Fergie plots to hijack Gerrard
Alex Ferguson is set to make an audacious £20m swoop for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. SunSport revealed yesterday Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had his eye on Gerrard as part of a double transfer move to get him and Chelsea’s John Terry. But Ferguson will fight to hijack the signature of Gerrard, a player he hugely admires and who can reignite Manchester United’s midfield. If he gets any inkling the England international is ready to leave, he will use United’s financial might to outbid the Gunners and offer bigger wages for the player.

je n´y crois pas du tout a ce transfert .

mais si on peut les battre avec un millieu totti , vicente , ronaldo et quaresma . ..

mais bon la je reve .

ce qui est sur c´est que financierement on pourra lui proposer le plus beau contrat d´angleterre .

mais bon c´est quaand meme un joueur de liv .

apr contre j´annonce que chelsea va etre sur gerard dans 2 jours .

quand a vieira il deteste Mu mais n´a jamias cesse de dire qu´il revait d´y jouer .

mais surtout pas lui . ..

c´est un transfert auquel je ne crois pas gerard . mais je serais plus que surpris si par miracle ca arrivait .

mais je vous avoue ne pas me faire d´illusions . Liv ne va pas vendre son meilleur joueur a son pire ennemi

gerrard c un peu keane quant il etait plus jeune il participe à l´attaque, il defend et en plus il est partout tout du moins pour le match contre nous il etait partout.

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CITY STARLET LINKED WITH REDS MOVE
Wednesday 28th April 2004

Barton: Reds link

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Keegan plays down Barton row

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has emerged as a summer transfer target for Liverpool, according to widespread reports.
Barton´s combative performances this season are rumoured to have caught the eye of Reds boss Gerard Houllier.

The 21-year-old is allegedly a boyhood Reds fan and may be offered the chance to link up with his heroes at the end of the season.

Speculation suggests that Houllier is plotting a £2.5 million raid on City, with both clubs having endured disappointing campaigns.

England Under-21 international Barton is under contract at The City of Manchester Stadium until 2005 but is able to negotiate a new deal once he has made a certain number of appearances.

His future with the Premiership strugglers could be somewhat hazy following recent reports of a bust-up with manager Kevin Keegan after he was dropped for the match against Southampton earlier this month.

Keegan played down talk of a rift with the starlet and brought Barton back into the fold for last Saturday´s draw at Leicester City.

But the end of the season could provide the opportunity to completely clear the air once City´s Premiership fate is resolved.

Liverpool´s alleged intensifying interest in Barton could have been sparked by recent media rumours suggesting Manchester United are planning a summer bid for Reds captain Steven Gerrard.

CITY STARLET LINKED WITH REDS MOVE

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has emerged as a summer transfer target for Liverpool, according to widespread reports.
Barton´s combative performances this season are rumoured to have caught the eye of Reds boss Gerard Houllier.

The 21-year-old is allegedly a boyhood Reds fan and may be offered the chance to link up with his heroes at the end of the season.

Speculation suggests that Houllier is plotting a £2.5 million raid on City, with both clubs having endured disappointing campaigns.

England Under-21 international Barton is under contract at The City of Manchester Stadium until 2005 but is able to negotiate a new deal once he has made a certain number of appearances.

His future with the Premiership strugglers could be somewhat hazy following recent reports of a bust-up with manager Kevin Keegan after he was dropped for the match against Southampton earlier this month.

Keegan played down talk of a rift with the starlet and brought Barton back into the fold for last Saturday´s draw at Leicester City.

But the end of the season could provide the opportunity to completely clear the air once City´s Premiership fate is resolved.

Liverpool´s alleged intensifying interest in Barton could have been sparked by recent media rumours suggesting Manchester United are planning a summer bid for Reds captain Steven Gerrard.

comme ça c plus joli

BARCA: WE ARE ABLE TO BUY RUUD

Barcelona have warned Manchester United that they have the financial muscle to lure Ruud van Nistelrooy away from Old Trafford in the summer.
Despite the Dutchman´s affirmation that he is fully committed to representing the FA Cup finalists, after signing a new contract recently, there have been rumblings in the media that all is not well with the former PSV Eindhoven hot-shot.

Although he appeared in the win over Charlton Athletic, van Nistelrooy then sat out the dreadful performance against Liverpol at the weekend, as concerns continue over his fitness.

The Holland hit-man was seen as ´untouchable´ at United but the sale of key man David Beckham last summer has seemingly given hope to both Barca and Real Madrid that they could tempt Sir Alex Ferguson to off-load one of his most important performers.

" The club will be able to invest €50 to €60 million in acquisitions," Barcelona´s financial vice-president Ferran Soriano told COM Radio.

" All is possible, even van Nistelrooy.

" There is not any player who is out of our market, only ones that their clubs will not sell, such as ( Thierry) Henry, the same as we will not sell Ronaldinho.

" There is a list for three names for each position."

Van Nistelrooy´s agent Roger Linse met with Real president Florentino Perez recently, and United fans will be hoping the team do not even consider selling their talismanic striker in the summer.

Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has moved to rubbish speculation that van Nistelrooy had a training ground fight with David Bellion.

The Norwegian feels there is a media campaign designed to attack The Red Devils.

" That is just nonsense," Solskjaer told VG. " Nothing happened and I was also at that training session.

" Somebody seems to be after us."

meme eux ils ont de l´argent!! cherchez l´erreur!!

" Leeds keen on quick sales"

Leeds have hired an agent to broker the sale of their top players, according to newspaper reports.
The reports claim Phillip Morrison has been appointed by Leeds as the club´s negotiator until 16 May - the day after the end of the Premiership season.

The timing means Morrison is looking to arrange transfers while the club are fighting for their top-flight status.

Alan Smith, Paul Robinson and Mark Viduka are all expected to leave Elland Road if Leeds are relegated.

Leeds are keen to have buyers in place quickly in case the club´s perilous situation demands money quickly.

The agent has been hired by Leeds managing director David Richmond and the players at the club have apparently been made aware of the development.

A fax outlining the situation has already been distributed to clubs and fellow agents by Morrison.

Transfers between Premiership clubs cannot happen until the season has finished and so Morrison´s contract means he is at the club purely to arrange deals, for which he will be paid commission when the move is completed.

Smith has already made it clear to fans that he will probably be leaving the club at the end of the season - and others are expected to follow.

=>Ian Harte, James Milner, voila quelques jeunes joueurs intéressants...

En tout cas merci au Sun et au Mirror, qui encore une fois me mettent de bonne humeur pour toute la journée avec ces rumeurs à vous briser les côtes de rire ^^

Massimo Oddo, latéral droit de la Lazio semble proche du transfert à la Juventus.

Les deux clubs auraient trouvés un accord sur la base de 2,5 ME plus le prêt pour deux saisons de deux jeunes joueurs très prometteurs, Chiumento et Palladino.

Courtisé depuis plus d´une année par la Juve, Oddo réaliserait enfin son rêve en venant jouer à Turin.

=>Ca limiterait les possiblités pour Trabelsi...

Pas de Van Persie pour MU

Annoncé partant du Feyenoord Rotterdam depuis plusieurs jours, l’attaquant néerlandais, Robin Van Persie a signé quatre ans à Arsenal. Le montant du transfert se situerait aux alentours de 3,5 millions d’euros.

Mark Wotte, directeur technique de Feyenoord a annoncé que le joueur de son club, Robin Van Persie s’était engagé pour quatre ans à Arsenal. Déjà convoité par le club anglais en janvier dernier, le néerlandais, auteur de 14 buts en 60 matchs sous le maillot de Feyenoord, n’avait pu rejoindre les Gunners faute d’accord entre les deux clubs. Cette fois ci, les 3,5 millions d’euros évoqués pour ce transfert semblent avoir arrangé tout le monde.

C´est logique, il devait signer avant même Reyes, normal qu´il ait choisi le club qui a montré son intérêt en premier.

Il en reste beaucoup d´autres ^^

Foot - POR : Scolari menace C. Ronaldo

Luiz Felipe Scolari, le sélectionneur brésilien du Portugal, menace de ne pas retenir le jeune attaquant de Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo pour l´Euro 2004.

«Cristiano Ronaldo est encore un inconnu pour moi», a-t-il déclaré hier à la presse portugaise.

A la veille du match amical Portugal-Suède, il a rajouté : «Je pensais lui donner une nouvelle chance à l´occasion de ce match mais il se plaint d´une petite lésion. En réalité, je l´ai davantage vu jouer à Manchester United qu´en sélection. Je veux des joueurs qui jouent autant pour la sélection que pour leur club ( ...). Je ne demande que cela ! Si le joueur parvient à surmonter une petite blessure dans son club, il doit également le faire pour la sélection», a-t-il lancé.

L´attaquant, âgé de 19 ans, qui se plaint de douleurs musculaires, a passé une grande partie de l´entraînement assis sur le banc et voit son avenir proche en séléction s´assombrir. A moins de deux mois de l´Euro 2004 ( 12 juin au 4 juillet), Scolari dit avoir en tête le nom de 26 joueurs, or il ne seront que 23 à pouvoir intégrer la liste finale, qui sera dévoilée en mai.

«J´ai dit que je donnerai tout pour les 23 guerriers que je veux voir disputer la phase finale de l´Euro, mais je veux que ceux que j´ai choisi me le rendent en retour», a-t-il conclu.

Scolari doit toucher des dessous de table de la part de Porto c´est pas possible ^^

Il prend Pauleta mais pas les joueurs du FC Porto, il demande à des joueurs blessés de jouer...faut qu´il arrête un peu, si ça avait été Deco on en aurait pas entendu parler ^^

il commence a en rester de moins en moins quand meme .

putain on fete mon depart de la boite je suis raide fracassé

Joaquin expecting summer move

Real Betis winger Joaquin believes his club could well cash in on him this summer and has reiterated his preference for a move to Real Madrid.
The 22-year-old admits he is aware of Chelsea´s interest in him, and revealed that such was the flurry of media speculation linking him with Stamford Bridge over the past few days he even thought Betis had chosen to sell him without informing him.

However, the Spanish international insisted he would prefer to remain in Spain, and conceded he would push for a move to Real this summer if he was involved in the decision-making process.

" I believe it will be easier for them ( Betis) to sell me this summer than last year," he told Radio Sevilla.

" Amongst other things because they ( interested clubs) will pay more money for me.

" But if I do go I would like to choose the club.

" If the ( Betis) president ( Manuel Ruiz de Lopera) feels that I must leave then he will have to do it.

" But it is clear to me, I don´t want to move from Spain, I´d even like to stay with my Betis.

" But if they sell me I would prefer it to be to a Spanish team. To ( Real) Madrid? Then, yes."

On Chelsea´s interest, he continued: " When the Chelsea thing came up I was very nervous.

" All the media were calling me. I didn´t know what was going on.

" I said to myself, ´Perhaps they have sold me?´

" I thought this because neither the president nor my father ( and agent) told me anything.

" The Russian ( Abramovich) is one of the few people who is able to make a good offer. But also Madrid and Barca could."

Barca chief fears for Ronnie

Barcelona president Joan Laporta admits he is worried that Roman Abramovich´s millions could turn the head of Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho.
The South American has been in breathtaking form this term, proving the hit of the Spanish season following his move from Paris Saint Germain last summer.

He demonstrated his audacious skills by setting up Barca´s winner against arch rivals Real Madrid last Sunday with an outrageous scooped pass to Xavi.

It was a glimpse of the kind of form that has mesmorised Camp Nou all campaign, but Laporta is fearful that his displays will have caught the eyes of Europe´s big spenders.

The Barca supremo is adamant that the club will not entertain the thought of selling the 24-year-old, but conceded that the fortunes of Chelsea chief Abramovich could tempt the player.

" The will of the board is to do everything possible to keep Ronaldinho," Laporta declared.

" But I am also aware it will not be easy because teams who can put a lot of money in front of Barca will want him, but this does not worry me because we won´t sell him.

" I understand that they will make the player substantial offers, but I am confident that he understands that he is very highly considered at Barcelona.

" It is a pride for us to have him and he´s a hero for the whole city, here we consider him a person for his human quality.

" He´s the master of his own decisions and of his own person.

" If he takes notice of some proposals that he is offered, the player could cease to have his great human quality."

In a clear reference to Abramovich, he continued: " A petrol magnate or an Arab sheikh could come along ( with a lot of money for Roanldinho), but he would then cease to be master of his own person.

" But I have faith in him, he still has a contract for four years."

Tu pars où Ivguenyp ? ^^

Van Nistelrooy aurait dit oui au Real Madrid Le 28/04/2004 - 13:01
Le quotidien espagnol Marca a révélé mercredi un accord entre Florentino Perez, président du Real Madrid, et l´agent de Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Poursuivant sa politique de stars malgré la muavaise passe que traverse actuellement son club, Florentino Perez aurait entretenu d´étroits contacts avec l´agent de l´attaquant de Manchester, parvenant à un accord en vue de la saison prochaine. Reste à convaincre Manchester United de lâcher son buteur, ce qui est loin d´être gagné.

sans commantaire... Si c vrai c vraiment dépriment

Bof, ça vient de Marca, on a l´habitude des rumeurs avec eux ^^

Impossible que Ruud parte pour le real,surtout quand celui si est en crise,et pour jouer à la place qui,c´est ridicule.