*?REDS’ BARGAIN
Bojan Krkic — remember him? Spanish striker, big name a few
years ago, Roma bought him for a huge fee … No? Kind of?
Krkic was one of the hottest properties in European football
when the Italian giant snapped him up, but after failed spells with AC Milan
and Barcelona, the 23-year-old is now on loan at Ajax — but Liverpool boss
Brendan Rodgers reckons he could be a cheeky purchase at as little as $9
million.
The Mirror reports Anfield scouts see Krkic as another
Philippe Coutinho, who was on the fringes at Inter until Liverpool
snapped him up for just $16m, with the Brazilian becoming a key player in the
Reds’ dark horse title charge.
A versatile front man who can play across the frontline,
Krkic is unsure whether he will earn a permanent deal with Ajax and bargain-hunter Rodgers may swoop in
the European summer.
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s
hottest property, Luis Suarez, has revealed the part Steven Gerrard played in
keeping him at the club.
The whole Suarez transfer saga was one of the big pre-season
dramas but the Uruguayan says the Reds skipper was instrumental in his decision
to stay at Anfield — a move that looks to have paid off.
“He didn’t talk about me, or through me, in the press, but
in person,” Suarez tells FourFourTwo.
“In those moments I forgot that he was ‘world football great
Gerrard’, a Liverpool legend, but as a humble
person who spoke to me with all his heart for hours.
“He said I was the best forward he’d ever played with, which
given the amazing strikers that he’s played with at Liverpool,
was amazing for me to hear.
“I’ll never forget that.”
CITY’S TITLE
Manchester
City will win the Premier
League — so says former boss Roberto Mancini.
The Italian, now at Turkish giant Galatasaray, wasn’t
backwards in coming forwards, saying it was his time at the club that has now
put them in the position to win their second EPL title.
“I worked really well in Manchester
and I am proud of what we did, we changed the history of Manchester,” Mancini told Sky Sports.
“Now it’s easy to win with Manchester City
because they changed the mentality three years ago and they have good players —
it’s not difficult to win.”
There you go, Manuel. It’s easy. So if you don’t win, it’s
because you’re rubbish. OK, we’re reading between the lines a little but that’s
basically what he’s saying, right?
NIKE’S TEASE
Nike has released an advertisement for its new boot, the
Magista, but if you’re hanging out to see what it looks like, you’ll have to
wait until March 6.
The commercial features world superstars Andres Iniesta,
Mario Gotze, Thiago Silva, Arda Turan, David Luiz, Christian Eriksen and
Mamadou Sakho trying out the new piece of footwear.
The boot is blurred out in the ad, leaving everyone guessing
what it actually looks like, but according to Nike, “football will never be the
same”.
EVERYBODY LOVES ROY
Everybody loves Roy Keane, because he’s such a
laugh-a-minute, life-of-the-party, ob-la-di-ob-la-da kind of guy. As proven in
this unintentionally hilarious selfie taken by UK football journo Stuart Fraser
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