Transfers - Gossip Shop: Phil Neville to Inter

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Mar 19:13:00 2009

Jose Mourinho had lunch with Phil Neville yesterday, and if you've ever so much as peered through the Gossip Shop window you know exactly what's coming next.

Phil Neville, Everton - 0

Yep, it's pretty clear the Special One has fallen head over heels for P-Nev and has designs on bringing him to the San Siro.

The Everton skipper is being lined up for a creative attacking role at Internazionale in support of Adriano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic - and Mourinho is prepared to do whatever it takes to get his man.

"Neville is everything I admire in English football," Mourinho may have said. "He is the second best player in the world behind Frank Lampard but nobody else can see it. I will shine my light on him at Inter and then you will see his magic."

Back on planet Earth, Newcastle United's Sebastien Bassong has issued a spectacularly cliched 'come-and-get-me-plea' to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Newcastle are prepared to quadruple the French defender's salary, but Wenger has filled a suitcase with £6 million and should win that argument rather comfortably.

Wenger is also looking amorously towards 19-year-old France Under-21 defender Mamadou Sakho. If you believe the Guardian - and who doesn't? - Sakho will arrive from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.

Down on the South Coast, Portsmouth gaffer Paul Hart has been told to cut the payroll by 25 per cent - prompting predictably exaggerated rumours of a 'mass exodus'.

According to The Daily Star, Sol Campbell, Kanu, Lauren, Sean Davis, Herman Hreidarsson, Linvoy Primus, Noe Pamarot and Jerome Thomas are among the mercenaries eyeing an exit if their salaries fall to a level that would impinge of their capacity to buy sports cars.

Alternatively, they could raise the necessary funds by auctioning Fratton Park's rather incongruous mock-Tudor frontage.

Meanwhile, Liverpool and Chelsea have literally entered a race to sign Palermo's Danish defender Simon Kjaer - according to the Daily Mirror.

The 19-year-old apparently has an £11m get-out clause in his contract that could see him land a fat salary in the Premier League this summer.

Speaking of transfer races, Aston Villa and Everton are reportedly involved in a tepid long-distance encounter to procure the services of Southampton midfielder Andrew Surman. Who knew?

Will Tidey / Eurosport

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  1. I DOUBT THAT PEOPLE ACTULLY BELIVED IT T.LOCK PEOPLE­ JUST LIKE 2 COMMENT ON HOW THEY DISLIKE JOSE AND THINK­ HOW POO NEVILLE IS

    From Frosty, on Wed 11 Mar 5:09PM

  2. Unbelievable that people read 'GOSSIP Shop' and­ believe it.

    From Toby, on Wed 11 Mar 4:59PM

  3. name the 200 then gobby

    From Frosty, on Wed 11 Mar 4:57PM

  4. I had dinner with Jose last night and he MAY have told­ me I was the second greatest player in the world. What­ a back stabber!! Can anyone else name 200 players in­ the world that are better than Phil Neville well I can.­ Phil Neville is a joke

    From michaelfrombournemouth, on Wed 11 Mar 4:51PM

  5. Perhaps Jose was just being Neville's advocate?

    From jacques_aih, on Wed 11 Mar 4:41PM

  6. he had lunch with him to get tips on managment , nothin­ else... i think the journalist was having a laugh, did­ no one get that no....

    From markfinnerty123, on Wed 11 Mar 4:41PM

  7. IS PHIL NEVILLE GOING TO INTER AS ASSISTANT TO MOURINHO­ OR WHAT?WHY DO MOST ITALIAN TEAMS LIKE OAP,S IN THEIR­ TEAM.IS IT LACK OF TRANSFER FUNDS OR WHAT? LOOK AT AC­ MILAN WITH 40YR OLDS IN THE SQUAD.

    From valach, on Wed 11 Mar 4:32PM

  8. Phil Neville has been hiding his magic for all these­ years, well I'll be damned. Mourinho you're as­ blind as a bat.

    From lordcassernx, on Wed 11 Mar 4:21PM

  9. Dont be silly folks, he was asking Phil how to break­ down Man Utd's defence!
    Judas

    From astrobart_99, on Wed 11 Mar 4:16PM

  10. Hello!! Where has the City section gone. Withdrawal­ symptoms starting to aFekt....

    From Andy, on Wed 11 Mar 4:15PM

  11. This article isnt funny at all. Phil Neville is,­ actually one of the best holding midfielders the­ premiership has ever seen. As a Utd fan, I still mourn­ the day Phil left us and Id love to see him back in red­ tonight against Inter. He could sort out our right back­ problem.

    NEVILLE = LEGEND

    From Martin, on Wed 11 Mar 3:53PM

  12. FREE PLAYSTATION ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GIVE Laila L­ YOUR BANK DETAILS AND THEY WILL EMPTY YOUR
    MONEY FROM­ YOUR ACCOUNT THEN SELL YOUR PRIVATE DETAILS
    GO AWAY
    ­ LIKE PEOPLE ARE THAT STUPID
    WHY ALL THE CONMEN ON THIS­ SITE
    SORT IT OUT YAHOO

    From me, on Wed 11 Mar 3:51PM

  13. Formby resident. Jose is inters manager...... in the­ ITALIAN league!

    From leeg, on Wed 11 Mar 3:36PM

  14. NEVILLE IN INTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Femi, on Wed 11 Mar 3:32PM

  15. should that not be the italian league????????????????­ formby resident

    From COLIN, on Wed 11 Mar 3:31PM

  16. JOSE MOURINHO is the best coach that one day pass by­ britishs ISLANDS, after him any coach had inteligence­ enough to build a team and beat ferguson, jose is­ portugues, so he is inteligent....and phil is good­ player.FORZA INTER!!!!

    From manuel f, on Wed 11 Mar 3:25PM
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    Phil Neville is going nowhere He is to important to­ Everton.And I think he has to much for the spanish­ league.

    From formby resident, on Wed 11 Mar 3:21PM

  18. i cant believe he hasn't fallen for that scouse­ part-timer lucas in a 'brokeback mountain­ 'kinda way...more likely than him managing to buy­ phil neville....maybe when he returns to the english­ game to manage fulham?...but phil will be far to old by­ then!

    From stuartxland, on Wed 11 Mar 3:21PM

  19. they dont need him

    From Mike, on Wed 11 Mar 3:14PM

  20. i heard he was helping rolf harris move house?

    From andy l, on Wed 11 Mar 3:11PM
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