Liverpool have completed a deal to sign Brazil and Hoffenheim forward Roberto Firmino for £29m. The 23-year-old, who is currently playing f...
- Liverpool have completed a deal to sign Brazil and Hoffenheim forward Roberto Firmino for £29m. The 23-year-old, who is currently playing for his country in the Copa America in Chile, would need to be granted a work permit.
- Arsenal's hopes of signing Colombia international Jackson Martinez, 28, are over after the Porto forward agreed a four-year deal with Atletico Madrid. (AS)
- Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, 61, says the club lacked ambition last season and that he would like to manage his native Chile before he retires. (El Mercurio - in Spanish)
- Italy's Andrea Pirlo is in talks with Major League Soccer side New York City.
- Newcastle United and Stoke City want 25-year-old Ukraine international winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, who is available on a free transfer after his contract at Dnipro expired. (Daily Mirror)
- West Bromwich Albion are prepared to make former Newcastle and Chelsea striker Demba Ba their highest-paid player, with the 30-year-old telling his current club Besiktas he wants to return to England rather than play in China for Shanghai Shenhua. (Birmingham Mail)
- Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, 68, says he is ready to "take over as manager somewhere" and is "quite fine" after knee surgery which forced him to step down at QPR in February. (Guardian)
- Stoke City are expecting a formal bid from Chelsea for £8m-rated goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, 28, and will ask the Premier League champions to include Nigeria forward Victor Moses, 24, in any deal. (Daily Telegraph)
- Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah has been the subject of heavy interest from top Italian sides, Tuttosport has learned. The 23-year-old did well to kick-start his career while on loan at Fiorentina, earning himself quite a few admirers in Italy’s top flight in the process.
- Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says Manchester United will be "very lucky" should they sign Spain World Cup winner Sergio Ramos, 29, from the Bernabeu. (Talksport)
- Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino hopes to convince two of his most in-demand players to stay by making goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, 28, captain and appointing 21-year-old forward Harry Kane as vice-captain. (Daily Mirror)
- Chelsea's Egypt winger Mohamed Salah, 23, is expected to tell Fiorentina whether he will stay with them for the 2015-16 campaign on Wednesday after spending the second half of last season on loan at the Italian club. (Daily Telegraph)
- Sunderland have made an offer in excess of £11m for PSV Eindhoven's 24-year-old midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, who is also a target for their north-east rivals Newcastle United. (Guardian)