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Cardiff City have enquired about taking Manchester United midfielder Davide Petrucci 22 on season long loan deal. The Italian is highly-rated within the corridors of power at Old Trafford, but has yet to make his debut for the first team he signed in 2008.

Hull City Manager Steve Bruce is prepared to meet the £5m valuation for 22 year Old Cardiff City Midfielder Jordan Mutch.

Barnsley goalkeeper Luke Steele has signed a two-year deal with Greek giants Panathinaikos.

Watford have confirmed the signing of Sporting Barcelona defender Juan Carlos Paredes on a five-year deal.

Leeds are in talks with Roma over a potential move for midfielder Federico Viviani.

Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Hamburg defender Michael Mancienne for an undisclosed fee.

Fulham are interested in signing Sporting Kansas City defender Matt Besler.

Millwall have signed striker Ricardo Fuller on a one-year deal.

Wigan & Wolves are interested in Lech Poznan striker Lukasz Teodorczyk.

Sheffield Wednesday are reportedly close to signing Istres midfielder Florian Tardieu.

Brighton want to re-sign Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard on loan.

Sunderland lead the chase for USA defender Matt Besler, he is available for a structured deal starting at around £2.7million.

Chelsea's Demba Ba move to Turkish Club Besiktas looks to be edging closer as he was spotted arriving in Istanbul airport.

Real Madrid have signed Costa Rica Goalkeeper Keylor Navas for £8m Levante were forced 2 sell as his contract was set 2 expire next season.

Former Fulham striker Bryan Ruiz is reportedly set for a switch to Greek side Olympiacos.

Emmanuel Riviere has passed a medical at Newcastle ahead of his proposed move to St James' Park from Monaco.

Everton in pursuit of Bosnia-Herzegovina midfielder Muhamed Besic
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Barcelona set Bojan deadline as Stoke City patiently wait

STOKE CITY should find out by tomorrow if they have the green light to sign Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic after the Catalan club gave their player a 24-hour decision deadline.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football ... ently-wait

Man United clear out

Thursday 17th July 2014

He’s been in the Manchester United job for less than 24 hours, but the Mirror are billing Louis van Gaal as ready to shift the deadwood out of Old Trafford.

Ten players are set to for Old Trafford exit door, say the tabloid, with Marouane Fellaini and Wilfried Zaha some of the bigger named stars set to leave.

Without any further information available on the backsheet of the paper, the narrative that’s being built is the van Gaal fundamentally believes the squad at Man United is all wrong.

Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera have joined United already this summer, but if the Mirror’s story is accurate then surely more signings must being coming for the Red Devils.

Interestingly, the Express run with the same story, and they list other players set for the chopping block.

Luis Nani, Ashley Young, Shinji Kagawa, Javier Hernandez, Tom Cleverley, Anderson, Bebe and Nick Powell are all mentioned as surplus to requirements.

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The biggest story in Wales today is the battle that is emerging between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur for the signature of Swansea City starlet Ben Davies .

Tottenham and Swansea have agreed a £10m fee for the youngster while former boss Brendan Rodgers appears to be ready to up his initial £8m offer and pressure will be increased after a Liverpool Echo poll revealed 61% of fans think Davies is the answer to their left back problem.

Davies played against Chivas Guadalajara last night but whether we will see him in a Swans shirt again, remains to be seen.


Iceland star Gylfi Sigurdsson could still be part of any deal for Davies, if he moves to Tottenham.

The Swans are understood to be keen on the player who had a successful spell on loan at the Liberty in 2012 but reports suggest the midfielder wants to stay at White Hart Lane to impress manager Maurico Pochettino.


Wilfried Bony has been the talk of Wales this week as Liverpool looked set to trigger his £19m release clause.

But as Brendan Rodgers aims to Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette for £16m, it seems less likely that the Ivorian will be heading to Anfield .

Wilfried Bony in training.
Swansea's other star, Michu, is set to join up with his Napoli team mates at their training camp in Verona today.

Even though his signing has not yet been confirmed by the Serie A club, sources in Italy are claiming that an initial loan deal with a fee of around 9m Euros, payable next season, has been agreed.



Gary Medel is still a Cardiff City player.

He's on his break from World Cup duty and Inter Milan are very confident of doing a deal at a price that suits them, according to several Italian papers today.

There are claims that Medel's agent will be flying to Wales in the coming days to broker the deal for around 9m Euros.




Cardiff City could land Bolton's South Korean star Chung-Yong Lee...if they make an offer.

Bolton boss Dougie Freedman has been talking to Bolton News about the winger's contract, which expires next season and the manager says: "We need to look at the business side of it, his ambition, and the club’s ambition.

“If you can marry them together, so to speak, we’ll work it out."


Finally today, we reported Cardiff City stalwart Peter Whittingham has signed a new three-year deal.

The deal for the Bluebirds' longest serving player should keep him at the club until 2017 in what is the biggest indication yet of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's faith in him.

Great news on Whitts. He will have an excellent season I reckon!



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TRANSFER NEWS: Liverpool eye Bakkali, Chelsea's DOUBLE swoop, Arsenal's Balotelli twist

LIVERPOOL are weighing-up a move for Belgian sensation Zakaria Bakkali, Chelsea are monitoring both Raphael Varane and Jose Callejon, and Mario Balotelli has fuelled rumours of a transfer after posting a picture of himself in-front of Arsenal logos.

The summer transfer market has officially opened, but clubs have been busy preparing moves behind the scenes for months. Here is a round-up of all the latest news, rumours and gossip...

Liverpool have enquired about the availability of PSV Eindhoven's promising youngster Zakaria Bakkali.

Bakkali is part of Belgium's newly dubbed 'golden generation' - and could emulate adopted Premier League stars Eden Hazard, Kevin Mirallas and Marouane Fellaini.

Chelsea have been dealt a boost in their pursuit of Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane.

The 21-year-old is reported to be unhappy with his current £25,000 per-week deal.

Chelsea are also after Jose Mourinho's former striker Jose Callejon.

However, the West London side could be beaten to his signature if Diego Simeone's Atletico Madird swoop first.

Manchester City are set to launch an audacious bid for Colombia star Radamel Falcao.

The 28-year-old's contract talks with Real Madrid are believed to have broken down.

Crystal Palace have agreed fees for both Cardiff striker Frazier Campbell and Tottenham's Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson.

The pair would constitute Tony Pulis' first summer signings.

Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has fuelled speculation of a move away from Italy.

The Liverpool and Arsenal target has posted a picture on Instagram of himself and girlfriend Fanny Neguesha posing in-front of doors with two Arsenal logos on them.

Newcastle have completed the deal for highly rated Dutch international Daryl Janmaat.

The right-back has impressed during the World Cup and has signed a 6-year-deal with the club.

Best of the rest...

Arsenal have captured Newcastle right-back Mathieu Debuchy for a fee in the region of £12m.

The deal had to be postponed until Alan Pardew's side could sign a replacement.

QPR have completed the free transfer of former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand.

The 35-year-old penned a one-year deal, thought to be worth a staggering £3.5m a-year.

Harry Redknapp confirmed live on-air that a fee has been agreed for the sale of Cardiff captain Steven Caulker.

In an interview with Sky Sports News, the 67-year-old let slip that QPR representatives have thrashed out a deal for Caulker.