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20 year old Manchester United midfielder Anderson has stated that he intends to play for Inter Milan in the future, despite having only signed for United in 2007. Although players frequently talk about their long term career goals, the fact that Anderson has specifically stated he wants to play at Inter and be coached by Jose Mourinho suggests that he will be looking for a move sooner rather than later, after all Mourinho has spoken of his intentions to return the Premier League ... Read More

Arsene Wenger has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo almost joined Arsenal instead of Manchester United from former club Sporting, in 2003, and has claimed that Carlos Queiroz 's influence was what pushed Ronaldo to sign with Manchester United instead. Wenger commented: “Carlos knew him well and since then they have signed Anderson and Nani from Portugal because of Carlos Queiroz,” “It’s like me signing players from France because I know them well. The price that we discussed was much lower — it was divided by three ... Read More

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken of his dislike for the City, which could encourage him to move to Inter, particularly now that sponsors Nike are pushing him towards the Theatre of Dreams. The 23 year old has spent the past five years in Manchester and despite thriving on the pitch he has stated: "I know Manchester from side to side, whereas I spend most of my time at home. "It is pretty much different from Portugal. I am missing the beach, the sun and ... Read More

21 year old Arsenal winger Samir Nasri, who joined the Emirates from French team Marseille in the summer, has spoken out against critics of the Arsenal squad. After their recent win against Chelsea which has kept them in the running for a title win, albeit eight points behind Premiership leaders Liverpool, the French national stated that there has been a change within the team and a break has occured with the controversy of the William Gallas incident: "There is lots of relentless criticism ... Read More

Days after we found out that Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon D'or for last season, beating Lionel Messi to the top spot, Messi has been described as currently the best player in the world. Speaking to Revista de la Liga, Guillem Balague and Graham Hunter  spoke of Ronaldo's fall from the top spot this season and Messi's success: "People are going to say he's better than Cristiano Ronaldo," "Well, he is now. I don't know if he has been for the last ... Read More

Sir Alex Ferguson is confident of a title win for Manchester United despite being in third position in the league table, and six points away from title leaders Liverpool. Speaking to The Sun, Ferguson commented: “You look at the first half of the season and we’ll have played away to almost every team who finished in the top 10 last season. “That’s incredible. I have to say having home advantage against those teams at the end of the season should help us.” “This season if we ... Read More

Manchester City star Robinho has spoken about how City's past defeats are affecting their current performance in competitions despite talent within the team: “They have excellent players here, but what they lack is the mentality of champions," “At Real Madrid, I learned a will to win. Here, they have a good team, but they’re content with just finishing fifth or sixth. "For me, you can only be content when you’re champions. You can only be content with winning away. "You need to want to beat Chelsea at their ... Read More

23 year old Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski is said to be one of Mark Hughes' transfer targets for the January window after he has fallen out with the staff at Bayern. Hughes is expected to make a £12m bid for the striker. Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has stated that Podolski could move for the right bid, and given the interest in the player from Cologne and Roma, amongst others, it seems the financial powerhouse Manchester City would be most likely to get ... Read More

Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been forced to speak out in defence of player Cristiano Ronaldo after the much hyped Derby match, in which he recevied a red card for deliberately handballing. Despite, Ferguson's protestations, it might lead some to wonder whether Ronaldo is up to the task of pushing United forward for a title win given his individualistic style and failure to put side before self everytime as per Billy Bremner. After seeing the replays, Ferguson, however claims both that Ronaldo was ... Read More

Rumours are circulating that Manchester City are concerned there could be a fallout between manager Mark Hughes and £32.5million superstar Robinho, after Hughes fell out with Brazilian teammates Elano and Jo, which could create a damaging Hughes v Robinho rift. Although Robinho recently spoke of his intention to stay at City for the long term, the concern is not without cause, given that the Brazilian teammates have formed a community within the northwest and, as a result, to transfer Elano and Jo when ... Read More

Harry Redknapp will step up his bid for Richard Dunne with a £3million offer for the Manchester City defender. The Spurs boss believes Dunne, 29, could be sacrificed by City in their January shake-up - despite only signing a new fouryear deal in July. Dunne was pursued by Redknapp, then at Portsmouth, last summer - as well as his White Hart Lane predecessor Juande Ramos. And Redknapp is still keen to sign Dunne as he wants stronger back-up for Ledley King, who regularly misses games ... Read More

EVERTON have started moves to bring Lukas Podolski to Goodison Park. David Moyes has been monitoring Podolski’s situation since Euro 2008 amid whispers that he is unhappy at Bayern Munich. Podolski, 23, has confirmed he will be leaving the German giants by handing in a transfer request. That has alerted a string of Premier League clubs — but it is Everton who plan to be first out of the traps. Boss Moyes suggested last week that he will have little or no money to spend in ... Read More