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Saturday, May 28, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Arsenal will reportedly submit a GBP10 million bid for long-term target Chris Samba, who was pivotal in keeping Blackburn in the Premiership.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa announced they have allowed Reo-Coker, Carew, Pires, Salifou, Osbourne, Berry, Deeney, Flanagan, Forrester and Halfhuid to leave.

Birmingham
Stephen Carr is staying at Birmingham, while the club have also confirmed that talks are underway over a possible new deal for James McFadden.

Blackburn
Blackburn head coach Steve Kean is weighing up a move for Hibernian striker Derek Riordan, who is available on a free transfer this summer.

Blackpool
Blackpool have been linked with a move for Ivory Coast defender Aboulaye Meite, but his high salary remains a stumbling block for the club.

Bolton
Bolton manager Owen Coyle has offered long-serving midfielder Ricardo Gardner a new deal at the Reebok Stadium and is waiting for his response.

Chelsea
Wales defender Gareth Bale has pleaded with Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp to stay at White Hart Lane amid reported interest from Chelsea.

Everton
Everton are reportedly upping their interest in veteran striker Miroslav Klose after negotiations on his new deal at Bayern Munich stalled.

Fulham
Fulham midfielder Zoltan Gera has been linked to a return to West Bromwich Albion, where he made over 150 appearences between 2004 and 2008.

Liverpool
Kenny Dalglish has insisted that not being in Europe will not affect Liverpool's ability to lure quality players to the club in the summer.

Manchester City
Man City captain Carloz Tevez has reportedly rejected a deal which includes a GBP20 million-per-year salary from Juventus to stay at Eastlands.

Manchester United
Coach Sir Alex Ferguson insists any mistakes Manchester Utd made before the 2009 Champions League final have been rectified this time around.

Newcastle
Newcastle Utd are back on the trail of Cameroon international midfielder Achille Emana after failing in their first attemp to land him in 2008.

Stoke City
Stoke coach Tony Pulis has confirmed that former captain Abdoulaye Faye has left Britannia Stadium following the expiration of his contract.

Sunderland
Ghanaian hitman Asamoah Gyan has labelled his performances for Sunderland this season 'quite impressive' although he was hoping for more goals.

Tottenham
Wales defender Gareth Bale has pleaded with Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp to stay at White Hart Lane amid reported interest from Chelsea.

West Brom
Fulham midfielder Zoltan Gera has been linked to a return to West Bromwich Albion, where he made over 150 appearences between 2004 and 2008.

Wigan
Wigan Athletic midfielder Charles N’Zogbia has revealed that he may leave his club but remains adamant he wants to stay in the Premier League.

Wolverhampton
Wolves head coach Mick McCarthy has paid tribute to midfielder David Jones after confirming that he would be leaving the club as a free agent.

La Liga

Almeria
Almeria are reportedly considering Cartagena boss Juan Ignacio Martinez as possible candidate to lead the club in their return to Segunda Liga.

Atletico Madrid
Diego Forlan has described reports of his exit from Atletico as speculation, reminding everyone he still has a two-year deal with the club.

Barcelona
Carles Puyol hopes Pep Guardiola will stay on as Barca coach regardless of the result against Manchester United in the Champions League final.

Deportivo
Jose Luis Oltra is the new head coach of Deportivo and his contract will be automatically renewed if they win promotion to the Primera Liga.

Espanyol
Defender David Garcia admitted he was sad not to be able to end his career at Espanyol after 18 years contributing to the Periquitos' cause.

Hercules
David Trezeguet's agent claimed there is interest from Lazio for the Hercules striker, who would prefer to return to the Serie A next season.

Levante
Levante sports director insisted the club already have a Plan B in place should they lose coach Luis Garcia Plaza to another club this summer.

Osasuna
Osasuna defeated Polish side Elana Torun 2-1 in a friendly encounter after Serbian striker Dejan Lekic scored both goals for the Navarrans.

Real Madrid
Young Benfica left back Fabio Coentrao has made it clear that he will only leave the Portuguese side to wear the white jersey of Real Madrid.

Real Mallorca
Defender Ayoze Diaz has criticised Mallorca for kicking him out of the club without giving him the opportunity to say his goodbye to the fans.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad have reportedly identified France under-21 head coach Erick Mombaerts as a potential target for their vacant managerial position.

Sevilla
Sevilla midfielder Didier Zokora has announced his intention to leave the Spanish side, as he fears he will get less playing time next season.

Sporting Gijon
Rafael Sastre has put an end to a decade of football in Gijon and the right back admitted that he has been dreading the day for the last month.

Valencia
Valencia coach Unai Emery has reportedly told Chori Dominguez to seek a new club as he will not be included in the club's plan for next season.

Villarreal
Villarreal have been keeping an eye on Colombian centre-back Cristian Zapata, who have had an outstanding campaign with Udinese this season.

Serie A

AC Milan
AC Milan goalkeeper Marco Amelia has declared that he would be willing to sacrifice the Champions League for the opportunity to return to Roma.

Bari
Bari coach Bortolo Mutti is ready to leave the club which is heading to the Serie B, but conceded that no concrete offer has arrived so far.

Bologna
Bologna market consultant Salvatore Bagni is confident that striker Marco Di Vaio will still be playing for the club in Serie A next season.

Brescia
Brescia defender Pietro Accardi has admitted that he would like to return to his parent club Sampdoria, and try to win promotion to Serie A.

Cagliari
Midfielder Radja Nainggolan has reiterated his desire to remain with Cagliari, who have given him the opportunity to prove himself in Serie A.

Catania
Gubbio sports director Stefano Giammarioli said the club would not block coach Vincenzo Torrente if Serie A side Catania want him this summer.

Cesena
Cesena director Lorenzo Minotti confirms negotiations for Fiorentina ace Adrian Mutu have resumed, but note that the problem remains his wages.

Chievo
Chievo announced that the club have renewed the contract of Gennaro Sardo for another year to keep the defender at the Bentegodi until 2013.

Fiorentina
Cesena director Lorenzo Minotti confirms negotiations for Fiorentina ace Adrian Mutu have resumed, but note that the problem remains his wages.

Genoa
Borussia Dortmund are watching Antonio Floro Flores' situation as Genoa have until June 25 to buy the other half of his rights from Udinese.

Inter Milan
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has claimed that the Nerazzurri would not go after Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo this summer.

Juventus
Juventus have been linked with their long-time target Gabriel Heinze after the veteran defender announced he was leaving Olympique Marseille.

Lazio
David Trezeguet's agent claimed there is interest from Lazio for the Hercules striker, who would prefer to return to the Serie A next season.

Lecce
Former Palermo and Catania manager Walter Zenga is the latest candidate for the Lecce job, following the resignation of Coach Gigi De Canio.

Napoli
Groningen director Hans Nijland has announced that Tim Matavz has decided to stay at the club after failing to reach an agreement with Napoli.

Palermo
It was reported that Fiorentina midfielder Marco Donadel is set to meet with Palermo about a possible move to the Renzo Barbera this summer.

Parma
Parma have set their sights on Lecce midfielder Djamel Mesbah and the Ducali will reportedly open talks with the Selentini in the coming days.

Roma
AS Roma midfielder David Pizarro concedes that the Giallorossi's season was below their expectations and would rate it only four out of 10.

Sampdoria
New Sampdoria sporting director Pasquale Sensibile said the relegated side should announce the name of their new Coach in the next seven days.

Udinese
Villarreal have been keeping an eye on Colombian centre-back Cristian Zapata, who have had an outstanding campaign with Udinese this season.