TRANSFER GOSSIP (25/07/2012)

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal are closing in on the signing of Spain's

Santi Cazorla, 27, after the Malaga midfielder

agreed terms with the Gunners.

Full story: Daily Mail

Joe Allen, 22, can leave Swansea for £15m thanks to a

clause in his contract but only to a 'top five' club,

which includes Liverpool.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Paris Saint-Germain are ready to outbid Real

Madrid for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric,

26.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Tottenham have accused Arsenal of making a fake bid

for French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, 25, who is a Spurs

target.

Full story: Metro

Spurs have made an enquiry about long-term

Chelsea target and Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder

Willian, 23.

Full story: Daily Mail

Lucas Moura, 19, is staying with Sao Paulo and will not

move to Manchester United this summer, according to

the Brazilian midfielder's agent.

Full story: talkSPORT

And Sao Paulo president Juvenal Juvencio is

determined to hold on to Lucas, according to

reports in Brazil.

Full story: Daily Mirror

United could be considering one final swoop for Lucas

or face watching the deal collapse.

Full story: Daily Mail

AC Milan want to open talks with Manchester

City over the possibility of signing Argentina

striker Carlos Tevez, 28.

Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov is close

to a return to Serie A as Inter Milan look to finalise a

£6.2m deal.

Full story: talkSPORT

Oscar, 20, is edging nearer his move to Chelsea

according to Internacional's president Giovanni

Luigi, who claims discussions are at an

advanced stage.

Full story: talkSPORT

Roma have edged ahead of Chelsea and Manchester

United in the race to sign Benfica midfielder Axel

Witsel, 23.

Full story: talkSPORT

Newcastle have dismissed claims that Rubin

Kazan are set to sign Demba Ba, 27, as the

Russian side look to trigger striker's £7m exit

clause.

Full story: Daily Mail

Loic Remy is moving closer to joining Newcastle after

they contacted his club Marseille with a view to

signing the £15m-rated France striker.

Full story: the Guardian

Everton defender Johnny Heitinga, 28, is set to

move to Turkish side Fenerbahce in a £5m deal

within the next few days.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez could beat Everton,

Sunderland, Aston Villa and Celtic to sign Real

Mallorca centre-back Ivan Ramis, 27.

Full story: the Sun

Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo, 23, claims

Swansea want to sign him from Italian club

Udinese.

Full story: South Wales Evening Post

Aston Villa are set for a surprise £3.5m swoop for

Ipswich left-back Aaron Cresswell, 22.

Full story: Daily Mirror

OTHER GOSSIP

Gareth Bale, 23, played for Tottenham before

Team GB kick off their Olympic campaign,

despite being unavailable for Stuart Pearce's

squad because of injury.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Jermaine Pennant has been forced to miss Stoke's pre-

season tour of the United States after being refused a

working visa.

Full story: the Sun

Liverpool's hopes of signing Poland captain

Jakub Błaszczykowski, 26, have suffered a blow

after the Borussia Dortmund winger penned a

new four-year deal with the German champions.

Full story: talkSPORT

Thierry Henry wants to return to Arsenal in a coaching

role when his playing career ends.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Arsene Wenger is furious with the Football

Association over Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel

Frimpong's tweet charge.

Full story: Daily Mail

And the Premier League has issued new social media

guidelines to players following the FA's action against

Frimpong.

Full story: the Independent

But Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand has

defended his use of Twitter after being asked

by the FA to explain a tweet about Chelsea left-

back Ashley Cole.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Michael Dawson will be installed as Tottenham's new

captain following the retirement of Ledley King.

Full story: Daily Star

AND FINALLY...

AC Milan say they will refund season tickets

bought this summer after fans were left

disgruntled by the sales of Zlatan Ibrahimovic,

30, and Thiago Silva, 27, to Paris Saint-Germain.

Full story: Metro