EPL Gossip Monday December 13th
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AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani says the Serie A leaders cannot afford to buy Carlos Tevez, despite having injured striker Filippo Inzaghi ruled out for the rest of the season. (Reuters)
According to reports in Spain, Barcelona and Real Madrid are both in the hunt to sign Carlos Tevez. Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham are also keen on the player. metro.co.uk
A rift with club executives Garry Cook and Brian Marwood appears to have prompted Carlos Tevez’s decision to leave Manchester City. Full story: Daily Mirror
City claim that Tevez’s outrageous financial demands of £300,000-a-week are behind the rift between the player and club officials. Full story: the Times (subscription only)
Striker Tevez is furious with City for portraying him as a money-grabbing mercenary in the wake of his transfer request. The Argentine has apparently turned down a one-off payment of £2.5m to stay at Eastlands. Full story: Daily Star
“This is not about money,” Tevez is understood to have told Manchester City in an email when the club offered him the chance not just to renegotiate his contract but collect a substantial one-off bonus, thought to be about £5m. Full story: Daily Telegraph
Tevez says that no amount of money will keep him at Manchester City and if the club do not grant him a transfer in January, he will quit football altogether. Full story: the Sun
First Robinho and now Carlos Tevez are looking to whine their way out of town. I don’t feel sorry for Tevez one bit. Here you had a player who in the prime of his career got to call his own shot as a free agent. How many 25 year old World Class players get to do that? I’d would of respected him then if he went back to Boca Juniors but of course with Kia Joorabchian owing Carlos Tevez, money talked and he went to Manchester City.
If I was Manchester City I’d be asking you want to leave? “Fine, give us back our 25 million and you can go.” We all know that wasn’t going to happen. I’d respect Tevez if he quit the game altogether, I’d think he was a loon but at least then you couldn’t say it was about the money. If he joins Real Madrid then we all know Tevez is just a whining little man.
Manchester City are weighing up a renewed attempt to sign Nemanja Vidic from neighbours Manchester United. Roberto Mancini’s side are willing to double the Serbian defender’s current £90,000-a-week wage. goal.com
I think I’d be staying clear of the mess that is Manchester City right now.
Manchester United target Alexis Sanchez will not be leaving Udinese in the January window. However, the winger’s representative has hinted that a summer move to Old Trafford remains a possibility.
Full story: sport.co.uk
In other words Alexis Sanchez’s agent hope a summer move to Old Trafford is possible.
Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is ready to make a bid for Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam – but he will have to pay £3m for him. Full story: Daily Mirror
That would make Adam one of the few British players whose transfer value isn’t over valued.
Everton manager David Moyes has admitted he may have to sell midfielder Steven Pienaar in the January transfer window to revive his ailing strike force. Daily Mail
Last summer there were rumours of 15 million on the table for Steven Pienaar. Should of taken it.
Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema will not be leaving the Bernabeu in the January transfer window. The news will come as a blow to potential suitors Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal. sport.co.uk
Real Madrid can’t sell Benzema in January. Summer could be a different story.
West Ham manager Avram Grant wants £10m to spend in the transfer window to get West Ham out of relegation trouble. Daily Mail
Gerard Houllier has given his Aston Villa squad two days off to clear their heads after Richard Dunne’s training ground bust-up, and the Irishman could be on his way out of Villa Park.
Full story: Daily Mirror
If I was West Ham I’d make a call about Richard Dunne. Don’t know if I’m Richard Dunne if I’d want to go to West Ham however.
December 13th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Is it just me or is there a more-than-typical amount of ‘drama’ in the Prem this year? Training ground bust ups, big players getting P.O’d with their clubs, bizzare goings on in the back rooms, etc….