Barcelona described Manchester City's offer for Samuel Eto'o as "stratospheric" and that is a word that could also easily describe the Cameroon international's signing-on demands.
The Sun report that the 28-year-old is holding out for a £12.5m signing on fee from the Premier League club; that's on top of a wages of £250,000-per-week that would make him the highest-paid player in the world.
The Daily Mirror claim the striker's demands are threatening to derail his move to Eastlands, although Barcelona could rescue the deal if they give up £15m of the £30m fee as a lucrative golden handshake.
Eto'o's lawyer Josep Maria Mesalles has reportedly told Barca his client will stay at the Camp Nou unless he is paid off with a share of the king-sized fee.
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has told the Daily Mail that he would love to play alongside David Villa at Anfield and has lamented the lack of transfer cash available to manager Rafa Benitez.
To make matters worse the The Independent report that Reds defender Alvaro Arbeloa could be off to Real Madrid and the The Sun claim that Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso could follow him to the Bernabeu.
Tottenham Hotspur could scupper Roman Pavlyuchenko's proposed move to Villarreal due to their unrealistic transfer demands, according to The Times. Despite the fact the Spurs don't want to keep Pavlyuchenko, and the striker doesn't want to stay, the Premier League club are still asking for cash, Sebastien Eguren and Marcos Senna.
However, that could all be a smoke screen as the Daily Telegraph claim that Spurs want to use Pavlyuchenko as bait to lure Roma striker Mirko Vucinic to White Hart Lane.
Vicinic, the 25-year-old captain of Montenegro, can play either as a twin striker or out wide, but if he cannot be lured to North London, Spurs have joined the growing queue of clubs chasing Swedish striker Marcus Berg.
In the less glamorous reaches of the League Championship there is news that former Newcastle United owner Freddie Shepherd could return to rescue the club with a £60m offer to buy out Mike Ashley, according to the Daily Star.
Shepherd, who was ousted by Ashley two years ago, is the favourite to resume control ahead of an American-based consortium, despite offering £40m less than the asking price.
Posted by Tuhafeni Helao on 07/01/2009
The world record transfer fee of Christiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid has placed an untaste flavour in game of football, since big cash teams can do anything on this earth to gather world-class players. This means clubs who do not have such money will remain at the bottom of the log or even being relegated every time. I therefore, suggest that FIFA must do something to stop and regulate this unfairness.
We want to see real football taste and not necessarily splashing of money because a club have the money and afford to buy any best player. Please FIFA, consider putting a sealing on the players'transfer price tag.
I assume that club supporters for those clubs who have not that type of money, also want to see their respective clubs one day on top of the league or even win the league title. However, due to high transfer fees they are left with no other option than stick on their respective squads and only struggle to avoid relegation. FIFA, please consider introducing transfer sealing
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Posted by FRED MPOMA on 08/28/2009
I WOULD LIKE TO ADVINCE THE FIFA TO PROVIDE A EDUCATION TO THOSE WHO OWN THE CLUBS TO STOP TO MIX THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLICY WHICH GOVERNS WHEN THEY ARE BUYING AND SELLING THE PLAYERS, THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE TO DESTRUCT THE MOOD OF OTHER TEAMS WHICH ARE POOR ECONOMICALLY TO FAIL TO GET A GOOD PLAYERS BECAUSE OF POLITICAL MATTERS SO SITUATION IS NOT GOOD AND I DIS LIKE IT.
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