Today’s fluff is shaking off the cobwebs
He plays for the champions of Europe, the likely champions of
England come May, and is in the form of his career, so what could possibly turn Sadio Mané’s head?
Real Madrid, inevitably. That’s according to the French site Le10 sport, which reports that Zinedine Zidane is drooling over the idea of the Senegal striker teaming up with Karim Benzema to spearhead Madrid’s attack. Not least because he’s likely to rid himself of Wales and golf’s Gareth Bale and Colombia’s James Rodríguez. Le10 claims Mané’s people have already had a chinwag with Madrid’s people about a summer move. Rumour has it that Zidane and Mané have even had a direct human conversation about the matter.
José Mourinho is unhappy: with ball boys, with members of opponents’ coaching teams, with technology and with the absolute state of Tottenham’s defence. Accordingly, he’s got his eye on the Leicester full-back Ricardo Pereira and is prepared to wave £30m in the Foxes’ faces in the hope of persuading his Portuguese compatriot to swap probable
Champions League qualification at the King Power with a desperate scramble over fourth and fifth places in Tottenham’s craft ale emporium. They may face stiff competition from
Paris Saint-Germain, however. Another defender Spurs have their eye on is West Brom’s Nathan Ferguson, with Crystal Palace also keen on the 19-year-old.