EPL Gossip Wednesday April 15th
Must admit I regret sleeping through the Liverpool-Chelsea game. Great game by all accounts. The Barcelona-Bayern Munich game? Not so much.
Liverpool are monitoring Lazio star Mauro Zarate with a view to a summer swoop for the striker. (The Sun)
Zarate did handle himself well in his brief spell in England last year with Birmingham. With a long term deal dragging on with current club Lazio, Liverpool who for the second time this week may of identified another solid player for next season.
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is targeting Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones. (Daily Mirror)
A lot of teams will be in the hunt for Kenwyne Jones if Sunderland is regulated from the English Premier League.
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate is ready to bid for Swansea’s 24-goal goal machine Jason Scotland. (Daily Mirror)
If Middlesbrough lose a couple of more games they will be in the same division as Swansea next year.
Aston Villa are unlikely to pay the £15m Standard Liege want for their midfielder Steven Defour. (Daily Star)
Still a good player who should make the step up in clubs in another season or two.
Creditors of Liverpool owner Tom Hicks say Hicks Sports Group is in default on debts of £351m. (Wall Street Journal)
I do love Hicks excuse is that he defaulted on the loan on purpose in order to negotiate a lower interest rate on his loans. Don’t think his lenders liked that excuse as much however.