EPL Gossip Thursday December 31st
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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will move for Liverpool trio Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano and Steven Gerrard if the Reds finish outside the top four in the Premier League this season and are forced to sell their superstars. The Sun
It would almost be cheaper to just buy the entire club in that case.
Zenit St Petersburg, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Sporting Lisbon are interested in buying Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko but Spurs want £13m for the out-of-favour Russian and will not consider letting him leave in a loan deal. Daily Mirror
Off to Russia Pavlyuchenko goes then cause there is no way Sporting pays £13 million plus his wages.
Hull City boss Phil Brown hopes to sign Manchester City striker Benjani on loan in January, but only if the Eastlands club agree to pay half of the Zimbabwe star’s £50,000-a-week wages. The Sun
What a great contract to have for doing absolutely nothing.
Portsmouth have invited Manchester City to make an offer for their £8m-rated defender Younes Kaboul. Daily Mirror
Portsmouth would sell their office furniture too if someone came along wanting to buy it.
Pompey boss Avram Grant has been told to sell at least £6m-worth of players in January to stop the club being declared bankrupt. Kaboul, David James Kevin-Prince Boateng, Nadir Belhadj and David Nugent could all be up for grabs. The Sun
Now we see why this is the case.
Aston Villa have joined Liverpool and Tottenham in the chase for West Ham midfielder Scott Parker, who could be available for around £8m. The Guardian
There goes Stoke’s chances of signing Scott Parker.