Premier League
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| Carlos Tevez |
In the last 24 hours the
Premier League appears to have lost one of its greatest imports, the enigma
that is Carlos Tevez. A fee in the
region of £12 million has been agreed between Manchester City and Juventus for
the former Boca Juniors, West Ham and Manchester United forward. Now £12
million may seem to undervalue Tevez when the likes of Cavani are being quoted
at £50 odd million, however at 29 Tevez’s value in reality will only depreciate
from here on in and with incoming boss Pellegrini wanting to make his mark in
Manchester, getting rid of the argumentative Argentinian would appear to be a shrewd
move. As for the buyers, Juventus are in my opinion in dire need of a world
class centre forward if they want to mount a serious challenge for the
Champions League. With Buffon behind a solid back four, Pirlo and Marchisio
running the midfield all the Old Lady need is an out an out striker as both
Giovinco and Vucinic like to play deeper and wider. This is a deal that perfectly
fits all parties concerned and Juve fans will be hoping Tevez can have the same
influential effect that his former Manchester City teammate Mario Balotelli has
had at A.C Milan.
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| Simon Mignolet |
Another day another
Liverpool signing, this time its Sunderland’s first choice keeper Simon Mignolet
for £9 million. Rodgers seems pleased with his business saying, "I am delighted that we have been able to sign
one of the top goalkeepers in the Barclays Premier League”, however despite the
undoubted ability of Mignolet which has seen him keep Thibaut Courtois out of
the Belgian National team, I believe Mr Rodgers you’ve got the wrong Sunderland
goalkeeper. You should in fact of signed Kieran Westwood, ask any
Carlisle and Coventry fans (me included) about Westwood and you will only get
rave reviews of Ireland’s number one. Never mind though as Westwood will
showcase his credentials this season as Sunderland’s new first choice stopper
and this time next year it could well be he who moves to one of the Premier
Leagues elite. Rodgers recruitment drive shows no sign of stopping as the move
for Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan appears to be back on as the player failed to
show up to Donetsk’s pre-season training camp. Another target for the reds is Barcelona
youngster Gerard Deulofeu who is interesting Rodgers and with 27 goals in 68
games for Barca B from out wide you can certainly see why.
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| Keisuke Honda |
If you have been watching
the Confederations Cup you would have admired the football played by the Japanese
and one player in particular, Keisuke Honda. The CSKA attacking midfielder has
a sensational passing range and an abnormal balance which allows him to use
both feet to bamboozle defenders, his performances have not gone unnoticed as
Roberto Martinez is rumoured to be very interested in the player. The fact that
he is on a free falls beautifully into line with Bill Kenwright’s transfer
policy at Goodison Park, however if Everton want to secure his signature they
will have to move fast as many of Europe’s elite are interested in the 27 year
old.
The Football League
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| Northern Ireland international Grigg |
Good news in Yorkshire this
morning as Barnsley have secured the future of their captain and influential
keeper Luke Steele, the former Manchester United youngster has signed a 2 year
extension. For another Football League club the future of their captain is less
than clear, Peterborough’s Tommy Rowe is the subject of interest from Leeds but
no bid has been made according to Posh director of Football Barry Fry. From a
future Leeds left back to one of their greatest Ian Harte, who has received offers
from both Bournemouth and Middlesbrough with the latter most likely to secure
his services. One of League One’s hottest properties, Walsall’s Will Grigg looks
set to move south and link up with losing play-off finalists Brentford. On a
free this is a superb signing for Uwe Rosler, but a bitter blow for the
Saddlers who have already lost Febian Brandy to Sheffield United.
Rest of the World
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| Former Lyon forward Belfodil |
With the departure of Andrea
Stramaccioni as manager, Inter Milan are pushing forward with an overhaul of
their mismatch squad which has never recovered from the departure of Jose
Mourinho in 2011. Today they are close to securing the services of Parma’s
Ishak Belfodil in one of Italy’s notorious co-ownership deals, with the potential
of Antonio Cassano moving in the opposite direction. Other rumours have been
circulating that Andrea Ranocchia has been the subject of an offer from a
Russian club and the much underrated Samir Handanovic has been interesting
Barcelona. The departure of Ranocchia would add some substance to rumours
linking Micah Richards with the Nerazzurri
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