Papers 27/07

[jezza]

Tottenham will offer Michael Carrick to Manchester United in a swap deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy - but want an extra £10m as well as the Dutchman. (Sun)

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge wants to quit the club because of the possible arrival of Ashley Cole. (Various)

Marseille hope to sign former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell - if they can afford his wages. (Various)

Watford have made a £2m bid for Fulham striker Collins John. (The Times)

Liverpool will offer Jerzy Dudek and Jan Kromkamp as makeweights in their attempt to sign Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt for £10m. (Various)

Bolton are leading a posse of English clubs who hope to sign 6ft 8in Partizan Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic. (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror)

West Ham have targeted Newcastle goalkeeper Steven Harper to provide cover for Roy Carroll. (Daily Star)

Birmingham City will offer Portsmouth £1.5m for Andy O'Brien. (Daily Mail)

Derby boss Billy Davies wants to sign Arsenal trio Ryan Smith, Arturo Lupoli and Mart Poom. (Daily Mirror)

Birmingham want to sign young Gunners duo Sebastian Larsson and Fabrice Muamba on loan for the season. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle's hopes of signing Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel have been hit by the battle for power at Villa Park. (The Sun)

Charlton manager Iain Dowie is trying to land Newcastle midfielder Amdy Faye for £1.5m (Various)

Watford are keen on Tottenham midfielder Wayne Routledge - but Charlton are also interested. (The Sun)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants to win three or four Premiership titles in the next five years to cement the club's status as the dominant force in English football. (The Guardian)

Martin O'Neill will be installed as new Aston Villa manager if the consortium led by fan Michael Neville is successful in their bid to buy the club. (Various)

Former England and Villa boss Graham Taylor would become chairman if Neville takes over. (The Times)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned whether new Chelsea signing Andriy Shevchenko is worth £30 by comparing him to Eric Cantona - who joined United for £1m in 1992. (The Times)

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FUNNIES

Injured Reading midfielder James Harper is desperate to recover from a groin strain - so he can stop rowing with his girlfriend. (Daily Star)

A life-size mannequin of former manager George Graham is among the items up for grabs at an auction at Arsenal's old ground Highbury on Saturday. (Daily Express)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/5219204.stm

 

[Borgsta]

Tottenham will offer Michael Carrick to Manchester United in a swap deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy - but want an extra £10m as well as the Dutchman. (Sun)

Ahh the sun, gotta love em. RVN is valued at what - £12m? So apparently we have upped our price again on Carrick to £22m now. Ah yes, naughty Spurs over valueing players again.

 

[Ray Nolan]

Birmingham City will offer Portsmouth £1.5m for Andy O'Brien. (Daily Mail)

Hmmm, 500K less and I'll take that.

Birmingham want to sign young Gunners duo Sebastian Larsson and Fabrice Muamba on loan for the season. (Daily Mail)

BF Gooners, are these 2 any good?

Martin O'Neill will be installed as new Aston Villa manager if the consortium led by fan Michael Neville is successful in their bid to buy the club. (Various)

Former England and Villa boss Graham Taylor would become chairman if Neville takes over. (The Times)

Hang on for dear life Doug! Although Turnip as the Chairman would be rather funny.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Tottenham will offer Michael Carrick to Manchester United in a swap deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy - but want an extra £10m as well as the Dutchman. (Sun)

Hahaha. If he has rejected Spurs' final contract offer as has been reported, the price will end up around 13-14m at the most.

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

Yes please, but Corinthians are Roman's territory.

 

[DaSawx]

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

Just bloody do it already, I don't care if we are over paying anymore

 

[clucas91]

BF Gooners, are these 2 any good?

They might be, but once they get to Brum they wont be for long.

 

[apollo_creed]

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

Much better than Carrick.

Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge wants to quit the club because of the possible arrival of Ashley Cole. (Various)

Would be a good signing for basically anyone. Quality player, just isn't as good as Ash 'Turkey Slap' Cole'.

Liverpool will offer Jerzy Dudek and Jan Kromkamp as makeweights in their attempt to sign Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt for £10m. (Various)

That wouldn't be enough to get Carl Veart.

Bolton are leading a posse of English clubs who hope to sign 6ft 8in Partizan Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic. (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror)

My boys don't fool around baby!

Who could say 'no' to Big Sam? (apart from women)

Newcastle's hopes of signing Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel have been hit by the battle for power at Villa Park. (The Sun)

He'd be a good signing. Especially for the price he'll be available at.

Martin O'Neill will be installed as new Aston Villa manager if the consortium led by fan Michael Neville is successful in their bid to buy the club. (Various)

Big name clubs, deserve big name managers. Pretty simple logic really.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned whether new Chelsea signing Andriy Shevchenko is worth £30 by comparing him to Eric Cantona - who joined United for £1m in 1992. (The Times)

 

[Cooldude]

On the list of targets Man Utd would have and can buy for around, say, 15 mil, Carrick would be one of the poorer ones (But still a good player and would be good for the Mancs), would be a lot happier if he goes there than, say, Mascherano, who is a ****in' rock

 

[DB10]

BF Gooners, are these 2 any good?

Muamba is like the Congan Vieira. Very young and raw though.

Larsson is a utility player who's played about thirty or so senior games. Can play MC, LM, LB and RM. He played left-back for us when we played your boys at St. Andrews last season.

 

[Embers]

Steve Harper only if he comes for less then a mill would be ok business.

Im surprised Bridge hasnt moved on already

No way Bolton could afford Zigics wages.

 

[jefffff34]

Us getting Harper is more realistic than the rumour I read of West Ham getting Ricardo.

 

[Embers]

Us getting Harper is more realistic than the rumour I read of West Ham getting Ricardo.

A hell of alot cheaper too.

 

[Jeremias]

Would be very happy to get Javier-he is and will be a very good player.

Carrick will struggle to come to United. No way is he worth RVN and cash. RVN, although alreasy 30 is a great player, worth more than Carrick on his own. Would like to see Carrick playing for United, but definitely not for that much. Way to overrate your players, Spurs

If it came down to either Mascherano or Carrick to United, I would much rather Javier. Would be happy to get both, but I just can't see that happening.

 

[belfast_bomber]

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

oh please. oh please.

Bolton are leading a posse of English clubs who hope to sign 6ft 8in Partizan Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic. (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror)

which would explain why both he and harry redknapp were at cork city last night watching him play for crvena zvezda (red star belgrade) in the champs league...

 

[Knowledge]

mascherano's agent apparently landed in Manchester today, so I heard.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Much better than Carrick.

Different sorts of players - Mascherano would be the guy doing the dirty work to make time and space for Carrick to pick out his passing (sort of like Gattuso and Pirlo).

If we could get both for 30m that's a first class central pairing for the next 5-7 years.

 

[Weaver]

Steve Harper only if he comes for less then a mill would be ok business.

Surely Harper has to go somewhere where he will get a game. Otherwise he will have a 15 year career as a permanent understudy. 15 years, 40 game career.

 

[Lowie01]

I think Mascherano and Carrick will be a fantastic partnership if Rooney continues to develop as a second striker, or even if Scholes gets back to his best. Won't work as part of a 4-4-2 though, neither of them get into dangerous positions.

I think Thewlis Dish has got it bang on, Mascherano can be your Gattuso (or your Makelele) doing the dirty work, Carrick can be your Pirlo (although nowhere near as good) doing the more creative business.

 

[Shinboners]

Tottenham will offer Michael Carrick to Manchester United in a swap deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy - but want an extra £10m as well as the Dutchman. (Sun)

Cheeky buggers.

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

Oh please let this deal work.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Can anyone really see Corinthians selling to United though? I can't.

 

[Crow-mo]

Tottenham will offer Michael Carrick to Manchester United in a swap deal for Ruud van Nistelrooy - but want an extra £10m as well as the Dutchman. (Sun)

that's just spurs pretending to their supporters that they're trying to drive a hard bargain, by almost signing RVN.

United are set to make a £16m bid for Corinthians' Argentina World Cup star Javier Mascherano. (Daily Mirror)

nice work if you can get it.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned whether new Chelsea signing Andriy Shevchenko is worth £30 by comparing him to Eric Cantona - who joined United for £1m in 1992. (The Times)

or you could compare it to the 28mio paid for Veron

what's fergie playing at in the last few days?

 

[Crow-mo]

Can anyone really see Corinthians selling to United though? I can't.

I struggle to see corinthianski selling, but you never know

 

[footylover18]

I don't understand what Real Madrid are thinking? 10 for RVN? Please. Somewhere along the line clubs seem to have got the impression that we are desperate to sell him. SAF has now come out and wisely suggested that if the right offer doesn't come along then we will keep the prolific goal scorer. Here are the prices that a few strikers have gone for:

-Shevchenko: 35 million
-Crespo: 16 million
-Drogba: 20 something million
-Berbatov: 10 million
-Andy Johnson: 8 million
-Rooney: 27 million
-Saha: 13 million
-Owen: Can't remember exactly, was it like 16 or something?

etc etc

Yet Madrid are only offering 10? and Tottenham want RVN + 10million for Carrick? That is borderline insulting. I don't blame Tottenham for wanting to get the most for their player, that's fine, but Madrid offering 10 is a joke.

Going on the prices the strikers mentioned above went for i'm surprised Utd are willing to let him go for 15. I would've thought that given RVN's goal scoring record at every level his price would be closer to 20, i dont care how old he is, he scores goals. If I was David Gill i'd be telling Madrid to **** off and stop wasting my time with ridiculous bids.

 

[moomba]

Owen was around £9m. And regardless of what Fergie says United are desperate to get rid and the horse is desperate to leave.

 

[footylover18]

Owen was around £9m. And regardless of what Fergie says United are desperate to get rid and the horse is desperate to leave.

Didn't know you had spoken to either of them. Next time you get in touch with SAF tell him to hook up the Mascherano deal.