TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United have placed a £50m valuation on Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, who is wanted by Real Madrid. (Daily Express) German international defender Mats Hummels, 26, has disappointed United, Liverpool and Chelsea by saying he wants to stay at Borussia Dortmund. (Daily Star) West Hams New Zealand international Winston Reid, 26, has told the Upton Park club he will not sign a new contract and wants to join Arsenal. (Daily Mirror) Bundesliga club Wolfsburg are ready to pay £23m for striker Andre Schurrle, 24, but Chelsea want £30m. (Daily Mail) Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin, 23, is in talks with the club over a new contract after starting the last five games. (Guardian) Club Brugge Australian international goalkeeper Mathew Ryan, 22, has confirmed he wants to play in the Premier League and is wanted by Liverpool. (Metro) Tottenhams struggling Spanish striker Roberto Soldado, 29, is wanted by German club Bayer Leverkusen. (Daily Mirror) Swanseas £5.5m bid for Stuttgart midfielder Alexandru Maxim, 24, has been rejected by the German club. (Daily Mail) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled out a move for Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, 27. (Daily Star) Manchester United are preparing a £15m bid to bring back defender Gerard Pique, 27, from Barcelona. (Daily Express) Former Manchester United full-back and television pundit Gary Neville has told Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal to ditch 3-5-2 and play four at the back. (Daily Mail) Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany says the Sky Blues are still in the title race despite defeat by Arsenal leaving them five points behind leaders Chelsea, who they play at the end of January. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that his relationship with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has deteriorated.(Independent) Southamptons Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane, 22 , has been texting manager Ronald Koeman to find out what has been happening in the Premier League while he is away at the African Cup of Nations. (Daily Mail) Former Newcastle chairman Freddie Shepherd says footballs super-rich investors are only interested in London and Manchester and not the north east. (Newcastle Journal) Hull Citys Nigerian international Sone Aluko got a pleasant surprise when one of his heroes walked into the ITV studio where he was working at the Africa Cup of Nations. It was wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough. He silenced the room, said Aluko on Twitter. Liverpools French international defender Mamadou Sakho sent his best wishes to all the players at the Africa Cup of Nations, especially his Liverpool team-mate Kolo Toure, who is playing for Ivory coast. Queens Park Rangers spot-kick specialist Charlie Austin was disgusted with Kevin Mirallass penalty miss for Everton against West Brom and says regular penalty taker Leighton Baines should have stepped up. Penalty taker should always take the pens, he Tweeted. Claire Astle whose dad Jeff, the former West Brom striker, died 13 years ago, thanked the Baggies fans support on Twitter. AND FINALLY... Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has told fans the club will not be introducing artificial crowd noise to improve the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge. (Metro) And 99% of Manchester United fans would prefer to keep goalkeeper David De Gea rather than sign Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale. (Daily Mirror)
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:07:47 +0000