CSKA offered Dynamo Zagreb 6.5 million euros for midfielder Luk Modric, according to Your Day. However, according to the newspaper, the Croatian club is not satisfied with this proposal - he wants to get much more for his star. Interest in the 21-year-old playmaker of the Croatian national team is shown by several Russian clubs at once. But not only them. “Modric’s purchase proposals came from European giants like Arsenal and Bayern. But Dynamo does not intend to sell it, the source told TD. - Luka is the best footballer of the team, and he has a valid contract with blue and white. The whole game of the team is built around him. Management, if it will sell Modric, only after a couple of years and for a lot of money. ”
In the case of a successful outcome for CSKA negotiations, a miniature dispatcher who is also able to play on the edge of midfield could be a substitute for Daniel Carvalho, whose future in the army club is still vague.
OLEG DOLMATOV will be approved today at a meeting of the board of directors of Moscow Lokomotiv as a mentor, and Valery Filatov will retain the position of president of the club, says “Your Day”. According to the tabloid, the management of the railway has already reached a preliminary agreement with the 58-year-old specialist on the extension of the contract for another year. Dolmatov will put his signature on the document when he leaves his vacation, which he spends with his family in Krasnodar. In addition to Dolmatov, Lokomotiv bosses also considered other candidates. “The Italian Claudio Ranieri was not satisfied with the proposed annual salary of $ 2 million,” a TD source said. - And Haji Hajiyev, after retiring from Wings, decided to take a short pause and have a good rest. The return of Yuri Semin to Lokomotiv could take place only if Filatov left the club. Despite the fact that the team was unable to fulfill the task - to regain a place in the Champions League, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin will not dismiss him. The president of Transtelecom Sergey Lipatov could become Filatov’s possible successor, but he is apparently not ready to focus only on the club’s affairs. ”
Jens Lehmann , the goalkeeper of Arsenal and the German national team, may as early as next month conclude a preliminary agreement with Sevilla, which, unlike the Gunners, offers the German goalkeeper a two-year rather than a one-year contract, tells The Times The term of the existing agreement between Lehmann and Arsenal is coming to an end next summer, and if the Pushkari again show indifference, their oldest player (Lehmann 37 years old) can follow in the footsteps of Robert Piraeus, who, having never expected a longer-term club from London offers, last off-season went to Villarreal for free.
TOTTENHAM will make another attempt in January to get Middlesbrough left midfielder and England national team Stuart Downing, writes Daily Mirror Spurs coach Martin Yol has long been trying to balance the team’s game on the flanks (Aaron Lennon is working excellently on the right), and Downing himself is not averse to moving to London. That's just floundering at the bottom of the Boro standings, these players themselves are needed.
Liverpool in the next transfer period may be replenished with the central defender of Blackburn and the Australian national team Lucas Neal, reports Daily Mirror The Rovers management intends to help out for its captain, who in the summer may become a free agent, 1 million pounds plus defender Stephen Warnock, who very rarely gets into Liverpool. Merciseid mentor Rafael Benitez, with the advent of the Nile, expects to intensify competition on the right side of the defense, where for a long time there is no alternative to Steve Finnan. Another potential newcomer to the Reds, according to the newspaper, could be the 16-year-old striker of the French Chateauroux, Gilles Sune, who is also interested in Manchester United.
NEWcastle will become the next English club, in which power will belong to foreign capital, Daily claims Mail At the beginning of the new year, the new owner of Forty will officially be announced the international alliance of billionaires - the American financial company Polygon and United Bank of Switzerland , before the joint offer of which at 227 million pounds, the Newcastle board could not resist. Aston Villa and West Ham were sold for significantly less.
ROY KIN , Sunderland’s coach, expects to rent his former Manchester United teammate Ole Gunnar Solsher and is ready to give him a place in the starting lineup, reports Daily Mirror
MANCHESTER United took the pencil of 22-year-old midfielder of Seville Antonio Puertu, informs Daily Mirror
LES RID , Charlton’s coach, had a fight with two players on his team, which only added fuel to the rumors that Alan Pardew, who had recently been fired from West Ham, could soon lead Athletic to save him from relegation from the prime minister. League, Daily believes Mirror
ROMA is looking at the defender of Sofia CSKA Tiago Silva, whose contract with the Bulgarian club will end in six months, and finds him quite capable of playing in Serie A. In addition, the transfer price of a player, Ronaldinho's former partner in the Brazilian youth team, is only 200 thousand pounds. The Romans are going to strengthen the attack with the Senegalese striker of West Bromwich Gyomansi Camara (ex-Modena), who can replace the Serb Mirko Vucinic, who will return after the end of the season, apparently, in Lecce, Tribalfooball suggests.
DIEGO MILITO, striker of “Zaragoza” and one of the best snipers examples, the rights to which are jointly owned by the Spanish club and “Genoa”, aroused the interest of “Inter” and “Barcelona”, reports Tribalfooball . Genoa President Enrico Preziosi, the owner of a "controlling stake" for the Argentine, intends to raise the forward transfer price of the forward (£ 3.5 million) and, if Zaragoza cannot buy it in full, sell it to someone from the grandees.
NALDO , the central defender of the Werder Bremen, fell into the orbit of attention of Milan, reports Sportal . With the advent of the "Bremen Town Musicians" Per Mertezacker, the Brazilian game blossomed with new colors. Naldo undoubtedly holds an outstanding season, showing excellent football both in the German championship and in the Champions League. And in the last round of the Bundesliga, he even sparkled with a scorer, scoring a hat-trick in the match against Eintracht. The Brazilian, who had long been in need of updating the defense of the Rossoneri, would have been very welcome, as the Italian media have already sounded, referring to Milan’s interest in Naldo. However, the defender’s contract with Werder Bremen was designed until 2009, and the South American himself on the banks of the Weser feels quite comfortable.
LION tops the list of French clubs chasing midfielder Crvena Zvezda and Serbia's national team Dushan Basta, writes Daily Blic . The president of Crvena, Dragan Stojkovic, does not intend to release the 22-year-old Serbian Nedved in winter, who are also interested in Nantes and Nice.
NANT, having strengthened the goalkeeper line by Fabien Barthez to avoid parting with the elite division, wants to urgently strengthen the attack. “Canaries” aimed at the forwards of Pierre-Alain Fro (PSG) and the Belgian Luigi Pieroni (“Auxerre”), reports Eurosport .
MARSELE expects to lease 25-year-old central defender Porto and Portuguese national team Ricardo Costa in January, says Le Parisien .
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