Chelsea expects to close the relatively problematic position of the right-back by Brazilian Daniel Alves, according to the Daily Mirror. For one of the key players in Seville, the "aristocracy" agree to pay 10 million pounds. Until recently, Liverpool was considered the favorite in the hunt for Alves, who allegedly already agreed to move the 23-year-old defender in the summer, but for a large sum (12 million pounds). However, for the bottomless treasury of Chelsea to kill this proposal is not difficult. At the same time, the “blue” is worth the haste: in the summer, when Dubai Sheikh Mohammed becomes the owner of Liverpool, Rafael Benitez will have his own magic wand. In addition, Barcelona is also actively claiming Alves.
ANDREY SHEVCHENKO is not sure that his first league goal for Chelsea, scored only in the last round of the group stage against the Bulgarian outsider, will be enough to convince Jose Mourinho of the future forward at Stamford Bridge, according to the Daily Mail.
David Beckham may have problems getting into the main squad of Real Madrid, but he is still the richest player in British football. According to FourFourTwo magazine, the state of the ex-captain of the English national team totals 87 million pounds. Newcastle striker Michael Owen earned almost three times less - 32 million pounds. Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler and Portsmouth defender Saul Campbell complete the quartet of the richest football players on foggy Albion. Among the most successful club investors, ROMAN ABRAMOVICH, whose assets are valued at 10.8 billion pounds, is the leader by a wide margin. The top three nouveau riche also includes Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspur) - 2.1 billion and Dermot Desmond (Celtic) - 1.25 billion.
WEST HEM, which doesn’t have a good attack, is ready to offer Liverpool £ 6 million as a test ball for Craig Bellamy, the well-known bristly-minded forward, reports Daily Express.
HIT “BASEL” AND CREATIVE CROATIA MLADEN PETRIC became interested in “Celtic”, reports Daily Star. In addition, as it became known to Tribalfooball, in mid-January, 17-year-old Australian twin brothers Alex and Luc Antonopoulosy from South Melbourne, who had an internship at Celtic, two years ago, would go to Glasgow to watch. And in the summer, the 35-year-old defender Paul Telfer, who is eager to return to Winchester, is planning to leave Parkhead.
RANGERS , another Scottish grand, according to Tribalfooball, plans to strengthen three new players in the coming pre-bidding period, including Ivorian national team defender and Swiss Young Boys Steve Gokhuri.
“MILAN” is not the first time to get involved in transfer feuds, but the current Rossoneri breeding policy cannot be called expansive. Currently, Carlo Ancelotti and Co., by and large, show emotions only about the striker of Birmingham Niklas Bendtner, which belongs to Arsenal. Both Birmingham and Milan plan to offer £ 6 million for the young Dane, but Italians are favorites because they are ready to pay now.
FIORENTINA decided to defeat Real Madrid in a fight for striker River Plate Gonzalo Higuain, Tribalfooball claims. Until recently, intensive negotiations on the transfer of young talent to the royal club suddenly slowed down, which the violets intend to take advantage of. Their president Andrea Della Valle has already given the green light to the purchase of an Argentine with an Italian passport.
MADRID'S "REAL" , according to Tribalfooball, is still inferior to "Ajax" in the hunt for Michael Laudrup's son - Mads, who is now being watched in Amsterdam. But the contract with the defensive midfielder of “Boki Juniors” FERNANDO GAGO is already almost in the ointment - its signing will take place next week. The new rising star of Argentinean football will cost "creamy" in 11 million pounds.
MADRID ATLETICO expects to work in the winter transfer market as tightly as in the summer, Tribalfooball reports. At the same time, the president of the capital's club, Enrique Cerezo, is ready to invest only on top-class football players, but estimates the chances of transferring Porto's miracle winger to Ricardo Quarezhma as unlikely.
ANTHONY VANDIN BORRE is proud of the interest of Betis, reports Tribalfooball. The right midfielder of Anderlecht and the Belgian national team are not averse to moving to Spain in January.
FRANK GROWTH , who lost his place at Schalke 04, according to Sportal, will play for Hamburg from the second round. To top off the game’s problems, Thomas Dolly’s team showed weaknesses on the last line of defense: Sasha Kirshstein and Stefan Wechter, as the season shows, goalkeepers of the middle hand, which is of no use in the fight for survival in the Bundesliga. In this case, the Ore Mines will have to find a replacement for Rost - not to leave Junior Dennis Lamchik as Manuel Neuer’s understudy.
JIBRIL SISSE , forward of the French national team, may return to service after a half-year downtime caused by an injury, even before the winter break. According to L'Equipe TV, it should become the “galvanic current” that will have a therapeutic effect on the stalled Marseille. Leaving the Liverpool striker, who was owned by Provencal, on a field, would be most welcome, since the Marseille attack group missed Franck Ribery and Michael Pajis. Cisse, of course, is still far from optimal conditions, but the other day he took part in a control match against Istra from the second French echelon.