Which is a bit of a turnaround because it used to be 'Roy Keane to launch for Patrick Vieira'. And vice versa. But a lot of today's newspapers have the same story that Keano is desperate to bring his old nemesis to the Stadium of Light to boss Sunderland's midfield. The Frenchman is currently in Jose [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea have agreed a deal with 12-year-old French starlet Jeremy Boga. Boga plays for junior side ASPTT, based in Marseille, but he has now agreed to make the switch to West London. It's not a 'transfer' per se (forbidden by the rules) - Boga's father works in London and that has made things a lot easier for [. Click to continue reading...

Lyon recently revealed that Benzema's contract had a 100m Euro 'get-out' clause. Assuming that this is for non-French clubs instead of just for French clubs, it effectively prices out any European club from buying the player anytime soon. The price hasn't stopped the press from speculating on Benzema's future though, with Manchester City and Manchester United [. Click to continue reading...

Today we're hearing that Everton are interested in signing Jimmy Bullard from Fulham. Fulham will be able to offer Bullard equal (if not more) money than Everton (London beats Liverpool as well) so it comes down to league positions and future as a player, and in that aspect I don't see Bullard jumping ship to [. Click to continue reading...

The fact that Newcastle are talking to Venables - a man who, in case you've forgotten, was the Assistant's assistant and for his 30 years of experience has little to show for it - is an indication of the hard times the club has fallen upon. All this could have been stopped if Ashley had kept [...] Click to continue reading...

Personally, I am not convinced that West Ham will be handing over money to Sheffield United this side of 2020 with all the expected appeals, but this morning's newspapers are full of stories that the Hammers will be forced to sell their star players in January. Here is a rundown of the potential movers and [. Click to continue reading...

Alan Curbishley resigned from his position as West Ham manager last week claiming a lack of control over transfers with the breaking point being the last day sale of George McCartney. In an interview with the Sun, Curbs has given a full account of what happened, including the manner in which the last day transfer dealings [. Click to continue reading...

I'm not an Arsenal fan. I'm not French. I'm not even a former Arsene Wenger pupil. But dammit, he's spot on when he talks about negotiation tricks and the lack of any genuine complaint from Tottenham's end on their players being tapped up. The Arsenal manager (referring to the Chelsea-Ashley Cole-Arsenal saga): "We faced that problem once and [. Click to continue reading...

You know what really stood out about the recently closed transfer window?  Not the brinksmanship, the complaints about tapping up, or even the idea of billion-dollar teams squabbling over a couple million pounds.  The one thing that really stood out to me was all the talk about "dream moves." It seemed like every high-profile star that [. Click to continue reading...

Following Alan Curbishley's departure from West Ham yesterday, his transfer policy at the club has come under increased scrutiny. Soccerlens has rounded up Curbishley's worst forays into the transfer market. 1. Freddie Ljungberg from Arsenal Curbishley should have known that sneaky Arsene Wenger only sells his stars when they are past it. Click to continue reading...

Football transfer fees were thought to be affected by the global credit crunch but that didn't stop English clubs from smashing the English football transfer records twice in one evening as the clubs from Manchester bought Robinho and Dimitar Berbatov. Whether or not they deserved to be sold for more than £30m each is [. Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

After Dimitar Berbatov's strange menage-a-trois dalliance with Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Man City gazumping Chelsea, yesterday's third oddest deadline day transfer was that of John Akinde from Ebbsfleet United to Bristol City for £150,000 plus add-ons. The transfer wasn't bizarre because of the player - Akinde has long attracted interest from league clubs [. Click to continue reading...

There's really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deal that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab with their newly-acquired mega-riches, many watched the window to see if someone would come through the [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United have signed Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75m. Frazier Campbell is headed the other way in a 1-year loan deal (smart bit of business from United, that). The transfer was always expected to go down to the wire but Manchester City's weekend takeover threw it in a spin with City's new owners [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle have completed the signing of Spain Under-21 striker Xisco, 22, on a five-year deal worth £4.8m from Deportivo. Necessary move before Owen heads to Tottenham so that Berbatov can head to United so that Campbell can go to Hull so that everyone go home and sleep? "Newcastle sign Xisco for £4. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club have agreed to sell Brazilian Robinho to Manchester City. Calderon (speaking to Spanish TV): "We have agreed to sell the player for human reasons, and for footballing reasons and for an important quantity of money. The fact the player accepted the offer from City proves he isn't moving for sporting [. Click to continue reading...

The 20-year-old was at one time rated as one of Brazil's most promising players, and his claim to fame is his "seal dribble" where he runs past opponents with the ball bobbing on his forehead, thus making it almost impossible for him to be tackled fairly, and often results in him being hacked down by [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of 26-year old Albert Reira from Espnayol on a 4-year contract for £8m. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is confident his new recruit will have no problems in adapting to life in Premiership football: "Riera has the qualities we were looking for. He's a left footer who normally plays on the left wing, [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has said that Tottenham have accepted Manchester City's last-day bid for Dimitar Berbatov. Hughes: "We have made an offer and I think it's agreed between ourselves and Spurs. Now it's up to the boy to decide. It's happened quite quickly today. We are going to try and bring good players to the [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's last-second shopping list: Berbatov, Gomez, Villa, Ashton, Podolski...did I miss anyone? This is stark. raving. mad. A club up the creek without a paddle where finances are concerned, the owner sells the club on the weekend and with less than 10 hours to go to the transfer window, the board are off looking to [. Click to continue reading...

This is stark. raving. mad. A club up the creek without a paddle where finances are concerned, the owner sells the club on the weekend and with less than 10 hours to go to the transfer window, the board are off looking to spend 30m+ (some saying at least 50m if they can get their [...] Click to continue reading...

There are several clubs who were left on the altar, so to speak, with respect to a few big signings this summer. Liverpool lost out on Barry, Real Madrid lost out on Ronaldo, Chelsea and United may still lose out on Robinho and Berbatov, Tottenham reportedly lost out on Villa (although to be fair they [. Click to continue reading...

Louis Saha recently joined Everton on a 'we pay if he plays' deal, something that ends up being good for both sides as Everton get a striker in for free and Manchester United now don't have to pay him to stay in the sickbay all day. And today (actually, yesterday) there was news that Everton might [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham have signed Croatia defender Vedran Corluka from Manchester City on a 6-year deal for 8.5m. The 22-year-old defender began his career at Dynamo Zagreb before joining City in 2007 where he made 41 appearances in all competitions. Corluka's move to White Hart Lane was apparently agreed some time ago with Manchester City waiting to bring in [. Click to continue reading...

After hundreds (at least) of news bits over the last few months, we're finally almost at the end of the summer transfer window. There's a lot yet to happen on the final day of the window, but I'm here to get you caught up on all of the latest signings and speculation. England So, [...] Click to continue reading...

Dimitar Berbatov came to Tottenham Hotspur believing that he would be part of a new revolution in the Premier League that would shake the established order and lead Tottenham to the Champions League. In the two years since his arrival, the player has lost faith in Tottenham's dream and more importantly lost faith in Tottenham's [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City have completed the signings of 23-year-old Argentine international Pablo Zabaleta from Espanyol on a 5-year deal (roughly £6.5m) and 25-year-old Brazilian defender Glauber Berti from FC Nuremburg on a one year deal. This takes City's signings for the summer to 6 as Zabaleta and Berti join Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jo, Ben Haim and Vincent Kompany. Click to continue reading...

Robinho is a liar. He doesn't want to play for Chelsea. He wants to leave Real Madrid because he thinks he's never going to get the money and the respect that he feels he deserves. Chelsea are just the richest club to have come along and offer him a spot. If Liverpool had the money [...] Click to continue reading...

In addition to our daily transfer news and rumours column, we also cover all the transfers happening in the Premier League. This summer we're taking our coverage to the next level, and you can now track confirmed transfers for the following leagues: English Premier League English Championship La Liga Serie A Bundesliga Ligue 1 You can click on any of the [. Click to continue reading...

Today is the second-last day of the transfer window for English and Scottish football - it was supposed to end at midnight tonight but Alex Ferguson threatened to finger Scudamore in a Bulgarian prostitute scandal, hence the one-day extension and more time for Manchester United to snap up that moody Bulgarian (the striker, not the [. Click to continue reading...

There are only a couple more days left in the summer transfer window, so there's less spec and more deals right now as the deadline approaches. England Tottenham look set to complete their front line and pave the way for Dimitar Berbatov to get his move to Manchester United, as they've agreed what could be [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham have finally signed Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow for a fee rumoured to be £12m. The player was photographed arriving at White Hart Lane yesterday and after passing a medical, he is now formally a Tottenham player as announced on the Spurs official website. Question #1: Will he succeed in England? Click to continue reading...

Hull chairman Paul Duffen on the club's £7m bid for young Manchester United striker Frazier Campbell: "We've put a £7m bid on the table to Manchester United. The complexities of their situation are that it depends on them getting one in, that one might well be Bulgarian. As I said all the way through the summer we need [. Click to continue reading...

We're into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it's sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I'm back to give you the latest transfer news and rumors, and there is something to report on with Dimitar Berbatov, but I don't know if it's what [...] Click to continue reading...