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A double dose of Balotelli today, what a way to kick things off.
Fed up of asking ‘Why Always Me?’ Mario Balotelli could be about to throw another big-time strop and quit England altogether, so warns his agent.
He is apparently fuming at his four match ban for stamping on the head of Tottenham‘s Scott Parker on Sunday.
With the Carlos Tevez situation, the last thing Manchester City need is another want-away forward.
AC Milan would be the obvious candidates for Balotelli‘s signature, but if anything was to happen, it wouldn’t be until the summer.
In other news, Sunderland have taken on trial his brother, Enoch Balotelli, who had a trial at Stoke in December.
‘Why Always Us?’
Mario Balotelli / Enoch Balotelli
Liverpool wonderkid Raheem Sterling is wanted by five clubs on loan, according to this morning’s papers.
Those interested are West Ham, Bolton, Swansea, Barnsley, and Sheffield United, although reports suggest the Anfield club have rebuffed all enquiries.
Those who have been following his progress will have noted the 17-year-old is soon to be a dad to two children by different women, so perhaps its best all round he stays put.
Raheem Stirling to leave on loan?
The Mail report that a club has finally bid for Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko– and what do Spurs do? Turn it down of course.
Reportedly the interested club is Lokomotiv Moscow and they bid £6.5 million.
We think Spurs are needlessly playing hardball on this one, and they should take the money from a striker who is desperate to go back to Russia, and invest the tidy sum of money in new recruits.
Arsenal of all people, have been linked with Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz.
He has a great goals record, scoring 22 in 17 games already this season, and he is clearly well sought after.
Wenger bought Andre Santos from Fenerbahce, so it is likely his scouts will know all about Yilmaz.
With AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund also interested, it remains to be seen whether Arsenal will front up any cash, despite the player saying he would be open to joining the north-Londoners.
On-off-back-on-again, yes we love those kind of sagas, it wouldn’t be a transfer window without them.
Sky Sports report that young Brazilian striker Henrique could still be on his way to QPR.
It had been widely reported yesterday that his work permit had been refused but his club Sao Paulo deny this is the case and insist a loan deal could still be reached.
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