@yourservice 67 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 (edited) TRANSFER RUMOURS Atletico Madrid have told Liverpool they want Peter Crouch in part exchange for Fernando Torres. (Daily Star) Liverpool are closing in on the club record £25m capture of Torres. (Daily Telegraph) Sven-Goran Eriksson is set to stun Manchester City fans by making West Ham's Marlon Harewood one of his first signings. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal's Freddie Ljungberg is believed to be high on Eriksson's wish list. (The Guardian) Manchester United have accepted a £6m offer from Middlesbrough for their out-of-favour striker Alan Smith. (Daily Mirror) Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is aiming to make a late bid to bring Smith to the south coast. (The Sun) Sunderland have slapped in a £3m bid for Hearts keeper Craig Gordon. (Daily Mirror, Daily Record) Tottenham's £15m swoop for Darren Bent is being held up because Charlton are holding out for more money. (Daily Mirror) Manchester City have handed a two-year contract to teenage keeper Filip Mentel. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool will only allow Djibril Cisse to leave the club next season if he is offered a permanent deal elsewhere. (Various) Bolton are to step up their bid to bring Cisse to The Reebok. (The Times) Bordeaux slapped a £10m price tag on the head of Rangers target Julien Faubert. (Daily Record) Chelsea's sporting director Frank Arnesen was in the crowd to watch Holland Under-21 star Royston Drenthe at the European Championship. (The Guardian) OTHER GOSSIP American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has requested a meeting with Arsenal's board to discuss the future of the club. (Daily Telegraph) Former Gunners midfielder Gilles Grimandi is set to become the club's new director of football. (The Guardian) Czech winger Libor Sionko has slammed Rangers boss Walter Smith for only talking to him once since returning to the club. (Daily Record) Arsene Wenger's future at Arsenal was thrown into further doubt when it emerged that key board members are against the plan to bring back Nicolas Anelka. (Daily Express) Sven-Goran Eriksson will decide whether to take over as manager of Manchester City in the next 24 hours. (The Sun) The Premier League has requested more help from the Government to investigate new owners in the wake of Manchester City's likely takeover. (Daily Telegraph) Newcastle's new owner Michael Ashley will accept the resignation of the club's board today but offer a role to chairman Freddy Shepherd. (Various) Paul Ince will leave Macclesfield to take over as MK Dons boss today. (Various) Property tycoon Daniel Williams, who is interested in buying Blackburn, is thought to have the backing of two companies with combined assets of £3.75bn. (The Times) AND FINALLY Wayne Rooney said he was more nervous in Ricky Hatton's dressing room before his fight on Saturday than when he plays for England and Manchester United. (Daily Telegraph) The skipper of Charlton women's side Casey Stoney has blamed Alan Pardew and his flops for the decision to axe their women's set-up. (The Sun) FREDDY SHEPHERD looks set to survive Newcastle’s savage boardroom cull. New Toon owner Michael Ashley will today accept the resignations of all the directors at a meeting. But chairman Shepherd is being offered a role as chief executive after selling his £37.6million stake to Ashley in the £133m club takeover. Shepherd has been involved at St James’ Park for 16 years — and was a very reluctant seller. But sports store tycoon Ashley recognises Shepherd’s experience in running the Geordies and plans to make use of it. (The Sun) Edited June 25, 2007 by Scottish Mag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magma 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 so does that mean Shepherd won't be getting sacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Boyo 24 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Unfortunately yes, but with Ashley in control and the board consisting of his people he's more of a puppet if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Liverpool will only allow Djibril Cisse to leave the club next season if he is offered a permanent deal elsewhere. (Daily Express) would not say no imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Manchester City have handed a two-year contract to teenage keeper Filip Mentel. (Daily Mirror) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magma 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Manchester City have handed a two-year contract to teenage keeper Filip Mentel. (Daily Mirror) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Mentel, Fanni, is it comedy name Monday or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 TRANSFER RUMOURS Atletico Madrid have told Liverpool they want Peter Crouch in part exchange for Fernando Torres. (Daily Star) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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