EPL Gossip Friday August 6th
Chelsea will let unsettled defender Ashley Cole move to Real Madrid once the club wrap up a £16m deal for Benfica left-back Fabio Coentrao. Daily Mirror
If I was looking to buy top young talent the first place I’d be looking to is Benfica as well. Full credit goes to Fabio Coentrao for his success. He was blocked out of his natural role in midfield by Angel Di Maria and learned a new position on the fly and excelled at it.
Marseille are considering a bid to bring striker Didier Drogba back to the club from Chelsea. Drogba is one of three potential Marseille attacking targets along with Fiorentina’s Alberto Gilardino and Ajax’s Luis Suarez. insidefutbol.com
Marseille will only be able to bring back Drogba once Chelsea is done with him.
Liverpool are ready to offload defender Philipp Degen to Budesliga side Stuttgart. insidefutbol.com
Liverpool would offload Philipp Degen to any team who comes calling.
French striker Karim Benzema could be offered to Chelsea by Real Madrid as part of a deal to lure Cole away from Stamford Bridge. Daily Mail
First it was Kaka and now it’s Benzema in a Ashley Cole swap. Neither of which have a chance of happening.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor says he wants to join Juventus after City tried to sign Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli. Daily Mirror
Adebayor should of seen the writing on the wall long before Manchester City tried to sign Balotelli.
AC Milan continue to covet the services of Tottenham midfielder Giovani Dos Santos according to reports in Italy, but Spurs are reluctant to let the player go after he impressed during the World Cup with Mexico. footylatest.com
Harry Redknapp must of seen the World Cup and gone how can I get Giovani Dos Santos to play like that for Tottenham. Still don’t believe English football is suited for him.
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is rumoured to be lining up a move to bring cut-price Manchester City pair Shaun Wright-Phillips and Wayne Bridge to Anfield. caughtoffside.com
With those two Roy Hodgson would be will on his way to recreate the Mourinho era Chelsea teams.
Aston Villa will let midfielder James Milner move to Manchester City and will use the money to sign Celtic winger Aiden McGeady.Daily Mirror
Aston Villa has waited until Aiden McGeady is one step away from a move to Spartak Moscow to plan this?
Stoke’s bid for Nice’s French striker Loic Remy is on the rocks – after a flying visit to the Potteries ended in a breakdown over the fee and terms. Daily Mirror
After staying in the top flight for a couple of years Stoke problem now is getting players like Loic Remy to join them.