There Is Only One Sinnacle

Liverpool’s 3-0 drubbing by Manchester City on Monday has prompted manager Roy Hodgson to make a shock move for West Ham striker Carlton Cole, with the Reds prepared to offer £6m up front for the 26-year-old. Daily Mirror

No idea why the Daily Mirror wasted newspapar space on this rumour. Not a chance West Ham sells Carlton Cole for 6 million up front.

Hodgson is desperate to sort out the future of Javier Mascherano, who wants to move for family reasons, and has told Barcelona they will need to pay £18m in cash by the end of the weekend to secure the Argentine midfielder. Daily Mail

A new coach needs every player to be on board. Javier Mascherano was never going to be on board with Liverpool going forward.

Barcelona may offer midfielder Alexander Hleb and defender Martin Caceres in part exchange as they look at ways to tempt Liverpool to sell Mascherano. the Guardian

Like both players but neither is British so it’s unlikely both will make their way to Liverpool. Maybe one as a makeweight but not both.

If Liverpool do finally offload Mascherano, they may attempt to secure Marseille’s £7m-rated midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa. Daily Star

Liverpool should do backflips if they can get Hatem Ben Arfa for 7 million. Unlikely, even with Hatem Ben Arfa walking out on Marseille that the French side will sell him at that price.

Everton have been put off Tottenham striker Peter Crouch after being quoted what they consider to be an exorbitant fee of £10m. Talksport

Not in the English trasnfer market it isn’t. This is the same club who sold Andrew Johnson to Fulham a couple of years ago for double figures.

England manager Fabio Capello has come under fire from Real Madrid’s new manager. Jose Mourinho said: “He has a one-track relationship with players. You cannot go around just shouting at players. They need to feel special. Capello will not work for England. He does not know the players. They are frightened of him and they can’t play for him.” Daily Mirror

The special one isn’t one to hold back.

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