If you enjoy my blog, please consider clicking on some of the ads. I could use the income =D

Saturday, July 9, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he will fight to keep captain Cesc Fabregas and contract rebel Samir Nasri at the club this summer.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa are interested in signing Tottenham full-back Alan Hutton, who looks set to be allowed to leave White Hart Lane this summer.

Blackburn
It was reported that Portuguese giants Benfica have overtaken Blackburn Rovers as favourite to land Belgian midfield star Axel Witsel.

Bolton
Motherwell manager Stuart McCall has denied reports that Bolton and QPR have made GBO700,000 bids for striker Jamie Murphy.

Chelsea
Chelsea have confirmed midfielder Michael Essien has suffered a knee injury during pre-season training with the Blues this week.

Everton
Everton are understood to have made a bid for Preston goalkeeper and Leeds target Andy Lonergan, who trained with the Merseysiders last season.

Fulham
Fulham have reportedly agreed a fee of GBP250,000 for Liverpool youngster Thomas Ince, the son of former England international, Paul.

Liverpool
Liverpool's highly-rated young defender John Flanagan has signed a new long-term contract at Anfield ahead of the new campaign.

Manchester City
City of Manchester Stadium will be renamed the Etihad Stadium, while Jo and Felipe Caicedo both look set to seal moves to Russia.

Manchester United
Manchester United are ready to open contract talks with Javier Hernández after earmarking the Mexican forward as next in line for a new deal.

Newcastle United
Reported Newcastle target Marco Pappa seeking move away from USA to Europe when his Major League Soccer contract expires.

Norwich City
Norwich coach Paul Lambert has admitted that he is still looking for defensive reinforcements with Herita Ilunga reportedly to be a target.

Queens Park Rangers
Nigeria international Danny Shittu has signed a new one-year contract with QPR and wants to help 'QPR stay in the Premier League" this season.

Stoke City
Stoke's Danny Higginbotham hopes to be back in action by the end of September after making excellent progress from cruciate ligament surgery.

Sunderland
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has insisted he has no intention of selling record signing Asamoah Gyan unless he receives a "wonder bid".

Swansea City
Swansea have reached an agreement to sign goalkeeper Jose Moreira from Benfica for an undisclosed fee, subject to a medical.

Tottenham
Barcelona are reportedly willing to wait another season before submitting a EUR50 million bid to pry Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur.

West Brom
Roy Hodgson is confident midfielder Zoltan Gera will become West Brom's third new signing of the summer, with a new keeper also on the way.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez believes he can hang on to his star players despite the constant speculation linking them with bigger clubs.

Wolverhampton
Wolves fitness coach Tony Daley believes foreigners have had a positive impact on local players in terms of keeping shape during off-season.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao have announced Marcelo Bielsa as the club's coach for the new season after Josu Urrutia won the presidential election.

Atletico Madrid
Midfielder Koke believes the time has come for him to seal his place in Atletico's first XI and that a change of coach will not affect him.

Barcelona
Barcelona are reportedly willing to wait another season before submitting a EUR50 million bid to pry Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur.

Espanyol
Espanyol striekr Luis Garcia is willing to renew his commitment to the club and expects to stay at Cornella El Prat for many more years.

Getafe
Getafe coach Luis Garcia said their current priority is to secure a new right winger and that the club are always open for reinforcement.

Levante
Levante keeper Keylor Navas is excited about fulfilling his dream of playing the La Liga and confessed he took a wage cut to join the club.

Malaga
Julio Sergio's agent has confirmed that the Roma goalkeeper is on the verge of joining Malaga as he is no longer wanted by the Giallorossi.

Osasuna
Osasuna made their 4th summer signing after Tenerife striker Juan Francisco Martinez Modesto agreed to a two-year deal at Reyno de Navarra.

Racing Santander
Racing captain Pedro Munits announced that he has renewed his contract for one more season as he is determined to fight for the club.

Real Madrid
Jose Mourinho is delighted with Real Madrid's transfer activity following the arrival of Altintop, Callejon, Coentrao, Sahin and Varane.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca have completed their third summer signing after completing the deal for the transfer of Atletico Tigre defender Pablo Cáceres.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad captain Mikel Aranburu is not sure whether the 2011-12 season will be his last and is only focused on his training.

Real Zaragoza
Defender Maurizio Lanzaro has confirmed that he has reached an agreement with Real Zaragoza to renew his contract for two more seasons.

Sevilla
Alejandro Alfaro is trying to get Sevilla to lower his asking price with Racing, Zaragoza and Mallorca reportedly interested in his services.

Sporting Gijon
Miguel de las Cuevas dreams of playing in Europe with Sporting Gijon but admits, for now, his goal is to keep the club in Primera Division.

Valencia
Malaga are very close to completing the deal for Valencia striker Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez after agreeing to his EUR6 million fee.

Villarreal
Villarreal do not exclude the possibility of keeping Joan Capdevila at the club as they are having trouble finding quality replacement.

Serie A

AC Milan
Modena are reportedly close to completing the transfer of Milan playmaker Davide Di Gennaro, who suffered a bad injury last season.

Bologna
Bologna have confirmed Miguel Angel Britos is 99 per cent a Napoli player after coach Walter Mazzarri pushed for his signature.

Cagliari
Cagliari denied any interest in Sampdoria's Stefano Poli, but rumours persisted that the club have offered EUR4.5 million for his transfer.

Catania
Catania general director Pietro Lo Monaco has slapped an EUR8 million price tag on defender Matias Silvestre, who is targeted by Juventus.

Cesena
Cesena have reportedly won the race to sign veteran defender Gianluca Comotto on a Bossman after his contract at Fiorentina expired.

Chievo
Chievo Verona sports direcotr Giovanni Sartori is coy about a move for Philippe Coutinho but admits that he likes the Inter Milan player.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina announced that they have loaned Andrade Siqueira Jefferson to the US Latin American Football and Savio Nsereko to SS Juve Stabia.

Genoa
Serie A newcomers Novara have officially signed striker Riccardo Meggiorini on loan from Genoa with an option to buy at the end of the season.

Inter Milan
Inter Milan are moving closer to sealing the deal for Ajax right back Gregory van der Wiel after reportedly submitting a EUR9 million bid.

Juventus
New Juventus defender Reto Ziegler has revealed that he had other offers on the table but he just could not turn down the Bianconeri.

Lazio
It was reported Lazio have completed the EUR1 million signing of Sampdoria defender Marius Stankevicius, who agreed to a three-year deal.

Lecce
Daniele Cacia's agent has confirmed talks between Lecce and Sampdoria, and that the striker's position will become clearer next week.

Napoli
Defender Emilson Sanchez Cribari has returned to Brazil and signed for Cruzeiro for free after Napoli decided not to renew his contract.

Palermo
Palermo president Zamparini is ready to sell keeper Salvatore Sirigu if he is unwilling to drop his EUR1 million per season salary demand.

Parma
Matias Aguirregaray's agent has revealed that Parma are currently leading Lazio in the race to secure the right back's transfer from Penarol.

Roma
River Plate have released a statement confirming their President is “in Italy to negotiate the EUR12 million sale of Erik Lamela to Roma.”

Udinese
Serie A newcomers Novara have officially signed winger Andrea Mazzarani on loan from Udinese with an option to buy at the end of the season.