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With the on loan Spurs defender’s loan deal expiring as of the weekend just gone, Danny Rose is reportedly being lined up for Liverpool as Brendan Rodgers looks to build on his team’s solid season and look for the final ingredients to get back into the top 4.

With recent stories speculating that Sir Alex, who is set to retire at the end of the season, contacted Carlo Ancelotti to succeed him but declined and asked David Moyes instead, I wondered about Ancelotti’s intentions.

How can a player move from his beloved club to a local rival, and what are the repercussions and politics surrounding the entire spectacle? In this case, I use the example of if Falcao moved from Atletico to Real Madrid and what uproar it may potentially cause.

In recent times it seems more and more players are becoming able to play further up the pitch, out wide or in the heart of defence, i thought I‘d run through just a few names of the players who have pulled it off to different degrees of success.

Ivan Strinic is being tracked by numerous clubs around Europe according to his agent, but the Croatian has been had bids for him from Stoke and Sunderland.

After a rough, rough couple of months at the Baggies, West Brom manager Steve Clarke has speculated that his future will be confirmed in the summer and when asked if the Nigerian forward will be a West Brom player next season, replied with “I don’t think so.”

With his career at Liverpool being thrown up in the air this season, Martin Skrtel lost his place in the side to Jamie Carragher, but, Brendan Rodgers has reinstated that he still apart of the long-term future of Anfield.

With a turbulent season to say the least for the Magpies, Alan Pardew has resigned to the fact he needs more options up front if they wish to replicate some of the form which saw Newcastle qualify for the Europa League last season.