The pick of today's Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 7 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Completed transfer news for 06 July, 2011: Liverpool sign Charlie Adam, Savic heads to Manchester City, Arsenal poised to unveil Gervinho.
In the wake of Carlos Tevez's transfer request, reports in today's papers suggest Manchester City are keen on signing Atletico Madrid's £41m-rated striker Sergio Aguero. City officials are also in talks with Napoli over the potential transfer of Ezequiel Lavezzi, according to the Independent. Roberto Mancini has also been linked with a move for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, according to reports in today's Daily Star.
Juventus are set to add Sergio Aguero, Giuseppe Rossi and Arturo Vidal to their squad this summer
Porto striker Falcao has revealed he is ready to make a "dream move" to the Premier League, paving the way for a reunion with former-manager Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea. Chelsea are preparing a sensational late bid to scupper Manchester City's £19m move for Samir Nasri. Sources close to Chelsea have revealed that the Stamford Bridge side are making "discreet enquiries" regarding the availability of Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez.
The pick of today's Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 6 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Manchester United are interested in Palermo midfielder Javier Palermo and are still pursuing Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder, according to reports. But Dimitar Berbatov's days at Old Trafford appear to be numbered.
Real Madrid transfer rumours: Fabio Coentrao and Carlos Tevez set for the Bernabeu whilst Ashley Cole admits he is happy at Chelsea
Calendario Copa America 2-24 July, 2011. Argentina and Brazil remain the bookmakers' favourites to lift this summer's Copa America despite both nations being held in their opening matches with Bolivia and Venezuela respectively. Each of the 12 teams have now played, with only Chile and Colombia posting victories - the first time in the tournament's 43 edition history that both Argentina and Brzil have failed to win their opening games.
Inter Milan transfer rumours: Inter ready to close deals for Ricky Alvarez, Eden Hazard and Ever Banega
Calendario Copa America 2-24 July, 2011. The 2011 Copa America tournament began in Buenos Aires on Saturday, with hosts Argentina held to a disappointing draw with Bolivia. The 43rd tournament runs until 24 July, with the highest placed team (other than Brazil, who qualify as hosts) earning the right to compete for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The pick of today's Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 5 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Barcelona expect to complete the signings of Cesc Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez whilst Liverpool's Luis Suarez hints at a possible exit from Anfield.
Inter Milan defender Maicon has hinted he could move to Real Madrid, revealing that he will address transfer speculation after the Copa America tournament. Real Madrid transfer target Neymar has confirmed he will remain with Santos next season, ending months of speculation linking him with a move to Europe.
Chelsea transfer target Neymar has confirmed he will remain with Santos next season, ending months of speculation linking him with a move to Europe.
Manchester United are still keen on signing Udinese winger Alexis Sanchez after reports in today's press suggested the Chile international's proposed move to Barcelona has stalled.
It is very easy to be cynical when talking about football transfer rumours. As this summer's interminable transfer season rumbles on, transfer gossip continues to occupy a disproportionate share of the nation's sports pages. So we try to remain earnest, prefering to focus on the wafer-thin positives, the slivers of good news. The actual, 100 per cent bona-fide transfer stories that involve actual players moving between actual clubs. But in a summer starved of the usual abundance of big-nam...
Latest news and reviews from the Copa Ameria 2011 as Brazil and Paraguay make slow starts to this years competition.
Manchester City linked with everyone | United chase Huntelaar | Chelsea target Coentrao
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 4 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
Manchester United remain quietly confident they can tempt Samir Nasri to Old Trafford -- despite recent reports linking the player to Manchester City -- and believe a £20m bid for the France midfielder will be enough to secure his signature.
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has confirmed the club have received a €50 million bid for highly-rated midfielder Javier Pastore. Barcelona, Manchester City and Juventus are all reportedly keen on the 22-year-old Argentine but Zamparini revealed Chelsea were favourites to land Pastore.
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 1 July 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.
A place in the men's singles final awaits Andy Murray if he can overcome defending champion Rafael Nadal on Centre Court this afternoon. Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga open proceedings in the first semi-final, which begins at 1300 BST.
IB Times UK takes a look at life in the sporting world beyond the latest football rumours, news and gossip with the pick of today's sports columns.
Barcelona ready to step up bids for Alexis Sanchez, Cesc Fabregas but Thiago Alcantaraz will stay at the Nou Camp.
An epic encounter which saw England eliminated from the World Cup on penalties.
Arsenal supporters have been left a little underwhelmed by the club's activity in the transfer market thus far. The north London outfit continue to be linked with Bolton's Gary Cahill, Blackburn's Christopher Samba and Lille's Gervinho although no official offers have been submitted yet. The Gunners' only signing to date has been the Charlton defender Carl Jenkinson and as Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas continue to be linked with moves away from the Emirates, the club are in danger...
In what has been a rather quiet transfer window so far for Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho is now set to lay his cards on the table in his bid to topple Barcelona both domestically and in Europe. After last year's failures both domestically and in Europe, Jose Mourinho has reportedly targeted Emmanuel Adebayor, Ashley Cole and Brazilian starlet Neymar as the players to lead the Real Madrid revolution.
Manchester United's summer spending spree continues unabated, as Spain U-21 goalkeeper David de Gea joins new arrivals Ashley Young and Phil Jones at Old Trafford to take the club's summer spending past £50m. Ferguson will be 70 this year and is approaching the 25th anniversary of his appointment. But the most successful manager in the game still views himself being in the job on a long-term basis and his close-season spending so far adds weight to this credence.
The pick of today's European football transfer rumours, news and gossip for 30 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.