EPL Gossip Thursday November 25th
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Happy Thanksgiving to all my American visitors.
Blackburn are weighing up a £4m January move to bring Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz back to Ewood Park. The Sun
After 18 months of not playing I’m sure Roque Santa Cruz would love a return to Blackburn and the regular playing time that came with it.
Arsenal, Tottenham and Newcastle are battling for FC Lorient striker Kevin Gameiro. AS Monaco, Hamburg, Schalke 04 and Benfica are also interested in the 23-year-old. imscouting.com
I’m convinced papers/rumour sites like to link rivals Arsenal and Tottenham with the same players.
Stephen Ireland is looking for a January move away from Aston Villa. Fulham boss Mark Hughes is keen after the pair worked together at Manchester City, but the Cottagers would struggle to find the £8m asking price. Daily Star
No denying Ireland talent. A lot of questions can be raised about his attitude however.
West Ham striker Carlton Cole has questioned the tactics of under-fire Hammers manager Avram Grant during their 3-0 loss at Liverpool last weekend. “In the first 10 minutes we had lost the game, psychologically anyway,” said Cole. Daily Mail
Avram Grant can’t be liking those comments. When players hit out at you to the press that is a big red flag.
Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou insists the west London club have not been affected by last week’s shock departure of assistant manager Ray Wilkins. The Sun
Just weird timing is all. I’m sure one had nothing to do with the other.
Former assistant manager Ray Wilkins was sacked by Chelsea only two weeks after a bust-up with the club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay, who had criticised the management team’s use of substitutes.
Full story: Daily Express
Finally something coming out about why Wilkins may of been let go.