Football Rumours on Wednesday 29th October 2014
2014-10-29 09:42:11
Football rumours, transfer rumours
TRANSFER RUMOURS
Chelsea are considering a £24m January transfer window bid for Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, 27, as a replacement for captain John Terry, 33.
( Daily Star )
Manchester United could bring former Arsenal and Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole back to the Premier League from Roma. The 33-year-old is keen on a return to England and would give teenager Luke Shaw competition in the United defence.
( Daily Express )
Gareth Bale could be available to Manchester United for £90m as Real Madrid team-mate Isco's impressive recent form has edged the 25-year-old Welshman out of the first XI. United attempted to buy Bale when the attacker left Tottenham for the Bernabeu in a record £85m move in 2013.
( Daily Star )
Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino expects Harry Kane to have a long future at White Hart Lane, despite rumours linking the 21-year-old with a move away from the club.
( London Evening Standard )
Aston Villa are considering making an offer to local rivals Wolves for winger Bakary Sako. The 26-year-old Mali international has scored seven goals for the Championship side this season, while Villa have managed only four in nine Premier League games.
( Daily Mirror )
Nottingham Forest have made a move to sign Hull City's out-of-favour forward Tom Ince, 22, on an emergency loan deal.
( Hull Daily Mail )
Arsenal have stolen a march on Bayern Munich in the race to sign 17-year-old Benfica midfielder Goncalo Guedes, who is also being tracked by AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund.
( Daily Express )
The Gunners are also interested in Sevilla and Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak, 24, who has a buy-out clause of £24m.
( Sun )
OTHER GOSSIP
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is a translator with an over-inflated opinion of himself, according to former France coach Raymond Domenech.
( Daily Telegraph )
Everton midfielder Leon Osman, 33, says David Moyes, his former manager at Goodison Park, never expected to be appointed Manchester United boss.
( Liverpool Echo )
Hull manager Steve Bruce has been linked with the vacant managerial role at Championship side Fulham.
( Daily Mirror )
The odds on Bruce to be the next Premier League manager to leave his job have moved from 66-1 to 6-1 in recent days.
( Racing Post )
Hull defender Alex Bruce, 30, says he has "a thick skin" at taunts that he only got the chance to play in the Premier League because of his father.
( Hull Daily Mail )
Adel Taarabt was left out of QPR Under-21s fixture against Swansea. The 25-year-old midfielder has been involved in a public row with Harry Redknapp over his fitness but was scheduled to play in the match at the club's Harlington training ground in west London.
( Daily Express )
Toronto FC and former England and Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, 32, says he wants to keep playing for another eight years.
( Guardian )
The average yearly wage of a League Two manager is £50,000, compared with the £3m for a Premier League boss.
( Daily Mail )
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini wants to see more of his players challenging to win the Ballon d'Or in future.
( Independent )
Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone, 26, faces the axe for the Premier League trip to Crystal Palace on Monday.
( Sun )
Sheffield United manager Nigel Clough says he wants to be drawn against Chelsea or former club Liverpool in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.
( Sheffield Star )
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says his side are struggling at home because the White Hart Lane pitch is "a little bit tight".
( Guardian )
European Club Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has urged Fifa to accept the "least painful" option of bringing the 2022 Qatar World Cup forward to April.
( Times )
AND FINALLY
Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski, 29, is set to make his acting debut with a role in German comedy Macho Man.
( Metro )
A Uruguayan newspaper has claimed that Luis Suarez's Barcelona team-mates did not help him on his debut against Real Madrid. El Observador noted that Lionel Messi did not pass to the former Liverpool striker at any stage during the 3-1 defeat.
( Daily Star )
Stoke City have told defender Ryan Shawcross, 27, not to man-mark at set-pieces as they fear he is being targeted by referees for his "grappling".
( Daily Mail )
Al Ahly midfielder Walid Soliman has been banned for four months by the Egyptian FA for untucking a referee's shirt after being booked.
( Fox Soccer )
Harry Redknapp could have signed Charlie Austin six years ago for free. Austin's grandfather Ozzy has been a friend of the QPR manager for 20 years and recommended that Redknapp sign the striker for Tottenham in 2008.
( Daily Telegraph )