Diego Forlan Urge Arsenal to Pursue Suarez.

The 34-year-old believes that the Liverpool forward can help fill the void left at the Gunners by Thierry Henry's departure and urges Arsene Wenger to keep pursuing his signature

 Forlan believes that the Gunners' inability to challenge for trophies in recent years has stemmed from a failure to replace legendary striker Thierry Henry.

"Of course, Arsenal are a very strong team but, for the last years, they have not been able to compete with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea for the title," the 34-year-old continued.

"They have had very good players but have maybe lacked that one special player who you need to win a league as strong as the Premier League.

 "United have had Wayne Rooney and City have had Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez but Arsenal have struggled since Thierry Henry left."

Emenike scores Again.

The Nigerian international is back to goal-scoring ways as he notched his second league goal in three matches

Spartak Moscow and Nigeria international, Emmanuel Emenike are firing on all cylinders in the new 2013/14 season as they won their third league game on Saturday by beating neighbours, Dinamo Moscow 4-1.

Emenike, who has been used as a substitute in the previous two league matches, started the match against Dinamo with Jurado playing slightly behind him and played the full match to signify his return to full fitness.
Emenike scored the third Spartak goal in the 30th minute with Jurado grabbing two goals to lift Spartak to the top of the three-week old league with maximum nine points.

Last season, Spartak finished fourth, 13 points behind winners CSKA Moscow, but this season they will be buoyed by a fit-again Emenike, who is showing that he has not forgotten where the goal is as he tries to build on his goals return of five goals in 16 league games.

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Manchester United boss Moyes admits Hong Kong pitch concerns Ahead of Monday's Match.

Manchester United boss David Moyes says he is worried about the state of the pitch at the Hong Kong Stadium, where his side are due to play on Monday

Hong Kong has been hit by heavy rain , "I do have concerns about the surface," Moyes admitted on Friday.

Moyes attributed the 2-2 Draw with Osaka to Bad weather.

 Moyes, whose side face Hong Kong outfit Kitchee FC on Monday in the latest leg of their Asia tour, said: "We will travel to Hong Kong and hope the conditions improve and the pitch is in a better state than it has been in recently."

Man Utd's summer tour

• 13 July: v Singha XI 0-1
• 20 July: v A-League XI 5-1
• 23 July: v Yokohama 2-3
• 26 July: v Cerezo Osaka 2-2
• 29 July: v Kitchee FC

West Ham set to Move for Osaze.

West Ham Weigh Up Move For Osaze

According to Times West Ham United are looking to capitalise on the failure of Crystal Palace and Fulham in securing Peter Odemwingie’s signature.

After so many unsuccessful Transfer Efforts This  has left the door open for Sam Allardyce to add some panache alongside Andy Carroll.

West Ham have turned their attentions to the Nigerian forward , having failed to agree terms with the former Chelsea striker Kalou – who reportedly wanted assurances of a starting role within the Hammers attack for next season.

Fabregas is not for Sale - - Barcelona Vice President Bartomeu tells United.

 

Barcelona vice-president Joseph Maria Bartomeu has told Manchester United that they will not sell midfielder Cesc Fabregas at any price.

 Bartomeu said: "United's interest for Cesc Fabregas is obvious, he's a great player but it does not bother us. It does not matter what they offer us, we are not selling him." Bartomeu was speaking at new manager Gerardo Martino's first news conference following his appointment as Tito Vilanova's replacement.

 I'm not going to involve myself in the club's accounts, but considering the club has already rejected two offers, I would guess it will reject a third," Martino said.

 "In other words, Fabregas will remain here."

Mikel Rejects Galatasaray Loan offer.

Nigerian Midfieder John Obi Mikel has Rejected an offer to move Galatasaray after the Club failed to meet the 15 Million Euros Required for his Transfer .

According MTNFootball.com  Galatasaray have agreed personal terms with the Nigeria star, but they could not convince him to quit Stamford Bridge on a season-long loan deal after they could not stomp up the 15 million pounds ‘The Blues’ demanded for the player.


”Galatasaray and Mikel have agreed personal terms, but the player refused a loan move after the Turkish champions could not come up with the 15 million pounds Chelsea asked for.

They then proposed a loan deal, but Mikel shot that down as he would prefer a permanent transfer.”

The Nigeria star Presently  l has a contract with Chelsea till June 2016/17 after he recently signed a new, improved deal at the London club.

Berkistas Prepared to Pay 2.5 million Euros for Elderson Echiejile.

Turkish club Besiktas are now set to beat Norwich City to the signature of Nigeria defender Elderson Echiejile.

According to Portuguese sports daily A Bola on Friday, Besiktas are prepared to cough out 2.5 million Euros for the Nigeria left-back.


However Norwich city  have been bidding for the football star , but might have been pushed aside by Besiktas offer.

Besiktas , already have  Nigeria striker Michael Eneramo, in their formidable force  are now expected to table a formal contract for Elderson, A Bola reported.

Elderson’s recent form has sparked off interest in Turkey and England, where Fulham are also believed to be keen to have him.

He still has a year left on his contract at Braga and this week he reported back to the Portuguese club for pre-season training ahead of the new season.


Culled from Complete Sports.