There’s no better way to add a bit of weight to some nonsense by quoting ‘friends’ or a ‘close source’. The Mirror have gone with the former, with
Cesc Fabregas ‘telling friends’ he’d quite like a move to Man Utd. The loyal bunch of cohorts presumably then told the Mirror about it (all of them together? Or did they elect a spokesman?) at the earliest opportunity. Keep it to yourself in future, Cesc.
Which brings us nicely on to the news that Utd won’t sell
Wayne Rooney even if the Spain midfielder joins, they’ll just have both of them thanks very much. Jose Mourinho, possibly engaging in some of those mind games (you never can tell) doesn’t mind waiting until after the season has started to get his man. What a card.
I don’t know about you, but I could listen to Brendan ‘Brent’ Rodgers all day. The latest nugget from the Liverpool boss involves him wondering why
Luis Suarez would even want to join Arsenal. The Uruguayan is already at a bigger club apparently. He goes on to acknowledge the lack of Champions League football but for the big finish, drops the H(istory)-Bomb, no doubt to the delight of Scousers everywhere. Magical stuff.
The Gunners have a week to meet Liverpool’s £50m valuation. If the deal does go through they’ll try and scupper Spurs’ move for
Roberto Soldado and bring him to Anfield instead. Lets all have a think about why the Reds are a bigger club than Tottenham.
Gary Hooper’s passed a medical at Norwich. Very confusing, I assumed he was as good as QPR’s.
West Brom won’t be signing
Salomon Kalou, but hope to bring
Matej Vydra on board.
Peter Odemwingie could be shipped out to West Ham, who are also interested in Southampton’s
Rickie Lambert. Sorry, Sir Rickie Lambert.
And
Charles Insomnia is a target for Crystal Palace and Hull,
a return to Newcastle is looking extremely unlikely.