Tuesday, 6 August 2013

All the latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

All the latest news and gossip, you can use the links to go to the news paper or media which published the story, this will be a daily round up of what the papers have been saying latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

6th Aug 2013


Senior Manchester United players such as Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra are growing increasingly frustrated with Wayne Rooney's behaviour as the striker looks to push through a move to Chelsea.
Chelsea are preparing a third bid for Rooney after failing with a second offer for the England striker on Sunday night.
Manchester United manager David Moyes must decide whether to risk Rooney receiving an angry backlash from Reds supporters in Sunday's Community Shield against Wigan.
Liverpool are prepared to sell winger Stewart Downing to Newcastle for £5m. Downing, who has played for Middlesbrough and Sunderland, moved to Anfield for a reported £20m from Aston Villa two years ago and is now considering his options.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has no intention of selling David Luiz despite interest from Barcelona in the defender.
Atletico Madrid's Brazil striker Diego Costa says he wants to stay at the Spanish club despite interest from Liverpool.
QPR's Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar is on the verge of joining Italian side Fiorentina, a year after moving to Loftus Road from Inter Milan.
Turkish side Besiktas want to sign Jermain Defoe after failing with a move for his fellow Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
PSV Eindhoven's Sweden striker Ola Toivonen is open to a summer move to Norwich.
Hull want to sign Marseille's France midfielder Morgan Amalfitano on a season-long loan and are set to pay Evian £1.5m for Ivorian midfielder Eric Tie Bi after failing with moves for Sunderland's Lee Cattermole and Jack Colback and Stoke's Wilson Palacios.
Millwall are in talks to sign Australian midfielder Ruben Zadkovich from Newcastle Jets.
Stoke are continuing to insist that midfielder Steven Nzonzi will not be sold. The club rejected a written transfer request from the player in May.
Everton have made an approach for Ajax defender Toby Alderweireld.
Cardiff are willing to pay £4m for Queens Park Rangers midfielder Stephane Mbia.
Clint Dempsey's £5.2m annual salary at Seattle Sounders is bigger than David Beckham's basic wages were at LA Galaxy. The United States international left Spurs over the weekend.
The image of Real Madrid target Gareth Bale has been removed from the official Tottenham Twitter page.
Liverpool's Slovakia international defender Martin Skrtel is closing in on a move to join former manager Rafael Benitez at Napoli.
Sporting Lisbon's Diego Capel says he would be "delighted" to sign for Marseille. The Spanish midfielder has also attracted interest from Liverpool.



Monday, 5 August 2013

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5th Aug 2013

Manchester United have rejected a near-£30m bid from Premier League rivals Chelsea for England striker Wayne Rooney.
Rooney has told new United boss David Moyes that he wants to leave Old Trafford and will submit a written transfer request this week.
Tottenham are refusing to hold further talks with Real Madrid until the Spanish giants substantially increase their offer of more than £80m for forward Gareth Bale.
Spurs are also insisting on Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata as being part of any deal that would see the Welshman move to the Bernabeu.
Arsenal are close to landing their second signing of the summer, with defender Matthias Ginter on the verge of a £6m move from Bundesliga side Freiburg.
Crystal Palace are ahead of Fulham and Newcastle in their pursuit of Aston Villa striker Darren Bent. The player scored six goals in 23 appearances last term.
Newcastle are hopeful that a deal for QPR striker Loic Remy, who scored six goals in 14 games for the Loftus Road side last season, will be concluded in the next two days.Full story: Metro
Swansea and Cardiff could both be disappointed in their attempts to sign Espanyol's Mexico international defender Hector Moreno with Russian side Rubin Kazan bidding £6m for the player.
Liverpool and Arsenal are interested in signing MK Dons midfielder Dele Alli. Both clubs may offer to loan the player back for the remainder of the season.
Juventus are set to sell two strikers this summer after the arrivals of Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente from Manchester City and Atletico Madrid respectively. Fabio Quagliarella, who has been linked to Norwich, could be one of those to leave Turin.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has accused Arsenal of lacking class in their attempts to trigger a release clause in the contract of striker Luis Suarez.
The Uruguay international was the only member of Liverpool's first-team squad not to attend a gala dinner after captain Steven Gerrard's testimonial against Olympiakos on Saturday.
Premier League newcomers Cardiff City could be without new £7.5m striker Andreas Cornelius for their opening game against West Ham on 17 August. The Dane has damaged his ankle in training.
Atletico Nacional midfielder Sebastian Perez will begin a trial with Arsenal on Monday.
But the Gunners' attempts to bring in United Arab Emirates play-maker Omar Abdulrahman have suffered a setback with his current club, Al Ain, refusing to release the player for a trial in London.
Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed a new five-year contract at Real Madrid. The player has extended his stay at the Bernabeu until 2018, increasing his annual salary to 17m euros (£14.8m) after tax.
Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon are willing to listen to offers of 7m euros (£6m) for winger Diego Capel which may alert Liverpool. Marseille have already had two bids rejected.

Sunday, 4 August 2013

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4th July 2013

Gareth Bale's future will be decided in the next 48 hours, with Tottenham's billionaire owner Joe Lewis set to demand £100m for the attacker from Real Madrid.
Real only want to pay £20m up front for Bale, with the rest of the world-record fee spread out in instalments.
It is claimed that Tottenham will refuse to meet Real to discuss a deal for Bale.
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has criticised Real for making their interest in Bale public.
Spurs are considering a bid for unsettled Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Colombia international Jackson Martinez as they plan to reinvest the income from Bale's impending transfer to Real Madrid.
Villas-Boas's side have also had to step up their search for a new centre-half after being forced to field a makeshift pairing in the heart of their defence during a friendly at Monaco.
Striker Wayne Rooney will ask Manchester United for a transfer this week.
Chelsea are preparing an "imminent" second bid of around £40m for Rooney - and the England striker will leap at the chance to become Jose Mourinho's number one striker at Stamford Bridge.Full story: Mail on Sunday
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has has told a close friend "I'll get Luis Suarez" - even though Liverpool are adamant the clubs are way off a deal for the striker.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers remains insistent Suarez is not for sale, although he adds that, if he were, the price tag would be closer to the £100m being touted for Gareth Bale.
Manchester United will set their sights on Bayern Munich's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger - if a third bid for Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas fails this week.
Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse is mystified by reports linking him to Turkish side Trabzonspor.
Out-of-favour Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh has agreed to join Premier League new boys Crystal Palace on a six-month loan deal.
Goalkeeper Pepe Reina will join Barcelona - rather than return to Liverpool - after his season-long loan with Napoli is over.
Aston Villa left-back Enda Stevens has been made available for transfer by manager Paul Lambert.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes he would have been bored if he had taken the England job in 2007. "At that time my plan was just to try to motivate myself for a job that doesn't fulfil me," he said. "What do I do? During the day, I'm not training, so I have to go and see players train in their clubs."
Mourinho says his Chelsea team can play fantasy football this season - but claims he has never been ordered to do so by owner Roman Abramovich.
Inter Milan plan to keep an eye on Patrick Vieira's progress as head of Manchester City's elite development squad with a view to naming him head coach in the future. 

All the latest Premier League gossip and transfer news

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3rd Aug 2013

Tottenham's Gareth Bale expects his Real Madrid move to be completed by Tuesday - and the Spanish giants are ready to follow up his capture with the signing of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
Wales international Bale heightened speculation he is on his way to Real as he was not on the plane taking the rest of the Spurs squad to Monaco for a friendly. However, Tottenham will only sell Bale if the Spanish giants can put together the right players-plus-cash deal.
Tottenham players bid an emotional farewell to Bale before they departed for Monaco, with some asking the Wales international to sign their shirts.
Full story: The Sun (subscription required)
Chelsea are expected to test Manchester United's resolve over striker Wayne Rooney with a £40m offer in the coming days.
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is a target for Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp.
Fulham have increased their bid for Aston Villa striker Darren Bent to £4.75m plus add-ons but the Midlands club want £6m for the player.
Arsene Wenger could make a bid for Swansea captain Ashley Williams to ease Arsenal's defensive injury worries.
Arsenal are close to selling Ivory Coast international striker Gervinho to Italian club Roma for £8m.
Full story: The Sun (subscription based)
Tottenham's US international midfielder Clint Dempsey is a target for Seattle Sounders and Everton.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Real Madrid's mega bid for Tottenham star Gareth Bale makes a joke of Financial Fair Play rules.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard rejected the chance to play for current European champions Bayern Munich because of his determination to end his club's exile from the elite competition.
Gareth Bale has informed manager Andre Villas-Boas he is keen to work with him again if the player leaves Tottenham for Real Madrid this summer.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho say the Blues "need to learn and support" the qualities of  Fernando Torres to get the best out of the £50m Spain striker.
Wayne Rooney will return from a hamstring injury when he turns out for Manchester United in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Real Betis on Saturday.

Friday, 2 August 2013

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2nd Aug 2013

Manchester United are in advanced talks to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. The Portugal forward left United for Spain in an £80m deal in 2009.Full story: Daily Star

Tottenham have agreed to sell Wales winger Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £105m.
Bale does not feature in a list of Spurs players posted on a wall at their Enfield base, confirming manager Andre Villas-Boas is planning for the season without him.
Striker Wayne Rooney may decide to stay at Manchester United if he receives a positive reaction from fans in next week's friendlies against AIK and Sevilla.
Atletico Madrid deny they have received an offer from Liverpool for striker Diego Costa and insist the Brazilian is going nowhere.
West Ham want to sign Werder Bremen's Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic to partner Andy Carroll in attack.
Monaco are close to signing Sporting Lisbon's Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio who has been a target for Arsenal.
Newcastle's Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse is being targeted by Turkish side Trabzonspor despite ending his dispute with the club over their shirt sponsor.
Tottenham are closing in on a £7m deal for Steaua Bucharest's Romanian defender Vlad Chiriches.Full story: Metro
Everton have failed with a loan bid for Juventus's Italian midfielder Luca Marrone. The Turin club will only consider a permanent deal.
Liverpool have opened talks to sign Granada's Brazilian defender Guilherme Siqueira who has also been tracked by Everton.
Fulham are confident of sealing a £5m deal for Aston Villa striker Darren Bent with Newcastle United, who have also chased Bent, now intent on taking French striker Loic Remy from Queens Park Rangers, initially on loan but with the option to buy.
West Ham are interested in signing Malmo winger Jiloan Hamad.
West Brom are close to signing Paris St-Germain defender and Uruguay captain Diego Lugano.
Manchester United have written to Everton to apologise for the way they recruited David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is a major doubt for England's friendly with Scotland on 14 August because of an Achilles injury.
Midfielder Victor Wanyama who Southampton signed for £12.5m, says his parents were so poor he had to win his first pair of football boots to play.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says the Gunners will be stronger this season - even if he fails to land Liverpool forward Luis Suarez or improve his squad.
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay thinks record signing Steven Caulker could become the best defender in the country.

Thursday, 1 August 2013

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1st Aug 2013

Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to sell forward Gareth Bale to Real Madrid and they will tell the Spanish club that the prospect of a deal would increase if striker Alvaro Morata was included as part of the package.
Barcelona are ready to make a last-ditch effort to buy Chelsea's £40m-rated defender David Luiz.
Newcastle United hope they can put the finishing touches to a loan deal to bring Queens Park Rangers striker Loic Remy to Tyneside after a move for Darren Bent collapsed on Wednesday night.Full story: the Telegraph
Magpies manager Alan Pardew says the club, who are also interested in Lyon's  striker Bafetimbi Gomis, will 'pursue their summer targets until they get them'.
Midfielder Steven Gerrard hopes he can convince striker Luis Suarez, who he calls "the best footballer he has ever played with", to stay at Liverpool.
Roberto Soldado's protracted £25.8m club-record transfer to Tottenham is imminent after the striker was left out of Valencia's tour of the United States.
Everton are not interested in a move for Queens Park Rangers's Joey Barton, despite the  midfielder's desire to join his boyhood club.
Everton and Queens Park Rangers are set to compete for the signature of 28-year-old former Liverpool and Juventus midfielder Momo Sissoko.
Uruguay captain Diego Lugano is heading to England for talks over a possible move to West Bromwich Albion.
Fulham are closing in on Sunderland's midfielder and former captain Lee Cattermole.
Real Sociedad have emerged as a surprise destination for Josh McEachran next season with the Spanish side confident a loan move can be agreed with Chelsea for the midfielder.
Gareth Bale could be worth more than the rest of the Welsh international football team combined, if Real Madrid's £85m transfer bid goes through.
Liverpool's best summer signing could be midfielder Steven Gerrard, admits manager Brendan Rodgers.
Rafael Benitez's new club Napoli are interested in signing Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel and Manchester City's Gareth Barry.