EPL Gossip Monday April 4th

Juventus have told Arsenal to forget about signing goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon in the summer. The 33-year-old Italy international has been linked with a move to the Emirates. Daily Mail
Don’t worry the second Buffon tells Arsenal what he wants in wages they would forget about it.
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has admitted he can’t decide who he wants to win the Champions League quarter-final showdown between Real Madrid and Tottenham. The former England captain played for Real from 2003 to 2007 and recently trained with Spurs. Daily Mail
Not that anyone at Real Madrid cares about David Beckham but if they did wouldn’t you be annoyed at this comment. Some grand history Beckham has with Tottenham training with them for a couple of months.
Arsenal are set to make an audacious bid to sign West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker, but are only likely to be successful if the Hammers are relegated. caughtoffside.com
Because they are too cheap to do it otherwise. Then again I do believe it’s about a press linking a player with a team and nothing more.
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi believes Mario Balotelli’s off-the-field “behaviour” will prevent him from putting on the Rossoneri shirt in the future. “There is a Milan style of behaviour that I don’t think is very close to that of Balotelli. Every now and then, he has a bit of a distraction,” said Berlusconi of the Manchester City striker, who is an AC Milan fan. (Press Association)
Yet Antonio Cassano is on the team.
Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is keen to make a Premier League return after his failed spell at Inter Milan. Daily Mail
When Mourinho says he wants to return to the Premier League it’s a front page story. Benitez on the other hand not so much. Besides whic club would he go to when you thin about it? Tottenham is Harry Redknapp takes the England job? but that isn’t happening anytime soon.
The Football Association is expected to severely reprimand Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney after the striker swore into a TV camera on completing his hat-trick against West Ham on Saturday.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Wayne Rooney has done a lot of dumb things in his life. This is not one of them….calm down everyone.
Having just surrendered his nine-year unbeaten home record with a defeat by Sporting Gijon, Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho said that a draw with Tottenham in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final, first leg at the Bernabeu “would not be a disaster”. the Guardian
Not a great weekend for me that’s for sure.
Fulham fans who dislike the club’s statue of pop star Michael Jackson “should go and be Chelsea fans”, according to the club’s owner Mohammed Al Fayed. Metro
What an ugly looking statue…..it looks like a grade 8 art project.
April 4th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Benitez to Tottenham, no thanks. I’d love to see Jose Mourinho though. Well, I can dream….