We’re now at the halfway point of the not-transfer window! Two months down, two to go, and the rumours are only going to get better (more ridiculous) from here. Let’s go…
Man Utd are going to make a £15m bid for
Leighton Baines in January. You already knew that of course, but you might have been wondering whom Everton would sign with all that cash. Well, £6m of it will go on Feyenoord centre half
Bruno Martins Indi, a bit more will be swallowed up by a deal for a replacement left back (one of
Ben Davies or
Ryan Bertrand, take your pick) and if there’s any left over, a bid for Spartak Moscow winger
Aiden McGeady could be on the cards. Though he could just as easily end up back at Celtic.
Inter Milan have got a new owner, and like any incoming rich chap worth his salt he wants to make a splash.
Thomas Vermaelen and
Emanuele Giaccherini are the underwhelming targets.
McDonald Mariga could be the man to make way for that pair of Galacticos; the brother of Southampton’s Victor Wanyama could be about to link up with his brother, Victor Wanyama, at Southampton…
Arsenal have been linked with a £7m move for West Brom midfielder
Youssouf Mulumbu and are keeping tabs on West Ham’s
Winston Reid. Fine but if it’s glamour you’re after then you’re better off glancing in Chelsea's direction.
Mario Balotelli and
Xabi Alonso for them, with hilarious consequences.
In fact the only thing that could piss Liverpool supporters off more would be a Real Madrid bid for
Luis Suarez… Hang on, there might be one. £20m plus
Karim Benzema. Oh dear.
Juan Mata to Spurs or PSG,
Vincent Kompany to Monaco. Nope.
Three could well be a few on their way out of Tottenham though. Steve Bruce wants to make
Jake Livermore’s loan move permanent, Besiktas are sniffing around
Emmanuel Adebayor and Ryan Nelsen, now manager of Toronto FC, has offered
Jermain Defoe the chance to join him in the MLS.
Stephan El Shaarawy, Olympiakos striker
Kostas Mitroglou, FC Basel winger
Mohamed Salah,
Will Hughes of Derby, Anderlecht youngsters
Dennis Praet and
Youri Tielemans. Just keep those names in mind and assume that they have or will be linked with any big club you can think of. It's easier this way.
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