VAN PERSIE ACHAGUE MKE AU KUHAMA ARSENAL
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Sunday's gossip column
MKE AMZUIA VAN PERSIE KUONDOKA ARSENAL
MKE wa Robin van Persie
amesema kwamba mumewe, ataipiga chini ofa yoyotr itakayokuja kwa ajili ya
kumng'oa Arsenal mpachika mabao huyo hodari na tegemeoThe Gunners. Mke huyo,
Bouchra van Persie amesistiza famili yake inafurahia maisha London - na
amependekeza mtikisa nyavu huyo wa Kiholanzi abaki Emirates.
Lille
are preparing themselves for a £35m bid from Manchester City for Eden Hazard.
The 21-year-old playmaker has indicated he is leaving the French side by saying
on Twitter: "Two games more to play in the colours of Lille."
Real
Madrid are prepared to pay £15m for Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic - the
Blues will sell but value the 27-year-old at £20m.
Chelsea
also face losing Brazilian defender David Luiz. The 25-year-old is interested in
an approach from Barcelona and should the Spaniards table a bid, Luiz is likely
to urge his club to accept it.
Premier
League new boys Reading are aiming to beat a host of clubs to Blackburn forward
Junior Hoilett, 21, by making a £5m bid for the Canadian.
Manchester
United are considering a £10m bid for Fulham's attacking midfielder Mousa
Dembele, 24.
United
boss Sir Alex Ferguson was in Berlin on Saturday night to watch Japanese striker
Shinji Kagawa score one goal and set another up as Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern
Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final. Kagawa, 23, is also being tracked by Arsenal
and Chelsea.
AZ
Alkmaar midfielder Adam Maher, who was voted Holland's young player of the year,
would be open to a move away from the club. Manchester City, AC Milan and
Barcelona are reportedly interested in the 18-year-old.
Chelsea
and Liverpool have been told to forget about trying to sign Partizan Belgrade's
18-year-old attacking midfielder Lazar Markovic during the summer transfer
window.
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester
City boss Roberto Mancini has been reminded by his coaching staff this week
about his promise to have the club's crest tattooed on his leg if the Blues win
the Premier League title.
Mancini
wants to repeat his Inter Milan success by winning seven trophies in four years
at City.
Norwich
City striker Grant Holt thinks he has done enough this season to earn himself a
place in England's Euro 2012 squad.
Manchester
United defender Rio Ferdinand has opened talks over a new contract - but has
been asked to take a £50,000-a-week pay cut by the Old Trafford
club.
Bolton
manager Owen Coyle has admitted the club have been spending beyond their means
as they go into a relegation decider at Stoke.
New
England manager Roy Hodgson has given the seal of approval to Wolves's
appointment of Stale Solbakken as their new boss. Hodgson managed former Norway
international Solbakken when he was a player at Danish side FC Copenhagen.
Former
Blackburn caretaker boss Tony Parkes says ex-chairman Jack Walker, who was at
the helm when Rovers won the Premier League title in 1995, would be "turning in
his grave" at the club's current plight.
Aston
Villa boss Alex McLeish faces crunch talks about his future with chairman Randy
Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner as the pair start their summer inquest
into a season of struggle.
AND FINALLY
Atletico
Madrid striker Radamel Falcao, fresh from scoring two goals in Wednesday's
Europa League final, has gone face-to-face with Carla - a 250kg Bengali tiger -
on the Spanish side's pitch.
Shakhtar
Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu was left an unhappy man after his side clinched
the Ukrainian league title - because his celebrating players soaked him with
water.
KOMPYANY KUULA ZAIDI MAN CITY
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EXCLUSIVE
By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
Vincent Kompany is poised to sign a new five-year Manchester City contract this month,Goal.com can disclose.
The City skipper will sit down with club officials in the next fortnight for formal talks and a new agreement is set to be rubber-stamped in a matter of days.
Goal.com revealed in March that Kompany’s advisers had reached an informal agreement on a package that will double his pay to £120,000-a-week.
But the centre-back asked for formal talks to be put on the backburner so that he could concentrate on leading City’s charge for the Premier League title, which reaches its climax with Sunday afternoon’s home clash against QPR.
The 25-year-old, who was named the Barclays Premier League Player of the Season on Friday, will become the first City captain to lift the league trophy in 44 years if Roberto Mancini’s team are victorious at Etihad Stadium.
The club are confident that he will put pen to paper on the deal offered to him, which is now expected to last for five years rather than the originally indicated four-year spell.
City
recognise how important it is to reward the Belgian, who has two years remaining
on his current contract.
Kompany has matured into one of the outstanding centre-backs in Europe during the last two seasons, and his contribution during the final months of the campaign after missing matches in January and February through injury and suspension have demonstrated his influence to the team.
The new deal will elevate the defender into the second tier of City earners, behind top-bracket trio Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero. David Silva is also expected to shortly agree a new £200,000-a-week contract.
Skipper Kompany will be below the elite quartet but he has indicated that he is ready to commit his peak years to the club which he joined from Bundesliga side Hamburg in 2008 for what is now considered a bargain £6m by a club who currently rate him in the region of £30m
By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
Vincent Kompany is poised to sign a new five-year Manchester City contract this month,Goal.com can disclose.
| BET: | RETURNS: | Manchester City £11.30 | Draw £90.00 | QPR £190.00 |  |
The City skipper will sit down with club officials in the next fortnight for formal talks and a new agreement is set to be rubber-stamped in a matter of days.
Goal.com revealed in March that Kompany’s advisers had reached an informal agreement on a package that will double his pay to £120,000-a-week.
But the centre-back asked for formal talks to be put on the backburner so that he could concentrate on leading City’s charge for the Premier League title, which reaches its climax with Sunday afternoon’s home clash against QPR.
The 25-year-old, who was named the Barclays Premier League Player of the Season on Friday, will become the first City captain to lift the league trophy in 44 years if Roberto Mancini’s team are victorious at Etihad Stadium.
The club are confident that he will put pen to paper on the deal offered to him, which is now expected to last for five years rather than the originally indicated four-year spell.
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VINCENT WORTH THE PRICE |
| 21.00 | Vincent Kompany is 21.00 with 188Bet to score the first goal in Manchester City - QPR |
Kompany has matured into one of the outstanding centre-backs in Europe during the last two seasons, and his contribution during the final months of the campaign after missing matches in January and February through injury and suspension have demonstrated his influence to the team.
The new deal will elevate the defender into the second tier of City earners, behind top-bracket trio Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero. David Silva is also expected to shortly agree a new £200,000-a-week contract.
Skipper Kompany will be below the elite quartet but he has indicated that he is ready to commit his peak years to the club which he joined from Bundesliga side Hamburg in 2008 for what is now considered a bargain £6m by a club who currently rate him in the region of £30m
MAMBO MUHIMU KUJUA KABLA YA MAN UNITED NA QPR LEO
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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
SUNDERLAND
 Mignolet O’Shea, Turner, Kilgallon, Bardsley Gardner, Cattermole, Colback, McClean Sessegnon, Bendtner |
MANCHESTER UNITED
 De Gea Rafael, Jones, Ferdinand, Evra Carrick, Scholes, Giggs Valencia, Rooney, Young |
Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill only has a couple of late
fitness tests to worry about going into the final league game of the season,
with Nicklas Bendtner and John O’Shea both doubtful.
Elsewhere, the more long-term concerns of Wes Brown
(knee), Sebastian Larrson (hernia) and Kieran Richardson (groin) will see them
all miss the end-of-season clash with the triumvirate all out for the rest of
the campaign.
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SPANNER IN THE WORKS? |
| 6/1 | Sunderland are 6/1 with bet365 to beat Manchester United on Sunday. |
For Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson has been dealt
the blow that Chris Smalling will miss the game after requiring surgery on a
groin injury that will see him miss the whole of Euro 2012.
Danny Welbeck also looks set to miss the game with an
ankle injury, while Nemanja Vidic (knee). Michael Owen (thigh), Anderson
(hamstring) and Darren Fletcher (bowel condition) are all still receiving
treatment on the sidelines.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Manchester United go into the final game of the
season knowing that even victory will not be enough for them to clinch the
Premier league title, as they start the match eight points further back on goal
difference to Manchester City.
- Manchester United won the title last season with 80 points; a victory over Sunderland will see them finish with nine more on 89.
- A potential tally of 89 points would be the highest ever accrued in Premier League history for a second-placed side.
- With Manchester United currently on 86 points, this would have been enough to secure the league title in nine of the previous 20 Premier League seasons.
- Ferguson’s side have currently won 12 games on their travels so far this term, victory in the Stadium of Light would seal their 13th, their equal best ever total, a feat which they matched in 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2001-02 and 2006-07.
- In games in which Paul Scholes has scored, United remain unbeaten since a 2005 defeat to Benfica in the Champions League, winning 20 and drawing four.
- Manchester United are unbeaten against Sunderland in their last 19 meetings between the two sides.
- Sunderland have only ever beaten Manchester United once in the top flight in 21 attempts, with that win coming way back in 1997 when the club still played at Roker Park.
- Martin O’Neill’s side are currently on a seven-match winless streak
- Three of the last give goals that the Mackems have conceded to Manchester United have been own goals
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