16 February 2015

THE GOSSIP COLUMN

    TRANSFER GOSSIP

Liverpool are hoping to complete the signing of Roma midfielder
Miralem Pjanic, 24, his team-mate and fellow midfielder Radja
Nainggolan, 26, and Lazio forward Keita Balde Diao, 19, for a
combined fee of more than £75m. (Daily Express)

Former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra, 29, hopes West
Ham will revive their interest in signing him in the summer, after
Fifa blocked a move in January. (Daily Mirror)

Burnley striker Danny Ings, 22, has flown to Spain to open talks
with Real Sociedad over a proposed summer move. (Daily Mail)
And the Spanish side, managed by David Moyes, are set to
quadruple Ings's current wages and pay him £60,000 a week.(Daily Star)

Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal midfielder
Santi Cazorla, 30, in the summer. (Spanish radio station Cadena
Cope)
The Spanish club are also hoping to take Manchester United
midfielder Juan Mata, 26, back to La Liga.

Arsenal could make a bid for Palermo striker Paulo Dybala after
the Italian club said they are ready to sell the 21-year-old
Argentine at the end of the season.

OTHER GOSSIP
Former Chelsea defender David Luiz, 27, was offered a new
contract by Jose Mourinho but decided to join Paris St-Germain in
the summer because his "cycle had finished" at the Stamford
Bridge club. (Daily Mail)
Luiz, who will face his former club at the Parc des Princes on
Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League first knockout
stage, was so determined to play in the 2012 Champions League final that he pleaded with Chelsea's medical staff to pretend he was fit even if he failed a pre-match fitness test.

England manager Roy Hodgson wants to see former Manchester
United defender Gary Neville replace him when he leaves his role.