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Football Rumours on Monday 18th May 2015

last updated Monday 18th May 2015, 9:21 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Former Southampton striker Rickie Lambert is being lined up for a return to the south coast with Premier League new boys Bournemouth after the 33-year-old struggled for game time at Liverpool this year.
    ( Daily Mirror)


  • Manchester City have been warned off a move for £40m-rated Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne by the German club's chief executive, who called the 23-year-old playmaker "unsellable".
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to sign Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic, 25, who has failed to establish himself as a regular at Etihad Stadium.
    ( Daily Mirror)


  • Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, 32, has been offered £8m to finish his career with Al Gharafa in Qatar.
    ( Sun )


  • Birmingham City are interested in former Arsenal striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 24, who has been released by Bristol City, but face competition from Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Wigan.
    (Birmingham Mail)




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Former captain Gary Neville has backed winger Angel Di Maria to come good for Manchester United following an inconsistent first season in the Premier League for the 27-year-old Argentina international.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has criticised greedy parents and agents who demand too much for their children too early in their career.
    ( Daily Star)


  • Mourinho has also said the rise of 19-year-old midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek will give more inspiration to youngsters in the club's junior side than the FA Youth Cup and Uefa Youth League titles.
    ( Guardian )


  • Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel believes his boss Nigel Pearson should be manager of the year for helping guide his side clear of the Premier League relegation zone.
    ( Guardian )


  • City manager Manuel Pellegrini says the club will sit down with Toure at the end of the season to discuss his future.
    ( Talksport )


  • Meanwhile, Pellegrini has told out-of-contract midfielder James Milner, 29, that staying with City would be best for his career.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Jordan Henderson feels Liverpool's players let fellow midfielder Steven Gerrard down in his final game at Anfield on Saturday which ended in defeat.
    ( Daily Star)


  • Dick Advocaat will quit as Sunderland manager at the end of the season - even if he saves the club from Premier League relegation.
    ( Sun )


  • Manager Steve Bruce wants to explore the possibility of weekly in-house drugs testing at Hull City after midfielder Jake Livermore was suspended following his positive test for cocaine.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says there is no need to sell their most important players this summer, despite interest in 25-year-old midfielder Yannick Bolasie and defender Scott Dann, 28.
    (Times)


  • Everton manager Roberto Martinez has dismissed suggestions that handing 19-year-old Brendan Galloway his Blues debut against West Ham puts the future of left-back Luke Garbutt, 21, in doubt.
    ( Liverpool Echo )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse will have to pay for his Bentley car to be released after it was seized by police following alleged motoring offences.
    ( Newcastle Chronicle )


  • Wayne Rooney's youngest son Klay, who turns two next week, showed he could be a Manchester United star of the future after joining his father and big brother Kai on the Old Trafford pitch after Sunday's draw against Arsenal and scoring a goal at the Stretford End.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • A Brazilian newspaper has said their national football team has been picked by its commercial partners since 2006, with only players who are "marketable" enough called up.
    ( Daily Mail )






















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