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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Nicklas Bendtner has confirmed that he will leave Arsenal before the transfer window closes, but refused to confirmed Stoke as his destination.

Aston Villa
Coach Alex McLeish is confident that Darren Bent and James Collins will be ready to face Fulham after the duo withdrew from international duty.

Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers are set to offer unwanted Tottenham midfielder David Bentley the chance to return to Ewood Park in a deal worth GBP7 million.

Bolton
Boss Owen Coyle remains confident he will get the strikers he feels Bolton need to be a Premier League force before the transfer window closes.

Chelsea
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has pulled out of the England squad to face the Netherland on Wednesday after picking up a throat infection.

Everton
Everton's Marouane Fellaini says he is fit and ready to go for the new Premiership season, after coming through the Villarreal clash unscathed.

Fulham
Algerian defender Rafik Halliche admits this season is make or break for his Fulham career and his chances may depend on the Europa League.

Liverpool
Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen has heard nothing to suggest he will find himself at a new club and is ready to fight for his place.

Manchester City
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has put pen-to-paper a new five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium that commits him to the club until 2016.

Manchester United
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling expects head coach Sir Alex Ferguson to give the club's youngsters plenty of game time this season.

Newcastle United
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew still remains hopeful full-back Jose Enrique will stay at the club, despite being heavily linked with Liverpool.

Norwich City
Midfielder Andrew Surman believes Norwich have so much more to prove in the Premier League and that they have the qualities to beat the drop.

Queens Park Rangers
Coach Neil Warnock has admitted he would like to sign a two or three more players but it is unlikely that Peter Crouch will be one of them.

Stoke City
Nicklas Bendtner has confirmed that he will leave Arsenal before the transfer window closes, but refused to confirmed Stoke as his destination.

Sunderland
Striker James McClean has confirmed his intention to switch allegiance to the Republic of Ireland after claiming he is set to join Sunderland.

Swansea City
Swansea City have targeted a move for Middlesbrough skipper Matthew Bates, who has just one year left on his current deal at The Riverside.

Tottenham
Tottenham have confirmed that their Premier League season opening game against Everton is still scheduled to go ahead despite rioting in London.

West Brom
West Brom are poised to smash their transfer record to sign Reading striker Shane Long having reportedly had an offer accepted by the Royals.

Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic are ready to make an offer to French winger Nouha Dicko as head coach Roberto Martinez praises his raw talent and great pace.

Wolverhampton
Wolves striker Stefan Maierhofer could yet have a future at Molineux after an impressive performance in the friendly clash against Zaragoza.

La Liga

Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid director Jose Luis Perez admits they are doing everything they can to bring young winger Antoine Griezmann from Real Sociedad.

Betis
Real Betis will make finding a new striker as the club's priority after accepting Al-Hilal's EUR4.7 million bid for midfielder Achille Emana.

Espanyol
Espanyol defeated Gimnastic de Tarragona 2-1 in a pre-season friendly clash after Pablo Osvaldo scored the equalising and the winning goal.

Getafe
Midfielder Miguel Marcos Madera from Birmingham City has now become Getafe's eighth summer market signing and will be presented on Tuesday.

Granada
Ghanaian teenager Richard Boateng, the younger brother of Derek, has joined Granada on a season-long loan deal from Italian outfit Udinese.

Levante
It was reported that Levante have reached an agreement to terminate the contract of Miquel Robuste, who saw very little of action last season.

Malaga
Free-spending Malaga are reportedly in pole position to land the service of Lecce midfielder Djamel Mesbah, who has no experience in Spain.

Osasuna
Osasuna's inability to meet Atletico Madrid's desire of recouping some of their EUR13 million spent on Raul Garcia is holding up his transfer.

Racing Santander
Racing have confirmed that Nevir, an electronic company, has become a major sponsor, with their name and logo to appear on the club's jersey.

Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano missed an opportunity to bring in Quini after the striker decided to extend his stay with Alcorcon for another three seasons.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid have beaten rivals Barcelona to register their youngest ever transfer following the signing of a seven-year-old Leonel Angel Coira.

Real Mallorca
Jonathan De Guzman's future is still unclear after the midfielder continue to contradict himself on whether or not he is staying at Mallorca.

Real Sociedad
Atletico Madrid director Jose Luis Perez admits they are doing everything they can to bring young winger Antoine Griezmann from Real Sociedad.

Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza insist they have not received a loan bid from Ipswich for Victor Laguardia, who has played three first-team games for Zaragoza.

Sevilla
It was reported that Sevilla striker Alejandro Alfaro has signed a five-year contract with Mallorca in a move reportedly to cost EUR600,000.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting de Gijon has extended the contracts of left back Roberto Canella until June 2015 and Spanish U19 player Juan Muniz until June 2017.

Valencia
Valencia are reportedly moving for Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini, who earns GBP80,000 a week - the highest paid player at St James' Park.

Villarreal
Villarreal head coach Juan Carlos Garrido does not expect anymore players to leave, but rather arrivals as he seeks to strengthen the squad.

Serie A

AC Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has set the target of winning everything with AC Milan and retiring at the end of his current contract in three years time.

Atalanta
German Denis is reportedly close to completing a move from Udinese to Atalanta, but it is unclear if it will be a permanent or a loan move.

Bologna
Fiorentina sporting director Pantaleo Corvino will step up their interest in Gaston Ramirez after Bologna netted Alessandro Diamanti last week.

Cagliari
It was reported that Brazilian striker Thiago Ribeiro of Cruzeiro will join Cagliari this summer to fill the void left by veteran David Suazo.

Catania
Catania are reportedly to be willing to buy a 50 per cent stake in Juventus' youngster Frederik Sorensen, who is also a target for Bologna.

Cesena
Torino are reportedly in talks with Cesena about the permanent move of Giuseppe De Feudis, who impressed while on-loan at Torino last season.

Chievo
Chievo sports director Giovanni Sartori would not rule out bringing Mariano Bogliacino back from Napoli, but admits he is not a priority right now.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina sporting director Pantaleo Corvino will step up their interest in Gaston Ramirez after Bologna netted Alessandro Diamanti last week.

Genoa
Houssine Kharja's agent revealed Fiorentina and Genoa have reached an agreement and that the player would love to make the switch to the Viola.

Inter Milan
Inter have agreed to allow young midfielder Sebastian Carlsen to join Helsinghorgs on loan for six months, in order to gain more experience.

Juventus
Bad news for Juventus as they will have to make do without the services of veteran striker Luca Toni after the attacker sustained an injury.

Lazio
Al-Nasr have secured the signing of Lazio's Australian midfielder Mark Bresciano in a two-year deal, reportedly to be worth Dh20.5 million.

Lecce
Free-spending Malaga are reportedly in pole position to land the service of Lecce midfielder Djamel Mesbah, who has no experience in Spain.

Napoli
Chievo sports director Giovanni Sartori would not rule out bringing Mariano Bogliacino back from Napoli, but admits he is not a priority right now.

Novara
Novara are reportedly closing in on the signing of Jeda from Lecce, but Albanian keeper Samir Ujakani could be on his way out to join Palermo.

Palermo
Palermo director Sean Sogliano has confirmed that they are interested in signing Juventus striker Amauri for the second time in his career.

Parma
Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi thinks the planned strike is not a scandal, but says the infighting makes Italian football loses credibility.

Roma
Former Roma manager Claudio Ranieri has denied making any statement in the media accusing Giallorossi captain Francesco Totti of being lazy.

Siena
Bertolacci's agent said the future of the Roma midfielder will become clearer in the next few days as Siena and Lecce chase for his signature.

Udinese
German Denis is reportedly close to completing a move from Udinese to Atalanta, but it is unclear if it will be a permanent or a loan move.