EPL Gossip Friday May 6th
City boss Roberto Mancini wants to land Tottenham star Gareth Bale in a deal worth £30m, plus the club’s England midfielder James Milner. Daily Star
Unless you are an elite club this is why you sell any players if another club comes along with a crazy offer. I realize Aston Villa has had a forgettable year but good business is still good business. Milner is worth half now what Manchester City recently paid for him.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor is set to return from his loan spell at Real Madrid with the Spanish club unwilling to match City’s £14m valuation or agree to his £5.3m annual wage demands.
Full story: talkSPORT
We know that but the question is which club is waiting in the weeds to make their move.
Manchester United chiefs will fly to Lisbon to negotiate a deal for Sporting keeper Rui Patricio. But the Portuguese club believe they are being used as a tool by United in their bid to land main target David de Gea from Atletico Madrid. the Sun
Once of the few times Sporting has been bang on with regards to club matters these last couple of years. Patricio is not ready for the step up to Manchester United despite his talent.
Italian giants Juventus are eyeing a shock swoop for Ipswich striker Connor Wickham and Blackburn defender Phil Jones. metro.co.uk
Always bugs me about British players that the second they leave the island to play in Europe they just gettng shakes or something. If I was an 18 year old kid like Wickham I’d love to live in Italy.
Tottenham are willing to sell Aaron Lennon for £15m following a breakdown in his relationship with manager Harry Redknapp. goal.com
A tad better version than Shaun Wright-Phillips. A change may do Lennon good.
Meanwhile, former Blues boss Claudio Ranieri has warned his old club that they should stick with current manager Carlo Ancelotti if they want to win more trophies. Daily Mirror
After all the crap Ancelotti has had to deal with it says something about him to be in a position where if Chelsea wins this weekend they are in pole position for the EPL crown.
Having recalled £50m striker Fernando Torres for last week’s win over Tottenham, Ancelotti is ready to leave the former Liverpool man out of his starting XI for the title clash at Manchester United on Sunday.
Full story: Daily Mirror
What a story it would be if Fernando Torres scores to win the game for Chelsea. I imagine it will be the last time Liverpool fans will wish for Torres to get on the scoresheet.
On-loan David Bentley may never play for Birmingham again after walking out of the ground on Sunday when he learned he wasn’t in the squad to play Wolves. Daily Mirror
David Bentley might as well pack his bags for Blackburn as that is where he will be going too.