Real Football Man All of the Football, All of the time
I think you should know the drill by now, I debunk the BBC Sport Gossip Column – a column that is now updated around lunchtime. This means that I am running slightly late, so lets not muck about and dive straight in to this afternoon’s debunking
Gossip in standard font, my thoughts are in bold
John Terry will decide his future this weekend, with both Aston Villa and Birmingham City offering deals to the 36-year-old Chelsea defender. (Express and Star) Ok I can say with some confidence that John Terry will be playing in Birmingham next season, as for who…
Arsenal are closing in on £30m-rated Monaco winger Thomas Lemar, 21. (Daily Mail) If there’s any justice in the world….
Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian will offer Arsenal and Liverpool target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang £500,000 a week to prize the forward, 28, away from Borussia Dortmund. (Talksport) If there’s a player that is worth paying 100% tax on then is definitely one of them, a stupendous amount of money in terms of wages. Nice work if you can get it, then again does the Dortmund striker want it?
Sunderland striker Fabio Borini, 26, will have a medical with AC Milan on Thursday. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian) Yesterday he was going to Lazio, so make of that what you will
Trabzonspor are willing to meet Liverpool’s £5m asking price for midfielder Lucas Leiva, 30. (Fotomac, via Liverpool Echo) If that is to be the case then expect Lucas’s long stint at Liverpool to come to an end
Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel, 32, will not join Stoke City because he is “settled” in Turkey with Fenerbahce. (Sozcu, via Stoke Sentinel) Yeah I wouldn’t want to live in Stoke either
Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul, 29, is attracting interest from Ligue 1 side Montpellier. (Newcastle Chronicle) Interest and a bid are always to different matters, I would not worry too much Newcastle fans
Brighton target Markus Suttner has asked Ingolstadt to let him leave, but the German side are holding out for a £4m bid for the 30-year-old defender. (Brighton Argus) I used to live in Brighton, 7 years in fact. It will be interesting to see how they fare in the top flight next season
Former Ajax, Inter Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder, 33, is close to agreeing a deal to join Los Angeles FC, who will enter the MLS in 2018. (ESPN) No doubt another tidy pay day for a top European player who is the last few years of his career
