour winger Aaron Lennon. (News of the World)
This would be a great move for Newcastle. At his best there is little difference between Lennon, Bentley and Wright-Phillips. The latter two costing much more.
Milan Baros tops Bolton’s wanted list, with the Trotters set to spend £4.5m on Lyon’s Czech striker. (News of the World)
Lyon will gladly accept that transfer fee for Baros. He is not in their plans as they say.
England’s top clubs are set to declare war on Europe over the alleged tapping-up of their players. (Sunday Express)
Cry me a river when United basically steal 16 year old Davide Petrucci out from under the noses of Roma.