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Football Rumours on Tuesday 1st July 2014

last updated Tuesday 01st July 2014, 10:03 AM


TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Liverpool had no involvement or prior warning of Suarez's apology for biting Italy defender Chiellini and the move is seen as paving the way for his switch to Barcelona.
    ( Independent )


  • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is planning a £23m move for Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, 27, to help bring the best out of playmaker Mesut Ozil, 25.
    ( Sun )


  • Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, will play for Manchester City's A-League side Melbourne City in Australia next season, ahead of his move to Major League Soccer franchise club New York City.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Atletico Madrid are preparing a £20m bid for Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo, 28, who missed out on a place in Spain's World Cup squad.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Manchester City want Malaga keeper Willy Caballero to compete for Joe Hart's place but the 32-year-old Argentine could cost £7m.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Arsenal and Liverpool are keen on Costa Rica World Cup shootout hero Keylor Navas, 27, with the keeper having a £6.5m buyout clause at Levante.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Tottenham are rivalling Arsenal in the bid to sign Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier, the 21-year-old Ivory Coast international.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis is preparing an £8m bid for Cardiff City defender Steven Caulker, 22, and is confident of keeping Yannick Bolasie, 25.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, 27, has given Manchester United a huge transfer boost by declaring he would rather move to Old Trafford than anywhere else.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Chile forward Alexis Sanchez wants to stay at Barcelona next season but the 25-year-old would allegedly prefer to join Arsenal over Liverpool if he is forced to move this summer.
    ( Metro )


  • Brazilian left-back Filipe Luis, 28, is so determined to push through his protracted transfer to Chelsea that he has cut off all contact with his club Atletico Madrid.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Arsenal have had an enquiry for Roma midfielder Alessandro Florenzi, 23, turned down by the Italian club.
    ( Metro )


  • Fulham are leading the race to sign Leeds United captain Ross McCormack and could finalise a deal to sign the 27-year-old Scottish international this week.
    ( Yorkshire Post )


  • Chelsea's 20 year-old Brazilian defender Wallace Oliveira dos Santos has been loaned out to Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem for next season. Last season, he was on loan at Inter Milan.
    ( Le Figaro )


  • Former Brazil playmaker Kaka, 32, has arrived in the US to join Orlando City club after leaving AC Milan.
    ( Tuttosport )


  • Newcastle United's 28 year-old French defender Mathieu Debuchy is on the verge of signing up for Arsenal, in place of Manchester City-bound Bacary Sagna, 31.
    ( Le Figaro )


  • Italian side Napoli are chasing AC Milan's 25-year-old Moroccan midfielder Adel Taarabt.
    ( Le Figaro )




  • WORLD CUP GOSSIP

  • Luis Suarez has finally said sorry over his World Cup bite shame - under orders from Barcelona, who are planning to offer the 27-year-old Uruguay striker a five-year deal worth £160,000-a-week.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Italy's Giorgio Chiellini hopes Fifa reduces Luis Suarez's penalty, which was imposed after the Liverpool striker bit the 29 year-old Juventus defender, reports Marca.
    ( Marca )


  • Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes Suarez, 27, "crossed a line" after biting Chiellini and has urged the Liverpool star to control his emotions.
    ( Daily Express )


  • Arjen Robben, 30, has argued that he is guilty only of being too honest after he escaped punishment from Fifa despite admitting he dived during the Netherlands' 2-1 last-16 victory against Mexico.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Brazil have dismissed reports about Neymar, 22, being ruled out of Friday's match against Colombia after the Barcelona striker sustained thigh and knee injuries during the match against Chile.
    ( Bild )


  • Argentina boss Alejandro Sabella has picked out Chile and Cardiff's Gary Medel, 26, as a surprising role model for his players after the midfielder's whole-hearted display against Brazil.
    ( Times )


  • United States boss Jurgen Klinsmann is unhappy at the appointment of French-speaking Algeria referee Djamel Haimoudi for the last-16 match against Belgium.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Former Costa Rica, Derby, West Ham and Manchester City striker Paolo Wanchope believes his country's performance in Brazil is the greatest underdog story the World Cup has ever produced.
    ( Times )


  • Belgium and Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, 23, has watched Lionel Messi, Neymar and James Rodriguez light up the World Cup and says now it is his turn.
    ( Sun )


  • Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella says striker Messi, 26, is as decisive in this World Cup as Diego Maradona was in the 1986 tournament.
    ( As )


  • Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has attributed their 2-0 loss to France to referee Mark Geiger from the United States, saying "a referee can make mistakes, but not so much".
    ( Marca )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Hertfordshire Police, who used Nigeria and Colombia's World Cup matches to tweet about drug dealing and scams, has issued an apology for the posts.
    ( Independent )




  • AND FINALLY

  • The South Korean squad, who picked up a solitary point from their three games in Brazil, had toffees thrown at them as they lined up for photographs - "go eat a toffee" being an insult in Korea along the lines of "get lost".
    (Guardian )


  • German national team players will each receive £40,000 for reaching the quarter-final stage in the World Cup.
    ( Bild )






















  • Source BBCSports