Valencia desperately need to sell stars to avoid bankruptcy

After becoming top scorer at Euro 2008, David Villa became the subject of a 40 million euro move, as Valencia struggled to pay their bills (they were suffering for failing to qualify for the Champions League and as a result of giving a huge pay off to their previous coach.

The Spanish press are now reporting that the Spanish side are “on the brink of bankruptcy”, and need to pay off a bill of over 50 million euros by the end of this month.

The club, currently third in La Liga, are hoping to get a bank loan, but their frosty relationship with the lenders means they will almost certainly be forced to shift stars including Fernando Morientes, Edu, David Villa and David Silva.

Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea have all shown interest in David Villa, but will one of them be able to snap him up at a bargain basement price in January?

It’s like Kramer vs Kramer all over again… in a way

People of north London, lock your doors, put bars on your windows, and head upstairs to hide under a dressing table - it’s all kicking off in the transfer market. And yet again, London-bound players are being ordered to chose between Spurs and Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger has been granted full access to the club purse over the summer, and this week he should be putting a ribbon on a gorgeous £11 million deal for Marseille’s Samir Nasri. But then the trouble begins