GOOD MORNING FOOTBALL FANS!! Its Monday and that can mean only one thing - youre already wishing we were four days into the future. To distract you from the humdrum of life for 2/3 minutes, here are todays headlines... Newcastle and Aston Villa are among the teams interested in signing Tottenham Hotspurs unsettled former Fulham midfielder Mousa Dembele, 26. Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes that Inter have the potential to challenge for the Serie A title this season. The Nerazzurri currently sit fourth in the league table following a strong start to the campaign under Walter Mazzarri, but Buffon feels the arrival of Erick Thohir as their new owner and president could prove to be a big boost in their bid to return to the Serie A summit. Sunderland are rumoured to be looking at signing Swedish 17-year-old Valmir Berisha after the Halmstads striker scored a hat-trick against Argentina in last months Under-17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi. Eden Hazard believes Chelsea and Belgium team-mate Kevin De Bruyne should leave the club if he wants to play regularly and enjoy a successful World Cup. Both players featured in Belgiums 2-0 defeat against Colombia on Thursday, but De Bruyne has found first-team appearances at Chelsea hard to come by. Belgium coach Mark Wilmots recently suggested a move away from Stamford Bridge could prove beneficial, and Hazard has echoed those sentiments. If he does not play, it is better for him to leave, Hazard told Het Nieuwsblad. Playing a World Cup after having not played for a year... is very difficult. If we want to get the best from Kevin in the future it is better that he leaves. But hes a big boy. He must make his own choices. Romas Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic, 23, has played down a potential move to the Premier League by claiming he wants to stay at the Italian side. Sevilla defender Alberto Moreno says hed happily give a year’s salary to go to the World Cup, having broken into the first team. Hodgson says Beckenbauer blocked his path to Germany job England boss Roy Hodgson has revealed that Franz Beckenbauer may have been the key factor in him missing out on becoming Germanys first foreign coach. Hodgson was approached in 1998 by German Football Association (DFB) president Egidius Braun. But he said former Germany boss Beckenbauer felt the Englishman would have blocked upcoming German coaches. Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25, has bizarrely tipped himself for a move to either Barcelona or Real Madrid when the transfer window reopens in January. Nigeria captain Vincent Enyeama believes the African champions can win next years World Cup in Brazil. England manager Roy Hodgson insists goalkeeper Joe Hart is in the right frame of mind to play Germany, despite not having played for more than three weeks after being dropped by Manchester City. Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says he is open to a return to managing in the Premier League after the 2014 World Cup and would even go back to Chelsea, who sacked him in 2009. Gareth Bale may miss some Wales games, even when he is fit, as manager Chris Coleman aims to strike a deal with his club Real Madrid over the use of the 24-year-old world-record signing. Former Stoke manager Tony Pulis has pulled out of the running to become the next Crystal Palace manager. Spain were victorious in a 1-2 win over friendly opponents, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday evening, but the true winner was LDU Loja defender, Jimmy Bermudez who scored a brilliant header to beat Spain’s Pepe Reina and rob La Roja of a clean sheet while simultaneously earning him a sum of €50,000. According to Spanish sports daily, Marca, a senior official of Equatorial Guinea has offered €50,000 to any member of the national team if they were able to score against the reigning world champions.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:43:34 +0000
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