EPL Gossip Thursday August 26th
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is hoping to secure the funds to make a move for Sampdoria’s Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini, 26, with a fee of about £14m likely. caughtoffside.com
Guess Roy Hodgson was watching the Champions League mid week also. Pazzini second goal against Werder Bremen was top class.
Manchester City are battling with AC Milan for Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahomovic, with the Serie A side set to target City’s Brazilian forward Robinho, should Ibrahimovic choose to move to Eastlands.
Full story: imscouting.com
Zlatan Ibrahomovic would be a better fit playing in Serie A but Robinho would be a lot easier to sign. Would also be interesting to see the magic Ronaldinho, Robinho and Pato can produce.
Bayern Munich’s Argentine utility player Martin Demichelis has turned down a £10m move to Chelsea, saying he wants to join Spanish side Sevilla. Daily Mail
Martin Demichelis is one of the most over rated defenders anyway.
Bolton manager Owen Coyle wants to bring Manchester United’s England Under-21 midfielder Tom Cleverley to the Reebok. Daily Mail
Cleverley would be a good replacement for Jack Wilshere. Wisely Arsenal wants to keep a hold of Wilshere this season.
Newcastle are eyeing a double loan swoop for Manchester City defender Dedryck Boyata and striker Roque Santa Cruz. Daily Mail
Take a guess where Santa Cruz will end up in. One minute it’s France, then Lazio and now Newcastle.
However, England manager Fabio Capello says he will not try to tempt the likes of midfielder Scholes, Manchester United defender Wes Brown, Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson and Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher out of international retirement. the Independent
All of those players are old, plus in the case of Brown and Robinson they have already called time on their England career.