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Defender Kolo Toure (33) is set to leave Liverpool for Turkish side Trabzonspor in a £1,5 m deal. – Daily Mail.
Chelsea are set to sign Roma central defender Mehdi Benatia (27) in a £ 30m deal. – Daily Star.
Sevilla are digging in their heels as Liverpool attempt to complete a deal for full-back Alberto Moreno (22). – Liverpool Echo.
Sunderland want £8m for striker Connor Wickham (21) after rejecting a £5m offer from West Ham. – Daily Telegraph.
Galatasaray are pondering a £28m double bid for Arsenal pair Joel Campbell(22) and Lukas Podolski (29). – Daily Express.
QPR are set to offer striker Loic Remy (27) in exchange for Tottenham winger Andros Townsend (23) and striker Harry Kane (21). – CaughtOffside.
Remy may also be a target for Chelsea as Jose Mourinho looks for a replacement for injured striker Didier Drogba (36). -Goal
Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla (29) has played down speculation he wants to leave Arsenal and head back to La Liga. -Daily Mirror.
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has admitted interest in Argentina midfielder – and free agent – Esteban Cambiasso (33) but called the source who leaked the story a “clown”. – Leicester Mercury.
Olympiakos are planning a bid to re-sign Fulham’s Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou (26) on loan. -Daily Mail.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba (36) could be out for four months with the ankle injury he sustained in the pre-season friendly against Ferencvaros on Sunday. – Daily Mirror.
Forward Andre Schurrle (23) says his World Cup triumph with Germany can inspire Chelsea to regain the Premier League title. -Sun.
Former Huddersfield manager Neil Warnock has refused to rule out a return to the club following the departure of boss Mark Robins on Sunday. -Talksport.
Retired referee Howard Webb will use a BBC studio in Salford to monitor Premier League games for controversial incidents in his new role as technical director of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited. -Guardian.
Southampton may fine Morgan Schneiderlin if the France midfielder (24) refuses to make himself available for the Premier League match against Liverpool on Sunday. -Daily Telegraph.
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool can be even stronger than they were last season after the Premier League side beat the Germans 4-0 in a friendly. -Daily Mirror.
Manchester City goalkeeper Willy Caballero (32) has told his new team-mate Joe Hart (27) that he faces a battle for the number one jersey at the Etihad Stadium. -Telegraph.
But Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud (27) has questioned Caballero’s ability to become City’s first choice – claiming the goalkeeper’s positioning is poor. -Sun.
Hull City midfielder Stephen Quinn (28) will attempt to sort out his future by holding talks with manager Steve Bruce. -Hull Daily Mail.
Marseille say they have had an offer from an unnamed Qatari club for Brazilian defender Lucas Mendes (24). -L’Equipe.
Manchester United are ready to beat Arsenal to the signing of Borussia Dortmund’s 25-year-old defender Mats Hummels. – Bild.
Former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage has tweeted a link to a newspaper article that says he will donate his hair to the National Football Museum in Manchester.
Hull City defender Paul McShane says he and Republic of Ireland team-mate Robbie Brady gave newly crowned US PGA champion Rory McIlroy golfing advice and their Hull team-mate David Meyler has declared himself a fan of comedian Sarah Millican.
Members of Newcastle manager Alan Pardew’s backroom staff have been told they will no longer receive complimentary match tickets from the club. -Northern Echo.
Manchester United will ban fans from bringing tablet devices into matches at Old Trafford. -Daily Mail.
Seattle Sounders forward Clint Dempsey was so hungry following his team’s 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo that he gave a young fan his shirt – in return for popcorn.
