IN today's Paper Talk, Liverpool target the
top four while City want all four trophies. Plus, is David Moyes targeting
Zlatan?
QUADRUPLE ON MAN CITY'S
MIND
Never mind the old adage "take it one game at a
time", Manchester
City manager Manuel
Pellegrini says his side want to win the four available trophies this season.
The Chilean boss - in his first season at the club - wants
to take home the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and Capital One Cup,
something no English side has ever done.
"It's very difficult, but we will try," he told
the Mirror.
"During the season with injuries and the amount games
we have to play, it's very difficult and that's why no-one's done it before.
"But you must have the mentality to at least try to do
it and that's what we're trying to do at this moment."
REDS BACK WITH THE
BIG BOYS
Luis Suarez says the current Liverpool
squad have the ability to qualify for the Champions League for the first time
in five years next season.
The Reds have missed out on Europe's premier club
competition since finishing second to Manchester United in the 2008-09 campaign
but are currently in the fourth qualifying spot in the Premier League behind
Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea.
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However, Uruguay
forward Suarez, who has netted 22 Premier League goals already for the
five-time European Cup winners, insisted the current crop of players possessed
the right quality and were ready to return to the continent's top table.
"Now we are playing very well and we have the level to
play in the Champions League," the 26-year-old told the Liverpool
website. "We have really good players and if we continue at this level, we
can do it.
Reds fans can take heart, the striker says he's over the discipline problems that plagued his early time at the club.
"In the last two or three years we have not played very
well and not demonstrated our level. Now we are back to that," he said.
"You work hard for the supporters and the people. It's
important because the last few months were a little difficult for me. Now I've
changed and it's okay."
-Sky Sports
A MASSIVE FAN VISITS
STAMFORD BRIDGE
It was hard to miss Kevin Garnett at Stamford Bridge
on Tuesday as the giant NBA centre met Demba Ba and Andre Schurrle.
The Brooklyn Nets veteran is a huge Blues fan and got a
personal tour from the players, and even got his hands on the European Cup.
IBRACADABRA TO SAVE
MOYES?
David Moyes has been a busy man of late, the Manchester
United mentor most recently spotted at Paris Saint-Germain's French League Cup
clash with Bordeaux
The Twittersphere quickly flooded with talk he was scouting
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, United fans are certainly hoping that was the purpose of
his visit.
Moyes was in south-west France
on his second scouting mission in the space of 48 hours - having taken in Cagliari versus Juventus
on Sunday afternoon.
After his 'Italian job' at the weekend, speculation mounted
that United were interested in Davide Astori and Claudio Marchisio as they seek
to rebuild their squad in light of a disappointing season.
WENGER'S NEW RVP
Arsenal's hopes of completing an audacious Pound37million
move for Julian Draxler this month appear to have been dashed by a lengthy
injury absence for one of German football's rising stars.
Arsene Wenger has been strongly linked with an imminent bid
for Schalke's attacking midfielder, and there were even suggestions he could be
heading to London
for a medical this week.
But Sportsmail can reveal that the 20-year old is heading to
Munich,
instead, for treatment to a ruptured tendon that will keep him out until March.
JOSE REPAYS THE FAITH
England
paper The Sun claims that Jose Mourinho will reward his trio of veterans with
new contracts.
John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole have apparently
all be offered one year extensions on their expiring contracts.
FOOTBALL'S BEAUTY CONTEST
Plenty of people claim FIFA's Ballon d'Or's award is flawed,
and the voting figures certainly lend weight to that theory.
For starters, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo voted for each other in their top three players for 2013.
The Argentine placed Andres Iniesta first, Xavi second and
another Barcelona
teammate, Xavi, third.
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal gazes at his great rival,
Lionel Messi. Source: AP
Ronaldo was slightly more diplomatic, going with Radamel
Falcao, Gareth Bale and Mesut Ozil, while Portugal boss Paulo Bento also
omitted Messi from his final three.
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