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Football Rumours on Sunday 22nd December 2013

last updated Sunday 22nd December 2013, 8:51 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 26, could still quit the club for Real Madrid or Barcelona next summer despite signing a lucrative contract to stay at Anfield until 2018.
    ( Daily Star Sunday )


  • Real Madrid want striker Wayne Rooney, 28, to hold back on signing a new Manchester United contract so they can sign him for a bargain price next summer.
    ( Sun on Sunday )


  • Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is monitoring six targets - including Rooney - as he bids to strengthen the Blues' title challenge in the January transfer window.
    ( Daily Star Sunday )


  • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is plotting January moves for Real Madrid's Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, 32, and striker Alvara Morata, 21.
    ( Daily Star Sunday )


  • Manchester United left-back Alexander Buttner is nearing the exit door, with Italian sides Genoa and AS Roma interested in signing the Dutchman.
    ( Sunday Mirror )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is being lined up to replace Malky Mackay as manager of Cardiff City by the club's owner, Vincent Tan.
    ( Mail on Sunday )


  • Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal is top of Tottenham's wanted list to replace Andre Villas-Boas as Tottenham manager.
    ( Sunday Mirror )


  • Spurs rejected an offer from technical director Franco Baldini to resign following Villas-Boas's exit.
    ( Sunday Telegraph )


  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed he made contact with Villas-Boas following the former Tottenham manager's sacking.
    ( Belfast Telegraph )


  • And Mourinho has reopened a long-running feud with Manuel Pellegrini by mocking the Chilean's Manchester City side for not being Premier League runaway leaders.
    ( Sunday Express )


  • Barcelona are keeping an eye on Roberto Martinez as a potential future boss after an impressive start to his reign at Everton.
    ( Sun on Sunday )


  • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants Uefa to scrap the away goals rule from European club competitions.
    ( Observer )


  • Chelsea and England left-back Ashley Cole, 33, could call time on his 14-year career after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
    ( Mail on Sunday )


  • Southampton's Adam Lallana, 25, believes team-mate and fellow midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 24, should be picked to play for England after the latter was overlooked by France.
    ( Sunday Mirror )




  • AND FINALLY

  • BBC Radio 5 live announcer Charlotte Green says that one of her dreams when reading the classified football results would be to read out the scoreline 'Forfar 4 East Fife 5'.
    ( Sunday Telegraph )






















  • Source BBCSports