MAVHARIVHARI (Rumours) & INTERNATIONAL UPDATES • Chelsea have set aside £60m to sign Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, next summer. Meanwhile, Chelsea striker Loic Remy, 27, says he cannot understand Liverpools decision to pull the plug on his move to Anfield this summer. • Ex-Real Madrid Director General Jorge Valdano says Jose Mourinho would only be seen as a coaching great if Pep Guardiola did not exist. • AC Milan goalkeeper Diego Lopez believes Fernando Torres will be a more useful player for the team than Mario Balotelli. • Hull Citys record signing, striker Abel Hernandez, 24, says he rejected Benfica in favour of a dream Premier League move on deadline day. • Former Tottenham, Fulham and Wales midfielder Simon Davies, 34, has signed for Pembrokeshire-based amateur team Solva AFC. • Nicolas Anelkas agent has denied speculation that the striker, 35, could have joined Fiorentina prior to agreeing a deal with Indian side Mumbai FC until Christmas. • Chelsea have expressed an interest in Barcelonas 11-year-old prodigy Xavier Simons. Meanwhile Barca have secured first rights to 18-year-old Santos striker Gabriel. • Championship leaders Nottingham Forest are poised to allow defender Greg Halford, 29, to join Bolton Wanderers on loan with the deal expected to go through on Thursday. • Manchester United legend Gary Neville, 39, has questioned the clubs logic in selling forward Danny Welbeck, 23, to rivals Arsenal for just £16m. • European governing body Uefa has rewritten rules to allow Manchester City to sidestep Financial Fair Play sanctions. l • Tottenhams owner, 77-year-old businessman Joe Lewis, wants to sell the club for £1bn. • BBC pundit Phil Neville, 37, has backed former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham, 39, to take on a senior role at the Football Association - or even make a move into politics. • Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge, 25, faces a race against time to be fit for the Merseyside derby later this month. • Tottenham could make a shock move to Milton Keynes while their new stadium is built. • Mike Ashley is willing to listen to offers to sell Newcastle United as he looks to bring an end to a troubled seven-year reign at St James Park. Meanwhile, Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, 53, has two games to save his job. • New signing Danny Welbeck, 23, has pleaded with Arsene Wenger to be given an extended run at centre forward in the Arsenal team. • The president of Sporting Lisbon has launched an outspoken attack on the investor funds which have bought economic rights in scores of footballers in Portugal and elsewhere. • Midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26, has vowed to fight for my place in Manchester Uniteds strongest XI. • The future of Blackpool manager Jose Riga, 57, looks doubtful after his behaviour was condemned by chairman Karl Oyston. • Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny, 29, believes team-mate Olivier Giroud, 27, will come back even stronger when he returns from injury. • Defender Tyler Blackett, 20, is hoping to keep his place in Manchester Uniteds first-team squad, despite the arrivals of Marcos Rojo, 24, and Daley Blind, 24. • Massimo Cellinos ownership of Leeds United could come under renewed scrutiny, Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey has warned. • Tottenham executive director Darren Eales has been confirmed as the club president of Major League Soccers new Atlanta-based franchise. • Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish took a leaf out of Yaya Toures book on the day he turned 19 - by asking his club on Twitter if they had remembered to get him a birthday cake. • Liverpool sold £50,000 worth of Mario Balotelli replica shirts on the day that the 24-year-old striker signed from AC Milan.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:05:34 +0000
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