EPL Gossip Sunday December 28th
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will start his radical transfer-window surgery with a raid on Newcastle: keeper Shay Given and defenders Steven Taylor and Charles N’Zogbia are all targets. (News of the World)
Kind of surprised News of the World didn’t link Obafemi Martins with Arsenal as well. It seems every transfer window there is rumoured Arsenal interest in Martins.
Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has warned Spanish giants Real Madrid not to try to poach his England winger Ashley Young. (News of the World)
That not exactly going to scare Real Madrid. If they really want Young they will do everything possible to sign him.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits Tottenham are running third in a three-horse race to sign Jermain Defoe from Portsmouth, behind Aston Villa and Manchester City. (News of the World)
Out of principal if I was running Portsmouth the last place I’d sell a player to is Tottenham.
Liverpool are closing in on Portsmouth’s England defender Glen Johnson. The Reds could soon make a £9m bid for the right-back. (News of the World)
Would be double what Portsmouth spent on Glen Johnson when they purchased him from Chelsea last year. With Portsmouth looking to be sold other teams know that they will do Business if the price is right.
Manchester City are ready to start their new year spending with a £12m deal for Spain’s Euro 2008-winning midfielder Marcos Senna from Villarreal. (Daily Star Sunday)
The money is right but the timing is wrong.