EPL

Arsenal
Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has vowed the club will be discreet in their continued pursuit of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa suffered a pre-season fall against Derby County after Steve Davies scored from the penalty, while Ben Davies completed the score.

Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers have confirmed that Scotland international striker David Goodwillie has joined the club from Dundee United on a 4-year deal.

Bolton
Bolton Wanderers captain Kevin Davies believes his side are well prepared for the new season ahead of their final two pre-season friendlies.

Chelsea
Boss Andre Villas-Boas has been praised by John Terry, who prefers the Chelsea manager's modern methods to those of some 'old school' rivals.

Everton
Everton's Tony Hibbert and Sylvain Distin heaped praise on a number of youngsters after impressive performances during pre-season friendlies.

Fulham
Fulham manager Martin Jol has revealed an injury scare to Bobby Zamora was behind his failed attempt to sign Cameron Jerome from Birmingham.

Liverpool
Steven Gerrard is recovering faster than predicted from an infection but Kenny Dalglish is still expecting his captain to return next month.

Manchester City
Eric Cantona believes Manchester City should focus more on producing talent rather than buying stars if they want to emulate United's success.

Manchester United
Inter Milan remain adamant that Wesley Sneijder will not be sold to Premier League champions Manchester United but admit anything can happen.

Newcastle United
Midfielder Joey Barton has hinted he may be prepared to remain at Newcastle and see out his contract, despite not being wanted by the club.

Norwich City
Norwich drew against Real Zaragoza in a pre-season friendly after Laet scored the opener before Braulio level the score for the Spanish side.

Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock is hoping to bring in a further three signings ahead of the start of the Premier League next week.

Stoke City
Tony Pulis has urged his players to show no inhibitions as Stoke City prepare to defend a one-goal lead over Hajduk Split in the Europa League.

Sunderland
St Etienne completed the signing of Sunderland midfielder Steed Malbranque, who has put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal with the French side.

Swansea City
Angel Rangel and Stephen Dobbie scored in the second half to give Swansea a morale-boosting 2-0 win over a strong Celtic side in a friendly.

Tottenham
Tottenham are understood to have submitted a cash-plus-players offer to Blackburn for defender Chris Samba, who would be prepared to move on.

West Brom
New West Brom keeper Ben Foster will only consider ending his current England exile if an injury to Joe Hart prompts a call from Fabio Capello.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has dismissed rumours that contract talks have broken down with James McCarthy, but it will take time to resolve.

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing's proposed move to Peterborough United has collapsed after the youngster failed to agree terms.