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Bayern Munich To Splash £14m On Dimitar Berbatov, Arsenal Linked With Midfield Trio

Rumour No. 1: Bayern Munich are preparing a £14 million summer bid for Manchester United misfit Dimitar Berbatov.

The Bundesliga giants will wait until after the Champions League final on May 22nd to make their move for the Bulgarian forward but may face competition from Italy, namely AC Milan, for the 29-year-old.

Rumour No. 2: Arsenal have been linked with a trio of midfield talent in the shape of Barcelona’s Yaya Toure, Lyon’s Jeremy Toulalan and Everton’s Mikel Arteta.

Toure’s agent has stated that the Ivorian has a 99% chance of leaving the Camp Nou in the summer, with long-term admirers Arsenal being his favoured destination.

French international scrapper Toulalan has also been on Arsene Wenger’s radar for some time now and the 26-year-old midfielder is set to move on from Lyon after achieving all there is to achieve in Ligue 1.

Arteta has apparently been sounded out by Wenger as a direct replacement for ‘Cesc Fabregas, but only if the Gunner’s skipper is finally spirited away by Barcelona’s relentless advances.

The Best of the Rest: Chelsea are planning a squad clearout that will see Deco, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Juliano Belletti and Joe Cole leaving the club.

Chelsea have also been linked with a £14 million move for Manchester City outcast Stephen Ireland and with Nott’s County ‘keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who will be allowed to leave The Magpies on a free transfer during the summer.

Manchester United are preparing a move for £21-million-rated Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra.

Manchester City are set to gamble on the ‘bad boy of Italian football’ (and also owner of the world’s biggest persecution complex), Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli.

City are also chasing Napoli’s Slovakian playmaker Marek Hamsik.

Tottenham are eyeing a £12 million bid for Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, currently of AC Milan.

Liverpool are to make £8-million-rated Valencia midfielder Ever Banega (dubbed ‘The Argentinian Alonso) their first signing of the summer.

Sevilla and Aston Villa are monitoring Yossi Benayoun’s contract situation at Liverpool.

Birmingham have made initial enquiries about a move for £10-million-rated West Ham target man Carlton Cole.

Fulham are set to lodge a £2 million bid for Lyon striker Frederic Piquionne, who is currently on loan at Portsmouth.

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hey.. who said it so..[actually ramai wartawan sukan yang berkata begitu.. ada aku kesah] eventho chelshit showed impressive game late this morning..[7-0 over stoke city] it doesnt matter the title will goes to them.. Chelsea will face Liverfool this weekend.. Anything can happen as Liverfool also won over Burley last night.. While ManUnited will face with Sunderland this weekend.. ManUnited also has opportunity to get rid off Chelsea.. Only times will tell everything.. Until end of the season, anything can happend.. For Arsenal, they sholud forget about the title as last weekend they ended up with draw against Manchester City

and dun forget that problem bear by Chelsea regarding Wright Philip transfer matter that against the rules and law definetly.. If FA decides that some points will deduct from Chelsea, they will end with less point...

Hohoho.. I hope so.. Glory, Glory Man United..

Manchester United First Team Against Malaysian National Team


PETALING JAYA, April 28 (Bernama) -- English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester United (MU) will field their first team against the Malaysian national team in a match at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, on July 18.

The match promoter, Proevents International Sdn Bhd (Proevents), said however that the full list of the players coming under team manager Sir Alex Ferguson would be disclosed later.

"The team will arrive in Kuala Lumpur one day before the match and there will be a lot of competitions for the fans to win the passes or tickets to watch the training seasions and the match," Proevents managing director San Boon Wah told a news conference at Wisma FAM here Tuesday.

San said Kuala Lumpur would be their first destination for the Red Devils in their Asian Tour 2009 before heading to Indonesia on July 20, South Korea (July 24) and two days later in China.

The ticket prices would be announced in 10 days times and would range from RM50 to RM90.

San said that the tour to Kuala Lumpur would be great because the team had a big fan base here and the exposure would be worldwide and broadcast to almost 400 million households.

Meanwhile, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad said the match would be played at 5.30pm, at the request of the the Red Devils.

"We are looking forward to the match because it will be one of the best exposures for the national team against a quality team such as MU," he said.

Azzuddin said the list of player who would represent the national team would be decided by national coach K. Ra jagobal but the FAM promised that the match would be worth the price.

"Rajagobal will have at least 10 days training to select the best players and we have rescheduled a few of the Malaysian League matches," he said.

The tour is the Carling Cup and World Cup Club champions' fourth trip to Malaysia, after 1991, 1995 and 2001 when they hammered the Malaysian national team 6-0.

In July 2007, their friendly match in Kuala Lumpur had to be cancelled due to the clash of dates with the Asian Football Conferation (AFC) Cup. Kuala Lumpur was one of the four hosts for the AFC Cup.

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sure ker, aku sokong team Malaysia...jeng..jeng..jeng.. seems it's impossible jer.. hehehe

ROME: AC Milan playmaker Kaka has rejected a record-breaking offer from Manchester City and the chance to become the world's best-paid footballer, saying the Italian club is where he belongs.

''All the messages coming my way said to choose with my heart, and at the end that's what the choice was. It was absolutely not economical,'' Kaka told Milan Channel late Monday after Italian Premier and AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi broke the news that the player was staying.
''Kaka is staying with Milan,'' Berlusconi told a TV show. ''For Kaka, money isn't everything. ... Kaka is and remains with Milan.''

Shortly after Berlusconi's comments, City issued a statement confirming it had ended negotiations with the Italian club over the transfer.
''Following a meeting in Milan today, the club felt that it was unlikely that the two parties could reach common ground for an agreement,'' City said.

''The discussions reached only a preliminary stage and the player was not involved at any time. No commercial terms were framed.''

Kaka's decision was greeted with scenes of celebration in Milan, but dealt a serious blow to City's plans of using its newfound wealth to quickly build a world-class squad after being taken over by an Abu Dhabi investment group during the offseason.
The news came following a full day of meetings between Milan, City and Kaka's father and chief adviser - Bosco Leite - to discuss a bid that was said to be 100 million pounds ($147 million, euro111 million).

City had reportedly been ready to offer Kaka a salary of nearly 500,000 pounds a week - by far the highest in football.

The 26-year-old Kaka is under contract with Milan through 2013
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hahaha..so long Manchester City.. Kaka is not interested to migrate to M.City... Even though the Abu Dhabi willing to pay the highest salary in football Kaka still loyal with Milan.. Even if Kaka transfer to City, will City beat the big 4.. even after they brought in Robinho.. Rumors that also said Fergie also interested to buy Kaka... is just remain as rumors..

No doubt that Kaka will stay in Milan until his contract ends on 2013..