EPL News May 26th

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Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra is trying to persuade Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery to come to Old Trafford. (The Sun)

Shouldn’t Patrice Evra have other things to concern himself with this week? Wait til next week to court Ribery when the French national team meet up again.

Manchester City and Tottenham are battling it out for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry. (Daily Star)

Barry would of been a good fit for Manchester City if they didn’t spend 25 million on similar players in Vincent Kompany and Nigel de Jong.

West Brom defender Paul Robinson says he will leave the relegated club as he wants to play in the Premier League. (Various)

At least Robinson waited until after the season was complete to make his intentions clear.

Arsenal have made an £8m bid for Fulham centre-back Brede Hangeland. (Daily Mirror)

Shocking that the papers quote a low ball offer by Arsenal if this report is meant to be believed. It would take double that amount of Fulham to consider it.

Tottenham are ready to make another bid for Bulgarian winger Martin Petrov, who is currently playing for Manchester City. (The Sun)

Petrov and cash going one way. David Bentley linking up with Mark Hughes again going the other. Now make it happen.

Wigan boss Steve Bruce has been strongly linked with the vacant manager’s position at Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Won’t be the first time Bruce has left one premiership club for another. I’m sure Bruce will at least listen depending on how much money Sunderland is offering and how much of a transfer budget he is given.

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov says following his FA Cup semi-final miss, he will not want to step up should the Champions League final go to a penalty shoot-out. (The Sun)

Don’t look for Berbatov to play then unless Manchester United find themselves behind. It’s 50/50 at best he’ll be starting and why sub in into the game if your striker isn’t confident scoring from the spot?

[rjordan1979]

Well, thanks for that about Berbs. What the hell? He doesn't wanna take one? Stop being a punk. Man up and do it. You're a striker, for f*ck sakes.