EPL Gossip Saturday November 29th
One club looking ahead to the January sales are Aston Villa, with Gareth Barry happy to stay at Villa Park until at least the end of the season. A possible contract buy-out from the England midfielder is on the cards. ‘Window chopping’ says the Daily Mirror.
Barry will stay on until the end of the season. Come the summer Barry holds most of the cards so it’s doubtful he’ll return. I’m sure Barry is happy with his performances for Villa, helping them to a Champions League spot right now. Despite that I’m sure he sees Liverpool spot in the standings and thinks he could of been able to push Liverpool over the top.
Festive headlines aplenty with the Daily Mirror claiming it is the ‘Season of Goodphil’. Boss Luiz Felipe Scolari thinks Chelsea will be Premier League champions if they are still in the top two by the end of the Christmas period.
He should think that, but maybe not think that out loud. Manchester United’s main challenge will be how they will cope with heading to Japan for the Fifa Cup World Cup in another month and Liverpool may crumble under the pressure.
While Spurs gaffer Harry Redknapp could be ready to splash the cash with a £12m cheque to Bordeaux for striker Fernando Cavenaghi. (Daily Mirror)
This one is a couple of days old. Cavenaghi said something to the effect that he is happy at Bordeaux but if Tottenham doubles his wages he will go.
Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez continues to threaten to leave Old Trafford if his permanent move is not sealed by the end of January with Real Madrid waiting in the wings. (The Times)
Time to score Tevez or else no one at Manchester United will notice you are gone.
Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has politely declined an invitation from Joe Kinnear to join the coaching staff at St James’ Park. (Guardian)
Couldn’t believe the papers believed Shearer would even consider going back to Newcastle. He has always stayed well clear of going back to Newcastle in its current form.