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.
Friday Gossip
Sam Allardyce has hit back at David Beckham's claim that
the England boss must have international or Champions League
experience. (The Sun, Star) Rightly
so. Many current managers of national teams have not even
got experience of running a football club and they do well
enough. What England need is someone who is big enough to
drop over hyped players like Beckham in favour of better options
like Wright Phillips. Sam is certainly Big enough to do that!
English football is set for the biggest transfer-scam probe
in the history of the game. (The Mirror, Daily Mail)
Stewart Downing is set to return for Middlesbrough
on Saturday after shaking off more knee trouble. (The Sun)
Can he make a push for a place
in the England squad? With Joe Cole playing the left side
with aplomb could England actually have competition for places
on the renown problem left side. Now the problem could be
who best to play.
Gary Megson says he was forced to quit Nottingham Forest
by a bad 'atmosphere' created by frustrated fans. (The Sun)
Would there have been a bad atmosphere
at the City Ground if the fans had not been forced to endure
watching their team lose to sides like Milton Keynes Dons
and languishing in mid table in the third division of English
football?
Man Yoo are planning a £6m raid for Ivory Coast midfielder
Didier Zokora. (The Mirror) More
midfield rumours at man yoo.
Barnsley have rejected loan bids from Yeovil and Notts County
for striker Daniel Nardiello. (Daily Star)
Marian Pahars has pleaded with Southampton boss George Burley
for a new contract following three years of injury problems.
(Daily Star)
Shay Given claims Glenn Roeder has transformed Newcastle
from relegation to European candidates. (The Sun)
Tottenham
have blocked a move from Leeds to sign Calum Davenport on
loan. (The Sun)
Ricardo Carvalho has warned Barcelona that Chelski
might take dives in their Champions League game. (Daily Express,
Daily Star)
Wigan
boss Paul Jewell is set for more talks about his future -
but wants assurances about his budget. (Mirror)
Neil Warnock will be offered a job for life at Sheffield
United. (Mirror)
Villarreal have sparked a security alert after admitting
thousands of Rangers fans have tickets for the wrong end of
their ground. (Daily Record)
Choose a day below to view the gossip from any one of the
last 7 days:
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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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