EPL

Arsenal
Reported Arsenal target Per Mertesacker admits he would be tempted by a move away from Werder Bremen to the Premier League.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov believes Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given would be the ideal replacement for Brad Friedel.

Blackburn
Premier League trio Fulham, Blackburn and West Brom are all reported to be keeping an eye on Helsingborg striker Alexander Gerndt.

Bolton
Following on from Abdoulaye Faye and Kevin Nolan, Joey O'Brien could become the next former Bolton Wanderer to join West Ham United.

Chelsea
Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres were on the scoresheet as Chelsea opened their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 win over Wycombe.

Everton
Former Everton assistant Alan Irvine has returned to Goodison Park for a third time to take over as the club's new academy manager.

Fulham
Premier League trio Fulham, Blackburn and West Brom are all reported to be keeping an eye on Helsingborg striker Alexander Gerndt.

Liverpool
Liverpool hope to clear their deadwood this week with Paul Konchesky considering a move to Leicester and Lille keen on signing Milan Jovanovic.

Manchester City
Manchester City are understood to have rejected Corinthians' GBP35m bid for Carlos Tevez as they attempt to get top price for the striker.

Manchester United
Rio Ferdinand believes the signings of Phil Jones, Ashley Young and David de Gea will ensure plenty more years of success for Man Utd.

Newcastle United
Newcastle's move for Swansea left-back Neil Taylor is nearer to being resolved after being referred to a Premier League arbitration panel.

Norwich City
Former winger Neil Adams is delighted to lead Norwich's U16 and U18 next season and to extend his involvement with the Canaries to 17 years.

Queens Park Rangers
Jay Bothroyd has reportedly agreed to join Queens Park Rangers on a two-year contract with an option for an additional 12 months.

Stoke City
Stoke chairman Peter Coates is hopeful West Ham striker Carlton Cole will agree to join the club once he has met Tony Pulis later this week.

Sunderland
Sunderland's Keiren Westwood will try and establish himself as first-choice fuelled by the pain of his rejection by Manchester City.

Swansea City
Swansea City have reportedly entered talks with Ipswich Town about re-signing Jason Scotland, who was a big hit at Liberty Stadium between 2007-2009.

Tottenham
Tottenham midfielder Sandro may miss the start of the Premier League season after suffering a knee injury on international duty with Brazil.

West Brom
Rob Green, Liam Ridgewell and Shane Long have emerged as the "three players" Roy Hodgson wants at West Brom before the start of the season.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan defender Antonio Amaya is on the verge of completing his EUR300,000 return to Spain with newly-promoted Primera Liga side Real Betis.

Wolverhampton
Wolves will on Wednesday unveil Birmingham central Roger Johnson as their third signing of the summer in a near-GBP7 million deal.