TRANSFER RUMOURS! 21st August
StrumSolo > 21/08/2014, 15:52
The lunacy of replacing one nutjob with another. That nutjob you just turned a £40m profit on after a 30+ goal season. That nutjob you're about to sign who's scored 30 in 54 games for Milan and is only £4m more expensive than Shane bloody Long. What are they thinking? Ladies and gentlemen, Mario Balotelli to Liverpool, £16m. Personal terms are being discussed.
Angel Di Maria's told Real Madrid he wants out. He won't be going to PSG (FFP), van Gaal's keen, United are a winger light after Nani joined Sporting Lisbon on loan... It's all lining up, Ed! Don't fuck it! And if negotiations are to happen, rumour has it Xabi Alonso's name might crop up as well.
Sami Khedira fancies a change of scenery also, so Arsenal, probably. Unless of course the Gunners plump for Cheick Tiote instead. Newcastle are holding out for £14m apparently though so it's difficult to imagine that they would. Lukas Podolski's Galatasaray switch is looking more and more likely but Arsene Wenger has told the Turks to forget about making a move for Joel Campbell. Not for sale!
Mattia Destro and Fernando Torres swap deal? Presumably we're looking at a player-plus-cash type situation on Chelsea's part.
Hull want Jordan Rhodes to replace Shane Long (him again), Burnley have upped their offer for Wigan's James McArthur to £5m and Newcastle are keen on Celtic centre half Virgil van Dijk. Dutchmen; the new Frenchmen.