Monday, 19 October 2015

Gossip column: Muller, Hazard, Pedro, Perez, Ospina, Ayew

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez wants to complete the transfer of Chelsea forward Eden Hazard next summer, before the 24-year-old's value rises even further. (Metro, via fichajes.net) 
Manchester United and Tottenham are interested in signing 22-year-old Newcastle striker Ayoze Perez. (Metro, via fichajes.net) 
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is targeting Sevilla's 26-year-old winger Yevhen Konoplyanka. (Sky Sports) 
Monday's Sun newspaper leads with a story on Bayern Munich and how they expect to beat Arsenal in the Champions League this week
Monday's The Sun leads with a story on Bayern Munich and how they expect to beat Arsenal in the Champions League this week 

Forward Thomas Muller, 26, says a move from Bayern Munich to Manchester United is "not up for discussion". (Daily Mail) 
Marseille are on alert for the transfer of Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, 27, after his falling out of favour at the Emirates Stadium. (Metro, via le10sport.com) 
Chelsea's Pedro, 28, is finding it difficult to adapt to English football after his £21.4m summer move to from Barcelona. (Mirror) 

 
Swansea City boss Garry Monk has dismissed any attempts by new Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp to sign his striker Andre Ayew, 25, as pure fantasy. (Wales Online) 
Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier says striker Sadio Mane, 23, leaves him on the edge of his seat when he watches his former club. (Southern Echo) 
Jan Vertonghen has praised team-mate and compatriot Mousa Dembele, 28, as "one of the best midfielders in the Premier League". (Standard) 
Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez offered Southampton £1m plus midfielder Darren Potter for Gareth Bale in 2006. (Daily Star) 
James Milner believes Saturday's draw at Tottenham proved that Jurgen Klopp has already made his mark at Liverpool. (Liverpool Echo) 

Best of social media

It was Mother's Day in Argentina on Sunday, and Tottenham forward Eric Lamela tweeted his best wishes to his mother
It was Mother's Day in Argentina on Sunday, and Tottenham forward Eric Lamela tweeted his best wishes to his own mum along with this picture
Chelsea and England defender Gary Cahill tweeted  that he was at Twickenham on Sunday afternoon, to watch Scotland's thrilling Rugby World Cup clash with Australia.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney now has 187 Premier League goals after his strike against Everton at the weekend. He is second on the all-time list behind Alan Shearer, and he tweeted: "Delighted to be second in all time Premier League goalscoring charts. The league I grew up watching and loved."
Joey Barton is pleased to see his former Newcastle team-mate Hatem Ben Arfa returning to form for Nice in the French League. He tweeted:  "Great to see the enigmatic Hatem Ben Arfa playing football again. Such an exciting player to watch when fully focused."

And finally

Surely footballers aren't overweight these days? Well, according to NHS guidelines, 26 Premier League players could do with losing weight to improve their BMI. Norwich's Martin Olsson is top of this particular 26-man table, which also includes John Terry, Yaya Toure and Memphis Depay. (Manchester Evening News) 
A non-league match between Abbey Rangers and Dorking was abandoned after players and supporters clashed at half-time. The Dorking board issued a statement after the match saying the scenes "have no place in football". (Mirror) 
Manchester United legends Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have reportedly told squatters who set up camp inside a landmark building they plan to turn into a plush hotel they can stay through the winter to help rough sleepers. (Manchester Evening News) 

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