EPL Gossip Friday March 26th
Manchester City will revive an £11m move for Hamburg’s German defender Jerome Boateng in the summer and are also keen on highly-rated Osasuna right-back Cesar Azpilicueta, 20. Daily Mail
Manchester City should spend £11 million on Azpilicueta and just forget about chasing after Jerome Boateng.
Lokomotiv Moscow have not given up on signing Roman Pavlyuchenko from Tottenham. Daily Mail
But Tottenham have given up on the idea of selling Pavlyuchenko.
Nice striker Loic Remy is keen to join Arsenal in the summer. TribalFootball.com
Arsenal isn’t as keen to spend the 10-13 million it would take to sign Remy.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is plotting a double raid on cash-strapped Portsmouth with a joint £1.5m bid for Tommy Smith and Aaron Mokoena. The Sun
Like a fat kid looking at a piece of cake is how Portsmouth will look at this bid.
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola banned team co-owner David Sullivan from a meeting with his players after their relationship broke down in the wake of Sullivan’s highly critical open letter to fans.
Full story: Daily Mail
LL Cool J may be going back to Cali and Gianfrance Zola is going back to Italy soon.
Meanwhile, Everton want an apology from Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook after he had a VIP fan and his wife thrown out of Eastlands. Daily Mirror
Bush league move by a bush league executive.
Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira has revealed some of Chelsea’s older players fear they will never win the Champions League after last week’s last 16 defeat to Inter Milan. Daily Star
Paulo Ferreira, Deco, and Ricardo Carvalho could sleep easier knowing what it’s like to win the Champions League.