Chelsea ‘expect to complete transfer signing of £22m Barcelona winger Pedro next week’

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