THE PREMIER LEAGUE is under way, but the Transfer Window is still wide open for any clubs willing and able to do big deals.
Anyone? Anyone at all…
Brendan courts Balotelli: Who wouldn’t want this? Liverpool get a stiker and the Premier League will once again be a part of the weird and wonderful world of Mario Balotelli. People have even started making the “After trying to cure Luis Suarez, Dr Steve Peters demanded an even tougher challenge” joke already. There are even rumours within rumours here, with some reports saying it could be a loan deal and others saying Rodgers might “break the bank” to get Balotelli. Well, nobody actually used that phrase but what is a transfer rumour piece without it?
The Mikel dilemma: Arsene Wenger has said he wants a midfielder after Mikel Arteta was ruled out for two weeks with a sprained ankle. Two weeks isn’t really a long time but Wenger wants a midfielder and he wants him now, dammit! A respected broadsheet paper said that Wenger’s top secret wishlist includes Sami Khedira, Lars Bender and William Carvalho.
Turkish delight: More Arsenal news, with Galatasaray planning a £22 million “double raid” on attacking pair Lukas Podolski and Joel Campbell. Arsene Wenger is apparently happy to let the German leave but has issued a firm “hands off” warning to the Turkish club regarding Campbell.
Time to Cech out: After Thibault Courtois was named as Chelsea’s starting goalkeeper, people immediately speculated as to where Petr Cech might be off to. The Mirror have Monaco as an early favourite, and having played in France before, perhaps Cech would enjoy a return. Plus, there are loads of casinos, beaches and attractive women there. And I heard the money was pretty good too.
Eto’o to England: Samuel Eto’o has reportedly rejected the chance to join Ajax and has sent a “come and get me plea” to both Liverpool and Everton. Everton already bought Lukaku and Liverpool seem to have other targets but hey, as Hans Landa said in Inglourious Basterds- ”Facts are often misleading; Rumours on the contrary, true or false, are often revealing.”
Ed Woodward wants you, and you and you: Poor Ed Woodward, when will he learn? He now wants Xabi Alonso to reject him. The longer this Woodward farce goes on, the more people will respect David Moyes. The best headline for this story was the one that successfully used the phrase “SHOCK swoop”. All caps were invented to peddle transfer gossip.
