SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMOURS & GOSSIP 2008

As the season comes slowly to its end, the transfer market heats
up along with all the rumours, gossip & at times outright lies. The
Football World moves millions & there are powerful interests in the
day to day running of the "Business". Here are a few stories coming
out of the Spanish transfer market - you can believe them or not!

As SFS posted a few days ago, INTER MILAN star forward
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC apparently offered himself to REAL
MADRID, as the player wishes to leave his current club. Sp.
daily "Sport" publish today that Real Madrid looks favourably at
the chance & could put its current star forward VAN
NISTELROOY into the "hypothetical" operation. The daily also
adds that Chelsea forward DIDIER DROGBA has negotiations
advanced with Real & is in the front running over Ibrahimovic.

News from England via its daily "Evening Standard", which is
picked up also in "Sport", mention that Spanish Manager Juande of
TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS has FC BARCELONA striker
SAMUEL ETO´O as his Nº1 priority for next season. The English
club is willing to put into the operation its Bulgarian forward
DIMITAR BERBATOV.
However, SFS feels that this is a desire that will not come true. SFS can
safely speculate that neither Eto´o nor Barça will want this option, at this
moment.

Ex- Real Madrid player & now ALMERIA forward NEGREDO
has had a fantastic season & has caught the attention of the big
clubs. Real Madrid has a buy back option, that if they do not
exercise will leave open the player for other clubs.
One of those clubs waiting is ATLETICO DE MADRID who see
the forward as a perfect complement for Forlan & Aguero for
next season, according to Sp.daily "AS".
Said this, Atletico has been searching the market for sometime &
have various possibilties for the forward position, Negredo is just
another.

Staying at ATLETICO DE MADRID, the news from England is
that CHELSEA FC is willing to "fork out" the 55M€ needed to pay
SERGIO AGUERO´s release clause.
SFS can assure that Sergio Aguero is not going anywhere & that
Atletico is not selling. What will need to happen is that the Spanish
Club will have to improve the player´s economic conditions & lift
the contract release cause. As we all know, what is white today is
black tomorrow in Football.

A few months back, SFS posted that REAL MADRID was following
very closely 19 year old NEW YORK RED BULLS star forward
JOZY ALTIDORE. Today Sp. daily "AS" publish that VILLAREAL
is seriously considering the young player for next season. Stay tuned!