TRANSFER RUMOURS! 19th May
StrumSolo > 19/05/2014, 12:58
Champions League qualification, what's that gonna be worth to Liverpool? £40m? £50m maybe? Not to be sniffed at of course but they might be getting a little bit ahead of themselves here. A double move for Dejan Lovren and Adam Lallana shouldn't be a problem, but Wifried Bony for £20m on top of that? And then the same amount on Dani Parejo? We've not even arrived at the £18m bid for Alexis Sanchez yet, or their interest in Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri. And what about Emre Can from Leverkusen? James Milner too? Easy now...
Arsenal and Everton are providing a spot of healthy competition for Bony and Milner mind, so the Scousers might not get their mitts all of them.
Having trouble dealing with the prospect of there not being a single veteran French full-back on Man Utd's books next season? Well, Patrice Evra's still off (maybe to Juve) but the good news is that Louis van Gaal could be about to try and nick Bacary Sagna away from Man City, even though he still plays for Arsenal.
Swap deal! David Luiz plus £15m for Mario Mandzukic. The Blues will replace Sideshow with Porto centre half Eliaquim Mangala. City won't be happy, though they are at least having some joy in their pursuit of Mangala's team-mate, Fernando.
The Newcastle number nine shirt: Wor Jackie, Big Malc, Andy Cole, Alan Shearer... Darren Bent/Saido Berahino sort of doesn't have the same ring to it.
Moving house is a right pain. All the more reason for Shola Ameobi and Seb Larsson to consider offers from Hull, and Aaron Lennon to reject Sunderland in favour of West Ham. Geography.
And Southampton are facing competition from the Hammers and Crystal Palace for the £8m signature of Nice left-back Timothee Kolodziejczak. Spelling.