TRANSFER RUMOURS! 16th December
StrumSolo > 16/12/2014, 18:42
FFS. No sooner than the nation had unanimously man-loved David De Gea, word reaches us that he's possibly a bit miffed at Louis van Gaal not giving him enough credit. The new contract remains unsigned, the existing one expires in 2016, and Real Madrid are lurking. Bastards.
Though it might turn out to be a nice bit of leverage. Madrid are reportedly ready to sell Gareth Bale to United in order to fund a move for Chelsea's Eden Hazard, according to The Daily Star.
And Bayern Munich will bid for Raheem Sterling if they can't get Marco Reus. And Southampton have joined Man Utd in the race for Wesley Sneijder...
Welcome to silly season, make yourselves comfortable. We'll be here a while.
Spurs are ready to let Emmanuel Adebayor go out on loan in January, at which point he'll be in to the last six months of his contract, at which point he normally starts actually trying in an effort to get a new one. Keep hold.
Mats Hummels at £47m might be a bit steep for Arsene Wenger. He'll leave City to that one and instead go for Schalke's Benedikt Howedes (£15m) or Basel's Fabian Schaar (less?). Laurent Koscielny's injured you see, and no-one wants to see Nacho Monreal at centre-half. Ever again. Further up the pitch, reassuringly predictably, silky Napoli playmaker Marek Hamsik gets a mention too. As does Roma striker Mattia Destro.
PSG and Inter (once again managed by Roberto Mancini) are keeping tabs on Mario Balotelli, Ajax quite like the look of Danny Ings, and Adnan Januzaj could be set for a dream reunion with David Moyes, at Real Sociedad, on loan.