EPL Gossip Monday January 31st
Going to be a crazy day
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has targeted Newcastle forward Andy Carroll as a replacement for Torres and is prepared to spend £30m to lure the 22-year-old to Anfield. the Sun
Sorry about the Sun reference Liverpool fans. Spend that 30 million elsewhere Liverpool. Liverpool should focus of developing their own Andy Carroll. The problem with British transfers is your always paying more than what the player is worth. There is no way Carroll is twice the player Giampaolo Pazzini is.
Chelsea are preparing to smash the British transfer record with a £50m offer for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. Daily Telegraph
The Merseysiders will only allow Torres to join Chelsea if they can secure the services of Nicolas Anelka in return. ESPNsoccernet
40 million and Anelka can go along way in remaking the club.
As they prepare for life without Torres, Liverpool are ready to make an £18m swoop for Aston Villa’s Ashley Young – as well as finalising the transfers of Ajax striker Luis Suarez and Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam. the Guardian
With Aston Villa spending 18 million on Darren Bent it will take more to get Ashley Young. (again the make up you play for English players) Charlie Adam better be sold today for his sake.
Tottenham have had a £38.5m bid for Atletico Madrid forward Sergio Aguero rejected. Sky Sports
Life isn’t great for Atletico Madrid right now but they did manage to tie down Aguero to a new contract. Not exactly build for the English game.
Villarreal have rebuffed Tottenham’s advances for former Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi. The north London side have had a £30m bid rejected. IMScouting
Another player who deservely got tied down to a new contract. Great goal yesterday.
Redknapp may turn his attention to £16m-rated Bayern Munich frontman Mario Gomez.
Full story: Caught Offside
With the move Gomez is scoring goals for fun this season wonder if Liverpool are kicking themselves for letting Gomez slip away. Bayern Munich wisely kept on to him then and will contiune to do so now.
Midfielder Stephen Ireland, who has found himself our of favour at Aston Villa, will seal a loan move to Newcastle, with a view to completing a permanent deal in the summer. Daily Mirror
Ireland needs to get his act together or he is quickly going to waste all that talent.
Striker Tuncay has been offered a way out of Stoke, with Wolfsburg, managed by former England boss Steve McClaren, offering £4m for his services. the Sun
Tuncay should be quite happy playing in Germany.
Former Manchester United number two Carlos Queiroz has reportedly agreed to take over as manager of Brazilian club Vasco da Gama. Daily Mail
They might as well announce Vasco da Gama as the new feeder club to Manchester United.