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Friday, July 15, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal's defence is not their Achilles heel, although he recognises his team must improve on set-pieces.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa are planning to follow their bid for Wigan’s Charles N’Zogbia with a move for Manchester City’s Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Blackburn
Blackburn appear poised to complete the signing of Monaco central defender Cedric Mongongu, who is keen to play in the Premier League.

Bolton
Bolton are interested in the loan signing of striker Danny Welbeck on loan from Manchester United as a replacement for Daniel Sturridge next season.

Chelsea
Chelsea star Yuri Zhirkov says he has not opened talks with Dynamo Moscow about a move back to Russia.

Everton
Everton skipper Phil Neville insists the future is bright at Goodison after seeing several youth-team players impress in pre-season training.

Fulham
Fulham Manager Martin Jol was pleased with his side’s display following their Europa League win over Crusaders at Seaview.

Liverpool
The agent of Alberto Aquilani has dismissed reports linking the Liverpool midfielder with a move to Sunderland this summer.

Manchester City
Patrick Vieira has announced his retirement from professional football and will take up a role off the pitch with Manchester City.

Manchester United
Federico Macheda is relieved to be back with Manchester United after a nightmare spell in Italy, and believes he can make the grade.

Newcastle United
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew insists the cash to buy a top-class striker is still available as he attempts to push through a deal.

Norwich City
Norwich are reportedly ready to open talks with Zak Whitbread over a new deal at Carrow Road.

Queens Park Rangers
Premiership new boys QPR have shown an interest in Cesena target Pasquale Foggia, the Lazio player's agent has confirmed.

Stoke City
Stoke opened up their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 victory over FC Thal, thanks to goals by Jon Walters, Michaek Tonge and Andy Wilkinson.

Sunderland
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is poised to hijack Charles N'Zogbia's move to Aston Villa from Wigan and match Alex McLeish's bid.

Swansea City
Newcastle target Neil Taylor has committed his future to Swansea by signing a new four-year contract with the Premier League newcomers.

Tottenham
Harry Redknapp insists that Luka Modric will be staying at Tottenham amid reports that the Croatian has submitted a transfer request.

West Brom
West Brom's hopes of re-signing midfielder Zoltan Gera are on schedule after he underwent a successful ankle operation.

Wigan Athletic
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is poised to hijack Charles N'Zogbia's move to Aston Villa from Wigan and match Alex McLeish's bid.

Wolverhampton
Wolves newcomer Roger Johnson has set his sights on winning an England spot after completing his move from Birmingham.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao winger Markel Susaeta declared that he has fully recovered from spontaneous pneumothorax suffered last May.

Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has told his club that Sergio Aguero's decision to leave the club in the summer has to be respected.

Barcelona
Cesc Fabregas is reportedly willing to earn EUR3 million less from what he could get in Arsenal in order to complete his move to Barcelona.

Espanyol
Espanyol director of sport Ramon Planes expects goalkeeper Carlos Kameni to complete a transfer to Italian club Roma within the next two days.

Levante
Levante want to avoid any surprises in the transfer of Felipe Caicedo and have asked Lokomotiv Moscow to make full payment guarantees.

Malaga
Marseille sporting director Jose Anigo has revealed that Lucho Gonzalez wants to leave the club in order to move to Spanish side Malaga.

Osasuna
Osasuna captain Patxi Punal said his team are excited about doing things right from day one in order to make a good start in the new season.

Racing Santander
Racing Santander coach Hector Cuper has confirmed that the club are interested in Cartegena striker Torce and expects the deal to be closed ASAP.

Real Madrid
New Real Madrid signing Fabio Coentrao is determined to prove that he is worth the EUR30 million the club paid to bring him from Benfica.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca closed their mini-tour of Sweden with a 1-1 tie with Leicester City after Hemed and Callaghan scored for their respective teams.

Sevilla
European clubs Udinese, Villarreal, and Sevilla are all chasing Peru international Raul Ruidiaz, who is tied to Universitario de Deportes.

Sporting Gijon
Damian Suarez said he did not hesitate to accept the offer from Sporting Gijon because the Spanish League is a big step for a Uruguayan player.

Valencia
Valencia winger Bruno Saltor said the team's goal is to improve on last season's record, even though the two giants continue to strengthen.

Villarreal
Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi has told Juventus they will have to offer him an annual salary of EUR5 million to lure him away from La Liga.

Serie A

AC Milan
AC Milan forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has completed a loan move to French side Saint-Etienne, where he hopes to prove himself.

Bologna
Bologna have confirmed the permanent transfer of Argentine defender Jose Angel Crespo and goalkeeper Federico Agliardi from Padova.

Cagliari
Cagliari defender Gabriele Perico is satisfied after the club confirmed that he will be given more first team opportunities next season.

Catania
Catania midfielder Adrian Ricchiuti could leave the club this summer as the Argentine is being linked to Padua, Torino and Bologna.

Cesena
Cesena are interested in acquiring Matteo Rubin from Torino but his EUr4 million asking price could prove to be a major stumbling block.

Chievo
It was reported that Cesena could soon announce the purchase of midfielder Roberto Guana, who spent last season on loan at Chievo.

Fiorentina
Honorary Fiorentina President Andrea Della Valle has slammed want-away captain Riccardo Montolivo and told him to quickly pick his new club.

Genoa
Genoa President Enrico Preziosi is doubtful that they will be able to sign Evander Sno after reviewing the results of his medical.

Inter Milan
Samuel Eto’o will stay at Inter this summer unless the club receive an “indecent proposal” for his services, according to his agent.

Juventus
Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi has told Juventus they will have to offer him an annual salary of EUR5 million to lure him away from La Liga.

Lazio
Premiership new boys QPR have shown an interest in Cesena target Pasquale Foggia, the Lazio player's agent has confirmed.

Lecce
Torino announced they have formalised the purchase of veteran midfielder Giuseppe Vives, who has spent the last five season with Lecce.

Napoli
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has made it clear that Marek Hamsik is staying at the club unless he received a EUR100 million offer.

Palermo
Palermo defender Federico Balzaretti is confident that his side are more mature to face the upcoming season as they aim for the Champions League.

Parma
Parma coach Marco Palombo accepts the changes made to his team and underlines the club are still looking at the market for reinforcements.

Roma
Bayern Munich are preparing to offer Roma EUR15 million in cash plus Diego Contento for want-away striker Mirko Vucinic, according to reports.

Udinese
European clubs Udinese, Villarreal, and Sevilla are all chasing Peru international Raul Ruidiaz, who is tied to Universitario de Deportes.