EPL Gossip Tuesday November 30th
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will not be buying any new players in the January transfer window. Metro
To be fair to Wenger unless you have Arshavin fall in your lap January is an awful time to spend big on players.
Former Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard is almost certain to replace Roy Hodgson as the next Liverpool manager. footylatest
I’d be making that call if I were Liverpool. You have a coach who should want to regain his standing in world football with a club looking to do the same. Yes I do feel silly now thinking Hodgson could lead Liverpool to second place in my EPL predictions.
Tottenham are lining up a “sensational” swoop for unsettled Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor. The Sun
Tottenham would love to do it just to piss Arsenal off but Manchester City isn’t going to help Tottenham.
Chelsea and Manchester City are gearing up for a bidding war over Benfica’s £25m-rated defender David Luiz. The Sun
As I’ve said time and time again, Portuguese clubs will not sell their best players mid season. The same 25 million will be there in the summer.
Chelsea meanwhile have made enquiries about signing Lazio midfielder Cristian Ledesma who is valued at £15m. imscouting
Chelsea could of had Ledesma for next to nothing this time last year.
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson wants to bring Sunderland striker Darren Bent to Anfield. But it may take about £22m to lure the 26-year-old away from the Stadium of Light. caughtoffside
Or, Hodgson is considering an offer to Panathinaikos in order to bring striker Djibril Cisse back to Anfield.
Full story: Metro
The papers should know Hodgson will have little say on the make up of this club going forward.
Liverpool left-back Paul Konchesky admits his performances have not been good enough this season. The 29-year-old took full responsibility for being caught out of position and allowing Aaron Lennon to score the winner for Spurs in Sunday’s Premier League game. The Sun
This is a big reason why (sorry about the Sun credit Liverpool fans. I do avoid linking Liverpool stories from the sun but figured this news was pretty common knowledge.)
Manchester United are planning to make summer moves to sign Aston Villa youngster Ciaran Clark and Blackburn Rovers defender Phil Jones. Full story: caughtoffside
Going to take a moment to talk about Gérard Houllier. Good on him for giving players like Ciaran Clark, Marc Albrighton, Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, and Eric Lichaj a run out with the first team. Most of these players were never giving the light of day under Martin O’Neill who like most coaches would rather spend money for a ready made player instead of taking the time to bring a kid up. It’s an off year anyway for Villa with O’Neill leaving right before the season so smart on Houllier to figure out which players will be part of his core going forward into next season.
Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart says his heart belongs to Hamburg and although he is happy at White Hart Lane, he wants to return to the German club again one day.
Full story: fourfourtwo.com
Rafael van der Vaart couldn’t wait to leave Hamburg back in the day. First to Valenica and finally to Real Madrid.
Out-of-favour Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz may return to his native Paraguay to secure first-team football again, according to his father and agent. imscouting
I know his stock has dropped but I’m sure Sanata Cruz won’t need to play in Paraguay to get first team football.