Gossip column: Messi, Origi, Evra, Lucas, Davids

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WORLD CUP GOSSIP

The Rio de Janeiro-based Lance newspaper described Brazil's 7-1 defeat by Germany as the "biggest shame in history". Lance

How the Daily Star saw Germany's rout of Brazil

Some in the Brazilian media have blamed Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger for the host nation's humiliating defeat. The rock star backed Brazil - and every time he has announced his support for a team, that team went on to lose. Daily Mirror

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella had to persuade Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, 27, not to quit international football three years ago. Daily Telegraph

World Cup winner Ricky Villa - a member of Argentina's triumphant 1978 squad - has backed Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero to fire his country past the Netherlands and into the World Cup final. Talksport

English referee Howard Webb has defended his performance in the 2010 World Cup final by saying he was unsighted when he failed to send off Netherlands midfielder Nigel de Jong for a kung-fu kick on Spain's Xabi Alonso. Sun (subscription required)

Not one England player has performed well enough to make the the 2014 World Cup dream team, according to a tournament sponsor. Daily Telegraph

Argentina defender Martin Demichelis says the Netherlands' Arjen Robben is "not a fighter" and has vowed to get under the Dutch forward's skin in tonight's semi-final. Guardian

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal will complete the signing of Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, 25, from Barcelona on Wednesday, manager Arsene Wenger has revealed. Talksport

Tottenham have made a fresh bid to hijack Liverpool's move for Belgium midfielder Divock Origi, 19. Daily Mirror

Juventus are pressing ahead with a £2m bid for Manchester United and France left-back Patrice Evra, 33. Daily Mail

Evra's move to the Turin club will see Chilean defensive midfielder Arturo Vidal, 27, heading in the opposite direction for a fee of £32m. Daily Express

Manchester City will not sell Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, 31, despite claims that he wants to leave. Daily Mirror

Lucas Leiva missed out on Brazil's World Cup squad despite recovering from a mid-season knee injury

Liverpool will sell Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva, 27, to fund their bid for Southampton's Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren, 25. Daily Express

West Brom are interested in 23-year-old Australia left-back Jason Davidson, who is a free agent after leaving Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. Birmingham Mail

Former Arsenal striker Eduardo, 31, has said his goodbyes to Shakhtar Donetsk amid reports he is set to join Brazilian club Flamengo. Sky Sports

Italian giants Roma and Napoli and Belgian champions Anderlecht have made offers for 21-year-old United States right-back DeAndre Yedlin, who played in Major League Soccer for Seattle Sounders last season. Sky Sports

GLOBAL GOSSIP (sourced from BBC Monitoring)

Paris St-Germain are ready to make a £60m bid for Juventus's 21-year-old France midfielder Paul Pogba.Le Figaro

Juventus are on the verge of signing 21-year-old striker Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid. Marca

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, 36, is waiting for an offer from Juventus after the Ivory Coast international ended his contract with Turkish side Galatasaray. Tuttosport

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj, 19, has received death threats over his decision to play for Belgium instead of Albania or Kosovo, according to reports in Serbia.Daily Mail

Liverpool will have all of their England World Cup contingent - including captain Steven Gerrard, striker Daniel Sturridge and winger Raheem Sterling - on show for their tour of the United States later this month.Liverpool Echo

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Germany's thrashing of Brazil was the most discussed single sports game ever on Twitter with 35.6 million tweets.

There were more than 200 million Facebook interactions by 66 million people as well

Former newspaper editor and talk show host Piers Morgan gave £5,000 to two charities after an exchange on Twitter with QPR midfielder Joey Barton, because Morgan had predicted that Brazil would beat Germany.

Germany defender Per Mertesacker said: "DIE MANNSCHAFT! I really enjoy this moment... now let's go all in for the final."

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand said: "I hope the Brazilians don't look for a scapegoat here... it's a team effort and they weren't good enough as a group."

The Scottish FA said: "Just a quick reminder that our first #EURO2016 qualifier is vs #GER in Dortmund in September. Good. #naeborra."

Romelu Lukaku cannot believe the scoreline in Belo Horizonte

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has shown his shock at the ease of Germany's World Cup semi-final win over Brazil with a cheeky photo on Twitter and the message: "Oooh myyyy goood."

Germany and Chelsea striker Andre Schurrle tweeted a selfie of him with several of his team-mates out on the pitch following full-time in Belo Horizonte.

"Come oooon Germany!! One last step!!! Rio we come!!!"

Costa Rica goalkeeper Kaylor Navas and midfielder Bryan Ruiz took a ride in the cockpit as they flew home from their World Cup adventure.

Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano tweeted a photo of a few mates on the team coach as they head to Sao Paulo for their World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands.

Brazil striker Neymar has tweeted his thanks for the messages of support he has received since suffering a serious back injury towards the end of his country's quarter-final victory over Colombia.

And with Brazil trailing 5-0 at half-time, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen - on the wrong end of an Ashes whitewash in Australia last winter - tweeted: "I've seen 5-0 a few times before... it's not the end of the world, Brazil!"

AND FINALLY

Edgar Davids resigned as Barnet player-manager in January

Former Wales international striker Craig Bellamy has turned down the chance to appear on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing because he wants to be taken seriously in his bid to become a manager.Daily Mirror

A football fan decided it would be hilarious to get a Luis Suarez 'bite mark' tattooed on his shoulder - only to spell the 27-year-old Uruguay striker's name wrong. ESPN FC

Injured Brazilian striker Neymar had to put up with an image mocking him on Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez's website - after it was targeted by hackers.Metro

Former Netherlands midfielder Edgar Davids, 41, has turned down a move to non-league minnows Greenwich Borough. Daily Star

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