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Saturday, July 30, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Arsene Wenger wants to be sure Cesc Fabregas remains committed to Arsenal but says if he is not, he will not be sold to Barca on the cheap.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa have completed the GBP9.5 million capture of Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan Athletic on a five-year contract.

Blackburn
Blackburn boss Steve Kean is confident Ryan Nelsen will be fit for the start of the season as he continues his comeback from knee surgery.

Bolton
Owen Coyle hopes to continue his summer recruitment drive by bringing in a striker after wrapping up deals for three new players this week.

Chelsea
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas accepts Manchester City will be real title contenders this season after splashing out to land Sergio Aguero.

Everton
United's final home pre-season friendly against a young Everton side ended in victory for the Yellows as James Constable scored the winner.

Fulham
Central midfielder Bjorn Helge Riise is determined to force his way into Martin Jol's first-team plans and win a new contract at Fulham.

Liverpool
After recovering from a double hernia operation, Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina is raring to make his comeback in Monday's friendly against Valerenga.

Manchester City
Roberto Mancini has revealed Manchester City are still looking to sign two more players - a midfielder and a winger - in this transfer window.

Manchester United
Manchester United are ready to reward Antonio Valencia and Javier Hernández with new long-term contracts in the opening weeks of the season.

Newcastle United
Nigerian-born striker Shola Ameobi is confident that he can form a crucial partnership with Demba Ba for Newcastle this season.

Norwich City
Paul Lambert accepts the loss of striker James Vaughan and defender Elliott Ward for the start of Norwich's Premier League campaign is a blow.

Queens Park Rangers
Blackpool striker DJ Campbell is set to discuss personal terms with QPR after the Hoops met the striker's GBP1.25 million release clause.

Stoke City
Rory Delap believes it is a credit to Stoke's coaching staff that the players were fit enough to beat Hajduk Split on Thursday evening.

Sunderland
Steve Bruce has insisted that John O'Shea is still on track to face Liverpool on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.

Swansea City
German goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel has joined Swansea on trial, while Middlesbrough's Leroy Lita has agreed personal terms with the Swans.

Tottenham
Two goals from Peter Crouch, one from Niko Kranjcar and an own goal saw our Spurs XI topple Leyton Orient 4-1 at Brisbane Road.

West Brom
West Brom have signed Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster on loan for the season with Boaz Myhill going in the opposite direction.

Wigan Athletic
Aston Villa have completed the GBP9.5 million capture of Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan Athletic on a five-year contract.

Wolverhampton
Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray is pondering a loan move for Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, who is currently training at the club.

La Liga

Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has declared the club will not sign Porto's Radamel Falcao, who he considered too expensive.

Barcelona
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has admitted that they are willing to sell Cesc Fabregas, provided that Barcelona pay a 'fair price'.

Espanyol
Espanyol hit a wall in their negotiation for the contract renewal of Javi Marquez - as both sides failed to agree on the player's salary.

Getafe
Getafe went down to Royal Antwert 3-1 in a pre-season friendly after Albertazzi scored the only goal for the Azulona.

Malaga
Malaga defeated Roda JC 2-1 in a pre-season friendly thanks to Baptista and Buonanotte, who managed to find the back of the net.

Real Madrid
Uefa has partially accepted an appeal from Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho in relation to the five-game ban he was handed in April.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca went down to Go Ahead Eagles 3-1 in a pre-season friendly game after Castro scored the only goal for the Barralets.

Sevilla
Sevilla's Romaric is set for a move to Bursaspor, after his agent revealed that both sides have agreed an undisclosed fee for his services.

Valencia
English giants Arsenal are reportedly poised to break their transfer record with a EUR20 million move for Valencia midfielder Juan Mata.

Villarreal
Giuseppe Rossi will not be on the move this summer as Villarreal no longer need to sell because of the transfer of Santi Cazorla to Malaga.

Serie A

AC Milan
Milan will be without Mathieu Flamini, Philippe Mexes, Pippo Inzaghi or the mysteriously injured Stephan El Shaarawy for the Italian Super Cup.

Cesena
Marco Parolo insists he’s just concentrating on Cesena despite transfer speculation linking him with a move to Palermo, Genoa and Fiorentina.

Genoa
Genoa have confirmed that they will soon complete their capture of Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey, who also agreed to take a pay cut.

Inter Milan
Gian Piero Gasperini faces Celtic and Manchester City this weekend, but insisted that they are not going to weaken Inter or talk transfers.

Juventus
Roma director Walter Sabatini confirms “a meeting is set for the next few days” with Juventus over Mirko Vucinic amid rumours of a EUR18m deal.

Lazio
Lazio are reportedly about to snatch Uruguayan international centre-back Sebastian Coates from Paris Saint-Germain’s grasp.

Lecce
Roma goalkeeper Julio Sergio has now officially completed his transfer to Serie A minnows Lecce.

Napoli
Napoli defeated Barletta 2-0 in a pre-season friendly thanks to goals scored by Dezi and Hamsik.

Palermo
Salvatore Sirigu is happy to have signed for Paris Saint-Germain, but blasts Maurizio Zamparini because he did not want to leave Palermo.

Parma
Parma official Pietro Leonardi has shot down rumours that Inter are lining up a move for goalkeeper Antonio Mirante, claiming it as absurd.

Roma
New Paris Saint-Germain director Leonardo is showing “great interest” in Roma striker Marco Borriello, according to his agent.

Udinese
Udinese's Antonio Floro Flores will have to wait for another two weeks before being told of where his future lies, according to his agent.