EPL Gossip Wednesday May 12th
French side Marseille are being linked with a move for Manchester City forward Robinho. The Brazilian has spent the past five months on loan at Santos. imscouting.com
I’m very interested to see how Manchester City gets out from under the Robinho mess. Do they try to trade him for another player and if not how much can they get in the form of a transfer fee. You know Manchester City are going to keep their fingers crossed hoping Robinho has a great World Cup.
A Chinese internet gaming tycoon is in talks to buy Liverpool according to Chinese media reports on Wednesday. (AFP)
Have a feeling there will be a lot of “tycoons” looking to buy Liverpool until it’s time to cut the cheque.
Manchester United and Bayern Munich are leading the chase to sign CSKA Moscow’s £15m-rated Serbian winger Milos Krasic. goal.com
Both me down as a fan for Milos Krasic who would do a job for either team. Hopefully he won’t get hurt like former team mate Yuri Zhirkov did upon going to Chelsea and never getting a shot the rest of the way.
Bayern Munich are lining up a move for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov. footylatest.com
Bayern Munich can then feature the two most dissapointing strikers in Europe with Berbatov and Marip Gomez.
Tottenham are preparing a £12.7m bid for AC Milan’s Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar. footylatest.com
Have a feeling that Tottenham looks a lot better for Klass Jan Huntelaar after his forgettable 18 months.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has set his sights on Lyon’s abrasive 26-year-old Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan, who is part of France’s World Cup squad. Caughtoffside.com
Never been the biggest Toulalan fan but he does fit the bill of what Arsenal need.
Liverpool are weighing up an £8m swoop for Valencia’s 21-year-old Argentine midfielder Ever Banega, who has been likened to former Reds favourite Xabi Alonso. Caughtoffside.com
Not a chance Valencia sells Ever Banega for 8 million considering they paid double that two years ago.
The Anfield side are set to offload £20m signing Alberto Aquilani, who has failed to make an impact. Liverpool are bracing themselves for a huge loss on the midfielder. Daily Mirror
I liked the Aquilani to Liverpool signing way back when. Wish I could take it back now.
Chelsea are planning a summer clear-out to raise funds for new signings, with Ricardo Carvalho, Deco, Juliano Belletti and Paulo Ferreira all set to leave the Premier League champions. The Times
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned but so I’m going to get it off my chest now. Paulo Ferreira must have one hell of an agent. Going into his last year of his contract in 2008 he was handed a new five year deal. Amazing considering he wasn’t even making the bench under Avram Grant back then. You know Chelsea is playing well so I’m sure if they want to get rid of Ferreira who to be fair did a good job for them this year they would be eating a fair amount of his deal.
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp will bring England goalkeeper David James, who he worked with at Portsmouth, to White Hart Lane on a free transfer in the summer. Daily Mirror
Wonder how David James is going to handle being on the bench more often than not?
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is lining up a move for Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik and Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli. The Times
Mancini has always liked Hamsik going back to his Inter days so could see this happening. We all know about the link between Mancini and Balotelli.
Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves stormed out of Old Trafford after being left out of the side to face Stoke on Sunday. Hargreaves had hoped to force his way into Capello’s squad. The Sun
I like Owen Hargreaves, I like the big he plays big in big games but in no way did he deserve to be named onto the World Cup squad.