Arsenal and Tottenham have been put on red alert after reports in France claim coveted striker Gervinho has rejected a new deal at Lille.
Magazine France Football claims the player's agent has announced the Ivorian will not be signing a contract extension with the Ligue 1 side after an offer was tabled last month.
The French club have now slapped a £10.5m price tag on Gervinho and will look to push through any move this summer in order to avoid losing him for free next year when his deal expires.
Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp are both rumoured to be interested in the player, who has scored 25 goals in 54 appearances for Lille, while German giants Bayern Munich are also said to be looking at the 23-year-old.
Old Trafford boss ready to make summer move for White Hart Lane duo.
Manchester United are ready to make a double Tottenham swoop this summer as Sir Alex Ferguson prepares bids for Gareth Bale and Rafael Van Der Vaart. The Old Trafford boss will be encouraged in any move for either White Hart Lane star if the North London club fail to secure a top four finish and miss out on Champions League football for next term.
Ferguson has targeted both Tottenham stars for some months and is looking to bring in new additions that can help resolve areas of his first team that he feels he can add quality to. The Scot has been looking to bring in a goalscoring midfielder and has identified Dutch international Van der Vaart as the ideal man for the job.
The former Real Madrid man arrived at Tottenham last summer for a fee of just £8m and Ferguson is willing to offer around three times that fee and will hope that the 28 year old will be tempted by a move to a club that can offer him the chance of winning major honours. Van der Vaart has been an instant success in the Premier League netted 12 goals and 8 assists thus far this season.
Whilst Ferguson has a number of central midfield options the likes of Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick do not offer much in the way of a goal threat hence the move for the Tottenham playmaker.
Man United are also looking for a long term replacement for Ryan Giggs and believe that young Welsh winger Gareth Bale is the best man for the job and even though the 21 year old has recently signed a long term contract extension Ferguson will make a significant offer for the former Southampton man.
The Premier League table toppers plan to trim their squad to make way for new arrivals with the likes of Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves likely to not be offered new deals when their current deals run out and the under performing stars Jonny Evans, Darron Gibson as well as on loan youngsters Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda may be offloaded.
Sir Alex Ferguson has also been promised money for new additions regardless of the levels of debt reportedly placed on the club.
The Reds and Red Devils Do Battle for £15m Rated “New Steven Gerrard”.
Liverpool and Man United are set to enter a bidding war for highly-rated Standard Liege star Steven Defour who is tipped to leave his native Belgium this summer. The goalscoring midfielder has been a long term target of Sir Alex Ferguson but now Anfield director of football Damien Comolli has identified the creative youngster as a target. Read More >>
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is keen on signing Stoke City centre back Ryan Shawcross and will look to offer Tony Pulis around £11m for the England hopeful this summer. The Anfield manager is hoping to beef up his defensive options and has been impressed with the consistent displays the Chester born 23 year old has put in this term. Read More >>
Steve Sidwell has signed a new contract with Fulham.
Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell has signed a contract extension to stay in West London until 2014.
The 28 year-old moved to Craven Cottage on a six-month deal in January from Aston Villa, with a view to signing a three-year contract if he impresses. Read More >>
Manchester City are considered a shock move for Manchester United targetman Dimitar Berbatov
Manchester City are reportedly interested in signing Dimitar Berbatov if the Bulgarian set to leave Old Trafford this summer. The Premier League’s top scorer has been left on the bench in recent weeks and it appears that Sir Alex Ferguson prefers to partner the young pairing of Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez than rely on the former Tottenham man. Read More >>
United's are looking a surprise swoop for former striker Diego Forlan, whose future at Atletico Madrid is uncertain after a falling-out with boss Quique Sanchez Flores. Read More >>
Arsenal could be sell Samir Nasri after failing to agree new contract terms with the player. Read More >>
Liverpool offered £15m Newcastle United swap deal.
NEWCASTLE will test just how much Liverpool want left-back Jose Enrique by insisting that promising young Reds midfielder Jay Spearing moves the other way. Read More >>
The Reds could make a suprise move to Man City out-of-favour goalkeeper Shay Given as a replacement for Pepe Reina which could be tempted away by the prospect of Champions League football elsewhere.
Rio Ferdinand and Mario Balotelli In Post FA Cup Semi Final Fight.
It appears that Mario Balotelli angered Rio Ferdinand in some manner and it appears it could have something to do with taunting Man United fans after the final whistle. Either way it was all something over nothing and Shaun Wright Phillips stepped in to stop anything get out of hand, which is quite brace given that the Man City winger is about a metre shorter than either protagonist. Read More >>
Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is on course to nab Douglas Costa.
Manchester United are close to secure a deal to sign Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa after the player’s agent confirmed his client’s interest in a possible move to Old Trafford. Sir Alex has been tracking the midfielder and was linked with a move for the 20 year old before the former Gremio man moved to Ukraine.
Douglas Costa’s agent Cesar Bottega told Italian source calciomercatoweb.it “Several clubs are following him and there was some contact, but no concrete proposal has yet arrived. We’ll see how things evolve. If there is a chance to play elsewhere, I am convinced that the boy can do well even in a top team. Manchester United have liked him for a very long time”
Sir Alex has been looking to strengthen his squad with the addition of a goalscoring midfielder and having seen the flair player making such an impact in the Champions League this term the Man United boss is ready to make an offer.
Douglas has been instrumental in helping Shakhtar to an eleven point lead at the top of the domestic table and guiding Mircea Lucescu’s side past Roma in the knock out stages of the Champions League as well as top of their group stage.
Though Ferguson has a number of central midfield options his side does lack firepower from the position and the likes of Anderson, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes do not offer an advanced outlet that could link midfield and attack in much the same way as a Frank Lampard does for Chelsea or Rafael Van der Vaart does at Tottenham Hotspur.
Douglas Costa is valued at £20m and the fact that a number of his countrymen, Rafael, Fabio and Anderson, already ply their trade at Man United a move to Old Trafford may well be very tempting.
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