Chelsea have met the buy-out fee for £22million Barcelona winger Pedro and expect to sign him next week, according to reports.

Barcelona winger Pedro is set to join Chelsea

Despite signing a contract extension earlier in the summer, the 27-year-old is expected to leave the Nou Camp in this transfer window.

Manchester United had expressed an interest in the securing his signature, but the Daily Star report that Chelsea have won the transfer race and are set to announce the signing as soon as next week-Metro

Real Sociedad make £6m offer for Joel Campbell?

Real Sociedad have reportedly emerged as favourites to clinch the signing of Arsenal forward Joel Campbell-sportsmole

Brendan Rodgers will use Liverpool’s transfer windfall from selling Raheem Sterling to manchester City on Tuesday to launch a bid for Aston Vila striker Christian Benteke. But the Reds are still reluctant to meet Villa’s £32m valuation.

Outcast keeper Victor Valdes ‘fit but just not selected’ for US tour

Spain international was not one of the three players at his position on Monday’s flight — seemingly paving the way for a move away this summer

Victor Valdes is set to be sold by Manchester United after being axed from their pre-season tour of the USA.

Victor Valdes is set to be sold by Manchester United after being axed from their pre-season tour of the USA.

The Spanish goalkeeper was the most high-profile absentee from the 26-strong squad of players who flew to Seattle on Monday at the start of the trip-mirror

Paris Saint-Germain are willing to match Angel Di Maria’s £200,000-a-week wages at Manchester United to entice him to join. 

They are said to be willing to offer £43million for a player it cost United £59m to sign from Real Madrid last summer.

PSG willing to offer £43million to sign Angel Di Maria from Manchester United

PSG have noted how unsettled Di Maria and his wife are in Manchester and they put their £4.1million Cheshire mansion up for sale after it was broken into earlier this year-mirror

West Ham are trying to save Alex Song‘s move to Upton Park. Barcelona midfielder Song could have to go under the knife to remove a piece of bone which has caused an ankle injury putting the deal in doubt-mirror

Stoke City complete deal for teenage Barcelona winger Moha El Ouriachi

Stoke City have confirmed the signing of the teenage winger Moha El Ouriachi from Barcelona-guardian

Raheem Sterling thanks Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as poisonous transfer saga concludes

Raheem Sterling has left Liverpool at the end of one of the most poisonous transfer sagas in history with a final conciliatory gesture – thanking Brendan Rodgers for helping to develop his career.

It was irreconcilable difference with the Liverpool manager that were cited as one of the key reasons why Sterling wished to leave the club this summer, which he finally did in a £49m deal to Manchester City that makes him the most expensive English footballer of all time.

Raheem Sterling completed his move to Manchester City

In his first interview since the transfer, with the City website, Sterling also thanked his agent Aidy Ward, underlining his close relationship with the man who has at times found himself at the centre of the story over the last few months-standard

Mateo Kovacic comments on Liverpool offer

Liverpool were heavily linked with a move for Inter Milan’s highly rated young midfielder Mateo Kovacic this summer, and until last month, his transfer rumours used to feature almost on a daily basis on all major Italian newspapers. For instance, check the serial coverage on the story, we did from the Italian newspapers last month-soccerlens

Athletic Bilbao very close to €10m signing of Arsenal full back Nacho Monreal [AS]

Spanish defender Nacho Monreal could be on his way back to La Liga this summer, according to reports in Spain-101greatgoals

Former Manchester United striker Robin van Persie snubs Louis van Gaal in goodbye message

Robin van Persie snubbed Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal as he spoke of his thanks after completing a move away from Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Robin Van Persie after arriving in Turkey to sign for Fenerbahce

Van Persie, who insists he bears no ill-feeling towards Manchester United for selling him, was unveiled as a Fenerbahce player at a press conference at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul.-standard

David De Gea transfer: Real Madrid to pay €5m if goalkeeper stays at United

Real Madrid are leaving no stone unturned in making sure that David De Gea will join them at least by next year. While the ideal situation for them would be for the Spaniard to leave Manchester United this summer, the club have made arrangements to make sure that De Gea doesn’t sign a new contract with the Red Devils even if he stays on for the 2015/16 campaign-soccerlens

Nicolas Otamendi threatening to go AWOL from Valencia training until future is sorted with Manchester United interested 

Nicolas Otamendi is threatening not to turn up for Valencia training until his future is resolved.

The Argentina centre-back is due back on July 27 but wants to push through a move to Manchester United before then.

Nicolas Otamendi wants his future at Valencia resolved with a move to Manchester United in the pipe line

Sportsmail reported this week how he was still very much in United’s thinking but their prime concern is to make headway on a deal for Sergio Ramos-Daily mail

Alex Song ‘agrees terms with West Ham ahead of permanent transfer’

Alex Song has agreed terms with West Ham to join the club from Barcelona, according to reports.

Song, who spend last season on-loan at Upton Park from Barca, was one of the club’s stand out performers-Metro

Manchester City turn to Everton maestro

Manchester City are weighing up a move for Everton midfielder James McCarthy after missing out on England’s Fabian Delph-shoot

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Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger to train with Man United teammates for first time today

The pair will link up with their new colleagues before boarding a plane at Manchester Airport and jetting off for the club’s pre-season tour of the US

Manchester United have a light stretching session this morning before flying to Seattle to begin their two-and-a-half week pre-season tour.

New signings Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin are expected to take part in the session and join their new United team-mates on the 2.30pm flight from Manchester-mirror

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is set to complete a move to Manchester United

It proved to be a hectic Sunday for the Old Trafford club with Bastian Schweinsteiger flying into Manchester for a medical and striker Robin van Persie heading the other way, arriving in Istanbul ahead of his proposed transfer to Fenerbahce-sky sports

Manchester United identify Edinson Cavani as Robin van Persie replacement

Edinson Cavani is Louis van Gaal’s No1 choice to fill the vacancy left by Robin van Persie who will complete his move from Manchester United to Fenerbahce on Monday. Any prospective deal for Paris Saint-Germain’s Cavani may involveÁngel Di María going the other way as the French club want the Argentinian and Van Gaal is considering allowing him to go-guardian

Louis van Gaal makes £67m call in Man Utd’s chase for major Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuain

MANCHESTER UNITED have dropped their interest in Gonzalo Higuain after baulking at Napoli’s asking price.

Louis van Gaal is on the lookout for a new striker but Higuain’s £67m release clause is deemed too expensive, according to The Sun on Sunday–Daily star

Angel di Maria on PSG wishlist, confirms Laurent Blanc

Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc has confirmed the club are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria.

Angel di Maria of Manchester United on PSG wishlist

The Ligue 1 club were in the race to sign the Argentine last summer but lost out to United, who offered a club record £59.7million to prise him away from Real Madrid-standard

Saints find Morgan replacement

Ronald Koeman is moving quickly to take Feyenoord midfielder Jordy Clasie to Southampton as Morgan Schneiderlin is set to depart. – Clubcall

Raheem Sterling lands £10m-a-year pay deal with Manchester City slickers

Sterling, 20, will move to City for £49m on a £200,000-a-week contract, earning him a £10.4m yearly salary.

The player is due to sign a five-year contract that will push up City’s overall outlay to more than £100m.

The extraordinary deal – a record between two Premier League clubs for an English footballer – was struck between Liverpool and City after a day of negotiations yesterday-independent

De Laurentiis: ‘I wish’ I could sell Higuain

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is desperate to sell Gonzalo Higuain and has said “I wish” another club would buy the striker.

Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain is being linked with move to England

The 27-year-old Argentina frontman has a 90million euros (£64million) release clause in his Napoli contract though and De Laurentiis will not allow him to leave for anything less-football365

Morgan Schneiderlin completes Manchester United medical ahead of £24million move

The French international will take United’s summer spending to close to £80million when he signs a four-year deal at Old Trafford

Morgan Schneiderlin completed a medical at Manchester United on Sunday night ahead of a £24million move from Southampton.-mirror

Arsenal striker agrees deal to join Champions League club

ARSENAL striker Yaya Sanogo has agreed to join Ajax on a year-long loan deal.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a fan of France Under-21 international Sanogo and wants him to get Champions League game time at the Dutch club- telegraph

Arsenal and Chelsea target Mattia Destro’s agent in London to push through transfer

WEST HAM’S stunning transfer for Mattia Destro is nearing completion with the player’s agent in London to finalise the deal.

The player spent the second half of last season on-loan at AC Milan but now looks set to leave Italy all together-Daily star

Denis Cheryshev of Real Madrid could replace Raheem Sterling’

The People reports that Liverpool have made a bid of £22m for  Cheryshev, who is entirely Russian, and plays predominantly on the left wing.

Mario Balotelli is being dangled in front of Fiorentina on season-long loan with Liverpool taking Mario Gomez in exchange-telegraph

Raheem Sterling’s record Manchester City move will leave QPR £9million richer

Raheem Sterling’s imminent record-breaking £49million transfer to Manchester City will provide a very timely boost for recently-relegated Queens Park Rangers.

Liverpool have accepted an initial bid of £45m from their Premier League rivals, with a further £4m in add-ons, and QPR are set to pocket £9m from the deal.

Raheem Sterling has agreed to join Manchester City in a record-breaking £49million transfer.

The Reds signed Sterling as a 15-year-old from the west London club for an initial fee of £400,000 in 2010, but there was also a 20 per cent sell-on clause inserted into the deal set up by Frank McParland – who is currently Director of Football at Burnley-Daily mail

Marseille reject Newcastle bid for attacking midfielder

Marseille have rejected a bid from Newcastle for Florian Thauvin.
The attacking midfielder was expected to be on the move this summer as Marseille try to balance their books.

Clubs in Germany have made enquires but Newcastle are reportedly the frontrunners after positive scout reports-talksport

Spurs preparing double swoop for Everton midfield duo

Tottenham want both James McCarthy and Kevin Mirallas at White Hart Lane

Chelsea confirm £8m signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Chelsea have completed the £8m purchase of Asmir Begovic from Stoke City with the Bosnia international replacing Petr Cech as Thibaut Courtois’ understudy at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have comfirmed the signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Begovic, capped 41 times, has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League champions and will travel with the first-team to Montreal on Wednesday as José Mourinho’s squad begin their preparations for the defence of their trophy-guardian

Arsenal days away from Faouzi Ghoulam deal?

Arsenal are reportedly just a few days away from sealing the transfer of Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam.

The Algerian full-back featured in the Europea League team of the season last campaign and it is thought thatArsene Wenger has been in talks with the player’s representatives over the past week-sportsmole

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