EPL Gossip Friday May 27th
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has turned down an incredible £20m a year offer from Juventus and is now set to stay at Eastlands. Daily Mail
Considering Carlos Tevez is home sick moving further away from Argentina by going to Juventus wouldn’t be the smartest of moves.
Liverpool are poised to make a bid for Birmingham centre-back Scott Dann, who is a lifelong fan of the Anfield club, after his side’s relegation to the Championship. Metro
Sunderland are after Birmingham’s other first choice centre-back, Roger Johnson, who could be available for £4m. Mirror
Hopefully that works out better than the last time Liverpool went after life long fan Robbie Keane. I like both Scott Dann and lifelong Chelsea fan Roger Johnson. Picking up Dann wouldn’t be the worst choice Liverpool could make. He is almost as good as Gary Cahill but a lot cheaper.
Inter Milan hope to land Arsenal full-back Gael Clichy, who is out of contract next summer.
Full story: The Sun
Considering Clichy has some experience what i was like when Arsenal was actually winning titles I don’t blame him for throwing in the white towel.
Villa have joined Tottenham and Liverpool in the fight to sign £10m-rated West Ham midfielder Scott Parker. Full story: The Sun
Considering all the players rumoured to be leaving Aston Villa this is a fight Aston Villa will want to win badly.
Arsenal boss Arsenal Wenger will offer £10m for giant Blackburn defender Christopher Samba this summer. Wenger is willing to spend big money before next season and signing a dominant centre-half is one of his top priorities. (Daily Star)
Always been a big fan of Samba. Can’t say I’ve been the biggest fan of Arsenal.
Salomon Kalou will wait to see who takes over as Chelsea manager before deciding whether to stay, with Arsenal ready to make a move if the forward chooses to leave Stamford Bridge.
Full story: Metro
Chelsea should make the decision for him and tell Kalou to find himself a new club.
Arsenal will battle it out with Liverpool for the signature of £15m Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing this summer. (Daily Star)
Can’t see Arsenal going that high but Downing would be a useful player for both Arsenal and Liverpool. Maybe Arsenal can actually score from a set piece with Downing chipping them into the box.
United have been working on two formations for the final. They will start 4-4-2 and go to 3-4-3 if they fall behind, with Antonio Valencia pushing up alongside Javier Hernandez and Wayne Rooney in attack. Nani has been playing the “Messi role” in training, while Michael Owen has been playing in the style of David Villa. Full story: Daily Telegraph
Come on Nani, do it for Portugal and Ronaldo.
Jack Wilshere has told Manchester United that the key to beating Barcelona is to “get in their faces”. Wilshere was instrumental when Arsenal beat Barca in the first leg of their last 16 match.
Full story: The Sun
If Manchester United wins I’d going to love reading how Sir Alex Ferguson is a genius for following much the same blue print as Jose Mourinho did but without the red cards thrown in the way.
Barcelona pair Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol took a photo of Cesc Fabregas off the wall at Arsenal’s training ground – then posted a picture of themselves gawking at it, on Twitter.
Full story: Metro
I love how Arsenal decided to let Barcelona use their grounds. Why doesn’t Wenger let someone from Barcelona sleep with his wife while he is at it. Barcelona beats them in the Champions League, they go on about Fabregas every summer and yet Arsenal say go right ahead use our gronds we’ve stopped playing football since February.