EPL Gossip Friday January 29th
Arsenal have been told by Nice they must pay £13m if they want to sign France’s 23-year-old striker Loic Remy. Daily Mail
Must say this about Wenger, he does have a great eye for young talent. Considering Arsenal didn’t pay £13 million for Arshavin don’t see them coughing up that amount for Remy. Then again don’t really think Nice would turn down a £10m offer.
Birmingham are about to smash the club transfer record with the £11m signing of Estudiantes striker Mauro Boselli. Daily Mirror
Finally a club and player who would accept Birmingham’s money. Boselli better be prepared for culture shock if he makes the move.
Middlesbrough have placed a £9m price tag on Adam Johnson with Manchester City closing in on the winger. The former England Under-21 star requested permission to speak to the Eastlands club earlier this week. Daily Express
After a slow start Johnson sure has picked the right time to pick up his form.
Tottenham have rejected an £8m bid from Birmingham for striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. The north London club are keen to recoup as much of the £14m they paid for the Russia international. Daily Mail
I’d wish Tottenham luck with that. Pavlyuchenko is their 4th striker, 8 million for such a player isn’t all that bad of a deal.
Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic looks set to join Portsmouth team-mate Younes Kaboul at Tottenham as the south coast club attempt to raise funds to address their £60m financial crisis. Daily Mail
Begovic would make perfect cover for Tottenham. Plus Redknapp would know the player well from his time at Portsmouth.
Sunderland have made a £1.5m move for Manchester City striker Benjani after the Zimbabwe centre-forward had looked close to sealing a transfer to West Ham. Daily Mail
Benjani should only go to Sunderland if Kenwyne Jones leaves. Anything less and Benjani would be signing up for more of the same. At West Ham at least he’d get a game.
Manchester City’s owners in Abu Dhabi are considering offloading chief executive Garry Cook in the summer having become increasingly frustrated over his leadership style and publicity gaffes. The Guardian
They should of off loaded him right after the whole Kaka saga of last year. His comments in New York about world domination last week weren’t smart either.