Daily rumors for 16th Dec

Bryan Robson has backed Roy Keane to return to football management at some stage in the future and says he was not surprised by his decision to quit. The pair were team-mates at Manchester United and still live near each other in the area. More…

The Croatian forward was thought unlikely to play until next year, but is ready to return less than 10 months after suffering the horrific injury against Birmingham City that left him with a fractured fibula and dislocated ankle. His recovery will come as an enormous boost to Arsene Wenger, who elected not to buy attacking reinforcements during the summer to cover Eduardo, despite seeing the club’s title challenge falter last season at the same time as the 25-year-old’s absence. More…

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari is refusing to be distracted by the thought of bolstering his squad in the January transfer window. Chief executive Peter Kenyon has already confirmed he expects ‘little or no’ transfer activity at Stamford Bridge, and now Scolari has outlined his focus on his current crop of players. More…

Valencia’s vice-president has insisted that David Villa and David Silva will not be leaving the club to ease the financial situation in winter transfer window, but admitted that a couple of fringe players may be sold. While the club insist that that the financial problems are not as bad as reports have suggested, the Spanish media believe that it will only be a matter of time before they have to cash in on their star names. More…

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is the latest member of the sport to publicly support the notion of a Champions League salary cap. Rummenigge believes that clubs are not able to reserve half of their budgets for salary expenses and that player wages are currently “irrationally high”. More…

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