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Tottenham Manager is given the green signal to buy Craig Bellamy from Manchester City after the Welsh striker is reported to be unhappy with his present club over the sacking of their former boss Mark Hughes. Timing was even worst… they were enjoying the victory over the leaders and then the downturn. What has raised eyebrows around the epl world is that the time of sacking of the city manager. Past results shows that Manchester City have been regular in the top zone and with only 2 defeats this season what more was expected. In the long run even the champions league spot was well in reach. Roberto Mancini has lots of work to do this Christmas. Convincing the foremost right now… As the transfer window is about to open for the winter signings, the grapevine has already started in the English Premier League. Some are just fake rumours to know more about the players while some put pressure on both the club as well as the players, in the worst case the die hard fans start to abuse... But that is all part of the club game.

Latest from the premier league is that FC Schalke goal keeper Manuel Neuer has been linked with Manchester United, a bid in order to find a replacement for the current star Edwin Van der Sar who is in the twilight of his career. The tall 6’4” German has been representing his national team regularly and he has been seen in saving some of the vital saves for some time now. The contract with his present club is till 2012 but if Manchester United is able to convince him then he may be the next royal guard at the old Trafford.

More problem can be felt at Liverpool where The Daily Mirror are reporting that Chelsea are set to make a £30 million offer for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard this summer in an attempt to get the England star away from Liverpool and boost Chelsea’s midfield. Chelsea’s previous offer was turned down by the ace midfielder a few years ago in the hopes of winning something with Liverpool. Situation is somewhat more tense and Gerrard’s loyalty and character will be tested in the weeks to come.

Arsenal may be on the verge of loosing their star midfielder Cesc Fabregas who may head back to Spain to join Catalunyan giants Barcelona. But the players has turned down the false allegations by saying “Since I was 18, they have been saying... but I am still here. I hope I can be at Arsenal for many years and lift trophies like the Champions League, the Premier League, FA Cups.” .” Reports in Sport Express, a Russian newspaper suggests that Bayern Munich, head coach Louis van Gaal has set his eyes on Igor Akinfeev, a Russian international. Even Manchester United is well in race for the goalkeeper position after their Ben Foster (their second choice for goalkeeper) had a disastrous outing. In a recent statement, Akinfeev said that he is a big fan of Fergie (Sir Alex Ferguson) who is the manager of Manchester United. But their recent trip to Moscow displayed some unique traits of the goal keeper (who did some exciting saving antics for his team). And as far as the opening of transfer window goes in January, a great head start is expected from Goolie.

The star of Bulgarian football, Dimitar Berbatov got married to Helena in the spring of 2009. The couple had got engaged secretly in December. Berbatov says he doesn’t favor his personal life to become a public affair; hence he kept his engagement under the wraps. But he couldn’t hide his wedding. Meanwhile, the juicy bit is that the marriage was scheduled after Helena was one month pregnant. Now the Bulgarian footballer is a proud father of a baby girl. Interestingly, the child stepped in the world just few hours after Berbatov scored a hat-trick over Georgia at South Africa. Irrespective of the fact that once Berbativ had said that he would like to marry a financially independent woman, he married Helena. The couple now stays together at an apartment in Sofia. It’s been claimed that Margarita (Dimitar’s mother) has extreme powers over her son and her opinion about women is very significant for him. Speculations are also high that Margarita liked Helena, so she said ‘Yes’.