EPL Gossip Thursday February 18th
Manchester United are ready to make a summer move for England midfielder Joe Cole if he cannot resolve his contract dispute at Chelsea. Daily Express
Can’t picture Joe Cole in a Manchester United jersey but if it happens hopefully it causes a bigger impact than Michael Owen time in Manchester thus far.
Birmingham claim they have reached an agreement with Manchester City for goalkeeper Joe Hart to remain on loan at St Andrew’s next season. The Sun
Hart should be England’s number 1 this summer. Could see why Birmingham wants to keep him and why Manchester City don’t want to sell him.
Bayern Munich look set to beat Chelsea to the signature of CSKA Moscow’s Serbian winger Milos Krasic. Daily Mail
Let the Ribery rumours start flying now. Krasic on one wing and Robben on the other would be one of Europe’s best.
Spanish newspaper AS has reported that Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano – a target for both Chelsea and Manchester City – will cost 30m euros, in line with a release clause in his contract. imscouting.com
Considering Brazilians haven’t shown to tear up English football that is a lot of money to pay for someone close to 30.
Antonio Caliendo, the agent of Inter Milan’s Brazilian full-back Maicon has opened the door to a summer move to Manchester City, saying: “(City boss Roberto) Mancini has always expressed his desire to have Maicon.” Daily Mail
Some agent’s are awful human beings. This is the same agent who went on and on last summer about Maicon going to Real Madrid.
Manchester United defender John O’Shea is a summer target for Spanish champions Barcelona, according to Spanish newspaper Sport. imscouting.com
No he is not.
Crisis club Portsmouth will ask the Premier League to let them sell some of their players now – despite the transfer window having closed – in a bid to pay their bills. Pompey are understood to have debts of around £60m and last week survived a winding-up order by providing the High Court with a detailed statement of their finances. Daily Mirror
What a pathetic mess this football club is in.
Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has launched a stunning verbal attack on Harry Redknapp and accused the Spurs boss of “making fun of me”. The Russian has struggled to nail down first-team football under Redknapp and added that he does not think he has a future at White Hart Lane. The Sun
Pavlyuchenko should of said all this in the transfer window when he had a chance to leave.