INTERNATIONAL UPDATES • Manchester United are willing to offload Juan Mata for £20m, with Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Valencia all interested. • Manchester City have made Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone their No. 1 choice to be their next manager should Manuel Pellegrini get sacked at the end of the season. • Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, has reiterated his desire to play for a big club, with Arsenal set to renew their interest in the France international. • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has earmarked 20-year-old Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte as his first-choice January transfer target. • Manchester United see the signing of former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, 32, as a replacement for David de Gea, not a back-up, with De Gea set to join Real Madrid. • Tottenham are planning a January transfer swoop for Aston Villas England midfielder Fabian Delph, 24, who is nearing the end of his contract at Villa Park. • Croatia captain Darijo Srna has advised his international team-mate Mateo Kovacic to quit Inter Milan for the good of his career. The 20-year-old midfielder has previously interested Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid. • Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is attempting to bring Southamptons head of recruitment Paul Mitchell, who worked with manager Mauricio Pochettino last season, to White Hart Lane. • Barcelona legend Xavi says Evertons Ross Barkley and Liverpools Raheem Sterling are good enough to play for the Spanish giants. • Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao appears to have denied reports he is treating his knee with an ice pack after every match and training session. • Former Ipswich Town players Kieron Dyer and Titus Bramble - now youth coaches at the club - say they would not want to be shortlisted for jobs if the Football Association implement the Rooney Rule for black and minority ethnic coaches. • West Ham defender Dan Potts took advantage of the Argentina squad training in east London before their friendly against Croatia on Wednesday to grab a selfie with Lionel Messi, which he shared on Twitter. • Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor apologised to supporters in a series of tweets for newspaper reports which appeared to show him criticising them for a lack of support.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:08:05 +0000
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