EPL Gossip Sunday October 5th
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will offer £10m plus out-of-favour winger Jermaine Pennant for Wigan’s Ecuadorian attacking midfielder Antonio Valencia. (News of the World)
The press linked Manchester United with Antonio Valencia late last season. All was quiet on the Valencia until last week’s strike against Manchester City has the press jumping around to link Valencia with another team.
Fulham and Stoke are both plotting to make a bid for Liverpool centre-back Sami Hyypia. (News of the World)
Don’t think Hyypia will leave mid season even if he is way down in the pecking order. Next summer the long serving Liverpool defender might then decide to leave.
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to sign Bordeaux’s Gabriel Obertan, 19, but the Blues’ interest has prompted Manchester United to send scouts to watch the winger. (News of the World)
Somewhat shocked that I didn’t see the next Zidane or next Henry in this article. He can’t be that good then.
Tottenham are ready to offer Terry Venables a shock return to White Hart Lane as senior figures at the club see the former manager as the perfect man to replace under-fire sporting director Damien Comolli. (News of the World)
But others believe former Chelsea boss Avram Grant is top of Tottenham’s shortlist of candidates to replace Comolli should the Frenchman leave White Hart Lane. (Sunday Telegraph)
One of these make logical sense and it’s not the Venables rumor.
Everton boss David Moyes will pen a five-year deal worth over £17m after his lawyers spent the last two days thrashing out the details. (News of the World)
This only took six months to complete if and when Moyes finally does sign.
Sir Alex Ferguson has banned Manchester United players from holding their own Christmas party. The United boss has ruled out a repeat of last year’s private gig when they bussed in groups of women to a luxury hotel in Manchester city centre. (News of the World)
Jonny Evans being questioned in connection with a rape allegation didn’t help matters either.