TRANSFER RUMOURS! 8th August
StrumSolo > 08/08/2014, 17:21
Liverpool enquired about Radamel Falcao, would have bloody got him too but he's already agreed a move to Real Madrid, hasn't he? It's cool though, they'll just sign Edinson Cavani instead, no big...
All Louis van Gaal had to do was offer up a sacrificial Chris Smalling. He didn't though, and now Thomas Vermaelen's off to Barca for £15m. United are close, however, to wrapping up a deal for Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado after meeting the £36m asking price. Other than that, Arturo Vidal, Daley Blind and Medhi Benatia, same old chat.
On the subject of same old chat, Sami Khedira might be off to Arsenal, for cheap! Real aren't so keen to let him leave on a free next summer, and a knock-down-fee might offset some of them wages.
Petr Cech for Raphael Varane swap-deal?
Morgan Schneiderlin says he's "not mentally or physically ready" to play in Southampton's friendly against Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow, so Ronald Koeman has given him a couple of days off to consider his future (Spurs). Where do these bastard clubs get off holding players to their contracts knowing full well the upset it'll cause? In more bad news for the Saints, Celtic have been reinstated to the Champions League on account of Legia Warsaw fielding an ineligible player on Wednesday night. That means they'll either have to wait, or not get their hands on Fraser Forster and Virgil van Dijk at all. A £13m bid has been made for Marcos Rojo though, that's something.
Man City's Javier Garcia is off to Zenit St Petersburg for £12.5m, Aston Villa are close to signing former Liverpool loanee Aly Cissokho and Roberto Martinez reckons he can change Hatem Ben Arfa's ways. They never change Bobby, leave it.
And finally, one for the Champ Manager 01/02 crew. Leicester have offered Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso a two-year deal worth £5m, and if they've got any sense, will pair him up with Mark Kerr.