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  • 16:44

    Former Hull City striker Dean Windass thinks Robert
     Snodgrass is worth the reported fee paid by his old club. 
    Windass has told Sky Sports News Radio that Snodgrass
     will be a top performer next season for
    SteveBruce. 

  • 16:40

    Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits he is
     closing in on his third signing of the summer, but has
     not confirmed whether Adam Lallana will be 
    following former Southampton team-mate Rickie
     Lambert to Anfield. Sky Sports sources expect
     England midfielder Lallana to complete his move
     from St Mary's in the next 24 hours after the two Premier
     League clubs agreed a fee of around £25m.
    We've targeted players, we've signed some and we'll have more signings to come over the course of the pre-season, the idea is by the end of August we'll have the squad together and it will be a really exciting time for us next season.

  • 16:37

    Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes says they
    want Oussama Assaidi on a permanent deal, but
     thinks Steven Nzonzi's time at the club may be over. 

  • 16:34

     AC Milan and Kaka have parted ways by mutual 
    consent, the Italian club have announced. The 
    32-year-old has been strongly linked with a move 
    to Major League Soccer in recent months and is
     expected to sign a contract with Orlando City. However
    , Kaka is set to play on loan for six months at Sao Paulo, where he started his career in 2001, before the MLS season begins.

  • 16:27

    Accrington Stanley have announced that striker George Bowermanhas signed a new one-year deal with the club.

  • 16:25

     Sky Sports sources understand that Robert 
    Snodgrass has joinedHull City from Norwich, for a 
    fee reportedly in the region of £7million.We'll have more 
    on this breaking news shortly.

  • 16:23

    Luton Town have re-signed Andy Drury for a fee of 
    £100,000, three years after the playmaker had left to join 
    Championship Ipswich Townin 2011.

  • 16:18

    Sky Sports revealed yesterday that Bournemouth 
    had knocked back two bids from Derby County for 
    defender Simon Francis, and the news has now been 
    confirmed by the club.

  • 16:16

     Stoke City are yet to agree a deal with Liverpool
     for Oussama Assaidi after being quoted figures that
     are 'just wrong'. Mark Hugheshad been hoping to take
     the 25-year-old winger on a permanent deal this 
    summer after seeing him impress during a season-long 
    loan in 2013/14. Discussions have reached deadlock, though, with neither side willing to relax their stance.

  • 16:06

    Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says they are 
    working "very hard" behind the scenes to bring in new
     players to prepare for Champions League
    football. 

  • 16:04

     Neil Alexander claims Hearts head coach Robbie 
    Neilson and director of football Craig Levein were instrumental
     in him joining the club as goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach.

  • 16:01

     Sky Sports understands Owain Fon-Williams is 
    free to leaveTranmere Rovers due to a clause in his contract. 
    The 27-year-old Welsh shot-stopper has been with Rovers since
     2011 and has played over 100 league games with the Prenton 
    Park club.

  • 15:59

     Barcelona's latest signing Ivan Rakitic has declared he does 
    not see himself as a successor to Cesc Fabregas or Xavi,
     insisting he will be his own man at the Catalan club. 
    The Croatia international will be presented by Barcelona on 
    Tuesday following an estimated 18million euro (£14 million) 
    move from Sevilla.

  • 15:56

     Lacine Brahimi has opened the door to a summer 
    transfer by announcing that he wants to join 'an upscale club'. 
    The 24-year-old, currently impressing on the World Cup 
    stage with Algeria, has spent the past two years controlling the
     midfield at Granada, initially on loan and then on a permanent deal.

  • 15:52

    Birmingham manager Lee Clark says there may only be one more summer signing at St Andrew’s. City have already brought in nine players and Clark reckons he’s done the majority of his business already.

  • 15:52

    Another midfielder on the move is Stuart Sinclair, who has linked up with Bristol Rovers.

  • 15:51

    Former Preston midfielder Nicky Wroe has linked up with Notts County.

  • 15:49

    Kosovan outfit Hajvalia, who won last season's Kosovar Cup and finished sixth in the league, have made an opportunistic offer to takeLuis Suarez on loan. With Kosovo not yet recognised as a full FIFA member, they believe the Liverpool striker's ban would not stand.Director Xhavit Pocolli told Kosovan daily Sport Plus:
    Suarez can't play in the next four months. As we are not part of FIFA yet, I think he can play in Kosovo, so we have an offer that we will send to Liverpool.

  • 15:17

    Reports in Spain claim Atletico Madrid have made a 31million euros offer to acquire Mauro Icardi and Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovicfrom Inter Milan, and president Erick Thohir has revealed that the Italians have knocked one bid back.
    We have received an offer but we don't want to sell Icardi.It's important for us to have a strong team.

  • 15:10

    There you go, right on cue Port Vale confirm that Ryan McGivern has joined the club on a two-year contract.

  • 15:08

    We are hearing that Port Vale are poised to sign Northern Ireland international Ryan McGivern from Hibernian. The full-back has previously spent time in England with Manchester City and on loan atMorecambe, Leicester, Walsall, Crystal Palace and Bristol City.

  • 15:06

    Jake Buxton has become the latest player to commit his future toDerby, with the commanding defender signing on for another three years.

  • 14:56

    Kevin Nolan has been impressed by West Ham United's transfer business, but expects further additions to be made this summer.
    I know there is and will be continuing work to bring in more to add to what we have here in the squad already and enable us to start as strongly as possible.

  • 14:43

    Dundee have re-signed midfielder Gary Harkins following his release by St Mirren.

  • 14:39

    More from Stevenage. With the re-signing of Ronnie Henry wrapped up, they have also agreed deals with Chris Whelpdale and SimonWalton. The pair were most recently at Gillingham and Hartlepoolrespectively. 

  • 14:37

    Dagenham & Redbridge defender Ian Gayle has signed a new one-year deal at Victoria Road. He has made a total of four league appearances for the Daggers and has had loan spells at Kingstonian, St Neots Town, Grays Athletic, Histon and most recentlyWhitehawk.

  • 14:30

    [yeovil]Yeovil have snapped up their second goalkeeper of the day, withChris Weale joining on a free transfer at the end of his contract atShrewsbury.

  • 14:29

    Another done deal, with defender Ronnie Henry returning toStevenage after two years at Luton.

  • 14:28

    Preston have agreed to let striker Stuart Beavon spend the 2014/15 campaign ay Burton Albion.

  • 14:23

    Brazilian playmaker Kaka is understood to be on his way to Orlando City after agreeing to a parting of ways at AC Milan. Sao Paulo have expressed an interest in taking him on loan until the 2015 MLS season gets underway. 

  • 14:21

    Carlisle's new signing Gary Dicker says boss Graham Kavanaghwas a major factor in his decision to sign for the club.
    I'm really looking forward to working with him and if he's half as good a manager as he was a player then we've got a great chance next season.

  • 14:20

    There's been some substantial movements in the betting on the futures of Ross McCormack, Tom Ince and Toni Kroos according to Sky Bet's Tim Clement:

  • 14:02

    Brentford goalkeeper David Button has signed a new three-year contract with the newly-promoted Sky Bet Championship club. The 25-year-old kept 19 clean sheets in 42 appearances as the Bees won promotion from Sky Bet League 1 in his first season at Griffin Park.

  • 13:51

    Yeovil have snapped up Polish goalkeeper Artur Krysiak at the end of his contract at Exeter.

  • 13:47

    Manchester City have tied down starlet Ashley Smith-Brown to a two-year contract, Sky Sports understands. The 18-year-old, who can play in midfield or defence, is one of the most highly-rated young players at City and has skippered their youth sides.

  • 13:39

    Youngsters Jack Bridge, Jason Williams and Josh Banton have been rewarded with professional terms at Southend.

  • 13:35

    Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham are all chasing a World Cup star. Plus there’s news of deals involving Liverpool andNewcastle in the regional papers today.

  • 13:27

    Asmir Begovic is happy where he is and has been offered no indication that he will be leaving Stoke City this summer. Real Madridare the latest side to be linked with the Bosnian goalkeeper.
    As far as I’m concerned this is where I’ll be, this is where I see my future and I’m excited about training in a couple of weeks or so.

  • 13:16

    [speculation]We are hearing that highly-rated Manchester Citydefender Ellis Plummer is
    set to sign a new two-year contract at the Etihad Stadium and go out on loan to St Mirren. 

  • 13:08

    Here's more on the news we brought you earlier, with Bristol Roversyoungster Alefe Santos turning down a new deal with the club and now looking set to join Hull City.

  • 13:04

    We're hearing reports that Manchester City youngster Adam Drury is set to join Peterborough on loan as he looks to secure regular first-team football to further his education given the array of talent at the disposal of the Premier League champions.

  • 13:00

    Sky Bet's latest Transfer Specials focus on the futures of Ross McCormack, Tom Ince and Luis Suarez.

  • 12:53

    REGIONAL PAPER TALK

    LONDON EVENING STANDARD - Memphis Depay has attracted the interest of several Premier League clubs – with Tottenham, Manchester United and Manchester City all keeping tabs on the Holland winger.
    LIVERPOOL ECHO - Liverpool remain in talks to sign highly-rated Belgium striker Divock Origi - but are likely to complete the transfer ofAdam Lallana today.
    NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE - Sunderland boss Gus Poyet returns to work this week with a move for Marcos Alonso at the top of his agenda.
    BIRMINGHAM MAIL - Aston Villa's record signing Darren Bent has been linked with a move to Turkey, with Trabzonspor and Fenerbahcereportedly interested in the striker.
    Click here for the full version of our latest Regional Paper Talk feature.

  • 12:34

    Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy says Aaron Cresswell is available for the right price. West Brom are the latest club to be linked with the defender and McCarthy says they’ll be powerless to stop him leaving if a Premier League club comes in. 

  • 12:23

    Wigan manager Uwe Rosler has expressed his delight after sealing the double signing of former Newcastle defender James Tavernier and striker Oriol Riera from Osasuna.
    James is a young player with experience and in that respect he fits into the type we want to bring here in that he is young, vibrant, full of energy and determined to progress with us.In Oriol, we have a proven goalscorer who has signed for us within our pay structure in the Championship and for the right fee.

  • 12:16

    Torino have insisted they have no intention of selling in-demand duoAlessio Cerci or Matteo Darmian this summer. Cerci, who was a member of Italy's World Cup squad in Brazil, is a reported target ofManchester United and Arsenal, while Barcelona have reportedly set their eyes on full-back Darmian.

  • 12:12

    Dagenham & Redbridge defender Ian Gayle has signed a new one-year contract with the club.

  • 12:09

    Wolves want to loan out Razak Boukari and Tongo Doumbia - and are open to offers for Georg Margreitter and Kevin Foley. Molineux boss Kenny Jackett chose to move several players on last season as he developed a younger squad, and there are likely to be more exits before the end of this summer's transfer window.

  • 12:05

    Nice and West Ham are reported to have agreed a fee for the transfer of Timothee Kolodziejczak to the Premier League side. L’Equipeclaims that the Hammers will invest between three and five million euros to land the 22-year-old. But with the versatile left-sided player still to settle personal terms, there remains a chance that QPR andSouthampton could still secure his services.

  • 11:51

    Sky Sports understands that Bristol Rovers youngster Alefe Santos is set to agree terms on a move to Hull City, but the transfer fee will be decided via a tribunal. With the 19-year-old out of contract at the Memorial Stadium, Hull have been able to agree personal terms with the Sao Paulo-born winger, but will be required to pay compensation as he is under 23.

  • 11:46

    Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been linked with a number of top European clubs this summer, but the France international's agent claims he will not be on the move. Mino Raiola has seen the former Manchester United man tipped to join Chelsea, Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain, but told Rai Sport that Pogba will remain with the Serie A side.
    We have decided not to speak of the transfer market with regards to Paul until after the World Cup. But I can calmly say that his future will still be at Juventus, where he feels very happy.

  • 11:42

    Mexico defender Hector Moreno’s hopes of securing a summer move to the Premier League look to be over after he suffered a broken leg in the World Cup defeat by Holland on Sunday. Reports in Spain claim thatEspanyol had received offers – including one of five million euros fromHull City - but Moreno is now facing five months out of action.



  • 11:29

    Following on from the news that Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy has agreed a new three-year deal at Portman Road, experienced midfielderStephen Hunt has signed a one-year contract with the Tractor Boys.


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