EPL Gossip Thursday December 30th
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Liverpool are set to sack Roy Hodgson and replace him with Dutchman Frank Rijkaard following Wednesday’s 1-0 home defeat to Wolves.
Full story: caughtoffside.com
Anyone but Rafa at this point I’d be happy with.
Manchester United are ready to offer Anderlecht 20m euros for teenage striking sensation Romelu Lukaku.
Full story: imscouting.com
Only a matter of time before he gets sold but credit to Romelu Lukaku who says and does the right things. Most likely a deal doesn’t get done until the summer.
Wolfsburg have Manchester United defender John O’Shea in their sights, according to German sources.
Full story: imscouting.com
John O’Shea will go when Sir Alex wants him to go and I doubt that’s in the middle of the season.
Liverpool have made Ashley Young their top target for the January transfer window and are confident they can land the Aston Villa winger. goal.com
Don’t know who has it worse right now, Liverpool or Villa fans?
Tottenham head a list of six Premier League teams attempting to sign midfielder David Beckham on a two-month loan deal from Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy. Daily Mirror
If I’m Tottenham bringing in Beckham and all his attention would only mess things up.
Arsenal and Manchester United are on the trail of Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara. talkSPORT
With Alcantara not having signed a profesisonal contract it’s not a shock to see Arsenal and Manchester United sniffing around. How about Arsenal yesterday? Of course it’s the ref’s fault. Exactly why I wasn’t sold on them even after the Chelsea win.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko, who is set to join the Eastlands outfit, can fire his team to the Premier League title if he joins in a £35m deal.
Love to see how Mancini tries to fit Dzeko into the lineup. I smell bust
Hatem Ben Arfa will make his loan move from Marseille to Newcastle permanent next week in a £5.1m deal. The midfielder has been out injured since October with a broken leg.
Moody headcase but 5 million is good business for Newcastle.
Italian Serie A side Bari are poised to swoop for Wigan’s Argentine striker Mauro Boselli, who has scored only once since arriving for £6m last summer. the Sun
This transfer hasn’t quite worked out for Wigan.
December 30th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Rennes’ Marveaux is as good as done for LFC. A sure sign Woy is on his way out as he doesn’t use wide players in his “management philosophy”. It’s surely a matter of days now, will be surprised if he’s there for Bolton. You can’t turn on your own fans like he has and say we’re only fans but not supporters unless we cheer him on. Stupid, stupid move yet again.
Love him or hate him (we disagree on him, fair enough), Rafa is not coming back. Haven’t heard Rijkaard’s name mentioned…think Kenny might be a stopgap till the end of the season though.
Are you a bit of an LFC fan? Do you have faves in each country?
Dzeko is also 99% done as well from what I’ve heard. He’s on huge wages…excellent player, really two footed and a hard worker…the weird thing will be that they’ll have to play Tevez deeper to get him in which could throw things off.
December 30th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Not a Liverpool fan. There are things I like about Liverpool but then again I can say that about most clubs. I cheer for Portugal but that is a curse I’ve been born into. I cheer for Portuguese teams in Europe mostly because I like cheering for the underdog.
I’m a Mourinho and Ronaldo fan so by default I want to see Real Madrid do well but I wouldn’t say I’m a Real Madrid fan cause that would be an insult to the true R.M fans who will support the club after Mourinho and Ronaldo are long gone.
To keep it short aside from the curse I was born into I’m pretty much a neutral when it comes to club teams. Some I like more than others but wouldn’t go as far to say I’m a true fan of any.
December 31st, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I can’t see O’Shea leaving united for a German club.