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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz believes the arrival of Marcelo Bielsa as coach will see his side playing a different brand of football.

Atletico Madrid
Augusto César Lendoiro is confident that Atletico Madrid will secure the transfer of striker Adrian Lopez from Deportivo La Coruna.

Barcelona
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi sets another personal record after playing his 65th game in a season - more than he has ever played in one year.

Espanyol
Ramon Condal has been chosen as the new president of Espanyol on Tuesday replacing Daniel Sanchez Llibre, who remains as majority shareholder.

Levante
Levante and Pedro Lopez are confident that the right back will complete his transfer from Valladolid following set back in their negotiations.

Malaga
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini sent Duda and Van Nistelrooy back to the hotel after both arrived four minutes late to training.

Osasuna
Osasuna's Javad Nekounam has been called up to join Iran squad for the upcoming friendly against Madagascar and World Cup qualifiers against the Maldives.

Racing Santander
It has been confirmed that Racing Santander are interested in acquiring the services of Club Atletico Lanus striker Cristian Menendez.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid defenders Sergio Ramos, and Pepe have extended their contract after Jose Mourinho reportedly insisted on the players getting new deals.

Real Zaragoza
Many were surprised after midfielder Ryan Smith, who last season played for Kansas City Wizards, arrived at Real Zaragoza for a medical.

Sevilla
Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido is confident of further success as the club have retained their core players from last season.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon winger Ayoze Garcia does not want to be compared to former player, Diego Castro and will do his best to give joy to the fans.

Valencia
Valencia are reportedly considering a move for Real Madrid youngster Sergio Canales, who is keen to secure regular first-team action.

Villarreal
After almost 200 games for Udinese, central defender Cristian Zapata has left the club for Spanish outfit Villarreal for an undisclosed fee.

Serie A

AC Milan
Defender Philippe Mexes is overjoyed at making the move to Milan and hopes to recover from his knee surgery as soon as possible.

Bologna
Gaston Ramirez's agent believes the sale of Britos means that Bologna intend to keep his client at the club for the new season.

Cagliari
Cagliari are in talks to sign Paulo Vitor de Souza Barreto from Udinese, the Sardinian club President Massimo Cellino has confirmed.

Catania
Catania president Antonino Pulvirenti wants his team to better last season records and set a new target of 50 points in the upcoming campaign.

Chievo
Chievo Verona announced that they have agreed to loan young defender Alessandro Bassoli to Serie B side Modena for the new season.

Fiorentina
Artur Boruc says he is unclear whether he will stay or leave Fiorentina and will soon speak to sporting director Pantaleo Corvino.

Genoa
Genoa have reportedly signed a three-year contract with Dutchman Evander Sno, who was a free agent after his contract with Ajax expired.

Inter Milan
New Inter Milan signing Ricky Alvarez says he turned down Arsenal to join the best club in the world and is truly happy to be there.

Juventus
Juventus have shifted their transfer focus onto Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi after talks for Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero broke down.

Lazio
Djibril Cissè is officially a Lazio player after passing his medical and penning a four-year contract, said to be worth EUR2.1m per season.

Napoli
Napoli have officially signed former Fiorentina midfielder Mario Alberto Santana and goalkeeper Roberto Colombo from Triestina.

Palermo
Genoa director Stefano Capozucca has admitted an interest in Salvatore Sirigu, but insist Palermo refused their approach for the ‘keeper.

Roma
Standard Liege rising star Axel Witsel has caught the attention of Roma chief Walter Sabatini, who is working hard in the foreign markets.

Udinese
Udinese director Fabrizio Larini has shot down yet another report that they had finally accepted an offer from Barcelona for Alexis Sanchez.