EPL Gossip Wednesday November 26th
Striker Didier Drogba is on his way out of Chelsea – after he was revealed to have opened talks with Inter Milan about a January switch to Italy. (Various)
The move could be facilitated in a £30m swap deal with Brazilian striker Adriano. (Daily Mirror)
Even with Chelsea and Inter unlikely to send Christmas cards to each other, the possibility exists that these clubs may trade one team’s headache for the other.
Arsenal and Tottenham are bracing themselves for a £5m tug of war to land Wolves’ 21-year-old Welsh international goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey. (Daily Star)
How come the media always link Tottenham and Arsenal with the same players?
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has put Sevilla’s 21-year-old Argentine centre-back Federico Fazio on his January transfer wish-list. (Daily Mirror)
Dealing with Sevilla’s chairmen José María del Nido is like pulling teeth. Good for him however making sure he gets top dollar for every player he decides to sell.
Wigan boss Steve Bruce is to switch his striker search to Reading’s Kevin Doyle, with the Republic of Ireland star rated at £8m. (Daily Mirror)
The transfer fee for high end players I can understand but 8 million pounds for average players like Kevin Doyle leave me shaking my head.
Manchester City and Real Madrid are locked in a battle for the signature of £16m-rated Real Zaragoza striker Ricardo Oliveira. (The Sun)
One bad year at A.C Milan and Ricardo Oliverira career has yet to recover. Spending the winter in Madrid or Manchester another tough choice there.
Manchester City are plotting a £100m-plus transfer spending spree in the January transfer window with Chelsea and Arsenal defenders John Terry and Kolo Toure on the shortlist, along with Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. (Daily Telegraph)
Add John Terry to the list.
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres claims he wants to stay at the club for life. (Various)
Or until Rafa Benitez leaves whichever one is greater. I’ll say this however, to not like Torres is to not like ice cream. The man is everything you could want out of a star player.
Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has told John Carew he is no longer an automatic first-choice pick as a striker. (Various)
All because of a lap dance the day before a UEFA Cup match last month.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:39 am
“Money talks” the saying goes… Since football is business, I’m not suprised that more & more money is spent on teams/transfers/etc. It’s frustrating that smaller (read ‘with smaller budgets’) teams might get priced right out of contention. How can you compete (talent-wise) with a team who can potentially buy the best team? Where does that leave newly-promoted BPL teams?
Obviously, it takes more than a bunch of talented individuals to make a winning (or whining) team, but hopefully you get my drift.
I gotta laugh (ruefully) where Berbatov said something like ‘nobody is worth (some value)’ when he made a ‘big bucks’ move to Spurs. Then see how much ManUtd payed for him.
Wonder what it’s really like being part of these teams where money is no object…. Do you really have any loyalty to the team, does the team (team owners) have any loyalty to the players or are they just commodities? Maybe that’s overly dramatic, but just a thought.