A Sky Bet survey has revealed that Liverpool's captain fantastic
Steven Gerrard is the most wanted player amongst Premiership
fans.
With the January transfer window opening, Sky Bet polled British
supporters and discovered that over a third were desperate to see
Stevie G don their club's colours for the New Year.
The Reds skipper, recently awarded an MBE, beat Arsenal counterpart
Thierry Henry into second place, with Barcelona's Ronaldinho the
third most in-demand player.
Completing the top five on British supporters' wish-lists were
England pair Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.
Most wanted
1. Steven Gerrard (35%)
2. Thierry Henry (30%)
3. Ronaldinho (24%)
4. Wayne Rooney (23%)
5. Frank Lampard (21%)
Sky Bet's research also revealed that the most highly-prized
manager was Martin O'Neill of Aston Villa (18%), with the Ulsterman
beating his more illustrious rivals Sir Alex Ferguson (16%), Jose
Mourinho (11%) and Arsene Wenger (10%).
However it is transfer tittle-tattle that is so tantalising at this
time of year, and Sky Bet are offering a number of special markets
regarding the final destination of a number of in-demand
stars.
Southampton teenager Gareth Bale is hotly tipped to move to the
Premiership after scoring five goals from left-back this season,
but will he end up at Manchester United (3/1), Tottenham (5/1),
Arsenal (8/1), Liverpool (10/1) or Chelsea (14/1)?
Sky Bet's poll found that 38 per cent of supporters wanted David
Beckham to return to the Premiership, but at present the Real
Madrid midfielder is favourite to join Internazionale (5/1), with
Tottenham (10/1) and Liverpool (12/1) the two hotly-tipped English
clubs to secure his signature.
A whole host of other transfer specials are on offer from Sky Bet,
so get betting as the January sales hot up.