Non-City transfer rumours

Horrific? He was Leeds star player that night.

 

A pair of odious and loathsome clowns.

 

Today's rumours:

Chelsea have made a bid of £49.3m for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, 26, after the Italian club rejected a lower offer that would have seen Fernando Torres head in the opposite direction. Napoli are determined that a release clause of £53m in Cavani's contract will be triggered before they let him go, and have been given a list of fringe players from Chelsea to choose from as part of the deal.

Manchester United boss David Moyes is ready to spend £40m in an attempt to beat Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to the signing of Barcelona's 26-year-old Cesc Fabregas.

Barcelona will move for Chelsea defender David Luiz, 26, if the Catalan club fail to convince Thiago Silva, 28, to leave Paris St-Germain.

Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye could move to Man United after the 27-year-old spoke of his admiration for the Old Trafford club.

Liverpool will complete the signing of Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas, 25, next week after Tottenham's late interest appeared to threaten their move for the Spaniard.

Fiorentina's 33-year-old midfielder David Pizarro, who spent six months on loan at Manchester City in the second half of their title-winning season in 2011-12, wants to return to the Premier League this summer.

Liverpool will attempt to beat Everton boss Roberto Martinez to the capture of Wigan striker Arouna Kone, 29, by making a bid for the Ivory Coast international. Kone has a £6.5m release clause in his contract.

Chelsea are prepared to take on Arsenal in an attempt to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United if new manager David Moyes decides to sell the 27-year-old striker this summer.

Arsenal are closing in on Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain, 25, after Arsene Wenger met the striker and his father in Paris.

Spurs are preparing to offer Bayern Munich £7m for striker Mario Gomez, 27, who now appears to be surplus to requirements at the German club.

Crystal Palace boss Ian Holloway has made a £4m bid to bring Blackpool winger Thomas Ince to Selhurst Park.

Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorenson, 36, is keen to speak with new manager Mark Hughes, although his future at the club could depend on whether the Potters sell Asmir Begovic.

Fenerbahce hope to entice Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto, 29, to Turkey via a £6m deal. The defender is out of contract in 2015.



Mario Gomez for £7m? That's just mental (and probably bullshit, he's worth much more).

 

Holloway offering £4million for Ince? Doubt that would be accepted when Liverpool were apparently willing to pay a lot more.

 

He's better than Zaha imo, so £4m is too low.

 

Apparently Moyes is about to make Manchester United's first signing of the Summer with Guillermo Varela (Uruguayan) having a Medical.

http://www.givemesport.com/350982-uruguayan-defender-confirms-manchester-united-medical

 

Confirmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22822742

 

I know it's the Daily Mail, but I hope this is true.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...e-wear-Newcastle-shirt-Wonga-sponsorship.html

Apparently, Papiss Cisse is refusing to wear Newcastle's new kits due to the Wonga sponsorship. It's something to do with being Muslim.

at the Geordies

 

They have a few Muslim players don't they? Hatem Ben Arfa is Muslim too if I remember rightly.

 

I see Jack Barmby has been offered a professional contract by Man United.

Well done lad.

 

Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, refuses to rule out signing a new deal with the Spanish club, amid speculation he will rejoin Manchester United this summer.

Manchester City will make a £30m bid for Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria, 25.

Tottenham are vying with Borussia Dortmund to sign Brazil and Atletico Mineiro winger Bernard, 20, and are interested in Fulham wide man Alex Kacaniklic, 21.

West Ham are considering whether to make a £12m move for Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony, 24, as doubts persist about their move for Liverpool's Andy Carroll, who spent last season on loan at Upton Park.

Newcastle are not prepared to offer more than £10m for their former striker Carroll. The 24-year-old is currently considering a £15m permanent move to West Ham.

Newcastle may end up selling striker Papiss Cisse, 28, as he has informed the club he does not want to wear a loan company's branding on the club's shirts next season because of his beliefs as a Muslim.

Chelsea hold an advantage in the race to sign Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala, 22, as Manchester United manager David Moyes - who is interested in the player - is currently on holiday.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho plans to sell striker Demba Ba, 28 after just five months at Stamford Bridge.

And Mourinho is planning to sign strikers Edinson Cavani, 26, from Napoli and Hulk, 26, from Zenit St Petersburg for a total of £90m. Jose is targeting Bayern Munich forward Mario Gomez, 27, as a possible alternative to Cavani.

Chelsea may also move for Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso, 31, who has yet to agree a contract extension with the Spanish club.

Playmaker Stephane Sessegnon, 29, wants to leave Sunderland. The Benin international has been valued at £8m by his club, with Champions League qualifiers Marseille said to be interested in buying him.

New Everton manager Roberto Martinez is considering a £10m move for Chelsea forward Victor Moses, who used to play for him at Wigan.

 

Jesus, how do they come up with all these 7 days a week?

Robert Lewandowski could be set for a shock move to the Premier League after Borussia Dortmund refused to sell him to Bayern Munich. The 24-year-old Poland striker has been strongly linked with Manchester United.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez claims 28-year-old forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been linked with a return to Manchester United, wants to commit his future to the Spanish club.

Fiorentina's 23-year-old forward Stevan Jovetic, who is reported to be a target for Arsenal, wants to join Juventus instead.

Real Madrid's sporting director Zinedine Zidane says his club will have to break the world transfer record - which currently stands at £80m - to land Tottenham's 23-year-old forward Gareth Bale.

Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler says his old club should keep 24-year-old forward Andy Carroll, a target of West Ham, as he believes the squad is short in terms of numbers.

Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway is set to pip Celtic in the battle for Portugal Under-20 striker Amido Balde, who seemed set for a £2.5m move to Scotland.

Hal-Robson Kanu, 24, says he wants to quit Reading. Aston Villa and West Brom are keen to sign the winger.

Manager Rafael Benitez has told Napoli he would like to work with 29-year-old Chelsea striker Fernando Torres again - paving the way for the Blues to sign Napoli's Edinson Cavani.

Manchester United are closing in on a deal for 20-year-old Monaco midfielder Nampalys Mendy.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is looking to sign 22-year-old Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala and 20-year-old Vitesse Arnhem midfielder Marco van Ginkel.

 

Paying £80m+ for Gareth Bale would be ****ing ludicrous.

 

I think the only way they would get him this summer would be if Ronaldo left.

 

They seem to spend stupid amounts of money on a player every year, just to keep the fans happy, and pretty much every year it fails.

It wouldn't surprise me if Ronaldo stayed and they also signed Bale. Tbf though, that'd be a pretty impressive forward line!

 

West Ham could ditch plans to sign Andy Carroll and re-unite both Cisse and Ba as Spammers. Ba looks surplus to Chelsea's needs now Jose is back and he wants funds for Brazilian star striker Hulk. Now thats incredible if true.

Get ready to watch both Ronaldo and Bale in a white shirt next season. Dont see either leaving until 2014 at least ?

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England face added pressure to get to Brazil next summer after the dismal failure of the U21'a. Roy may well end up in the Dyke.

As Borussia Dormond refuse to sell Lewandowski to Bayern Munich that has opened up the door for Man Utd,, the poles No.2 choice

The Community/Charity Shield game between Man Utd and Wigan has been confirmed for Wembley with a 2pm ko on sunday 11th august. Man Utd get 35,000 tickets and Wigan 15,000 based on attendances the FA confirms.

TWS have signed Oldhams star striker Matt Smith on a 2 year deal. Smith made his name last season with FAC goals against Liverpool and Everton.

Leeds utd boss Brian McDermott hopful of more ex.Reading old boys also arriving this summer at Elland Road. With news that Noel Hunt has signed up, brother Stephen is also on the list along with Kevin Doyle and Matt Mills. Plus Leeds old boy Ian Harte.

WBA star defender Stephen Reid will leave this summer as a free agent. 3 PL clubs already ready to pounce plus a host of championship clubs. One rumoured to be his last club Blackburn Rovers.

 

Aston Villa will let veteran keeper Shay Given go on loan next season, with Celtic interested. -The Mirror

I'll put it straight here to save PLT the bother of moving it

 

Transfer fees have been this way for many a year now, the money involved is from the realms of fantasy even if it is all for real.

 

Shay Given started his career at Celtic and he would be the ideal replacement for Fraiser Forster if he left. Nice jump for Given as he would get a certain SPL title winners medal, possibly domestic cup winners medals and games in the CL.

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Oz media saying that Mark Schwarzer's future will soon be decided.

Wigan boss Dave Whelan says he has 15 names on his interview list. 7 down 8 to go.

Dieumerci Mbokani is being hawked around the PL by his agent. Already 2 PL clubs have no thanks and not for the money he will cost overall. May end up at Swansea if they can raise funds by selling star defender Ashley Williams to the Arsenal.

Cesc Fabregas says that he will only leave Barcelona if pushed out of the door. Barca expect to take control of the CL next season after missing out to Bayern Munich.

Sunderlands outcast striker Danny Graham wont get an escape route to Middlesboro this summer as M'Boro look to trim the squad and cut costs.

Arouna Kone says that he has no thoughts on leaving Wigan at the moment He wants to see and hear what the new manager has planned for the club.