I remember Manucho playing his debut and it was Wellbecks as well and he scored from a Manucho pass, it was probably his only game though. Cant see Manucho playing for us especialy with such awesome young talent coming through the ranks like Macheda, Campbell and Wellbeck

Lets be honest, I'd be a little worried if I'd lost a match to my imagination...

Does this also include inner mind mind games? :-s

His mind's eye came out on top.

Manchester City have held talks with Barcelona about signing Samuel Eto'o for a fee of about £40m. The Cameroon international striker has stalled on a new four-year deal at the Camp Nou and Barca could run the risk of losing him for nothing with 14 months left on his current deal. (The Times)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez admits he may have to sell some of his current squad to fund his summer transfer kitty. The Spaniard is eyeing Valencia duo David Silva and Raul Albiol, as well as Aston Villa's Gareth Barry. (Various)

Middlesbrough's record £12m signing Afonso Alves will join Benfica in the summer, even if the Teesiders escape relegation. (Various)

Former Tottenham manager Martin Jol, now in charge of German side Hamburg, is favourite to succeed Jurgen Klinsmann, who was sacked as Bayern Munich manager on Tuesday. (The Times)

Klinsmann's availability could interest Manchester City should the club decide to sack current manager Mark Hughes. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea right-back Jose Boswinga believes he can contain Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. (Daily Star)

Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor has compared AC Milan to bootylicious singer Beyonce after he admitted nearly quitting the Emirates for the San Siro. "It's like a boy being told Beyonce is looking for them," said the Togo international. (The Sun)
LOOOOOOOOOOL

i think liverpool would be better off spending their time going for villa. finding a second striker should really be rafas priority and him and torres work well together. barry is better off at villa, you can just see him being a keane version 2.

:lol: Adebayor

Yeah, we've been through all that what feels like a hundred times this season...

Juventus will make a new bid for Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso after missing out on him last summer. (Various)

Real Madrid's Dutch winger Rafael van der Vaart has been offered to Chelsea for £8m. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham hope to sign 17-year-old Charlton midfielder Jonjo Shelvey for about £3m but face competition from Newcastle and Fulham. (Various)

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy says he is interested in signing Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia, who could be available for free at the end of the season. (Daily Star)

Former Manchester United keeper Mark Bosnich, 37, has held talks with Swindon. (The Sun)

Arsenal's Mexican striker Carlos Vela was ordered to stay away from training on Monday while doctor's carried out tests on him for swine flu. The Gunners were worried after Vela had friends from his homeland visit him at the weekend but the 20-year-old was given the all-clear (Various)

Jeez only 8mil for VDV, sad to see him wasting at Madrid although its pretty sad seeing him there in the first place

Is this even AFTER they signed Christian Poulsen to play his role? :-k

8mil? Fuck taht's cheap. MOVE YOUR ARSE RAFA!! VDV would sit perfectly in the hole linking up behind Torres, give Gerrard more of a chance to roam and control the game.

Considering Poulsen = Epic Fail, cant blame Juve for going all out for Alonso.

Would there be any room for him? Ballack, Lampard, Mikel, Deco, Essien, Malouda, Kalou are all midfield players and maybe one more will be too much.

Kalou, Mikel or Ballack to fuck off. My money is on Mikel.

Mikel won't go because he is young and has potential, even if he doesn't come close to others in our midfield.
Kalou will go if they make the Quaresma deal permanent. (Which won't happen)
Ballack will go if he feels like it.

IMO Deco should go. Overrated.

Deco's not used to the physicality (the way ballack wasn't), he'll adjust.
Quaresma will stay. But truth be told, I forgot that he even played there.

8mil? Fuck taht's cheap. MOVE YOUR ARSE RAFA!! VDV would sit perfectly in the hole linking up behind Torres, give Gerrard more of a chance to roam and control the game.[/quote]


van der vaart is a gun, he would perfectly at liverpool...

Maybe, but he has done SFA this season. Overated IMO.



Id rather keep Kalou. Even If he doesnt score he looks dangerous and tracks back well.



Mr HotnCold. Dont think anyone would notice if he left(except the accounts dept.)



He would work at a mid table club in La Liga or Serie A.

Everton are lining up a summer bid for Newcastle striker Michael Owen with the former England star prepared for a cut in his £100,000-a-week wages. (Daily Express)

Manchester City are in talks with Lisbon's 22-year-old midfielder Miguel Veloso over a £15m move. (The Sun, The Times)

Liverpool are keen on taking on Moroccan striker Mounir El Hamdaoui, while Arsenal also wait in the wings on the AZ Alkmaar star. (The Sun)
We have enough moroccans as it is.

Portsmouth are demanding £16m for England's Glen Johnson, with Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa all interested in the right-back. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool are considering a bid to sign Marseille skipper Lorik Cana as back-up for Xabi Alonso, who could be sold in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic are reported to have added Real Sociadad's Xabi Castillo to a list of potential recruits for their problem left-back position. (Daily Mail)

a young morrocan would be nice as extra power of the bench, pompey are asking for too much and we shouldnt sell xabi - he fits very well into the team...

:shock: They'd burn effergies of him in Liverpool..

He was from that side of the river, they could use him. I'd be more concerned if he could still produce the old magic.

Don't they have enough midfielders as is with Ireland, Elano, De Jong, Kompany and Johnson?

They know where they can go with those demands. He's good, but not THAT good.

Veloso would be better...Cana usually plays just infront of the back four too, which is not Alonso's role.

Juve want him apparently and then Jose would no doubt want him too

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz his number one summer transfer target - and hopes he can land him for a cut-price £12m. (Daily Express)

Wenger's interest in Santa Cruz could signal the end of Emmanuel Adebayor's Arsenal career. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City say they may miss out Santa Cruz but are back in the race to sign £35m-rated Valencia striker David Villa. (The Independent)

And City are interested in winger Arjen Robben, who could be offloaded by Real Madrid in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United are poised to make a £30m bid for Lyon striker Karim Benzema - to replace Carlos Tevez. (The Sun)

Djibril Cisse's goal drought could lead to him failing to secure a permanent deal with Sunderland. (The Sun)

Aston Villa striker John Carew has disappointed Tottenham by insisting he wants to stay in Birmingham. (Daily Star)

Manchester United skipper Rio Ferdinand will be out of action for at least three weeks after the cracked rib he picked up during the Champions League win over Arsenal led him to start coughing up blood. (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror)

However, some reports are saying Ferdinand's injury is not as bad as first feared and the 30-year-old could be fit to face Arsenal in the second leg on Tuesday. (Daily Star, The Guardian) Hmmm What do you make of that? Who is more reputable? Guardian and Star, or Mail and Mirror?

The climax to the Scottish football season could be abandoned under government plans to combat any escalation in swine flu. (Daily Record)

WTF is with the last one.

Spectators have been barred in Mexico Torres, Is it even bad in Scotland though?
TBH whilst really, really not wanting to part with Tevez it seems we may be doing so I am finding myself now very excited by Benzema rumours but I really hope he does stay

Sell off Bendtner and get Santa Cruz, I won't mind that deal.

They are playing all 600 odd league games in Mexico behind closed doors this weekend. An additional 12 matches that would ordinarily be shown on pay tv are being shown on FTA.
I can't see how it would be nearly that bad in Scotland.

As for Arsenal moving for Santa Cruz...sounds like hopeful fans. Lets be honest, that goes well against Wenger's transfer policy, he's too old. And even then you already have Walcott, Van Persie, Eduardo, Bendtner, Arshavin and Adebayor up front. How many strikers can you POSSIBLY need.

Best news I've heard all day.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5263361,00.html

Guardian and Star evidently.