AWOL 2014 Issue 293 1st August | Page 23

Advertise here from only 40 baht per week football news Bobby’s Bar kicked off by bobby’s bar Home of the Free Sunday Roast & Free Bar B Que every Friday football gossip Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho could be forced to sell goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, because of the club’s failure to offload Spain striker Fernando Torres, 30, or Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi, 27. Daily Star Aston Villa central defender Ron Vlaar, 29, will hold talks with manager Paul Lambert this weekend amid interest from Southampton. Daily Mirror QPR are considering a £4m move for Elche’s Colombia midfielder Carlos Sanchez, 28. Daily Mirror Sunderland are in talks with Lazio over Belgium defender Luis Pedro Cavanda, 23, after failing to reach an agreement with Fiorentina’s Marcos Alonso, also 23, who spent last season on loan at the Stadium of Light. Daily Mail Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard, 34, says he has had the worst three months of his life, losing out on the Premier League title, exiting the World Cup early with England and retiring from international football. Daily Telegraph The Sun back page Manager Louis van Gaal has warned Manchester United supporters his side may struggle for the first three months of the season as the players adjust to his methods. Times Meanwhile Van Gaal says if United can beat neighbours Manchester City to the title next season, the triumph will be all the more special. Manchester Evening News Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, 31, says he could stay at the club for the rest of his career. Guardian New Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, 27, who is banned from all footballing activities for four months, has moved to the Pyrenees to begin his pre-season regime with a personal trainer. Daily Mail Striker Didier Drogba, 36, has backed his new Chelsea team-mate Diego Costa, 25, to make an instant impact in the Premier League after his £32m move from Atletico Madrid. Sun West Ham are the latest club to be linked with France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena. The Hammers are rivals to QPR in a £6.5m bid for the 29-year-old Marseille player. Guardian Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is hoping to sign 19-year-old midfielder Serge Gnabry and 22-year-old full-back Carl Jenkinson from Arsenal. Daily Star However, Saints face competition from West Ham, who are close to signing Jenkinson on loan after holding talks with the once-capped England international. Daily Mirror fantasy premier league The new AWOL Challenge Fantasy Premier League is now up and running - anyone who was entered last season will automatically be reentered for the new season when they log in to the game again, but for new recruits, you will need to do the following: 1. Register and log in to the official Premier League game at fantasy.premierleague.com; 2. Set up your team (name, details, pick an initial squad - this can be changed as many times as you want before the game starts); 3. Go to the AWOL website (awolonline.net) and click on ‘Fantasy Football - Click To Play’ which will automatically add your team to the AWOL Challenge; 4. Have fun playing against the growing number of budding Fergies! There are extensive rules and help on the official site and any new managers would be well advised to read through them. Every week we will print a table of the leading managers in the AWOL Challenge. Join the AWOL forum Call 089 985 7473 Soi 102, Hua Hin (200m on right after railway) premier league predictor AWOL has set up a new football prediction game for the English Premier League; to play you need to be registered and logged in to the AWOL website at www.awolonline.net. You will find a link to the game on that page as well. Both registration and the game are free - every week at least 15 minutes before the matches begin, enter your predicted score for each match and then click ‘Save’. For every exact prediction you will get 5 points, for the correct outcome, 2 points, with various other bonus points available. Each week we will prin Ё