Our bulls**t detectors are about to blow…
…but we do still love the Sunday transfer gossip.
Let’s start in Milan, where Mario Balotelli is reportedly growing sick of the constant racist abuse he receives and believes the faraway fields of the Premier League are an awful lot greener.
The Daily Mail say that Arsenal are interested in the former Manchester City striker if they fail to land Karim Benzema, but it’s the name of Liverpool that really catches the eye.
Apparently, the Reds will move for the 23-year-old if Luis Suarez is lured away from Anfield in the summer.
Moving swiftly on, Louis van Gaal is considering selling Juan Mata on from Manchester United despite the fact that he only joined the club from Chelsea in January. Barcelona are interested in the playmaker. Again, we’re suspicious.
Staying at Old Trafford, Arjen Robben is saying “thanks, but no thanks, I’d rather stay in Bavaria if it’s all the same to you.”
QPR were promoted back to the Premier League on Saturday and ‘Arry is looking at bringing some of the biggest names in the Premier League to Loftus Road. Those names, however, have a combined age of 763 in the shape of Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole and Gareth Barry.
There are varying reports on Thibaut Courtois’s Chelsea future. The Mail claim that Petr Cech will get one more season as number one before Courtois takes over, but the Mirror believe the Tottenham want check as they fear losing Hugo Lloris.
Second only to the Balotelli rum0ur is the fact that Burnley want Nicklas Bendtner, the best player in the history of the game; Tom Ince will join Monaco over Inter Milan; Newcastle are looking at Steve Sidwell and Everton are looking at Celtic winger James Forrest to replace Gerard Deulofeu, who has a future at Barcelona.
