TRANSFER RUMOURS! 4th August
StrumSolo > 04/08/2014, 14:35
To what extent can Nacer Chadli, in all his useless glory, be considered a sweetener? Enough to tempt Southampton to part with Morgan Schneiderlin? Villarreal don't like the look of any Spurs rejects really so it'll have to be £17m cash for Argentina centre half Mateo Musacchio. There's talk of Samuel Eto'o pitching up at the Lane too.
The great United clearout could finally be upon us, with Louis van Gaal set to decide the futures of Javier Hernández, Shinji Kagawa, Ashley Young, Wilfried Zaha, Marouane Fellaini and Anderson after the US tour. We all know what's coming, and so do Southampton (linked with Hernandez) and West Ham (Zaha) by the looks of it.
Sam Allardyce is also keen on Conor Wickham and Peter Crouch, or anyone who might be able to do a goal in the absence of Andy Carroll.
Mario Balotelli won't be joining Liverpool, but Wilfried Bony still might. Deals for Alberto Moreno and Javier Manquillo shouldn't be too far off either, but how long have we been saying that?
Not as long as we've been waiting for Eliaquim Mangala to join Man City, for £32m, from Porto. It's close though apparently, even.
Arsenal might be about to muscle in on United's Mats Hummels action and overshoot his generally accepted £20m price tag by a clean £10m. If it happens, Arsene Wenger's never allowed to pretend he's skint again.
Newcastle want Nottingham Forest's £3m rated defender Jamaal Lascelles, Sunderland are ready end Jack 'Rodwell's City Hell' and Tony Pulis fancies taking Marc Wilson to Palace. Not every day you hear about a manager wanting to sign one of his former players, is it?