Liverpool striker and unhappy Manchester City midfielder also feature…
Find out who are the most valuable players in world football.
The world’s very best players normally demand astronomical wages, and their clubs naturally demand ludicrously high transfer fees for their services…
However, with clubs like Manchester United poised to spend mammoth sums, and even the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool armed with serious transfer budgets, some of the planet’s top talent could be on the move.
Here’s the five best players who could be transferring for big cash in time for 2014/15.
5) Yaya Toure – Manchester City
It seems more and more like the Ivorian powerhouse is manufacturing himself a move away from the Eithad.
Bizarrely, Toure and his agent claim that the club recently disrespected the player in Dubai on his birthday, as the owners failed to shake his hand!
“What happened at his birthday meant the club don’t care about him. It was proof,” said his agent Dmitry Seluk. ”They can say whatever they want, ‘Oh we like him, but we forgot.’ None of them shook his hand on his birthday. It’s really sick.”
Toure then backed up his agent’s claims:
“Everything dimitry said is true,” Touré tweeted, regarding the statetmens. “He speaks for me. I will give an interview after world cup to explain.”
Toure’s ability is unquestioned, as his 20 Premier League goals from midfield fired the Sky Blues to a second title in three years – and if he really wants a move away, they’ll be countless suitors for his very expensive signature.
4) Cesc Fabregas – Barcelona
Manchester United are readying an opening £30m bid for the former Arsenal star, but is likely to cost closer to £45m for them to get their man. Fabregas was booed towards the end of last season by the Barcelona faithful, and Italian journalist Tancredi Palmeri claims a move is definitely on the cards…
The other player mentioned in his tweet, Bayern’s Toni Kroos, is very unlucky not to make our top five!
3) Diego Costa – Atletico Madrid
The Brazilian born Spanish striker lit up Europe this season with a mammoth haul of 36 goals in all competitions, leading his side to La Liga glory, and an upcoming Champions League final against arch rivals Real Madrid. Chelsea are close to completing a £32m deal for his services, which if he converts his form in Spain into Premier League goals, will be a real snip.
2) Eden Hazard – Chelsea
Hazard is PSG’s big, big transfer target for the summer, and they’ve shown with their incomparable financial clout in recent seasons that they normally get who they want. The Ligue 1 champions are readying a £50m bid for his services, and the French media is already including him in potential PSG Starting XI infogrpahics for next season. The superb Belgian fell out with Jose Mourinho at the end of last season after the player criticised Chelsea’s style, and his coach criticised his defensive contribution – and Palmeri reckons a transfer has a 50% chance of happening.
1) Luis Suarez – Liverpool
Liverpool’s brilliant Uruguayan has recently enrolled his daughter into a new school on Merseyside, he signed a bumper new deal at Christmas, and has stated he’s happy at Anfield now the side are in the Champions League.
However, if either Real Madrid or Barcelona are willing to break the world transfer record with a £100m offer for arguably the best player in Europe last season, the Reds may have to sit at the negotiating table…
