Damn. Here we were hoping United would get fucked in the arse by Ferdinand...

Spurs winger Aaron Lennon is wanted by both Manchester United and Liverpool. (Daily Express)

Spanish side Atletico Madrid are keen on Tottenham's David Bentley, who has failed to settle at White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa are looking at Valencia defender Raul Albiol as a replacement for injury-plagued Martin Laursen. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle manager Alan Shearer is set to drop Michael Owen for his return to Anfield on Sunday. (Various)

Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia has shown he is not one for sitting on the fence by launching a stinging attack on Champions League rivals Chelsea.
Almunia calls Chelsea's football "boring" and their supporters "ghosts" while stating he would rather play them than Barcelona in the Champions League final as they would be easier to beat. (The Sun)

Thats awesome. Now I know who to belive and who to not believe as a reputable source.

Harry kewell to tottenham - Source Seriously (its credible trust me)



Edited by seriously: 2/5/2009 08:35:48 PM

Ok. If that comes to fruition I will openly state that Viduka is an amazing player and you are right about him.

I'm not sure if that's good or bad. What'll happen to Maxi?? :? Maybe they'll throw Bentley on the left.

It's on bitches!

If that happens, I'll lick your shoes. Kewell's about as likely to play for spurs as I am.

Kewell going back to the EPL would be very bad imo.
Agree afro im not sure about Bentley either

Manchester City have made John Terry their number one summer transfer target, and will bid £20m for the Chelsea skipper. (Sunday Mirror)

Manchester City's wealthy owners are lining up a stunning double swoop for Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho and Barcelona winger Lionel Messi. (The People)

Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy is set to become the subject of a £15m bid from Real Madrid. (The People)

Arsenal are chasing 19-year-old defender Mamadou Sakho, who is currently playing for Paris St Germain. (Sunday Express)

Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins will be offered a deal with Inter Milan should the Magpies suffer relegation from the Premier League. (The People)

Former England manager Steve McClaren is a leading candidate for the Sunderland manager's job. (The People, Sunday Express) Benj?

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is set to be rested for the vital clash with Newcastle after picking up a hamstring injury during the week. (Various)

Former Barcelona manager Louis van Gaal has revealed to his AZ Alkmaar bosses that Sunderland want him to replace Ricky Sbragia. (Mail on Sunday)

We should try as hars as we can to get this little pocket rocket, he will fit in perfectly well

So you go from being Dutch champions to in the championship...not likely.

I wonder how much Man City think they're spending this season. I doubt most of the players they want will want to play for them.

Liverpool are ready to sell midfielder Lucas Leiva for about £6m and the Brazilian is willing to leave. (Daily Mirror)

PRAISE JEEEEEESUS

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is lining up a summer bid to bring Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari back to the Premier League - with Jermaine Jenas heading in the opposite direction. Redknapp's summer targets also include Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones, Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Charlton wonderkid Jonjo Shelvey. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland are weighing up whether to make a £2.5m offer for Rangers midfielder Steve Davis. (Daily Mail)

Bayern Munich will battle with Sunderland to appoint former Barcelona boss Louis van Gaal as boss this summer. (Daily Mail)

Southampton legend Matthew Le Tissier is involved in one of the consortia aiming to buy the relegated club. (Various)

Scottish Premier League chiefs will hold crisis talks on Thursday to discuss Setanta's appeal to renegotiate their £125m four-year deal. (Daily Record)

One HD could pick up some SPL games....One can hope for it.

LVG has a huge choice to make Bayern with a chance of ECL, chance of winning the league, one of the best squads on paper in Europe or Sunderland, possible Championship team, hmmm tough call

Lucas is worth a little bit more than that isnt he? Based potential of course. We need to get a profit at least.

We need to keep a CM though. We've lost Sissoko already. Lucas and Alonso could potentially go. We desperately need to keep Mascherano and find adequate replacements for those who have left. We seriously need a young CM.

Lets keep Alonso, Masch, Gerrard. Throw away Lucas. Sign Javi Martinez. Forget about Gareth Barry.

We desperately need another striker + a right-winger/attacking mid/link-up-man + someone to replace Lucas. We need money too.

I'd like to see us sign a future talent aswell. We should take a look at that Jonjo kid. Arsenal have Ramsey, United have Macheda - We dont have any YOUNG stars.

Edited by mk0825: 5/5/2009 11:20:14 AM

Sami Hyypia will end his 10-year stay at Liverpool this summer after agreeing to join German side Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer when his contract expires.



Telegraph.co.uk article

Good for him. Decent for us. Loyal servant shown he can still play at the highest level. Good luck to him.

Manchester United have offered over £60m for Bayern Munich's French midfielder Franck Ribery, suggesting Cristiano Ronaldo will be on his way to Real Madrid in the summer (The Guardian).

Birmingham are set to offer defender Stephen Carr a long-term deal and will also try to sign West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer, who has been on loan at St Andrew's, on a permanent deal (The Guardian).

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has told some of his older players they are playing for their futures and he will recommend who should stay and who should go when he leaves (Daily Mail).

England midfielder Frank Lampard says the more Chelsea fail in the Champions League, the more he understands people saying they are destined not to win it - but the more determined he is to prove them wrong (The Independent).

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says he wanted Sami Hyypia, who has agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, to stay at Anfield, with an eye on an eventual coaching role. The Spaniard added "the door is always open" for the defender's return (Daily Telegraph).

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says his side's Champions League semi-final against Arsenal is "unquestionably" his biggest showdown with old rival Arsene Wenger (Daily Express).

However, Barton may already have played his last game for the club after being suspended without pay for two weeks following a post-match bust-up with boss Alan Shearer following the player's red card at Liverpool (The Times).

Hull duo Daniel Cousin and Geovanni had to be separated during an on-field argument at half-time in their defeat by Aston Villa on Monday night (Daily Telegraph).

Full story Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo says a red London bus was his first image of England and he plans to buy one and keep it in his back garden for his nieces and nephews to play in when they come to visit (Daily Star).

Injured Everton midfielder Phil Jagielka says he "cried uncontrollably" when he realised he would miss the FA Cup final because of his knee problem (The Independent).
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

It will be Massive.




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60m for Ribery. Thats almost double the UK record. Dunno about that. Thats probably all you'd get for Ronaldo now anyway so they would be losing out. Manc need a new established CM if anything. Xavi. 'Magine that.

that would mean that someone was willing to buy him though...But that could mean the Javi Martinez rumours are true :D

Yeah, given that we paid 8mil odd for him, you'd hope that having improved the way he has, he'd at least command a profit in transfer fee.

Could just be getting over Nani...but the price seems rather high.

Fair enough I guess. It's probably the biggest game he'd ever play in and he's going to miss it.

Thats the position we have most depth in at the moment, a good right back is the only thing we lack. Really cant see Ronaldo going now, especialy with Fergie as coach and I would much rather him than Ribery but they would be an awesome duo together. Unless Fergie does have to replace Ronaldo i dont reckon he will sign a big name winger more likely promising young talent

I dont reckon your CMs are that great. Carrick, Scholes, Giggs?, Anderson, Fletcher, Possebon, Hargreaves. Deep but the only one I have no doubts about is Carrick. I dont rate him that highly either. Probs not even top 20 CM's in the world. Giggs and Scholes are old. Anderson and Possebon are still young. Fletcher is Scottish. Hargreaves is made of glass.

If that's their idea of planning for the EPL, then it's likely to be yo-yo time at St Andrews.

Man United fans have delisions of adequacy about how good their midfield is. They fall well short of Liverpool or Chelsea's midfield and they're barely on a par with Arsenal or Everton's.

They've been a yo-yo team for years.

Are you kidding? On paper our midfield may not look like Barca's but on the field they easily match them the midfield is so balanced and Carrick is one of the best CM's in the world hands down. I will agree that it isnt Chelsea's team on paper but compare it with Liverpool.
Manchester United midfield list: Carrick, Scholes, Hargreaves, Fletcher, Park, Giggs, Ronaldo, Anderson, Possebon, Nani
Liverpool midfield list: Gerrard, Lucas, Alonso, Riera, Benayoun, Masch, El Zhar, Plessis.
I would say that is either pretty much a stale mate or in favour of us.
You say it barely competes with Arsenal, a midfield that have been completely outclassed and taught a footballing lesson by us. Our midfield is really well balanced and gets the job done incredibly I can agree on paper it doesnt amount to that much but on the field I am capable we can beat Barca with our midfield.

Centre mid you retard.

Alonso, Masch, Gerrard > Any trio you can muster

Have to agree with you there. Liverpools looks good, but the depth(quality) isnt very promising. Gerrard, Alonso, Riera, Masch and even Benayoun(to an extent) look good, but the players backing them up(in case on injury) arnt anywhere near the quality you would expect to slip in and do a similar job.

ManUtds is much more balanced out. Carrick, Ronaldo, Giggs and Scholes starting is nothing to scoff at. If one drops out Anderson, Hargreaves, Fletcher(dont care how much hate is on him, he is a seriously underated player), Park and Nani can come in and keep the level of quality at a high level.

Park and Fletcher are massively underated players, Fletcher isnt a great player but he really does the job well and Park has had some great showings this season, both offer variety and are different to the rest of our midfielders

Carrick is standout in a very average midfield. I'd take Fellaini, Cahill and Arteta over Carrick, Anderson and Fletcher any day of the week. Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano shits all over united's midfield and the only one that runs close to that is Essien, Lampard and Ballack.

Ronaldo isn't a midfielder. And we're talking midfield, not wings anyway. And even then, you forgot Kuyt, Dossena and Babel for Liverpool if you want to open that can of worms.

:?

I cant find anything to agree with in that whole statement. Absolutley nothing. sorry.



Ive always considered wingers as midfielders(not restricted to the DM, CM and no.10). Kuyt is surprisingly(finally) becoming a good winger(natural striker). Babel doesnt do enough(nowhere near enough) but does have potential to be a top tier player. Dossena...meh. Certainly dont rate him, but wont say he is shit either. And doesnt he play more as a FB anyway(just gets forward on the overlap, and odd wander)?

Unite dfans have serious delusions of adequacies about their midfield. So you kept a sub-standard Arsenal midfield quiet. Almost every time you've come up against a quality midfield this season, you've struggled or lost. Zenit 1-2, Liverpool 1-2, Chelsea 1-1, Everton 1-1, Arsenal 1-2, Liverpool 1-4, Everton 0-0.

What are you talking about? He used to play as a winger when he started at Feyenoord.

And you could say the same thing about Fletcher, Park, Possebon and Hargreaves.