All of the whispers around football this weekend.
According to the Independent Manchester United and Robin van Persie could be parting ways in the summer with Edinson Cavani and Thomas Muller in line to replace the Dutchman at Old Trafford.
The former Arsenal striker has a year remaining on his current contract and will earn an extra €12m if he sees out his four-year contract.
Van Persie has struggled with form and fitness this season and admitted last week: “Three goals in nine games is not enough. Against Chelsea I had a nice chance and I had three options: chip it, go round the keeper or just straight at the goal. I chose the last and safest. If I wouldn’t have thought it over I would just chip it. I just have to trust again in my intuition.” (The Independent)
United may also finally be getting their midfield men with Juventus hinting that they could be willing to cash in on Chile’s Arturo Vidal who has been mentioned alongside the Old Trafford club for too damn long.
Juve chief Giuseppe Marotta has put the onus on the player to decide his future after saying: “It always depends on the player”
“If Pogba and Vidal are happy to stay, then we will keep them.” (Daily Star)
Joao Moutinho could be on the way to the Premier League but it might not be to the club you’re thinking of.
The Monaco playmaker has been linked with a move to Manchester United but it seems that the Gunners are favourites to land the Portuguese.
Reports in Italy claim that Arsene Wenger sees the former Sporting Lisbon and Porto player as an ideal replacement for Mikael Arteta.
It could cost the North London club over €37 to land the 28-year-old midfielder but with skills like this, he’d be worth every penny. (Express)
Liverpool can forget about bringing Divock Origi to Anfield in January according to Kop bos Brendan Rodgers.
The Merseyside club struck a deal with Lille to buy the Belgium striker with the caveat that he would stay in France on loan for the duration of this season.
The lack of striking options available to Rodgers has led to many Liverpool fans calling for reinforcements but the Liverpool manager doesn’t see an early Origi arrival as feasible.
“It was never the case of bringing him in early. The discussion last summer was that he had to stay,” said Rodgers. “That was one of the reasons we got him. There has been a lot of speculation but the deal was in place that we would get him for next season.” Daily Telegraph
Chelsea are said to have beaten Tottenham to the signature of Rijeka forward Andrej Kramaric.
The London clubs were both monitoring the Croatian but it seems that the Stamford Bridge outfit have gotten the deal done first.
Another club who has been chasing the 23-year-old’s signature are Italian side Atlanta but their sporting director Pierpaolo Marino revealed that Chelsea have won the race to sign the youngster.
He said: “I believe that he is signing for Chelsea. He is a player we have followed for a long time.” (Daily Star)
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