LATEST TRANSFER GOSSIP AND RUMOURS

Malaga midfielder Santi Cazorla, 27, could fly into London this week for a medical with Arsenal once a £17.3m fee is agreed. 

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is believed to have made a fresh bid for Lille's 27-year-old full-back Mathieu Debuchy.

 Barcelona have joined Chelsea and Real Madrid in the race to sign Brazilian star Neymar, 19.

 

Robin van Persie has already signed a contract with Juventus according to Fifa agent Fabio Parisi.

 Barcelona have joined Chelsea and Real Madrid in the race to sign Brazilian star Neymar, 19.

 Liverpool insist that Andy Carroll has been left out of the squad for Thursday's Europa League game against FC Gomel because of injury.

 Swansea's Joe Allen is close to agreeing a lucrative contract with Liverpool.

 

 Liverpool will allow Craig Bellamy to rejoin Cardiff City - where he spent time on loan two seasons ago - on a permanent basis.

Full story: Daily Mirror 
Juventus have hinted that they are losing interest in buying Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, 28.
Full story: Daily Express 

Arsenal's Alex Song is said to be interesting Barcelona

Full story: talkSPORT 
West Ham United have offered to pay Carroll £90,000 a week over eight years in a bid to lure him away from Liverpool.
Full story: caughtoffside.com 
Spurs could also move for Inter Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar, 32, after failing to sign Hugo Lloris from Lyon.
Full story: Sunderland Echo 
Barcelona are planning an £11.7m move for 24-year-old Arsenal midfielder Alex Song.

London 2012: CountDown to Olympics  

It 9 days to go, We cant wait to  see the Opening Ceremony! it gonna be fun, interesting, Tantalizing and to crown it up Wonderful.

Wishing  Every Country Participating Success and Good Luck...........

                                       TRANSFER AND GOSSIP

New Watford manager Gianfranco Zola wants Italian legends Filippo Inzaghi, 38, and Alessandro Del Piero, 37, who are both free agents.


Inzaghi right, and Del Piero left.


OTHER GOSSIP
Robin van Persie is set for formal talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger as he considers his options away from the Gunners. The Netherlands striker, 28, is interested in joining Juventus or Manchester United.

Midfielder Oscar, 20, has arrived in London with the Brazil Olympic squad and will have a medical ahead of his £25m move from Internacional to Chelsea.

Striker Peter Odemwingie could be on his way out of West Brom after a training ground bust-up with new manager Steve Clarke.

Arsenal have still not opened contract talks with Theo Walcott despite the prospect of the England winger leaving as a free agent next summer.


Manchester City defender Kolo Toure could price himself out of a move to Saudi club Al Hilal with a request for £50,000 a week after tax and a rent-free home, two cars, paid-for flights and the captaincy.


Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who was banned for eight matches for racially abusing Patrice Evra, has reopened his row with Manchester United's French defender by using a Uruguayan television interview to claim: "In England, Man United has this political power, and you have to respect that and shut your mouth."
Eurobot:
Okay, our French bot says that BeIn Sport have claimed Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joined Paris Saint-Germain subject to a medical tomorrow morning at 8am French time. More on that as we get it - but PSG have announced mysteriously that a press conference has been called at 3pm French time tomorrow.
Eurobot:
DEAL! Naldo has joined Wolfsburg from Bremen for an undisclosed fee. An odd one that is, as he had seemed set to return to Brail.

Eurobot:
Okay, so a bit more on Carlos Vela's move to Sociedad - they have verbally agreed an unconfirmed fee, a four-year contract is being mooted but nothing will be finalised until Thursday.

Eurobot:
Some of you have been asking about horse trainer and sometime footballer Michael Owen - well, he has spoken. "Getting closer to finding a new club. Had a good deal of interest but just need to pick right! Can't wait to get going again."

Eurobot: 

LIVERPOOL: The
Reds are closing in on Clint Dempsey for £10m as Andy Carroll nears the Anfield
exit (Daily Mail)

Liverpool New Signing : FABIO BORINI  

Borini will link up with former boss Brendan Rodgers, for whom he played under at Chelsea and Swansea before moving to Serie A, and Molby feels the Italian's technical ability and work rate will compliment the players around him in Rodgers' 4-3-3 system.
He told the club's official website: "He's exactly the kind of player who will fit into the system Brendan wants to play.
"Technically, Borini is very good, he has two good feet, his movement is excellent and he's a goalscorer. The manager has spoken about playing 4-3-3 and Borini could slot in anywhere along that front line.
"His mobility and work rate is ideally suited to the kind of football the new manager wants to see. He's a similar type of player to [Giuseppe] Rossi, who has done very well at Villarreal after leaving Manchester United.
"There wasn't one Liverpool player who could be happy with their goal return last season. We desperately needed more options up front. We need to be more prolific this season and hopefully Borini will help us achieve that."

Molby has been impressed with what he has seen in Borini, and hailed his attitude to seek out first-team football in Italy after failing to force his way into the first-team at Chelsea.
He added: "Brendan has stuck his neck out for this kid and clearly has a lot of belief in him. I don't think the fact he didn't make it at Chelsea means a great deal. Borini was very young and he had the likes of Didier Drogba ahead of him in the pecking order.
"To be fair, he could have signed another contract and stayed on the bench at Chelsea for another couple of years. But he decided not to hang around. He wanted to play and credit to him for that. He went back to Italy, did very well for Roma and got himself into the Italy squad for the Euros."
Molby feels Rodgers' familiarity and confidence in Borini will help the youngster adapt quickly to the Premier League where he hopes he will shine for the Reds.
He continued: "Brendan will know exactly what he's getting. He worked with him at Chelsea and must have been impressed by him to take him to Swansea. He did very well during that loan spell and his goals helped get Swansea into the Premier League.
"Brendan must feel there's more improvement in him and this is back to the old Liverpool mode of buying a player with potential. At Chelsea they ask their striker to play in a physical way but Liverpool will rely on his movement."

African football stars' exodus to China
   

A new eastern frontier has opened up for African players, with a handful of the continent's top names heading to China to play in its top flight, the Super League.

After Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba left newly-crowned European champions Chelsea for Shanghai Shenhua last month, a number of other seasoned African internationals have quickly followed suit.
Nigeria striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni departed English side Blackburn Rovers for Guangzhou R&F on a three-year deal, swiftly followed by Mali's Frederic Kanoute, who signed a two-year contract with Beijing Guoan, having left Spanish side Sevilla.
They have now been joined by Kanoute's compatriot, Seydou Keita, who has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Dalian Aerbin, after winning 14 trophies with Spanish giants Barcelona.

“ You cannot just take the money, have fun and come back, because when you go there and you don't perform, they terminate your contract”

Former Ghana international Kwame Ayew

So, what is attracting some of Africa's biggest names to China, besides the obvious lure of higher wages?

One of the wider benefits for the clubs is that the acquisition of such high-profile African names could well have its advantages off the field.
"China is expanding rapidly in mining and natural resources in Africa," James Porteous of the South China Morning Post said.
"Perhaps the clubs also see opportunities to boost the marketing and political links between China and Africa in that regard."

  

Afcon qualifiers draw - find out who plays who

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday held the draws for the final round of qualifying ahead of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Below are the fixtures
Mali vs Botswana
Zimbabwe vs Angola
Ghana vs Malawi
Liberia vs Nigeria
Zambia vs uganda
Cape Verde vs Cameroun
Mozambique vs Morocco
Sierraleone vs Tunisia
Guinea vs Niger
Sudan vs Ethiopia
Libyavs Algeria
Cote D'voire vs Senegal
DR Congo vs Equitorial Guinea
Gabon vs Togo
Central Africa vs Burkinafaso
The matches will be played over two legs, the first to take place on the weekend of September 7-9, with the second legs scheduled for the weekend of October 12-14. The 15 teams who emerge victorious from the ties will join hosts South Africa in the field for the Nations Cup which runs from January 19 to February 10 next year.