EPL Gossip Saturday January 17th
Kaka has already issued a snub to Manchester City by revealing he prefers rivals Manchester United and Arsenal. (Sun)
Ronaldino has asked Kaka to turn his back on Manchester City and stay at AC Milan. (Daily Star)
AC Milan officials are expecting protests at the San Siro before Saturday’s Serie A clash with Fiorentina because of the club’s expected sale of Kaka. (Daily Mail)
Coach Carlo Ancelotti has hinted Milan are prepared for life without Kaka by insisting his team could cope without the Brazil star. (Daily Telegraph)
Kaka is expected to join Manchester City next week after he was railroaded into accepting the £108m move. (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has advised Kaka to reject overtures from Manchester City and remain at Milan. (Daily Mail)
I’m waiting for this Kaka chase to be over one way or another but til then above are some recent news on the transfer of the century.
Craig Bellamy’s West Ham career looks to be over after the Wales striker stormed out of a training session because the Hammers refused to give him persmission to talk to Tottenham. (Various)
Never understood why West Ham really wants to keep him. Bellamy has been a distraction and even worse a locker room cancer in every team he’s been on.
Tottenham’s £14m move for Wigan’s Wilson Palacios is in danger of being hijacked by Manchester United. (Daily Mail)
A cynic would think Manchester United would bid for Palacios just to mess with Tottenham.
Jermaine Pennant is resisting a move to Portsmouth despite Liverpool accepting a £2m bid. (Guardian)
Shows how much Liverpool think about the player when they aren’t interested in offering Pennant a contact extension and accepted a bid of 2 million for his services.
Bolton have swooped for Benfica’s Portugal international striker Aziza Makukula who had a trial at West Brom before a move fell through. (Daily Mirror)
What I said about Makukula two days ago still applies. Look for him to be a hit at Bolton.
Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho would be willing to offload strikers Adriano or Hernan Crespo to Tottenham but would want Jermaine Jenas AND Gareth Bale as part of the deal. (Channel 4.com)
Sometimes I do wish football had more trades to spice things up.
Rafael Benitez will walk away from Liverpool at the end of the season unless he is given total control of transfers. (Various)
Benitez pulled this type of power play at Valencia and everyone knows how that ended up.