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Here is where each week there will be newspaper reports linking players both to and from your clubs, it's up to yourself on if you wish to act upon them.

Week 3

Arsenal and Chelsea are on alert after West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 20, saw talks stall over a new contract. They are considering a £10m offer.

Winger Ashkan Dejagah fears his chances of making Iran's World Cup squad will be wrecked if he fails to win a regular spot in the Fulham side, he's said he feels he deserves a place in the starting eleven next week.

Former Manchester City player Felipe Caicedo, 25, ready to quit Lokomotiv Moscow, he'd been previously linked heavily with West Ham.

Hull striker Sone Aluko, 24, has paved the way for a £2.6m January switch to Crystal Palace by turning down a new contract at the KC Stadium.

Newcastle are keen on PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ola Toivonen and could make a cut-price £2.5m bid if the 27-year-old Swede fails to sign a new deal.

Sunderland and Aston Villa target Danilo D'Ambrosio will not sign a new contract with Torino, his agent has confirmed although other Italian clubs are interested.

A number of clubs are scouting Sporting Lisbon winger Carlos Mane. The 19-year-old, who has been a revelation for Sporting's B team in the Portuguese second tier and played for them in the NextGen club tournament, has a £1million buy-out clause in his contract

West Ham are poised to make a move for Peterborough's highly rated teenage striker Jaanai Gordon after he impressed during a trial period with the club.

Halmstads wonderkid Valmir Berisha, 17, caught the eye of scouts with a hat-trick against Argentina in the U-17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Manchester United misfit Federico Macheda believes he will go out on loan this week and admits he is likely to leave Old Trafford for good next summer.

Is this like foreign offers?

Yes...and no.

It's a combo of foreign offers for your players, unsettling by agents, and hints for foreign players that may join the league.

Ok, might need things explaining more to me as you use different terms over here

It's a new thing for here too to be honest, wanted to try something a bit new that was a bit more interesting than the old format of foreign offers.

Ok, just be warned

Shay Given has told new manager YI Man he wants a move away from Villa Park with immediate effect unless he is given first team action. He is happy to move to a Championship club and a number of clubs are willing to pay 1m for his services despite his age.

Michael Kadlec of Fenerbache has spoke of his desire to move to the Premier League. He once was heavily linked with Fulham.

Due to the increasingly inconsistent form of Joe Hart it is believed Manchester City are preparing a £15m bid for Stoke City's Begovic. Begovic's agent has stated he's flattered by the attention but at present he wishes to see how Stoke start the season under Holymiky.

Chung Yong Lee has stated he is unhappy to remain in the Championship with Bolton and wants a return to the Premier League. Whilst Bolton don't wish to lose the young talent they accept they will be unable to keep him if a club comes in for him.

Leroy Fer and Ricky Wolfswinkel wish to turn Norwich Oranje and have urged their new manager to look to the Dutch league for potential purchases.

Malaga have admitted further sales may have to take place in the near future of their stars to reduce their wage bill.

Bakary Koné has spoken out against his club Lyon after the sale of his friend Bafetimbi Gomis to Newcastle, it's believed his agent is speaking to Cardiff City over a potential move.

Chelsea are looking to let Kenneth Omeruo out on loan now that he's recovered from injury.

We have had a conversation with Given regarding his concerns and assured him that he will have a part to play in our plans for this season.

As a result, he is happy to stay

I have told Fer and Wolfswinkel, it is something i will take into consideration, but i have a lot of Spanish routes and want to look over there.

They left the room with good understanding and are buzzing for the new season.

Crystal Palace would like to officially welcome Chung Yong Lee to the club and wish him well in his career withus

Week 2!

Everton, Hull and Crystal Palace have joined Newcastle in the race for Manchester City midfielder Abdisalam Ibrahim, 22.

Richairo Zivkovic has put a number of clubs on alert with performances for Gronigen in Sweden.

Tim Krul is believed to verbally requested a transfer from Newcastle due to the signing of Fraser Forster and the agreement that Forster would be the number 1 keeper.

Fulham are set to go head-to-head with Sunderland in a bid to sign Venezuelan midfielder Tomas Rincon, 25.

Monaco want to sign 20-year-old West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino, heavily tipped to make it into Roy Hodgson's next England squad yet currently on just £850 a week at the Baggies.

West Ham are preparing a bid for 28-year-old striker Chelsea striker Demba Ba to reunite him with Papiss Cisse.

Stoke, Hull, Sunderland and Crystal Palace have all been linked with a move for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25.

Liverpool are set to allow teenage winger Raheem Sterling, 18, to leave Anfield on loan in January so he can get regular first-team football.

Youssuf Mulumbu of WBA has spoken out at the clubs lack of transfer activity so far and fears his club will be left behind their rivals.

West Ham fans plan to launch a protest at the opening game of the season at the signing of Luke McCormick who served time in jail for death by reckless driving under the influence.

Newcastle manager Richard 'Hero' Hudson has today informed Tim Krul that he will allow him to go out on loan as a compromise for the season.

West ham manager 'Freeman' has announced his intrest in Ba and is hoping a deal can be struck with chelsea

Week 3!

Arsenal and Chelsea are on alert after West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 20, saw talks stall over a new contract. They are considering a £10m offer.

Winger Ashkan Dejagah fears his chances of making Iran's World Cup squad will be wrecked if he fails to win a regular spot in the Fulham side, he's said he feels he deserves a place in the starting eleven next week.

Former Manchester City player Felipe Caicedo, 25, ready to quit Lokomotiv Moscow, he'd been previously linked heavily with West Ham.

Hull striker Sone Aluko, 24, has paved the way for a £2.6m January switch to Crystal Palace by turning down a new contract at the KC Stadium.

Newcastle are keen on PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ola Toivonen and could make a cut-price £2.5m bid if the 27-year-old Swede fails to sign a new deal.

Sunderland and Aston Villa target Danilo D'Ambrosio will not sign a new contract with Torino, his agent has confirmed although other Italian clubs are interested.

A number of clubs are scouting Sporting Lisbon winger Carlos Mane. The 19-year-old, who has been a revelation for Sporting's B team in the Portuguese second tier and played for them in the NextGen club tournament, has a £1million buy-out clause in his contract

West Ham are poised to make a move for Peterborough's highly rated teenage striker Jaanai Gordon after he impressed during a trial period with the club.

Halmstads wonderkid Valmir Berisha, 17, caught the eye of scouts with a hat-trick against Argentina in the U-17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Manchester United misfit Federico Macheda believes he will go out on loan this week and admits he is likely to leave Old Trafford for good next summer.

Manager 'CF', responds to gossip, by saying the rumours about Caicedo are completely false and will not be following that up. He also says that Jaanai Gordon isnt a player he's intrested in, and says both rumours are false.

Stoke City are one of the clubs who have been scouting Carlos Mane and we have made an official offer for the player.

Crystal Palace believe that Carlos Mane would do best to join them over other interested parties due to our tremendous record with young midfielders

Newcastle captain Fabricio Coloccini, 31, remains determined to make a move back to his native Argentina.

Cardiff City look set to battle it out with La Liga side Elche for Braga striker Hugo Vieira, 25.

Manchester United midfielder Anderson, 25, insists he wants to fight for his Old Trafford place, despite being linked with a move to Fulham.

Australia's former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, 33, is hoping to return to the Premier League on a short-term deal

Diego Forlan may finally get the opportunity of proving his worth in England with a number of clubs interested.

Spurs have slapped a £6.5m price tag of 31 year-old striker Jermain Defoe.


Mohamed Sissoko has revealed that he is hoping to secure a contract with a European team after leaving Paris St Germain.

Fulham are locked in a four-way battle with AC Milan, Benfica and Real Betis to snap up Rio Ave starlet Nelson Monte, according to sources in Portugal.

Newcastle are one of a trio of clubs chasing Brazil Under-17 left-back Abner, according to sources in Italy.

Crystal Palace are poised to join the chase for £2.5m-rated AIK Stockholm winger Nabil Bahoui.

Fulham are eyeing a move for Zakaria Labyad, but they will have to fend off competition from Dutch giants Ajax and PSV Eindhoven to land the Sporting Lisbon starlet.

Arsenal are planning a January move for West Bromwich Albion midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu, 26, as the Premier League leaders look to strengthen their ranks.

Former Chelsea forward Adrian Mutu, 34, will leave French club Ajaccio with immediate effect.

Hull City and a host of other clubs are looking at Serbia international striker Filip Djordjevic, 26, as a potential solution to their goalscoring problems.

Turkish side Trabzonspor are eyeing a move for Fulham's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, 32, when the January transfer window opens.

Newcastle are set to move for Netherlands Under-21 goalkeeper Warner Hahn. The 21-year-old FC Dordrecht player has also been watched by Roma, Lazio and Genoa.

Barcelona's Paraguayan forward Tonny Sanabria, 17, has a £2.5m release clause in his contract.

West Ham and Newcastle are vying to sign former Blackburn and QPR defender Christopher Samba, 29, from Dynamo Moscow, with the Congo international wanting to return to England to be with his family.

Bradford are willing to sell striker Nahki Wells, 23, for £3m

Mame Biram Diouf has refused to rule out signing a new contract, although he has thus far rebuffed Hannover's attempts to tie him down.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez has hinted that defender Johnny Heitinga could leave the club

West ham boss responds to media gossip by saying 'Samba is just one of the many players we are currently looking at, but cant for defo say that we will be making an offer for him'.

Former Celtic winger Aiden McGeady, 27, is set to leave Spartak Moscow, a number of clubs are lining up bids.

Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, 28, is considering a move away.

Manchester United are planning to offload midfield duo Ashley Young, 28, and Anderson, 25

Swedish striker Valmir Berisha, 17, is contemplating a move to the Premier League after the Halmstad youngster was leading scorer in the Under-17 World Cup in the autumn.

Fulham want to sign Dynamo Moscow winger Balazs Dzsudzsak, 26, in a £11m deal.

A trio of Premier League sides are chasing Rennes midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, according to sources in France.

Liverpool are tracking Lech Poznan youngster Milosz Kozak, according to Polish newspaper Fakt.

Auxerre striker Paul-Georges Ntep, 21, says he is keen on a move to Arsenal, despite interest from Chelsea, Tottenham and Aston Villa.

Demba Ba has spoken out in frustration at his manager's attempts to bring in further striker options. He was quoted as saying 'I've been doing the job up front, yet all I see is the gaffer trying to bring in Robbie Keane, show some faith in me boss'


Jack Cork has admitted he may need to move away from Southampton after failing to reclaim his place following returning from injury.

Nilton of Cruzeiro has stated he'd like to make a move over to Europe finally.

West ham respond to Ba's comments by saying: He's only just joined he has been playing when fit, he is 1st and/or 2nd choice striker especially when playing 2 up top....we are looking to bulk out the squads options.

Crystal Palace would like to confirm that there is indeed interest in securing Mr Cork at their club

Corinthians are willing to listen to offers for Brazil international striker Alexandre Pato.

Hull City want to sign Sunderland's 28-year-old midfielder Sebastian Larsson.

Kurt Zouma might be available in January after French side Saint-Etienne admitted that they could sell the £11m-rated central defender if the price is right.

Newcastle and Southampton are both keen on the defender Cheikhou Kouyate.

Crystal Palace manager Lubo is considering a move for Brondby's 23-year-old striker Simon Makienok.

Fiorentina are ready to do battle with a clutch of Premier League sides to land Ukraine international Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Arsene Wenger has dismissed suggestions Arsenal will make a bid for Hamburg youngster Hakan Calhanoglu in the New Year.

Former Arsenal striker Eduardo says he is hopeful of a Premier League return

Hartlepool United boss Colin Cooper insists that anyone wanting highly-rated defender Jack Baldwin will have to pay a big price.

Werder Bremen captain Clemens Fritz says he is considering his future at the Bundesliga club after being unhappy with his displays this season.

'Cardiff City manager OTW is unhappy with his role at the club at the moment and is looking to leave the club. He will remain as manager until a suitable replacement is found on a match day basis but will not continue in the transfer market.'

why?