Gareth Barry to Manchester City! Please! This summer could see some amazing squad swapping. It might get really ugly people. Brace yourselves to be annoyed, frustrated and flabbergasted by it all. And even if your team are not in the thick of it all, it will still affect them somehow. Whether it’s getting beat by the teams that have spent big or losing a player because he was offered crazy wages from another club, in the end it all trickles down or up!
What we do know so far is that there is a huge tug-of-war going on between Real Madrid and Chelsea for the services of Kaka. Where do you think he’ll end up? What’s the best place for him? AC Milan hold the winning hand here as the Italians can sell to the highest bidder.
David Villa is another superstar potentially available on the market. His club Valencia need to sell big time because of financial problems. Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and supposedly Arsenal would love the services of Mr.Villa. Can’t see Arsenal spending the money, can you? And will he be willing to leave Spain?
Franck Ribery is another hot property. The Bayern Munich star is wanted by everyone. They say he fancies a move to Spain. Chelsea want him really badly. He’s the flare player they’ve been craving since the departure of Arjen Robben. Does the Frenchman fancy la vie in London?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is wanted by Barcelona, which is surprising to me. The Inter Milan hitman is looking for a new challenge and would relish a move to the Camp Nou. Do you think he’s good enough to play up front for the treble winning champs? Can you see Zlatan in a Barca shirt?
Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid bound isn’t he? They say there is a pre-contract agreement in place and if they don’t sign him by the end of the month Real Madrid will owe Ronaldo 26.7 million pounds. Crazy baby, crazy! Will the Premier League be the same without Ronaldo if he goes? Surely we want the best players to stay, even if they annoy the hell out of us right?!!
There are tons of other players on the transfer bubble. People are even talking about Fabregas and Barcelona again. Vidic is even being mentioned as leaving Man Utd. Will Santa Cruz finally move to Manchester City or Arsenal? Are Everton serious about signing Michael Owen? And has Carvalho had enough at Chelsea? Stay tuned…
So with Kaka going to Real Madrid, are they still going to get Ronaldo? Seems like that would be quite a blockbuster off-season if they did. Also, why aren’t more Premier League teams trying to get Ronaldo? Or are they? Seems like they should do all they can to keep players like him…like him or not, he’s good for the league.
Sir Alex Ferguson would never sell Ronaldo to another Premier League team…NEVER! About 3 seasons ago, Liverpool wanted to buy Gabriel Heinze from Manchester United and the player wanted to go there too. But Sir Alex dug his heels in as he refused to sell an international world class player to their most hated rivals. Heinze ended up going to Real Madrid and the following season, there was talk of him winding up at Liverpool anyway, but it never came to be. Sir Alex will only sell to a Premier League team if he knows the player is past his sell by date. Silvestre is a perfect example of that. He sucked so bad for Arsenal this season. As if Fergie would sell a quality player to Arsenal? Phil Neville and Nicky Butt also played for United and they have had good spells since leaving, especially Neville. But they are not exactly Beckham, Giggs, Ronaldo or Cantona are they?
As for Madrid and Ronaldo…they want him really badly. And it would be really exciting for football to have Kaka and Ronaldo on the same team. But as much as Ronaldo pisses me off sometimes, I want him to stay in the Premier League too as it’s great to have the world’s best at teams like United (if you’re British that is)!!! United have seen some great players come and go in their time. But this isn’t any ordinary player. He’s arguably the best in the world and it will take an extraordinary player to replace him.