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Portsmouth accept £18m Johnson bid
Transfer talk: Liverpool will pay for the England right back through sales and waiving the outstanding balance owed on Peter Crouch
Glen Johnson looks to be Merseyside-bound after Portsmouth accepted an offer last night of £18.5m for their in-demand attacking right back. The sum represents a tidy profit for Pompey, who picked up the 24-year-old from Chelsea for £4m two summers ago. Liverpool will pay for Johnson through selling Andrea Dossena and Alvaro Arbeloa, reports the Times, and by clearing Portsmouth's balance on the transfer last season of Peter Crouch from Anfield to Fratton Park...
Carlo Ancelotti has made a sensational bid to bring Manchester United's wantaway striker Carlos Tevez to Stamford Bridge, according to the Daily Mail. Ancelotti, manager at Chelsea for less than a month, personally telephoned the Argentinean international after getting his number for Tevez's compatriot Hernan Crespo, a former charge of the ex-AC Milan boss. Tevez is refusing to stay at Manchester United, angered at his perceived treatment there last season, but is thought to favour a move to Manchester City...
David Bentley, Spurs' forgotten man, is desperate to kickstart his career at Aston Villa and end his White Hart Lane nightmare, the Sun reveals. The winger was signed by then Tottenham boss Juande Ramos for £16m last summer, but has fallen out of favour with his replacement Harry Redknapp. Spurs are willing to offload Bentley to Villa for a cut-price £7m, and the former Arsenal and England player could be included as part of a deal that brings Villa wideman Ashley Young to the capital...
A new name has been added to the list of players Manchester United are chasing to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, if the Daily Mirror is to be believed. Alex Ferguson is running the rule over Douglas Costa, an 18-year-old attacking midfielder from Gremio in Brazil. Costa's agent claims that "Man Utd have identified four or five possible replacements for Cristiano Ronaldo in the world, and Douglas is one of them." The Brazil U20 international, who could fill Ronaldo's boots as United's free kick specialist, could cost Ferguson upwards of £20m... ·
