TOUCHLINES

LIVERPOOL and Tottenham are back in the chase to sign January transfer target Mirko Vucinic after his agent hinted that Roma striker in the summer.

ITALIAN giant Juventus are weighing up Bolton’s Swedish striker Johan Elmander, who is available on a free transfer this summer.

CHELSEA, Arsenal and Manchester City could all come in with big-money bids for Borussia Dortmund’s £20m (RM100m) rated central defender Neven Subotic.

REAL MADRID are interested in Arsenal’s Japanese winger Ryo Miyaichi, who is currently on loan at Dutch club Feyenoord.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger says rivals Tottenham are still in with a shout of winning the Premier League title, even thought the White Hart Lane outfit are currently 12 points off the pace.

MANCHESTER UNITED winger Nani is unhappy that the club refused to complain publicly about Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher’s tackle in Sunday’s match that the left the Portuguese player with a badly gashed shin. Neither Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson not any of his players spoke to the media in the wake of the 3-1 defeat.

TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe, 28, says he was so frustrated after being left out of key games by manager Harry Redknapp that he almost quit the north London club in January.

MANCHESTER UNITED are missing a Roy Keane-style midfield general, according to ex-Red Devils striker Teddy Sheringham.

EVERTON look set to give 33-year-old French defender Sylvain Distin a new contract because manager David Moyes is so impressed with the player’s consistent performances.

AC MILAN midfielder Mathieu Flamini has said that matches against Tottenham are special for him as he still has former club and Spurs’ north London rivals Arsenal “ in his heart”.

CELTIC striker Georgios Samaras is set to be offered a new contract a new four-year contract at Parkhead.

Source : THE SUN 9 MARCH 2011