Franck Ribery 6/4 to replace Ronaldo at Manchester Utd

Will he form a beautiful partnership with Rooney and Tevez?

chickendinner are hopeful that one of the blandest ever transfer sagas is at last reaching a conclusion now that Manchester United have accepted Real Madrid’s £80 million offer for Cristiano Ronaldo.

The injection of new funds at Old Trafford should enable them to compete with their nouveau-riche rivals Manchester City and with the lengthy Kaka and Gareth Barry sagas also finished, it means that some fresh and exciting transfer stories may finally emerge.

Sky Bet religiously follow every movement made in each transfer window and they anticipate Manchester United moving quickly for Bayern Munich’s

Posted: June 11th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Manchester City are 4/7 to sign Carlos Tevez

Sky Bet expect striker to swap Old Trafford for Eastlands

Rejections from Ronaldinho and Kaka threatened to turn Manchester City into a laughing stock but following yesterday’s capture of Gareth Barry, they are being viewed as serious contenders to poach Carlos Tevez.

Mark Hughes has confirmed his interest in the Manchester United fan favourite and Sky Bet have priced him at 4/7 to move across the city.

Odds of 11/4 are available on Tevez having a change of heart and staying at Old Trafford, with a move to Liverpool 6/1 and a transfer to Real Madrid

Posted: June 3rd, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Bet on who Carlo Ancelotti’s first Chelsea signing will be

Alexandre Pato is 9/2 to be the next new arrival at the Bridge

Paddy Power have opened a market on who Carlo Ancelotti will sign first for Chelsea with the Italian’s former colleague Alexandre Pato the 9/2 favourite.

Surprisingly, given reports that he wants to sign each of the few AC Milan players under the age of 35, the rest of the contenders come from a broad range of clubs and countries, with Yuri Zhirkov and Glen Johnson 11/2, Franck Ribery 13/2 and Emmanuel Adebayor and Karim Benzema 10/1.

Posted: June 3rd, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment