Thursday 15 September 2011

Aguero's Agent Claims The Man City Striker Would Like To Move To Napoli In The Future

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero would be open to a move to Napoli in the future, according to the player's agent.

The Argentina international has settled in seamlessly to Premier League life, scoring six goals in his first four appearances, and making his Champions League bow for the club against the Italian side on Wednesday, where his father-in-law Diego Maradona was once a fan-favourite.

And in a comment that will rankle with City fans, Aguero's agent Bruno Satin has stated that the 23-year-old would like to move to the Italian club at some point in his career.

"Aguero has a special place in his heart for Napoli," Satin told Radio Crc. "Wednesday night will be a special game because Napoli have come back in the Champions League.

"Aguero wants to play all the matches [for Manchester City] because he loves football and has fun on the pitch. Sergio is not afraid of anyone and Manchester City is one of his favourite teams in the Champions League.

"Roberto Mancini has pushed to have my player at all costs. He costs a lot but he is proving to have everything to make the difference. The fact that the coach rates him highly is an added value for him.

"We follow what happens in Naples closely because Napoli is an important club with an important history.

"There may be a possibility in the future to exchange players, but for now Aguero is good at City.

Manchester United Ace Unhappy At Not Being Allowed To Leave Club

Manchester United stopper Tomasz Kuszczak is unhappy and disappointed at the way he has been treated at Old Trafford after failing to secure a move away from the club this summer.

Kuszczak has made just 61 appearances during five years at the club and has fallen even further down the pecking order after the club signed David de Gea this summer, and Anders Lindegaard in January.

The polish goalkeeper now wants to leave Old Trafford in order to secure first team football, however he says the club have blocked his attempts to depart by overestimating his value.

"I am angry and disappointed with the way I am treated," said Kuszczak in The Sun.

"I had a few good offers. The problem was the club who wanted to sell me for £4m."

Kuszczak was linked with a return to previous club West Brom over the summer, as well as being linked with moves to several teams abroad, but the goalkeeper has said he would prefer to stay in England.

Barcelona Keen On Chelsea & Liverpool’s South American Stars

Barcelona are reportedly keen on Chelsea defender David Luiz as Pep Guardiola looks to freshen up his defence and according to some Spanish sources is a big admirer of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who has also been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent weeks.

Whilst the Nou Camp side have slain all before them in recent seasons they do not possess a huge first team squad and there are areas that Guardiola is apparently keen to reinforce and apparently sees potential additions coming from the Premier League.

David Luiz has impressed many since his arrival from Benfica to Stamford Bridge in January and the talented defender may well be a player that the Barca boss sees as a long term replacement for Carles Puyol. The La Liga giants have had to use players out of position to take the veteran Spaniard’s spot in the centre of defence, with the likes of Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal filling in for the 33 year old.

The fact that Luiz can ply his trade at full back as well as in the centre of defence may make the Brazilian a player that Barcelona would pursue but it may prove difficult to persuade Andre Villas-Boas or Roman Abramovich to accept an offer from the Catalan club.

Luis Suarez has professed his desire to one day play for Barcelona and many Spanish sources believe that the 24 year old Uruguayan may be seen as a long term successor to David Villa, who turns 30 in a few months. The Liverpool man has settled in well at Anfield but that has not stopped speculation about his long term future.

The former Ajax man arrived on Merseyside in January and has scored regularly and been the architect of many assists to boot, and is the focal point of Kenny Dalglish’s attacking plans and may therefore be very hard to wrestle from the Premier League club

Arsenal & Juventus In Transfer Tussle For Croatian Midfield Ace

Arsenal and Juventus are set to battle it out for the signature of highly-rated Croatian youngster Mateo Kovacic, according to talkSPORT.

The 17-year-old has been in impressive form for Dinamo Zagreb having made his breakthrough into the side last season.

He is now beginning to attract the interest of some of Europe's biggest clubs after scoring two goals in six appearances in the current campaign.

Italian reports claim, Arsenal have already held talks with Dinamo about a possible January move which see the teenager remain with his current club until the summer.

Now Juventus are understood to be ready to join the hunt for the Croatia Under-21 international who could be sold for a fee in the region of £6.5m.

Sevilla Priced Out Of Swoop For Spurs Striker

Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido has revealed that the La Liga side was priced out of a move for Tottenham midfielder Giovani Dos Santos.

The Mexico international has already admitted that he thought his move to Sevilla was all but complete, only for Spurs to pull the plug on the deal on transfer deadline day.

And now Del Nido has claimed that their bid, which was £10m less than Udinese offered in January, was rejected by Spurs.

"The problem was that Udinese offered big and Sevilla could not pay an amount like that. We made an offer of around 5m euros plus add ons," he said.

"The player wanted to come, he and his father said so, but Sevilla could not make a crazy offer."

Del Nido also admitted that Sevilla's failure to qualify for the Europa League after a 3-2 aggregate defeat to Hannover also did not help their pursuit of Dos Santos.

He added: "If we were not beaten by Hannover I am not sure Giovani would have definitely come but we would have signed a player.

"What determined that we did not spend a significant amount on players was our elimination from the Europa League and the coach understands that."

Rhodolfo Waiting For Juventus Move

The agent of Juventus target Rhodolfo has underlined that present club Sao Paulo is in charge of his future.

The Brazilian is being linked with a January move to Turin, but Rafael Felix has admitted that no deal has been agreed between the two clubs.

“We have had a few meetings with Juventus and the player has expressed his desire to go and play in Italy,” the representative told calciomercato.it.

“However, Sao Paulo is also in the middle of this and they have yet to decide what to do. An agreement between the two clubs is vital.

“We’ll just have to continue working in an attempt to move on from where we got to over the summer.”

The agent confirmed whispers that Genoa is also keen on the 25-year-old, but he insisted Juventus were in pole position.

“Only Juventus have made a concrete move,” he added. “Their August offer for the player was rejected and if Sao Paulo doesn’t want to sell then a deal won’t be done.

“We have to wait and work together in order for an understanding to be reached by the time the January window opens.”

Rhodolfo is a centre-back.

Defender Linked With Spurs Switch

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is keen on landing Sporting Lisbon defender Joao Pereira but faces competition with AC Milan.

The 27-year-old has been strongly linked with a switch to White Hart Lane as Redknapp looks to add to his defence which has been hit with injuries.

Sporting do not have to sell the player, who has been getting great reviews, as his contract does not run out until 2014 but they are apparently prepared to sell if they get the right offer.

The fact that AC Milan are also keen could muddy the waters for Spurs but, after selling Alan Hutton to Aston Villa in the summer, Redknapp's need may be the greater.

Dortmund's Subotic Has Premier League Ambition

Borussia Dortmund defender Neven Subotic admits he hopes to play in the Premier League at some point in his career.

The 22-year-old central defender, a key member of Dortmund's title-winning side last season, impressed again on Tuesday for his role alongside Mats Hummels in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the opening game of the Champions League group stages.

The Serbia international has previously been linked with both Chelsea and the Gunners and, while he is currently settled in Germany, he admits he would one day like to ply his trade in England.

However, with his contract not set to expire until the summer of 2014, Dortmund are under no pressure to sell.

"I am under contract at Borussia Dortmund and I am happy to be here," Subotic told Sky Deutschland. "Anyway, a dream of mine is still to play in the Premier League. One day in the future, I want to try myself out in that competition."

Kenny Dalglish Calls For More Referee Talks

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish believes there should be more communication between managers and match officials.

Dalglish met with referees' chief Mike Riley on Monday after voicing frustration at a number of decisions during his side's 1-0 loss at Stoke.

"We had an extremely informative and amicable discussion, which has given us all a better understanding of how things operate," said Dalglish.

"Maybe it's something that should happen more often."

Following his discussions with Professional Game Match Officials' general manager Riley at Liverpool's Melwood training ground, Dalglish added: "It's our job to best represent the club and protect its interests.

"But we have the utmost respect for the job referees do and have never wanted or asked for any form of preferential treatment - simply a level playing field for everyone.

"We will continue to conduct ourselves in a dignified and respectful manner at all times.

"From our perspective it was certainly worthwhile sitting down together."

During Saturday's game at Stoke, Dalglish took issue with the penalty awarded against his side for Jamie Carragher's challenge on Jonathan Walters - who then converted the resulting spot-kick - and two rejected penalty claims of their own for handball against home players.

And Dalglish said the Stoke game was far from an isolated example.

"The first four games have had contentious decisions in them and every one has gone against us," he said after the Stoke match.

"If I feel the club is suffering in any shape or form I will need to go the same route other people go and see if we can gain some benefit from that.

"I'll speak to the owners first and see what they say because the last thing I want to do is for my behaviour to impinge on the club's success in any way."