EPL Gossip Thursday July 14th
Manchester United will use Nani as bait in their bid to lure Sneijder to Old Trafford. Full story: Daily Star
Wesley Sneijder could join Manchester United from Inter Milan for £35m within the next 48 hours after agreeing personal terms of £190,000 a week. Full story: Daily Mirror
I don’t know why United would even considering giving up Nani. How many wide players can give you 10 goals and 10 assists in a season? If Downing is worth 20 million then you can easily claim Nani is worth 30 million alone.
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish wants the club’s owner Randy Lerner to splash out £7m on West Ham midfielder Scott Parker – and is also eyeing Fiorentina winger Juan Manuel Vargas as a replacement for Stewart Downing, who is set to join Liverpool. Full story: Daily Mirror
Selling Downing for 20 million is good busines plain and simple. The key here is who Aston Villa is going to spend that money, sadly I don’t have faith in Alex McLeish to attach the right fix of players to make up for the losses of Ashley Young and Stewart Downing. On the Liverpool side of things I like Carroll, Henderson, and Downing but I hate how much they have paid for them.
Diego Maradona’s problems during his playing days in Italy could give Manchester City the upper hand as they battle with Juventus over the Argentina legend’s £40m-rated son-in-law Sergio Aguero, who plays as a forward for Atletico Madrid. Full story: Daily Mirror
Interesting point. I do love the fact that everytime Maradona goes to Italy the Tax man comes knocking.
Midfielder Patrick Vieira is set to confirm he has accepted a coaching role at Manchester City and will call time on his playing career. Full story: the Sun
Great player, Arsenal have yet to replace him.
Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has denied rumours that he wants to leave White Hart Lane.
Full story: Talksport
Why would he want to leave? It’s not like Manchester United or Chelsea are calling.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit back at Barcelona star Xavi for claiming Gunners midfielder Cesc Fabregas is “suffering” at the London club. Barcelona have refused to up their £31.6m offer for Fabregas. Full story: the Sun
Good on you Wenger. No one ever calls out Barcelona for being disrespectful when players like Xavi and Victor Valdes go on and on about Cecs Fabregas wanting to play for Barcelona so badly.
Midfielder Denilson may have played his last game for Arsenal after being substituted during a pre-season friendly in Malaysia when he had only been on the field for 20 minutes and then storming down the tunnel. Full story: Metro
I don’t think many Arsenal fans would care if Denilson left.