Wednesday gossip column...source bbc.
Carlos Tevez is being
lined up to rejoin
Brazilian club
Corinthians, according
to the Manchester City's
striker agent Kia
Joorabchian. Despite
the Argentine having
over three years left on
his Eastlands contract,
Joorabchian said:
"Carlos would be happy
to return to Brazil. I
would like the deal to be
done swiftly but in
reality it will probably
take a couple of years."
League One side Sheffield
Wednesday are to make a
bid to sign striker Benni
McCarthy and defender
Herita Ilunga, who are out of
favour at West Ham.
West Ham will sign on
loan Inter Milan striker
Victor Obinna in the
summer, when he says
he will be a free agent.
Tottenham Hotspur manager
Harry Redknapp says he may
make another bid for
Blackpool's Charlie Adam,
having narrowly missed out
on the striker on transfer
deadline day.
OTHER GOSSIP
Barcelona were left
bemused when Arsenal
recently signed their
16-year-old midfielder
Jon Miquel Toral
Harper. After losing
Cesc Fabregas to the
London club in 2003, it
turns out the man
responsible for securing
the latest transfer is
none other than Pere
Guardiola - the brother
of Barcelona manager
Pep.
AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso
will not be in London for the
Champions League return leg
against Tottenham. Following
his confrontation with Spurs
head coach Joe Jordan after
the first game, the midfielder
said: "I have been told there
will be 47,000 people there
just waiting to give me a
slap, so I will stay in Milan.
Real Madrid boss Jose
Mourinho has given his
strongest hint yet that
he would like to return
to Chelsea one day.
Mourinho left Stamford
Bridge in 2007 but
says: "I love Chelsea. I
was the happiest man
when I was there. I was
thinking I would be
there all my life. So you
never know.
Liverpool midfielder Steven
Gerrard will be rested for the
club's Europa League game
with Sparta Prague on
Thursday.
Arsenal boss Arsene
Wenger is lining up a
lucrative pre-season
tour of Japan that could
net the club £15m.
Striker Asamoah Gyan may
have to be sold to balance
Sunderland's books, says
Black Cats chairman Niall
Quinn.
Marseille boss Didier
Deschamps says
Wednesday's opponents
Manchester United are
not as attractive to
watch as in previous
years but remains
respectful of Sir Alex
Ferguson's men. "Maybe
this United team have a
bit less fantasy than
some of the teams we
have seen in the past,"
he said. "But it is not
always the nicest-
looking team that wins
the titles.
Plans to introduce goal-line
technology have hit a
stumbling block after all 10 of
the companies taking part in
recent trials failed to meet
the criteria set by Fifa,
football's world governing
body. A Fifa spokesman said
the results of the tests will
be discussed at a meeting on
5 March.
AND FINALLY
Liverpool manager
Kenny Dalglish has
treated his star striker
Andy Carroll by taking
him to a reunion concert
by Irish pop group
Boyzone.
lined up to rejoin
Brazilian club
Corinthians, according
to the Manchester City's
striker agent Kia
Joorabchian. Despite
the Argentine having
over three years left on
his Eastlands contract,
Joorabchian said:
"Carlos would be happy
to return to Brazil. I
would like the deal to be
done swiftly but in
reality it will probably
take a couple of years."
League One side Sheffield
Wednesday are to make a
bid to sign striker Benni
McCarthy and defender
Herita Ilunga, who are out of
favour at West Ham.
West Ham will sign on
loan Inter Milan striker
Victor Obinna in the
summer, when he says
he will be a free agent.
Tottenham Hotspur manager
Harry Redknapp says he may
make another bid for
Blackpool's Charlie Adam,
having narrowly missed out
on the striker on transfer
deadline day.
OTHER GOSSIP
Barcelona were left
bemused when Arsenal
recently signed their
16-year-old midfielder
Jon Miquel Toral
Harper. After losing
Cesc Fabregas to the
London club in 2003, it
turns out the man
responsible for securing
the latest transfer is
none other than Pere
Guardiola - the brother
of Barcelona manager
Pep.
AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso
will not be in London for the
Champions League return leg
against Tottenham. Following
his confrontation with Spurs
head coach Joe Jordan after
the first game, the midfielder
said: "I have been told there
will be 47,000 people there
just waiting to give me a
slap, so I will stay in Milan.
Real Madrid boss Jose
Mourinho has given his
strongest hint yet that
he would like to return
to Chelsea one day.
Mourinho left Stamford
Bridge in 2007 but
says: "I love Chelsea. I
was the happiest man
when I was there. I was
thinking I would be
there all my life. So you
never know.
Liverpool midfielder Steven
Gerrard will be rested for the
club's Europa League game
with Sparta Prague on
Thursday.
Arsenal boss Arsene
Wenger is lining up a
lucrative pre-season
tour of Japan that could
net the club £15m.
Striker Asamoah Gyan may
have to be sold to balance
Sunderland's books, says
Black Cats chairman Niall
Quinn.
Marseille boss Didier
Deschamps says
Wednesday's opponents
Manchester United are
not as attractive to
watch as in previous
years but remains
respectful of Sir Alex
Ferguson's men. "Maybe
this United team have a
bit less fantasy than
some of the teams we
have seen in the past,"
he said. "But it is not
always the nicest-
looking team that wins
the titles.
Plans to introduce goal-line
technology have hit a
stumbling block after all 10 of
the companies taking part in
recent trials failed to meet
the criteria set by Fifa,
football's world governing
body. A Fifa spokesman said
the results of the tests will
be discussed at a meeting on
5 March.
AND FINALLY
Liverpool manager
Kenny Dalglish has
treated his star striker
Andy Carroll by taking
him to a reunion concert
by Irish pop group
Boyzone.
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