Tuesday, July 9, 2013

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• Liverpool’s Luis Suarez ‘laughs’ at Chelsea links, welcomes Arsenal interest
• Man Utd Facebook page wishes Ashley Young a happy birthday, Man Utd fans don’t
• Video: New Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola gives Arjen Robben a kick up the backside. Literally
• Could Chelsea make a move for Burak Yilmaz?
• Daily Mail mix up Pep and Pere Guardiola in their ‘Luis Suarez talking to Liverpool’ story
• Should Aston Villa fans be worried about their club having money to spend?
• Liverpool target Aly Cissokho praises ‘legendary’ club
• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew confirms interest in Aston Villa’s Darren Bent and QPR’s Loic Remy
• West Ham Liverpool Reenactment Society considers bid for Stewart Downing
• Video: Benoit Assou Ekotto says he’s never heard of new Tottenham signing Paulinho
• Norwich striker Grant Holt moves to Wigan: a pie-eating match made in heaven
• Video: Behind the scenes at Chelsea’s first day of pre-season training
• Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke submits transfer request, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs linked
• Wilfried Zaha posts a photo of his first day at Manchester United
• Atletico Madrid sign Tottenham target David Villa

Liverpool’s Luis Suarez ‘laughs’ at Chelsea links, welcomes Arsenal interest Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:58 AM PDT Luis Suarez says he laughs at reports linking him with a move to Chelsea. The Liverpool striker reiterated his desire to leave the club and suggested that he was flattered by interest from Arsenal. He told Uruguayan radio station Sport 890: “There have been no offers yet, but Liverpool know exactly what is going on [...]

Man Utd Facebook page wishes Ashley Young a happy birthday, Man Utd fans don’t Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:39 AM PDT Manchester United’s official Facebook page decided to wish a happy birthday to Ashley Young, who turned 28 today. Fans using the page were not feeling so generous towards their injury hit winger. The top two comments on the post ended up being suggestions that the ideal birthday present might be a move away from Old [...]

Video: New Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola gives Arjen Robben a kick up the backside. Literally Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:39 AM PDT Throughout his career, Arjen Robben has been singled out as a player in need of a metaphorical kick up the backside. New Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola opted for a more literal approach, swinging his boot into Robben’s behind during a pre-season training session. Fortunately, the notoriously temperamental Dutchman appeared to be all smiles after [...]

Could Chelsea make a move for Burak Yilmaz? Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:55 AM PDT For a transfer to be likely you generally need three things: 1. Club needs to be willing to sell 2. Manager needs to want to rate player highly enough to want club to buy him 3. Player needs to want to move If we judge things by those standards, Galatasaray forward Burak Yilmaz could soon [...]

Daily Mail mix up Pep and Pere Guardiola in their ‘Luis Suarez talking to Liverpool’ story Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:22 AM PDT Oh dear Daily Mail. We know that the newspaper generally tars all foreigners with the same brush, but we reckon a sports section of a national newspaper should be able to tell the difference between two sporting brothers. Pere Guardiola is a football agent and the brother of Pep Guardiola, Bayern Munich’s new coach. The [...]

Should Aston Villa fans be worried about their club having money to spend? Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:12 AM PDT The news that Christian Benteke has handed in a transfer request at Aston Villa will have alarmed some fans, but after the initial shock, they will surely come to the conclusion that making close to £20million profit on the Belgian in one year is pretty good business, especially if Paul Lambert can reinvest the money [...]

Liverpool target Aly Cissokho praises ‘legendary’ club Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:35 AM PDT Valencia left-back Aly Cissokho is pretty keen on a move to Liverpool judging by his comments about the club. The 25-year-old has been linked with a move to Anfield, and he is only too pleased about that link. But the France international insists he has not yet held talks with the Reds. He said: “I [...]

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew confirms interest in Aston Villa’s Darren Bent and QPR’s Loic Remy Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:39 AM PDT Alan Pardew has revealed that he wants to sign Darren Bent and Loic Remy as he seeks to bolster Newcastle’s attacking options next season. The Magpies’ strikeforce looked limited towards the end of last season following the departure of Demba Ba to Chelsea. The club attempted to bring in Remy at that stage to share [...]

West Ham Liverpool Reenactment Society considers bid for Stewart Downing Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:31 AM PDT West Ham’s are set to up their efforts to create a full-scale working model of Liverpool under Kenny Dalglish with a bid for Stewart Downing. Having already spent £15m to bring Anfield flop Andy Carroll to the club, Hammers boss Sam Allardyce is considering bringing in Downing to provide Carroll with some of the ammunition [...]

Video: Benoit Assou Ekotto says he’s never heard of new Tottenham signing Paulinho Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:04 AM PDT Spurs left-back Benoit Assou Ekotto is well known for having absolutely no interest in football except for the 90 minutes he’s playing. He has emphasised that point even further by revealing that he has never heard of his new £17m team-mate, Brazil international Paulinho. The boy from Brazil shouldn’t feel too hard done by though: [...]

Norwich striker Grant Holt moves to Wigan: a pie-eating match made in heaven Posted: 09 Jul 2013 01:59 AM PDT Wigan have completed the £2million signing of big-boned Norwich striker Grant Holt. Having had his fill of mustard and Delia’s cooking, Holt has moved to Wigan, where residents are known as ‘pie-eaters’. Latics boss Owen Coyle said: “This is a fantastic piece of business for us at a really good price. Grant is a proven [...]

Video: Behind the scenes at Chelsea’s first day of pre-season training Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:40 AM PDT Chelsea’s squad returned for their first day of pre-season training yesterday evening, with Jose Mourinho taking the first session of his second stint at the club. A total of 22 players trained in the session, including new signings Marco Van Ginkel and Andre Schürrle. The club’s official YouTube channel paid particularly close attention to striker [...]

Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke submits transfer request, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs linked Posted: 09 Jul 2013 12:31 AM PDT Aston Villa’s star striker Christian Benteke has asked to leave the club. The Belgium international, a £7m signing from Genk last summer, scored 23 goals last season, making him easily Villa’s top scorer. But after the season ended, the 22-year-old began dropping hints that he might not be sticking around. He claimed that he “won’t [...]

Wilfried Zaha posts a photo of his first day at Manchester United Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:46 AM PDT Wilfried Zaha has been settling in at Manchester United – and he seems to have enjoyed his first day at the club. The former Crystal Palace player signed for the champions in the January transfer window, but immediately returned to the Eagles on loan. Having helped Palace secure promotion to the Premier League, today was [...]

Atletico Madrid sign Tottenham target David Villa Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:27 AM PDT Atletico Madrid have completed the signing of Spain international David Villa, who was widely expected to join Tottenham this week. Barcelona had described Spurs’ initial bid for Villa as laughable, but the clubs were expected to agree a fee this week. It was even reported that the 31-year-old had already agreed terms with Spurs. But [...]

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