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The Age of Desperation: From Chelsea to Arsenal, via Manchester, Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle

The transfer deadline day madness that resulted in Chelsea spending 70m+ and two new entries on the most expensive football transfers list had people wondering what had happened to the ‘age of austerity’ as brought about by the financial crunch and UEFA Financial Fair Play policy. It’s not every day that 24m and 27m buys…

The Round-Up: Torres Exit Request Rejected, Man Utd To Go Dutch

Liverpool have confirmed that striker Fernando Torres made an official transfer request yesterday afternoon amidst interest from Chelsea, and that the club have also turned it down – telling the Spaniard that they expect him to honour his long-term contract at Anfield.

The Round-Up: Liverpool Snub Torres Bid, Inter After Bale…Again

Liverpool have rejected a £35 million bid from Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres, according to a report in the Times.

The newspaper are claiming that the club contacted them immediately after rebuffing the offer, though no official word has been released by the Anfield PR department yet.

The Round-Up: Wenger Aware Of Hazard, Chelsea Luiz Control

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he is interested in bringing Lille prodigy Eden Hazard to the Emirates, but will only make a move for the 20-year-old starlet if and when he becomes ‘available’

The Round-Up: Didier’s Drog Days Are Over, Liverpool Ramp Up Suarez Hunt

There’s a bit of a rip-snorter doing the rounds in this morning’s gossip columns, in which Chelsea’s misfiring heavyweight Didier Drogba is the latest name being linked with the vacant striker’s position over at Real Madrid.

Blabbering Babel Reveals ‘Secret’ Suarez Swap Deal

Comments made to a Dutch newspaper by Liverpool’s Ryan Babel have sparked speculation that the surplus winger may be about to seal a loan move back to former club Ajax which would, in turn, essentially provide his parent club with the necessary leverage to complete a deal for the Amsterdam side’s toothsome striker, one Luis…

The Round-Up: The Great Big Darren Bent Transfer Roundabout

As you’ve probably heard by now, Sunderland striker Darren Bent, presumably miffed at having his ‘big fish…’ credentials stolen away from him by new-signing Asamoah Gyan, handed in a transfer request at the Stadium of Light yesterday afternoon in a bid to push through a move to lowly Aston Villa.

Tottenham Unveil ‘Insulting’ Plans For Olympic Stadium

Two months after branding Tottenham and AEG’s joint venture to move the club into the Olympic Park Stadium after the culmination of the 2012 games as being ‘completely unacceptable’, UK Athletics chief Ed Warner has decreed that the aforementioned partners’ final, revised proposal is ‘insulting’ to his direct superiors on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)….

Tottenham Still Hopeful Over Beckham Debacle

Due to an increasingly obvious desire to once again saunter amidst the vivid hum of Premier League life, David Beckham (along with the legal suits at Tottenham Hotspur) is currently beavering away, exploring all the channels available to him in his joint bid to turn a brief training excursion/flagrant PR exercise into a full-bodied loan…

The Round-Up: Messi Cleans Up, Man Utd Fancy Tea And Busquets

After scoring an astonishing 60 goals for club and country in 2010, Lionel Messi has rather unsurprisingly been named the inaugural (it’s the first time FIFA’s Player of the Year gong has been with amalgamated with France Football’s trinket) winner of the Ballon d’Or at a glitzy gala bash in Zurich.