TRANSFER RUMOURS
Rio Ferdinand has agreed to join Queens Park Rangers after 12 years at Manchester United. The former England defender, 35, will link up with Harry Redknapp, the manager who gave him his first start at West Ham
( Daily Mail )
Real Madrid midfielder Angel Di Maria, 26, a target of Arsenal and Manchester United, has admitted he is not sure whether he will be playing for the European champions next season
( Daily Express )
Southampton's new boss Ronald Koeman has rattled Manchester United by increasing the price tag on England left-back Luke Shaw, 18, by £10m to £40m
( Daily Mail )
The time is right for Luis Suarez, 28, to quit Liverpool and make a move to either Real Madrid or Barcelona because he has "nothing left to prove in England", according to his father-in-law.
( La Sexta )
Chelsea will not allow Romelu Lukaku to go on loan next season. The Belgium striker, 21, has spent the last two seasons on loan at West Brom and Everton
( Daily Express )
Tottenham, Hull City and Manchester united are considering joining the race for Espanyol's 26 year-old defender Hector Moreno
( Marca )
Spanish forward Michu, 28, is on his way to West Ham in a £6m move from Swansea
( Sun )
Sunderland want to sign Chelsea's new £12m centre-half Kurt Zouma, 19, on loan for the season
( Daily Mail )
Sunderland's former Manchester United defender John O'Shea, 33, is happy to stay on Wearside despite speculation linking him with Tottenham
( Sunderland Echo )
Inter Milan are ready to pay £12m for Manchester United's 27-year-old Portugal winger Nani
( Daily Star )
Standard Liege's Belgian forward Michy Batshuayi, 20, is set to snub Swansea and join French side Marseille.
( Walesonline )
West Brom have rejected a second bid by Derby for 21-year-old midfielder George Thorne.
( Birmingham Mail )
Norwich are close to signing Palermo's 26-year-old Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty
( Metro )
Former Atletico Madrid and current Monaco striker Radamel Falcao, 28, will be playing in Spain again after the World Cup as the Colombian has signed a transfer deal with Real Madrid.
( Tuttosport )
German side Hertha Berlin have signed Fulham's 30 year-old Dutch defender John Heitinga on a two year contract
( L'Equipe )
Manchester United will pay £28m to Athletic Bilbao for midfielder Ander Herrera, 24
( Marca )
Juventus have raised their bid for Real Madrid's 21 year-old striker and Arsenal-target Alvaro Morata to £14m.
( As )
Marseille midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, 29, says he is not at the World Cup to find a club and is only focused on taking France as far as possible in the tournament
( L'Equipe )
Former Lorient striker Kevin Monnet-Paquet, 25, has signed on for French side Saint-Etienne.
( L'Equipe )
WORLD CUP GOSSIP
Michael Owen says his former Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville should make the step up from his coaching role with England and become the next manager of the national team
( Daily Telegraph )
Meanwhile, current England manager Roy Hodgson admits it could take six years to get the best out of the the upcoming generation of players as he prepares for his final game at the World Cup against Costa Rica
( Daily Mail )
Costa Rica boss Jorge Pinto has told England: "The mother nation of football cannot leave Brazil without a World Cup point."
( Daily Star )
Brazil coach Felipe Scolari admitted that if he had the option he would not choose Chile as their opponents in the next round of the World Cup.
( Mundo Deportivo )
Cameroon coach Volker Finke says he will continue his job with the national side despite the team's failure to win a game at the World Cup.
( Bild )
Some supporters in Rio de Janeiro reckon they are safer staying in the favelas than the expensive hotels of the Copacabana
( Guardian )
The president of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has offered to double the bonuses of the national team if they beat Greece on Tuesday to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time
( Guardian )
Uruguay's Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 28, has repeated his claim that he is not respected by the English media
( Daily Mirror )
Netherlands World Cup defender Ron Vlaar, 29, is being tracked by Queens Park Rangers following uncertainty over his future at Aston Villa.
( Birmingham Mail )
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester United's midfield trio Michael Carrick, 32, Darren Fletcher, 30, and Tom Cleverley, 24, must wait to see if they figure in the plans of new boss Louis van Gaal with their contracts up for renewal in 2015.
( Manchester Evening News )
AND FINALLY
The World Cup has already seen more Facebook interactions than the Sochi Olympics, Super Bowl and Academy Awards combined.
( CBS News )
FA chairman Greg Dyke was ironically caught reading a book called A Death In Brazil while England prepared for their final game of the World Cup.
( Sun )
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