Football News & Gossip from
the British Papers
Updated every morning, we bring you a round up off all the
latest football stories which are doing the rounds in the
back pages of Britains newspapers. Of course to keep tabs
on Sven we will occasionally refer to the front pages too!
We will give you a daily dose of football transfer news, transfer
speculation, player bustups, form, fitness, transfer bungs,
mystery investors, badly behavoured players, tapping up scandals,
the managerial merry go round, pre-match hype as well as all
the comments and predictions as the season draws to a climax
and the build up to the FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 begins.
Thursday Gossip
Real Madrid are ready to approach England boss Sven-Goran
Eriksson to be their coach next season. (Mirror)
Martin O'Neill has told the FA he would want to bring in
his own backroom team if he is offered the chance to succeed
Eriksson. (Express)
Gooners
chairman Peter Hill-Wood believes the win over Real Madrid
will convince Thierry Henry to sign a new contract. (Sun,
Star)
Real president Florentino Perez is considering mounting an
audacious bid for the French striker. (Times)
Man Yoo manager Sir Alex Ferguson was at Villarreal's Champions
League tie with Rangers to run the rule over their talented
Argentina midfielder Juan Riquelme in preparation for a £10m
summer swoop. (Mirror)
Tottenham
have revived their interest in Middlesbrough
winger Stewart Downing to solve their left-sided problem.
(Mirror)
Doctors fear that Lpool
midfielder Mohamed Sissoko could lose sight in his right eye
after suffering horrific damage to his retina against Benfica.
(Various)
Charlton
target James Harper has issued a "sign me or lose me"
warning to Championship leaders Reading. (Mirror)
Middlesbrough
manager Steve McClaren fears he will lose star striker Yakubu
to a Champions League side if he keeps up his goalscoring
form. (Various)
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Of course most of the gossip is nonsense, but some of it
is true. We at Goal Flashers merely report what has already
been written in the papers and are in no way associated with
the articles as they appear when we see them. You will notice,
however, that we do enjoy speculating on the stories as much
as you do. Ours and your comments
are highlighted in green.
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