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Thursday, August 4, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has vowed the club will be discreet in their continued pursuit of Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa suffered a pre-season fall against Derby County after Steve Davies scored from the penalty, while Ben Davies completed the score.

Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers have confirmed that Scotland international striker David Goodwillie has joined the club from Dundee United on a 4-year deal.

Bolton
Bolton Wanderers captain Kevin Davies believes his side are well prepared for the new season ahead of their final two pre-season friendlies.

Chelsea
Boss Andre Villas-Boas has been praised by John Terry, who prefers the Chelsea manager's modern methods to those of some 'old school' rivals.

Everton
Everton's Tony Hibbert and Sylvain Distin heaped praise on a number of youngsters after impressive performances during pre-season friendlies.

Fulham
Fulham manager Martin Jol has revealed an injury scare to Bobby Zamora was behind his failed attempt to sign Cameron Jerome from Birmingham.

Liverpool
Steven Gerrard is recovering faster than predicted from an infection but Kenny Dalglish is still expecting his captain to return next month.

Manchester City
Eric Cantona believes Manchester City should focus more on producing talent rather than buying stars if they want to emulate United's success.

Manchester United
Inter Milan remain adamant that Wesley Sneijder will not be sold to Premier League champions Manchester United but admit anything can happen.

Newcastle United
Midfielder Joey Barton has hinted he may be prepared to remain at Newcastle and see out his contract, despite not being wanted by the club.

Norwich City
Norwich drew against Real Zaragoza in a pre-season friendly after Laet scored the opener before Braulio level the score for the Spanish side.

Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock is hoping to bring in a further three signings ahead of the start of the Premier League next week.

Stoke City
Tony Pulis has urged his players to show no inhibitions as Stoke City prepare to defend a one-goal lead over Hajduk Split in the Europa League.

Sunderland
St Etienne completed the signing of Sunderland midfielder Steed Malbranque, who has put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal with the French side.

Swansea City
Angel Rangel and Stephen Dobbie scored in the second half to give Swansea a morale-boosting 2-0 win over a strong Celtic side in a friendly.

Tottenham
Tottenham are understood to have submitted a cash-plus-players offer to Blackburn for defender Chris Samba, who would be prepared to move on.

West Brom
New West Brom keeper Ben Foster will only consider ending his current England exile if an injury to Joe Hart prompts a call from Fabio Capello.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has dismissed rumours that contract talks have broken down with James McCarthy, but it will take time to resolve.

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing's proposed move to Peterborough United has collapsed after the youngster failed to agree terms.

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Bilbao midfielder Markel Susaeta has said that coach Marcelo Bielsa has a different style - asking them to press up and touch the ball more.

Atletico Madrid
Coach Manzano is not concerned with the artificial grass at Stromgodset and told Atletico there is no excuse not to qualify to the next round.

Betis
Achilles Emana has accused Betis of being desperate to sell and insisted that he never wanted to leave because he is comfortable at the club.

Espanyol
Espanyol boss Mauricio Pochettino said it is important for the club to bring in a new midfielder, but if not, he will look at the reserve team.

Getafe
Getafe full-back Miguel Torres has revealed his desire to play for a Premier League outfit, as English football would suit his playing style.

Granada
Granada's on loan striker Alex Geijo is likely to miss the start of the new season as he is still experiencing discomfort in his left shoulder.

Levante
New Levante signing Asier Del Horno admitted that he suffered greatly during the summer as he was eager to be available to the coach again.

Malaga
Malaga striker Sebastien Fernandez has said his future is at the club and he has great desire to be a part of the club's spectacular project.

Osasuna
Osasuna forward Kike Sola has extended his contract at Reyno de Navarra until June 2014 and his transfer clause is now set at EUR10 million.

Racing Santander
Racing Santander are reportedly hoping to seal the transfer of striker Joseph Akpala of Brugge and Cristian Menendez of Lanus before Friday.

Rayo Vallecano
The transfer of Joaquin Alvarez Rayo Vallecano seems increasingly difficult, with Alcorcon refusing to lower their EUR900,000 asking price.

Real Madrid
Fernando Gago's agent believes the Real Madrid man would fit in well at Inter Milan as the Italian giants have many Argentines in their squad.

Real Mallorca
Good news for Real Mallorca after it was confirmed that Michael Pereira did not suffer serious ligament injury and will only be out for a month.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad defender Vadim Demidov is not worried about the absence of new signings as he believes the Txurin-urdin already have a good team.

Sevilla
Sevilla boss Marcelino Garcia Toral is focused on quality signings and admitted that he is hoping to bring in Giovani dos Santos from Tottenham.

Valencia
Valencia said the issue of Juan Mata is now closed and that he is staying at the club unless Arsenal make a new offer before the end of August.

Villarreal
Joan Oriol is 'delighted and excited' to continue his services at Villarreal and stressed that he wanted to fulfil his contract at the club.

Serie A

AC Milan
Veteran defender Alessandro Nesta sees Thiago Silva as his Milan heir, but warns that he intend to keep on playing for as long as possible.

Atalanta
It was reported that Novara have asked for Ivan Radovanovic but was turned down by Atalanta, who do not want to strengthen their direct rival.

Bologna
Sergio Almiron's agent has revealed that the midfielder is willing to move to Bologna and Catania but the final decision will rest on Juventus.

Cagliari
Davide Astori seems set to play another season for Cagliari and the defender confessed that at one time, he thought that he would be leaving.

Catania
Sergio Almiron's agent has revealed that the midfielder is willing to move to Bologna and Catania but the final decision will rest on Juventus.

Cesena
Cesena reportedly have met with Penarol about the possible transfer of Guillermo Rodriguez, with the Uruguayan side asking for EUR3 million.

Chievo
Chievo sports director Sartori has stressed that goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino can only leave the club once he has find a suitable replacement.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina have told Juventus that they will only accept a cash offer for Juan Manuel Vargas - Viola reportedly value him at EUR18 million.

Genoa
Veteran goalkeeper Sebastien Frey said he would be proud to end his career at Genoa and blasted former club Fiorentina for cutting him loose.

Inter Milan
Inter Milan full-back Yuto Nagatomo has been told he does not require surgery for a dislocated shoulder and could return to Italy next week.

Juventus
Juventus will have to again tussle with Bayern Munich should they want to bring in Chelsea stopper Alex, who is available for EUR9 million.

Lazio
It was reported that Nacional has asked EUR6 million for the transfer of Sebastian Coates, a figure well within Lazio's financial capabilities.

Lecce
Lecce have completed the signing of Colombian international right back Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, who arrives on loan from Serie A side Udinese.

Napoli
Head coach Walter Mazzarri prepares for Napoli's home debut against Penarol and insists his squad is complete in terms of size and quality.

Novara
It was reported that Novara have asked for Ivan Radovanovic but was turned down by Atalanta, who do not want to strengthen their direct rival.

Palermo
Palermo vice president Guglielmo Micciche insisted that his team have no other choice but to win at Thun, even though a draw could be enough.

Parma
Antonio Floro Flores' agent welcomes the interest of Parma but insisted the Gialloblu have not submitted any concrete offer for the striker.

Roma
Marseille are ready to sell Lucho Gonzalez to Roma, but the Argentine midfielder may not agree to take a EUR1 million wage cut at the Olimpico.

Siena
Siena have announced that Pedro Kamata has terminated his contract at the club and the winger is reportedly heading to Serie B side Vicenza.

Udinese
Gianpaolo Pozzo insists Udinese are still a side to be respected despite the summer sales of Cristian Zapata, Gokhan Inler and Alexis Sanchez.