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Manchester United defender Michael Keane will meet with OGS on Friday regarding a possible season long loan deal at Cardiff City.
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Inter Milan remain locked in talks regarding a deal for Cardiff midfielder Gary Medel, with no agreement reached as yet.

Chelsea's Nathan Ake a transfer target for Championship promotion chasers Derby.

Manchester United have had a bid accepted of £20million for Mats Hummels.

West Ham have signed right-back Carl Jenkinson from Arsenal on season-long loan.

Massimo Cellino is flying in for talks with bad boy striker Nile Ranger over a move to Leeds.

Former Swansea and Brighton midfielder Andrea Orlandi in talks with Blackpool over a possible move.

Barnsley have signed Watford defender Reece Brown for an undisclosed fee.

Ipswich have signed midfielder Kevin Bru on a one-year deal.

Middlesbrough are lining up move for Aston Villa defender Matt Lowton.

Norwich striker Ricky Van Wolfswinkel is in talks with St Etienne over a season-long loan move.

Blackpool are set to confirm the signing of striker Ishmael Miller.

Not saying he'll be a bad signing, but he's hardly a 'star'.

I've seen Nathan Ake a few times and for me is Chelsea's best youth player. If Derby get him they'll be a real force this year...

I'm assuminh Hummels coming into United has had a big bearing on the probability of Keane coming to us.

ARSENAL are currently linked with Colombian midfielder Juan Fernando Quintero, who joined Porto from Italian side Pescara last season and represented his country at this year’s World Cup. He is understood to have a £32million buy-out clause in his contract, and the Portuguese club, who struggled in the league last season, are under no pressure to sell. Having just spent £16million on Southampton’s Calum Chambers, it is not certain that Wenger will consider the South American worth the risk.

The North London side are also being frantically courted by Real Madrid, who are determined to offload Sami Khedira this summer rather than lose him to Bayern Munich on a free transfer next season. Wenger has previously expressed interest in the World Cup winner, who is keen to leave the Bernabeu in the face of increased competition from a number of midfield signings. Any deal will likely cost the Gunners in the region of £25million.

Cardiff’s Chilean midfielder Gary Medel is interested in a move to Inter, with his current employers and the Milanese club close to agreeing an £8.5million deal. Medel signed for Cardiff from Sevilla for £11million last summer in one of the season’s more bizarre deals, and became one of the better performers in a rather average Bluebirds side, although was unable to help prevent their relegation.

Colombian fever continues with Manchester United’s pursuit of Juan Cuadrado encouraged by Barcelona’s reluctance to pay the £30-million-plus asking price demanded by the winger’s current club Fiorentina. Shinji Kagawa and Javier Hernandez are linked with moves away from Old Trafford, to Atletico Madrid and Inter respectively.

Because signing players from Spain worked out so well last season, Brendan Rodgers is giving it another go and is planning deals for full-backs Alberto Moreno and Javi Manquillo. Right-back Manquillo will initially join on loan from Atletico Madrid, and Sevilla’s Moreno will plug the void at left-back for £16million. Iago Aspas, whose unhappy spell at Liverpool yielded one goal in fifteen games, has already helpfully told his new team-mate Moreno not to consider any offer Liverpool might make.

Steven Gerrard is entering the final year of his contract at Anfield and has called the club out in an attempt to get his deal extended, which is likely to happen with Rodgers still seeing the midfielder as a big part of his plans. ‘I’m not trying to call the club out or anything like that,’ said Gerrard.