Archive for May, 2009
Robinho is “unhappy” at Man City and wants »
Apparently the Brazilian star Robinho has admitted that he is unhappy at Man City, and would not be averse to returning to Brazil with his old club Santos. He recently had a meeting with the president of Santos, Marcelo Teixeira, where he expressed his desire to leave England, and the Brazilian revealed details of the meeting to the Portugese [...]
Espanyol bid for Celtic star »
The legendary Celtic midfielder, Shunsuke Nakamura, is out of contract this summer, and it was thought that Gordon Strachan would try hard to convince him to stay in Scotland one more year. But now that Strachan has gone., Nakamura's future is up in the air. It has been an open secret that his old club in Japan, Yokohama Marinos, have been [...]
Theo Walcott admits he is a Liverpool fan! »
The young Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has admitted in an interview that he has always been a Liverpool fan, along with his dad. He was talking about how hard it is sometimes to put up with the harrassment from the public when you become famous, and he remembers when he was a lad, and was starstruck with Liverpool and Michael Owen. "Can you [...]
Everton favourites over Villa for Leeds midfielder »
The Leeds United midfielder Fabien Delph, who has impressed everyone with his performances for his club this season, looks like getting his dream of playing in the Premiership next year. The Sunday Mirror this morning reports that Everton are going to make a bid for Delph and he should be moving to Goodison Park in the next month. Leeds have [...]
Capello slams Wenger after Walcott complaint »
The Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger put in an official complaint to the FA after his young winger Theo Walcott was called up for the full England team AND the U21 squad for the U21 European Championships. "It is not logical that he plays for the first team and the Under-21s during the holiday period. "During the holiday period he should choose [...]
Everton chasing giant Serbian international »
It has been reported today that Everton boss David Moyes is keen on signing the American international Neven Subotic, currently plying his trade at Borussia Dortmund. The 6'4" centre-half was born in Yugoslavia, but escaped the war by moving to the USA, where he played for his adopted country at U17 and U20 levels. When he turned 21 he [...]
Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool fighting over Ligue 1 »
The highly rated PSG midfielder Stephane Sessegnon is looking for a move this summer after being disappointed that his manager Paul Le Guen was sacked last month. He was seriuosly charsed by Arsenal before he signed for PSG, and Liverpool and Chelsea have had scouts watching his impressive performances in Ligue 1 this season, and according to [...]
Man City close in on Tevez and Eto’o »
The Man City executives have been putting their money where their mouths are, and attempting to line up a formidable strike force at the Eastlands. Carlos Tevez is now nearly certain to join City, according to the News of the World. They have agreed to meet Kia Joorabchian's asking price of £32m, and are happy to pay the Argentinian a massive [...]
Liverpool to raid Real Madrid for Heinze »
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was extremely put out when Alex Ferguson blocked Gabriel Heinze's desired move to Liverpool, and sold him to Real Madrid instead. Now he has the chance to right that wrong as Heinze is said to be part of Real Madrids clear-out after a very disappointing season. As he is entering the last year of his contract he will [...]
Leeds Utd target Sunderland striker David Healy to »
Leeds United have resigned themselves to losing Jermain Beckford this summer, but already have their eye on finding a top class replacement for him. They are reported today in the Yorkshire Post as picking the Northern Ireland international, David Healy, as their top choice to replace Beckford. Healy is now at Sunderland but has not been able [...]
Boro boss says that Downing can join Liverpool, but »
The Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson was extremely angry with Tottenham for unsettling his star winger Stewart Downing in January, which ended with the player asking for a transfer, and has declared that he would sell the £15m-rated star only to a team in the Champions League. Gibson said: “We had an unspoken agreement that if the right [...]
Alonso’s price could increase with bids from »
The Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is the subject of great interest from Real Madrid, but the Spanish Daily AS says that they are worried that competition from Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus could bump up the transfer fee of the Spanish international. Florentino Perez has made Alonso one of his top targets if he wins the presidential election [...]