EPL Gossip Wednesday February 23rd
Carlos Tevez is being lined up to rejoin Brazilian club Corinthians, according to the Manchester City’s striker agent Kia Joorabchian. Despite the Argentine having over three years left on his Eastlands contract, Joorabchian said: “Carlos would be happy to return to Brazil. I would like the deal to be done swiftly but in reality it will probably take a couple of years.” Full story: Daily Express
No idea why papers wasted their ink on this. It’s one thing for Brazilian clubs to pick up players no longer wanted by elite teams in Europe like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. It’s another to spend huges amount of money for a player like Tevez.
West Ham will sign on loan Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna in the summer, when he says he will be a free agent. talkSPORT
It’s clear Inter Milan have no use for him so it’s a wise move by West Ham to keep Obinna going forward.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp says he may make another bid for Blackpool’s Charlie Adam, having narrowly missed out on the striker on transfer deadline day. Footylatest.com
So does this mean Blackpool can beat A.C Milan? Rough day at the office yesterday for Blackpool.
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has given his strongest hint yet that he would like to return to Chelsea one day. Mourinho left Stamford Bridge in 2007 but says: “I love Chelsea. I was the happiest man when I was there. I was thinking I would be there all my life. So you never know.” Daily Mail
If Mourinho came back you know he’d clean out all the people who turned on him during his final days at Chelsea.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is lining up a lucrative pre-season tour of Japan that could net the club £15m. Daily Mirror
Highest ticket prices in the EPL, I believe the 4th or 5th highest grossing club in the world yet they refuse to sign a player over 15 million pounds.
Striker Asamoah Gyan may have to be sold to balance Sunderland’s books, says Black Cats chairman Niall Quinn. Metro
What the hell would of happened if they didn’t sell Darren Bent for 18 million? Who is in charge of the books over there?