The NOTW say that we have agreed a price with Juve for ‘the new Roberto Carlos’, Brazilian, Athirson. However there is a problem in that he may not get a work permit due to lack of international caps. the price is £4.9 million.
Duff: It seems that Graeme Souness is touting for business: "I don’t want to sell Damien because he is a very important member of my team and I want to keep him, but we are no longer the same Blackburn Rovers that we were under Jack Walker and we couldn’t resist a ridiculous offer.
"If Manchester United or Liverpool or Arsenal came in with a substantial offer, then we wouldn’t be able to turn them down. People have mentioned £10m or £12m, but that amount is about 50% of what Damien is worth. If we were offered the right money, he would go."
The Observer say that we are thinking about taking Claude Makalele in part ex for DB07. Geremi has also been mentioned by other sources this week.
The Observer say that Israeli agent, a friend of Fergie is in town to firm up deals for Ronaldinho and Ricardo Quaresma. These two have been consistently mentioned over the last few months and do not appear to be going away.
The People report that David Bellion has bought a house in Bowden: Sir Alex Ferguson has finally landed French striker David Bellion.
The 21-year-old player tied up the financial details of his switch from Sunderland to Manchester United last week - and bought a luxury Cheshire apartment just a corner-kick away from the homes of new team-mates Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Seba Veron.