EPL Gossip Wednesday March 10th
Manchester City are tracking Sporting Lisbon defender Daniel Carrico as cover for first-choice pair Kolo Toure and Joleon Lescott but he is also interesting Atletico Madrid and Valencia. Daily Mirror
I don’t think Daniel Carrico is the greatest thing since slice bread but he would be a fool to go to Manchester City and become a 3rd defender. Carrico needs to keep playing week in and week out.
Manager Mick McCarthy has conceded that Wolves have little chance of keeping £6.5m striker Kevin Doyle if they are relegated from the Premier League. Aston Villa, Fulham, Everton and Sunderland are all set to battle to sign the Republic of Ireland international if his side slip into the Championship. Daily Mirror
If a player is on a team that got sent down a club should be open to selling him regardless. If a good offer comes along for Doyle in the summer and Wolves are sent down they should send him packing.
Wilson Palacios has stunned Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp by admitting he is using Spurs to get a move to Real Madrid. The Honduran midfielder has been a key player for Redknapp’s side following his £12million move from Wigan last January. But Palacios, 25, reckons he has bigger fish to fry. The Sun
Pretty stupid to admit this in such a way. Palacios is a good player but he isn’t the type of player who Real Madrid go for.
Four years after arriving at Chelsea on a £121,000-per-week contract, German midfielder Michael Ballack has been offered a new one-year deal at half that salary. The Sun
He plays half their games so it makes sense. Chelsea wouldn’t lose a thing if Ballack didn’t re-sign next season.