EPL Gossip Monday January 18
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp could make a new and final move to sign goalkeeper David James – and save some money for Portsmouth, who are in huge debt and currently have a transfer embargo. Stoke ended their interest in James last week. Daily Mirror
David James should know he isn’t going to be any closer to making the World Cup squad sitting on Tottenham’s bench.
Netherlands striker Ryan Babel will be swiftly shipped out of Liverpool after a row with manager Rafa Benitez sealed his fate and cost him a week’s wages. Daily Mirror
Babel already turned down moves from Birmingham and Sunderland recently. Babel must of saw Darren Bent’s twitter rant during his final days at Tottenham and started thinking if it worked for him maybe it will work for me.
Chelsea want to keep hold of midfielder Joe Cole, who is out of contract at the end of the season. The England star has been linked with a summer move to Tottenham. Blues chairman Bruce Buck said: “I am personally a big fan of Joe Cole and we are in discussions with his agent and hopefully that will be sorted out soon.” Daily Express
This is starting to remind me of Mathieu Flamini final days at Arsenal where talks of him resigning where in the press daily til he finally did sign for……A.C Milan.
Cash-strapped West Ham have slapped a staggering £15m price tag on England midfielder Scott Parker. Full story: Daily Mirror
Staggering is right.
Manchester United supporters fighting the Glazer family’s ownership of the club are contemplating asking manager Sir Alex Ferguson to make the ultimate sacrifice and resign in protest. The Guardian
Fans are stupid, do you really think the Glazer would sell if S.A.F steps down?