Tuesday gossip

Tue 11 Oct 2011, 8:40AM
Posted by Peter Ferguson

Blimey, they're back already. Barely have we recovered from the blow of hearing that Corinthians no longer covet Carlos Tevez, than the boys from Brazil are here again. Football, eh?





The club's director of football, former Brazil star Edu, never really crossed Carlos off that shopping list he compiled on the back of his credit card receipt on the original flight over.

Maybe it was just a bit of mistranslation when Edu said last week that Corinthians would not be renewing their interest in signing "controversial striker Tevez," as theMail describes him.

They recall, as we do, that "the former Arsenal midfielder told BBC Sport: 'At the moment there are no plans to try and sign him again.'

"However, Edu has now suggested the Brazilians could be back in the reckoning to re-sign their former player, currently suspended pending an investigation into an alleged refusal to play as a substitute.

"Edu told Sky Sports News: 'It was quite difficult to sign him because at the time it was shortly before our transfer window. We will see what the situation is and look to sign him in the summer.



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We want to see how Tevez is, we will see if we can do a deal - he is very famous in Brazil and everyone loves him





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"Edu, who played for Arsenal, was back in London last week for a conference. While there he did meet with Tevez's advisor Kia Joorabchian but the pair did not speak specifically about the player."

Of course not. Our information is that they discussed the volatile futures market in coffee beans and David Essex leaving EastEnders. Probably.

Meanwhile, our pals over at footballtransfertavern.com have heard from their man in the tapas bar where Jose Mourinho lunches, and they share that info with us today, as is their wont.

They reckon: "It is reported that Real Madrid are interested in signing the 27-year-old Argentinian come January, which will surely put a delightful smile on the striker.

"Reports have suggested that City are looking into signing a winger, with Roberto Mancini looking to strengthen his squad in January. Madrid and Argentinian midfielder Angel Di Maria has been mentioned in a player-plus-cash offer for Tevez."

Does that sound like a goer to you? The writer does point out: "What may hinder Tevez’s chances of landing this deal is his substantial wage demands. If Tevez were to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo and become Real’s top earner, I’m sure the Portuguese winger will have something to say."

And we'll probably need asterisks to report what he does say. We were just joking about Jose lunching in the tapas bar, by the way. He takes sandwiches, and a flask.

Tevez will always be a problem to sell on because of his wages - just like Bridge, Ade etc.

I wouldn't say no to a swap between Tevez and Di Maria with some wedge coming our way

Imo Corinthians should just frig off. If they couldn't stump up little over £4m as their 1st downpayment origionally, how the frig do they expect to be in the running to sign a £40m player this time round. Complete and utter waste of everyones time.

Is Higuain not still at Real, is somekind of swap deal with him not worth considering?