TRANSFER GOSSIP
Fernando Torres is on the verge of leaving Liverpool after his agent indicated the striker is bound for another Premier League club, with Chelsea at the front of the queue to sign the Spaniard.
Full story: Daily Mail
However, Bayern Munich and Germany striker Thomas Mueller is now Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's number one summer transfer target. The 20-year-old has scored four goals at the World Cup to help his country into the semi-finals.
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Chelsea are set to snap up Portuguese attacking midfielder Raul Meireles for £15m. The Porto star, who impressed during the World Cup, is seen as the first stage in Ancelotti's midfield rebuilding programme after the departures of Michael Ballack and Joe Cole.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has his heart set on playing for Barcelona next season, according to his Spain team-mate Gerard Pique.
Full story: Daily Mail
Arsenal have been approached about a deal for Sporting Braga's Portugal goalkeeper Eduardo, 27, who has a £3.4m buy-out clause in his contract.
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Manchester City have been alarmed by Wolfsburg's £50m demands for Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko, leading the Eastlands outfit to inquire about a number of other forwards, including Inter Milan's Mauro Balotelli, Palermo's Edinson Cavani, Mirko Vucinic of Roma and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema.
Full Story: Daily Mail
Meanwhile, Manchester City have taken a £1.25m loss on Valeri Bojinov after selling the striker for £4.5m to Parma. The Bulgarian signed for £5.75m from Juventus in 2007 but immediately suffered a serious knee injury.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Bolton are closing in on Real Madrid left-back Marcos Alonso after he rejected Benfica. Real striker Rodrigo Moreno is also Bolton-bound in a combined £5m deal.
Full story: the Sun
West Ham are ready to pip Espanyol for Mexico winger Pablo Barrera in a £3m deal and are also keen on signing Aston Villa midfielder Steve Sidwell.
Full Story: Daily Mail
West Ham boss Avram Grant is also set to beat Fulham and West Brom to the signature of Lyon's Ivory Coast striker Frederic Piquionne, 31, who played for Grant while on loan at Portsmouth last season.
Full Story: the Sun
Stoke boss Tony Pulis has offered Cardiff £2m, plus winger Michael Tonge in his bid to sign midfielder Joe Ledley, 23.
Full Story: the Sun
However, Celtic are also in talks with Joe Ledley about a move from Cardiff to Scotland, with the midfielder likely to make a decision on his future this week.
Full Story: Daily Record
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is hoping to sign German full-back Lenny Sowah, 17, from Portsmouth.
Full Story: Daily Mail
Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro will join new Al Ahli coach David O'Leary in Dubai after signing a two-year deal with the club.
Full Story: Daily Mail
OTHER GOSSIP
Fulham are planning to make a formal approach to the agent of former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson to find out whether the Swede, who coached Ivory Coast at the World Cup, would be interested in replacing Roy Hodgson at Craven Cottage. (Daily Star)
However, former Fulham midfielder Lee Clark, currently the manager at Huddersfield, is the favourite for the Craven Cottage post as he heads a shortlist of three, which also includes Mark Hughes and Alan Curbishley.
Full Story: Daily Mirror
Former Shrewsbury boss Paul Simpson is in contention to take over as coach of the Libya national side. (Daily Mail)