So what is the gossip in the Sports pages today? Manchester City have made enquiries about signing striker Wilfried Bony, 26, from Swansea in January for £30m. City will face competition for Bonys signature from Chelsea, who are also interested in the Ivory Coast international. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has identified central midfield as the area he will look to strengthen when the January transfer window opens. The Gunners are submitting a £25.5m bid for 22-year-old Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho. AC Milan have told clubs including Arsenal and Liverpool that striker Stephan El Shaarawy, 22, will cost £11.5m if they want to sign him in January. Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers wants to sign Villarreals 21-year-old Argentine striker Luciano Vietto, who has been dubbed the new Sergio Aguero. Everton are weighing up a short-term move for Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi, 33, because of an injury to Tim Howard, 35, who has been ruled out for up to six weeks. Promising Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard, 16, will snub Europes top clubs and sign for Southampton. Serbian defender Matija Nastasic is on the brink of leaving Manchester City after Schalke confirmed they were in talks with the 21- year-old over an an initial loan deal. Newcastle will snub a £9m bid which Arsenal are believed to be lining up for the clubs French midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 25. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City have made enquiries for St Etienne defensive midfielder Rayan Souici, 17. OTHER GOSSIP Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood is on the brink of being appointed as the new West Brom head coach, following the sacking of Alan Irvine. Tony Pulis would be willing to work alongside a director of football at West Brom as long as guarantees of complete control of the club were included in his contract. Tony Pulis quit as Crystal Palace manager before the start of the season Pulis has also rejected the chance to replace Alan Pardew as manager at Newcastle because of fears that owner Mike Ashley would pick the team. Ashley is considering giving caretaker boss John Carver the Magpies managers job on a permanent basis. Neil Warnock says he is not bitter about his departure from Crystal Palace and thinks Pardew would be the ideal choice to succeed him as manager at Selhurst Park. Pardew returned to Newcastles training ground to say goodbye to players and staff before his appointment at Palace. Pardew is anxious to get started at Palace and wants to take charge of the clubs game against Aston Villa on New Years Day. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants the Football Association to ban penalty-box con- men who make life difficult for referees. Brighton chief executive Paul Barber says the club are hopeful of naming Sami Hyypias successor as manager in the next few days. Manchester City midfielder David Silva, 28, says playing the Premier Leagues bottom sides can be harder than facing title rivals. BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Southampton urged one of its supporters to pluck up the courage to ask out a girl he liked on its official Twitter feed. A Saints fan got in touch with the club to try to find out the name of a supporter sat near him. The club tweeted: Man up and ask if she fancies a drink - no lady can resist a hot Bovril. AND FINALLY... Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has compared his development from skinny youngster to impregnable stopper at United to that of comic book character Captain Americas physical transformation. bbc
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 08:43:54 +0000
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