EPL Gossip Sunday December 7th
Harry Redknapp wants to bring £20m Liverpool flop Robbie Keane back to Tottenham Hotspur, and expects to pay just £5m to get him. (Various)
Recession or no recession there is no way Liverpool will take a 15 million pound loss and sell the player back to his former team.
Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing is also set to sign for Spurs in a deal worth £12m. (Mail on Sunday)
It really isn’t a winter transfer season without Stewart Downing going to Spurs rumors. Good player Downing is just don’t have him take penalty kicks as he missed two already this year.
Valencia striker David Villa’s agent will fly to England this week to seal a £52m January move to Manchester City. (News of the World)
Maybe Villa just wants to get away from Spain so he doesn’t have to endure the 4-0 beating at the hands of Barcelona again in the future.
City will also tie up a £20m deal for French star Franck Ribery next month. (Sunday Express)
Like this is all so simple. Not a chance Bayern Munich sells Ribery for £20m.
Blackburn manager Paul Ince will discover his future at Ewood Park within the next 48 hours. (Sunday Express)
The hook will come sooner rather than later. Blackburn should of expected this pairing up a team with Championship level talent with a rookie head coach.
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari could be set for an almighty row with owner Roman Abramovich after the club edited Scolari’s criticisms of club transfer policy out of a transcript of a Q&A with fans earlier in the week. (Mail on Sunday)
Scolari is head strong, it’s his way or nothing. He can be charming with the media one minute and then act like a bull in a china shop the next.
Abramovich has seen his most important stock market investment, steel producer Evraz, rescued by a $1.8bn (£1.2bn) loan from the Russian government, as concerns grow about how hard the Chelsea owner has been hit by the credit crunch. (Observer)
But did Abramovich arrive on a private plane when he asked Putin for the loan is what the world wants to know.
Arsenal’s new chief executive Ivan Gazidis will consider tearing up long-term sponsorship deals with Emirates and Nike worth £112m when he starts at the club. Gazidis believes he can negotiate more profitable contracts. (News of the World)
Now’s not the time Ivan, doesn’t matter anyway it isn’t like Arsenal will spend it on world class players.
Milan striker Marco Borriello is said to be “hurt” after girlfriend Belen Rodriguez told a reality TV show he “fundamentally lacks intelligence”. (Observer)
Cut the cord Borriello. Saying your cash register is dumb on national television isn’t exactly intelligence either.