Tuesday's Bollox

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Manchester City willing to offload Carlos Tevez to Real Madrid - if they can sign Wayne Rooney or Fernando Torres
Roberto Mancini eyes top pedigree replacement for unsettled skipper
Manchester City are willing to offload Carlos Tevez next summer if they can sign a suitably high-profile replacement, with Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres top of their priority list.
Tevez has had a series of bust-ups with City manager Roberto Mancini, who has grown increasingly frustrated with the striker's attitude.
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Insiders have told Goal.com UK that the striker’s relationship with Mancini is so poor that both parties would welcome a change at the end of the season.
Rooney’s desire to leave Manchester United could pave the way for a huge bid from City for a player who Mancini believes could lead the attack in the same buccaneering style as his former Old Trafford colleague Tevez.
City sources insist that the possibility of an audacious Rooney, 24, offer has only just come on the agenda and has not been formally discussed yet but his availability could be ideal timing given Tevez’s willingness to leave.
However City are also closely-monitoring the situation of Fernando Torres, 26, at Liverpool whom they tried to sign in the summer. The out-of-form Spaniard is expected to leave next year barring a massive turnaround in the team's fortunes.
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is a big admirer of Tevez and the Bernabeu could provide the next stop-off point in his nomadic career.
It was reported that Mancini and Tevez had a bust-up during City’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle earlier this month but it is understood that was merely the latest in a series of stand-offs involving the pair.
“Mancini and Tevez started having rows at the end of last season,” a City source told Goal.com UK. “Mancini gave him the captaincy to try and smooth over the situation but if anything it has made it worse.
“Mancini knows how to handle big players and he feels Tevez is challenging his authority. He is becoming a problem in the dressing room.”
It is understood the disagreements have centred over Tevez’s unhappiness with the intensity and frequency of Mancini’s training sessions and the Italian’s tactics, which the player views as unnecessarily defensive.
The source added: “When Mancini said in a recent interview that the only target for some of the players is their day off, Tevez was one of the players he had in mind. Mancini demands a lot of his players and feels he could get another five to 10 per cent out of Tevez if he trained harder.”
The 26-year-old native Spanish speaker has learned only sporadic English during his five seasons in England and has spoken of difficulties in motivating himself after the World Cup as well as his own disillusionment with football.
In a recent interview, Tevez said: “I’m an old guy now, and I started to think about some stuff. I have the idea of quitting in my mind. Maybe one of these days, I will just wake up and say no more football.”
Despite his strained relationship with Mancini and his general disillusionment, Tevez is enjoying the most prolific form of his career at Eastlands. He has followed up his 29-goal debut campaign in the blue half of Manchester by scoring a further seven goals this season, including five in his last four games.
Nevertheless, Tevez, who has started all eight of City’s Premier League games as well as three of the club’s four Europa League matches, has complained to an Argentine journalist that he is tired and over-worked.
Although the player is no longer owned by companies belonging to his agent Kia Joorabchian after City paid £47 million for his services in the summer of 2009, there is a growing feeling within the club that he will look to move on at the end of the season.
If he maintains his excellent form, the club will be confident of recouping at least two-thirds of that figure.
City will turn to Rooney or Torres, possibly both if Tevez leaves, as they cast the net for a blue-chip replenishment of the Eastlands striking roster at the end of the season.

SHREK BOLLOX
England striker prepares to force explosive move. City ready to take advantage of turmoil at United Wayne Rooney is increasingly open to the idea of completing the most rancorous and staggering transfer of modern times by leaving Manchester United for Manchester City.
He has informed United he has no intention of signing a new contract and is ready to contemplate following Carlos Tevez's path across Manchester and the potential minefield and recriminations of swapping one club for the other.
Carlos Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, confirmed today that he would be interested in Rooney if he could establish any sense on the player's part that he would be willing to move to Stamford Bridge. But the reigning Footballer of the Year is leaning more towards City, acutely aware of the potential riches of joining the wealthiest club in England.

Striker Wayne Rooney is ready to contemplate a move to Manchester City after Manchester United refuse to match his £200,000-a-week wage demands. Daily Telegraph

A Fifa loophole could pave the way for Rooney to leave United for £5m. Under the Webster ruling, Rooney can buy out the final year of his contract for his current annual salary. the Independent

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti says he would be interested in signing Rooney, if Manchester United really want to sell him. the Sun

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich says he would only sign Rooney if the price is right, while Real Madrid will not make a move for the player until next summer. Daily Express

Rooney has told his team-mates that Manchester City is a more likely destination than Real Madrid or Barcelona. the Guardian

Manchester United would attempt to sign Liverpool striker Fernando Torres if Rooney left Old Trafford. Daily Star

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is ready to offer Manchester United Lassana Diarra, Karim Benzema and £20m in exchange for Rooney. caughtoffside.com

Wayne Rooney wants to leave Old Trafford because he believes Manchester United's owners lack ambition. the Sun

Rooney's Manchester United exit could spell the end for manager Sir Alex Ferguson and force his retirement.
Daily Mirror

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is surprised that Manchester United allowed Rooney's contract to run down so significantly.
Daily Mail

Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have not spoken since falling out after allegations about the striker's private life became public in September. the Sun

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OTHER BOLLOX
Chelsea may make a new bid for Liverpool star Torres in January. A £25m offer was rejected by the Anfield outfit last summer. (the Times)

West Brom are set to offer striker Tuncay a way out of Stoke but the Baggies will face competition from Turkish sides Galatasaray and Besiktas.Daily Mirror

Inter Milan are weighing up a £10m bid for Bolton defender Gary Cahill. talkSPORT

Liverpool could make a move for Russia and Zenit St Petersburg striker Alexander Kerzhakov in January.
Full story: Daily Mail

Defender Ashley Cole has revealed he wants to finish his career at Chelsea as he battles an ankle injury that has dogged him for a year. Daily Mirror

Inter Milan winger Wesley Sneijder has called on PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay, who is a target for Arsenal, to join him in Italy. imscouting.com

Shakhtar Donetsk striker Eduardo da Silva insists he will not celebrate if he scores against former club Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday night. the Independent

Blackburn striker Jason Roberts says he will leave Ewood Park if he does not start getting first-team football - with Wigan and Leicester both interested in the 32-year-old. Daily Mirror

Liverpool winger Joe Cole admits that he is out of form and is suffering the worst spell of his career. Daily Telegraph

Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Eboue has apologised to Birmingham defender Liam Ridgewell for the tackle that earned him a yellow card at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Daily Mail

Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is unlikely be welcomed back at Barcelona once his loan spell with AC Milan ends after suggesting Barca coach Pep Guardiola has it easy. "In Barca, anyone can be the coach," said the Swede. "For me, even, it would not be difficult to do it." talkSPORT

[s1ty m]

and pigs may fly.

happily, no way does shrek come to us. he's a turd.

[ronk]

Rooney has told his team-mates that Manchester City is a more likely destination than Real Madrid or Barcelona. the Guardian

I have doubts that he ever said that, if it's true I'd take it as pissing in his own tent more than genuine interest in joining us.

I can see him quitting football entirely or heading off to America.

[ant london]

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[BlueMoonAwoken]

Rooney wont leave england unless he leaves coleen because coleen has a sister who is very ill and wont leave her... so ive heard.