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Football Rumours on 9th Saturday May 2015

last updated Saturday 09th May 2015, 8:35 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, 24, is open to a summer move to Chelsea and is keen to find out whether the Premier League champions will make a serious bid to sign him.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Bournemouth are ready to offer veteran Everton centre-back Sylvain Distin, 37, the chance to stay in the Premier League when his contract expires at Goodison Park.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Distin, 37, says manager Roberto Martinez has not spoken to him since early February.
    ( L'Equipe )


  • () Manchester United could sign on-loan Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, 29, for a cut-price fee after Uefa punished parent club Monaco for breach of Financial Fair Play regulations.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Paris St-Germain are planning to take United's record signing Angel Di Maria, 27, on loan after missing out on 21-year-old Memphis Depay, who will arrive at Old Trafford this summer.
    ( Sun )


  • Arsenal and Tottenham will face competition from Benfica for Red Star Belgrade's 17-year-old striker Luka Jovic.
    ( Talksport )


  • Chelsea and Liverpool are both interested in signing veteran Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo, 35, who has a year left on his contract and hinted he could leave the Italian champions.
    ( Tuttosport )


  • Chelsea will turn to Everton defender John Stones, 20, if they cannot persuade 22-year-old Real Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane to quit the Bernabeu this summer.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Monaco want to sign Chelsea's 18-year-old Belgian playmaker Charly Musonda on loan next season.
    ( Talksport )


  • Bayer Leverkusen are interested in signing Sunderland loanee Ricky Alvarez, 27, from Inter Milan even though he has struggled during his time at the Stadium of Light.
    (Sunderland Echo)




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has asked owner Roman Abramovich not to sell any of his title-winning squad including goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, who he wants to keep even against his will.
    ( Daily Mirror)


  • Mourinho will do his best to block Arsenal's attempts to sign Cech and would rather he moved abroad than join another Premier League club.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Gunners boss Arsene Wenger says the club have no plans to sell forward Theo Walcott, 26, and have opened contract talks with the England international.
    ( Guardian )


  • Manchester United's Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 27, told French football magazine So Foot that he cried when David Moyes - the man who signed him from their former club Everton - was sacked as Red Devils boss.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • West Brom defender Jonas Olsson, 32, has hinted that he would like to extend his contract with the Baggies.
    ( Express & Star )


  • Newcastle boss John Carver says his side's clash with West Brom at St James' Park is the club's biggest in six years.
    (Daily Star)


  • The Magpies' injured defender Steven Taylor, 29, says his club's current predicament is like "the fastest kamikaze ride in the world".
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Real Sociedad boss David Moyes says he is "not going anywhere" despite interest from Newcastle and West Ham.
    ( Guardian )


  • Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says Reds boss Brendan Rodgers must buy a top striker in the summer.
    ( Sky Sports )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal fined some of the club's players because they were a minute late for lunch.
    ( Daily Mirror)


  • Outgoing Labour leader Ed Miliband's slip-up in the general election was compared to the slip made by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard against Chelsea last season in a number of internet memes.
    ( Metro )


  • Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has played down a potential feud with midfielder Yaya Toure by joking he will present the unsettled player with a birthday cake this week.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Tottenham defender Bongani Khumalo, 28, has appealed for the return of a Bible given to him by his late mother after his Colchester hotel room was ransacked by thieves.
    ( London Evening Standard )






















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