HERE ARE THE good, the bad, and the unlikely football moves being talked about today…
A League Cup semi-final exit will always bring a slew of questions for a favourite who has been beaten over two legs. And the answer to those questions at Anfield this week is reportedly “play an actual left back at left back instead of James Milner”.
The Daily Mail say Riza Durmisi‘s £17 million buy-out clause at Real Betis sounds just right to Jurgen Klopp.
Arsenal are so worried that they could be left with an Alexis Sanchez-shaped hole in the squad this summer that, according to WhoScored.com, they’ve started chatting to Borussia Dortmund about swapping €60 million for the services of Marco Reus.
Much less exciting is the news from the Daily Record that Manchester United hope Paul Pogba’s friendship with Antoine Griezmann will coax the little number seven to Old Trafford – as if the mountain of money hadn’t already convinced him.
Back to the Mail, where they think that Middlebrough fancy taking advantage of Aston Villa’s abundance of midfielders with Irish links and take Jack Grealish back to the Premier League if Gaston Ramirez forces through his move to the champions.
The same publication says Roman Abramovich has given the big nod to bless a union between Branislav Ivanovic and Zenit St Petersburg.
Big Sam has ruled out the possibility of taking Robbie Brady to Crystal Palace, but Patrick van Aanholt is doing his medical today.
Over at West Ham, the Daily Mirror and the imminent end of the transfer window says that the club may be willing to give in and let Dimitri Payet leave if they can pocket £30 million in the process.
Retro Deal of the Day: Robbie Fowler to Liverpool (the second coming)
11 short years ago, when Rafa Benitez needed to inject goals into his team and some giddy excitement into the Kop end, he turned to a man who had already scored 120 goals for the club.
Having journeyed to Leeds and Manchester City since being marginalised by Gerard Houllier, Fowler came home as a free transfer on a short-term contract – which was soon extended to keep him at the club until after the 2007 Champions League final (and eight more Fowler goals).
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