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Manchester City are set to confirm the £24m signing
of Inter Milan
striker Mario Balotelli on Thursday after he agreed a contract worth
about £65,000 a week. Full story: Daily Mail
Midfielder David Beckham has promised to give West Ham a decision soon
on whether he will end his career at Upton Park. The 35-year-old former
England captain, who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States,
was born in east London. Full story: the Sun
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson wants Aston Villa's Bulgarian midfielder
Stiliyan Petrov, 30, to replace Javier Mascherano at Anfield and is
ready to offer £7m. It was revealed earlier this week that Mascherano
wants to leave the Reds. Full story: Daily Mirror
Luke Young's £2.5m move to Liverpool is in doubt as the 31-year-old
defender wants a pay-off from Aston Villa as he would have to take a
drop in wages. Full story: Daily Mirror
Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay says manager Carlo Ancelotti will
be given money to rebuild the side and that striker Didier Drogba will
not be leaving. Full story: Daily Mirror
The Stamford Bridge outfit want to wrap up the £17m signing of Benfica
midfielder Ramires in time for their pre-season tour of Germany, which
starts on Saturday. Full story: Daily Star
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho wants to take 32-year-old Chelsea
centre-back Ricardo Carvalho to Spain. Mourinho signed the Portuguese
defender in 2004 during his spell as manager of the Blues. Full story:
IM Scouting
Meanwhile, Mourinho has ruled Real Madrid out of the running to sign
Benfica defender David Luiz, making Manchester City favourites to sign
the 23-year-old Brazilian. Full story: IM Scouting
Italian club Lazio are on the verge of signing Manchester City's
25-year-old left-back Javier Garrido for £2.5m. Full story: IM Scouting
Arsenal are close to signing Italian goalkeeper Federico Marchetti from
Cagliari. The 27-year-old, who played at the World Cup in South Africa,
is valued at around £5m. Full story: IM Scouting
Wigan are preparing a club record £7m bid for Chile's World Cup striker
Humberto Suazo. Birmingham and Sunderland are also eyeing a swoop for
the 29-year-old, who plays for Monterrey. Full story: the Sun
Blackburn are ready to sell Australian midfielder Vince Grella to
Turkish giants Galatasaray at the second attempt, with the clubs
seeking to negotiate a deal of about £2m. Full story: Daily Mirror
Mark Hughes wants to make Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy his
first signing with the £15m transfer kitty he will be handed when he is
officially named Fulham manager. Full story: Goal.com
Tottenham are looking to tempt Manchester City with a £4m bid for
Bellamy. Full story: Daily Mail
Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, who plays for Norwegian side
Aalesunds, is being lined up by Manchester United as Edwin van der
Sar's successor. Full story: Daily Mail
Manchester United are leading the chase for Ghana midfielder Anthony
Annan. Chelsea and Arsenal are also interested in the 24-year-old, who
plays for Rosenborg. Full story: the Sun
Besiktas are looking at Aston Villa striker John Carew to add firepower
to their Turkish title assault. Full story: Daily Mail
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has ruled out a permanent move for Chelsea's
Michael Mancienne, who was on loan at Molineux last season. Full story:
Daily Mail
West Ham have offered midfielder Scott Parker £20m to stay but he wants
to leave to play European football. Full story: Daily Mail
Avram Grant wants free agent Laurent Bonnart to become his latest West
Ham recruit. The defender had been at Marseille. Full story: Daily Mail
Premier League new boys Blackpool are in talks with transfer-listed
Ipswich striker Jon Stead, 27, who has rejected a move to Bristol City.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Bristol City manager Steve Coppell has made an audacious bid to lure
England goalkeeper David James, 39, to Ashton Gate. James has been
offered a 12-month contract with the Championship club. Full story:
Daily Mirror
Former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is set to be confirmed as the
new Fulham boss this week. Full story: Daily Mirror
Portsmouth face the prospect of paying out more than £500,000 in wages
at the end of the week to players no longer at the club. David James
will pick up about £140,000 - if he does not sign for anyone else
before Saturday night. Full story: Daily Express
Tottenham's teenage midfielder John Bostock believes his progress is
being damaged by foreign players in the English game. The 18-year-old,
who was on loan at Brentford last season, wants another loan move as he
has only made three substitute appearances for Spurs in two years.
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England goalkeeper Robert Green's first save in his first pre-season
appearance for West Ham in the 2-0 friendly win at MK Dons was greeted
with ironic cheers on Wednesday night. Green's fumble in the World Cup
allowed the United States to draw 1-1 with England in South Africa.
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