Today's tittle-tattle just is
According to today's Daily Mail, Kenny Dalglish has made "a personal trip" to watch fashionable Montpelier goal-machine Olivier Giroud, a break with tradition from Dalglish's many other trips abroad where he tends to send either a minion, a doppelganger or a life-sized papier-mache effigy dressed in a quilted sports coat. Giroud, who is rated at £50m, missed a penalty and failed to score. Not that that's likely to be any kind of obstacle on recent evidence. Also watching were Arsenal scout Gilles Grimandi and Bayern Munich's general manager Christian Nerlinger. Liverpool are also keen on Montpellier defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.
Modern day Brian Clough-style England-might-have been Harry Redknapp says Gareth Bale, who hasn't looked much like a Barcelona player ever since people started talking about him as a possible Barcelona player, isn't going to be a Barcelona player. "He has got a long contract at the club, I don't think he will be going anywhere, he isn't going to find too many better clubs than Tottenham," Redknapp said in a very fast voice without taking a breath.
Manchester United are in a keening funk over Japanese midfield sprite Shinji Kagawa, who has turned down a new contract offer from Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa could join United in the summer. Dortmund want £5m. "We have a Plan A and B and we will follow one of them," Dortmund director of sport Michael Zorc said, frowning over a series of heavily-annotated flipchart diagrams, adjusting his pince-nez and making a little steeple with his fingers.
According to The Mail, Sir Alex Ferguson, Mike Phelan and somebody else called Rene Meulensteen all watched likeable Scando-beanpole Gylfi Sigurdsson play for Swansea on Saturday. Hoffenheim want £10m for the gangling dead-ball ace.
Aston Villa have expressed an interest in Wigan midfield bouncer Mohamed Diame, who has been superb in recent weeks and whose contract is up in the summer, two things that are not necessarily related. Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle are also "monitoring" the Senegalese enforcer. Fulham want to pay £3m for Belgium international Nacer Chadli of Steve McClaren vehicle FC Twente. Spurs, who are also interested in pretty much everybody, are also interested.
Meanwhile in the Mirror he's at it again: King Kenny Dalglish has made another personal trip, this time to Holland to watch hotly-tipped AZ Alkmaar midfield-Swede Rasmus Elm play against Feyenoord. Elm is 24, will coast £8m and was first identified by moneyball meddler Damien Comolli. Assorted usual suspects in Spain and Italy are also interested.
Also in the Sun, chart sensation Olly Murs believes Manchester United need to strengthen in midfield, where Darren Fletcher has been "a big miss". "Michael Carrick has been inconsistent and Anderson is always injured," the pop-hunk raged yesterday. "It's an ageing midfield and we're lacking youth and enthusiasm. We need a Luka Modric, a Wesley Sneijder or a Yohan Cabaye," he added, twirling his pork pie hat and performing a series of swoon-inducing groin-thrust pirouettes.
According to Goal.com, Inter loanee and one-time Birmingham oddity Mauro Zarate says he doesn't want to return to Lazio. " We must wait and see what happens, but honestly I'd rather stay here," Zarate said, handcuffing himself to a filing cabinet.
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal is "proud" Real Madrid are after him but really doesn't, honestly, want to go anywhere else. "I do not know how much my input has contributed to us being in first place," Vidal said modestly, in the process implying that actually he does know, and the answer is: a lot. "I'm happy to wear the shirt of Juventus. I cannot ask for more," he added on Sky Sports Italia.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Vidal could soon be joined at Juve by Chelsea's own Branislav Ivanovic. The chunky-thighed Serb, who does, it turns out after extensive investigative reporting, know he's not going to play in the Champions League final, could be the subject of a £6m offer in the summer. And still on Goal.com, Real Madrid are after Argentinean midfield-spoiler Lucas Biglia, currently with Anderlecht and who, if he does go, is likely to be sent off at least once next season playing against Barcelona as part of a standard issue chest-jabbing, rabbit-punching bench-emptying 22-man handbag-melee.
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