EPL Gossip Friday January 30th
Manchester City have offered Blackburn a final bid of £18.5m for striker Roque Santa Cruz. (The Guardian)
The Roque Santa Cruz chase is like the B team version of Dimitar Berbatov transfer saga. That chase dragged on to the final hours before Tottenham finally decide to sell Bernatov.
Tottenham are also keen on Santa Cruz and have offered striker Darren Bent as part of the deal to bring the Blackburn forward to White Hart Lane. (The Times)
You know you’re in the coaches doghouse when Harry Redknapp publicly said that his wife could of scored on a chance Darren Bent missed against Portsmouth recently.
Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is lining up a £10m bid for Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch if Santa Cruz does leave. (Daily Mirror)
Portsmouth already sold Jermaine Defoe so it’s unlikely they are going to sell their only other main goal scoring threat.
Charles N’Zogbia says he will never play for Newcastle again after manager Joe Kinnear called him “insomnia” on TV. (Daily Star)
Even with Newcastle’s never ending string on injuries it was appearing unlikely Kinnear was going to play “insomnia” much going forward anyway.
Newcastle keeper Shay Given is set to complete his £8m move to Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)
This was suppose to be completed every day for the past week. Get it over with already.
Kevin Nolan is set to complete his £4.5m move from Bolton to Newcastle on Friday. (The Sun)
A former Sam Allardyce favorite who was never able to win over current Bolton boss Gary Megson.
Manchester City will make one last bid for Arsenal defender Kolo Toure and may offer Micah Richards as part of the deal. (Daily Mirror)
It would take Arsenal all of two seconds to say yes regarding any deal between Richards for Toure.
Chelsea and Manchester City have joined Real Madrid in the race to sign Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez. (The Times)
Tevez is not going to rock the boat regarding his future with Manchester United. Come the summer however he’ll shop himself around to the highest bidder.
Fulham are looking at Derby midfielder Giles Barnes as Jimmy Bullard’s replacement. (Daily Mirror)
Score two goals against Manchester United in the Carling cup and teams are bound to notice.
Bolton are resigned to missing out on Sporting Lisbon defender Miguel Veloso. (Daily Telegraph)
Shocking
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been warned the club face “financial armageddon” if they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League. (Daily Mirror)
How much longer before Arsenal become a mid table team year in and year out? It was only less than five years ago the Invincibles went an entire season undefeated. That team seems so far removed when looking at Arsenal now.