There Is Only One Sinnacle

Aston Villa’s veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 40, is heading for Tottenham, despite interest from Liverpool. He believes he will see more first-team action at White Hart Lane. Daily Mirror

Would be a smart move for Friedel linking up with Tottenham. Friedel still has another year or two of top flight football left in him.

Tottenham have slapped a £50m price tag on left-sided player Gareth Bale, who is believed to be a target for Juventus and Inter Milan. However, they will let midfielder Luka Modric go for about £25m – despite denying the Croatian is on his way to Chelsea or Manchester United. Daily Mirror

There is no chance that Gareth Bale is twice the player Luka Modric is.

Barcelona’s opening offer for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is likely to be at the £30m mark. Arsenal want £50m and may stand a better chance of getting it from Manchester City.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Meet someone in the middle at 40 million and let this be over him.

Manchester United will lose out to Real Madrid in the race to sign Benfica’s left-sided star Fabio Coentrao. the Sun

Portuguese players playing for Real Madrid will always make me happy but Marcelo has done nothing to lose his job or for Real Madrid to even bring another player in his position.

Sevilla are set to offer Arsenal £8m for unsettled Brazilian midfielder Denilson.
Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal should be set to ship Denilson off at that price.

Russian side Zenit St Petersburg have had a bid to swap their defender Bruno Alves for Chelsea’s Alex rejected, despite also being prepared to include cash in the deal.
Full story: Daily Mail

For the love of god why? Alex is a great 3rd central defender but Bruno Alves is still a much better player. Again Porto sold Alves at just the right time.

Sweden midfielder Sebastian Larsson has been weighed up by four Premier League clubs after being released by Birmingham, with Sunderland believed to be one of the interested parties.
Full story: Daily Mail

I love it when clubs say they have released players. No, the truth is Larsson wanted no part of signing with Birmingham.

If Gerard Houllier is given a clean bill of health in his final medical examination it will leave Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner unable to terminate his contract on the grounds of ill health – which would have reduced the Frenchman’s payout. It means Houllier would cost £5m to sack.
Full story: Daily Mail

It was the right move for all involved for Houllier and Aston Villa to agree to walk away. The stress of football management isn’t won’t your health.

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