Bear with us.
Whilst the infamous Brazilian, more loved at Fiorentina, just won’t go away and permanently leave Manchester United, the name Anderson has long since been thrown onto the Old Trafford scrapheap, sitting proudly in distinguished company alongside Djemba Djemba, William Prunier, and Massimo Taibi. But what if there was another way? What if Anderson had another chance? No, not that Anderson – wise up. Clive Mendonca would have a better shot at United nowadays. We’re talking about a 20-year-old Benfica starlet who is ripping the Portuguese league apart at the minute. We’re talking about Anderson Talisca. The Daily Mirror are claiming that Louis van Gaal is closing in on the attacking midfielder who has already drawn comparisons with Yaya Toure and even Rivaldo. The bar is set for him. Either he can follow his namesake’s path to the depths of Manchester. Or he can rise to the heady heights of below average where Liam Miller once threatened to touch. It would still be an improvement.
In Scotland, Rangers and Celtic are set to go head to head again, this time for the signature of Max Power (Daily Mail). After guiding Tranmere toward the foot of League Two, the 21-year-old midfielder is too hot to overlook in Glasgow. Unless they’re both just really big fans of the magazine…
The Sun on Sunday are also reporting that Manchester United have been told that Mats Hummels will cost them in the region of 58 million euros. Louis van Gaal is just about to turn around any second now, realise they’re talking about a centre half and ask, ‘Why the hell are you telling me?’
Chelsea and Manchester City will lock horns for the capture of Atletico Madrid midfielder, Koke (Sunday Express). The pair would hate to miss out on a chance to fill their bench and the 22-year-old has just the right amount of brilliant talent for them to spoil.
The Sunday Express are also suggesting that Arsenal and Liverpool are gearing up for a bidding war of their own, for the mercurial ability of 19-year-old Lazio striker, Keita Balde Diao. At long last, someone has finally merged the talents of Bobo Balde and Salif Diao and the unproven Spaniard could be right up Rogers’ and Wenger’s streets as they continue to refuse to spend big and bring in that headliner they’re both missing.
TalkSPORT have broken that former England number one, Paul Robinson, is eyeing a January move after he admitted that his career at Blackburn has come to an end. Clubs up and down the English league are on red alert after the revelation. Each of them worried that Robinson will try to manufacture a transfer in their direction.
