EPL Gossip Monday June 29th
Manchester City are set to make a £50m double swoop for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o and Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez. Full story: Daily Star
Eto’o will earn a staggering £250,000 a week – £13m a year – if the £25m transfer to City goes through. Full story: The Sun
Just don’t get Manchester City. Are they going to play with six strikers up front? Tevez, Eto’o, Valeri Bojinov, Robinho, Darius Vassell, Jo, Felipe Caicedo, Ched Evans, Benjani, Craig Bellamy, and Roque Santa Cruz all strikers. Most of these players on this list have been signed for huge transfer fees in the last two years as well.
Manchester United are on the verge of completing a £16m deal to sign Wigan winger Luis Antonio Valencia. Full story: Daily Mirror
Hopefully for Valencia his English is still poor so he doesn’t have to deal with the replacing Ronaldo questions all year.
Everton are tracking £5m-rated Sweden Under-21 striker Marcus Berg, who plays for Groningen. (Daily Mirror)
A lot of teams will be on the look up for Marcus Berg after his under 21 performance. Look for his transfer fee to rise above 5 million if Groningen decides to sell.
Birmingham are interested in Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson and will table a £1m bid for him this week. The Sun
With Rangers have a lot of midfielders on their books and Ferguson being one of their highest paid players I’m sure they would love for him to link up with old manager Alex Mcleish again.
Former Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has claimed Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Petr Cech did not accept his methods of training while he was at the Blues. The Brazilian also says he will never again work in English football. The Sun
Shocked it took Mount Scolari til after the season for him to blow up regarding his time at Chelsea.