Chelsea expect to unveil Robinho by Friday.The Real Madrid ace is set for a £28.4million move to Stamford Bridge after weeks of negotiations.And chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed that the Brazilian should wrap up his switch in the next 48 hours.(the sun)

He said: "We're ever confident that it will be done. Click to continue reading...

At the risk of sounding like a disgruntled former employee - which i'm sure i am - i feel compelled to share a story about my only previous contact with the Chicago Fire's new team president, Dave Greeley.

First, however, please read this well written post by Steve Pastorino, my partner in crime at the Chicago Fire from 1997 through 2004. Click to continue reading...

Great news this morning in the Nation's Capital. ACT Rockets (Youth) are expected to play a number of games between October and Febuary against A-League Youth sides. Nothing is confirmed but progess is looking good, very good.

Negotiations are at an early stage but signs are very promising. Click to continue reading...

US midfielder Maurice Edu has been on the go non-stop over the past few weeks, having represented his country in the Beijing Olympics and a World Cup Qualifier in Guatemala, as well as pulling club duties with Toronto FC and flying to Europe for negotiations all within the span of 10 days. Now, the 22-year-old midfielder is finally getting set for a calmer spell at his new home, Ibrox Stadium, which will officially begin when Edu joins Rangers in Scotland later this week. Click to continue reading...

The S*n today beings us a cheeky little story about Dimitar Berbatov, who seems to have switched allegiances faster than a Usain Bolt sprint. The mealy-mouthed Spurs moaner has been linked all summer long with a move to Man Utd, but negotiations have been long and tortuous with Tottenham apparently . Click to continue reading...

I asked Hamlett how relieved he was to be done with the protracted negotiations to bring Brian McBride to the team. "You have no idea," he answered with a look that said twice as much as his words. He had only nice things to say about McBride, though.

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Hopefully this becomes great news for LLT´s Barça nut R.D. Baker as Zenit St. Petersburg officially stated that negotiations with Tottenham Hotspur over Euro2008 revelation Andrei Arshavin broke off earlier on Wednesday. This leaves the door wide open for Barcelona to come in and swipe the player, but there is very little time. Click to continue reading...

The Galaxy have finally offloaded Carlos Ruiz.  The negotiations between Toronto and LA has been going on for quite some time, but last night, an agreement was reached.  Sources with knowledge of the negotiation say that LA will receive a draft pick, and they will finally have the cap-space to add Eddie Lewis to their [. Click to continue reading...

Continuing a recent trend in Major League Soccer, another overseas-based American player is in negotiations to return home. This time, it's 2007 Gold Cup hero Benny Feilhaber, who is reportedly ready to leave Europe in favor of increased playing time in the United States.Feilhaber, 23, spent last season with Derby County in the English Premier League, but was rarely called up and made only ten appearances as the club went down to relegation. Click to continue reading...

Man Utd is on the verge of landing the Bulgarian. They have eyed him for a over a year. He was their first choice after the end of the 2007 season with his stellar first year at Spurs. They had to settle for Carlos Tevez.

Berbatov was ready to move to a club that guaranteed CL action.

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Now that this much-targeted winger appears to have been turned down by Inter Milan, could Rafa Benitez decide to join the chase for this Porto ace? The ‘Special One' has been after Quaresma all summer but his €27m price tag seems to have scuppered any chance of negotiations between the two clubs. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez is still refusing to rule out the possibility that he could sell Xabi Alonso - despite the astonishing support the midfielder has received from Liverpool fans.

But the Anfield boss, who also insists that "Liverpool are ready for the Champions League" next week, maintains Alonso will only leave now if the club receives a massive offer for his services. Click to continue reading...

Andy Johnson is off to Fulham... finally. The Everton striker has moved on to Craven Cottage after negotiations stopped and started a few times following Johnson's medical. Luke Young has come to Aston Villa from Middlesbrough. The 29-year-old full-back joins... Click to continue reading...

At least he is according to the Insider. According to two sources close to the club, D.C. United is in negotiations with goalkeeper Louis Crayton, who has played for eight Swiss clubs over the last 11 years and made 36 Liberian national team appearances. A deal "is not final yet," one source said. According to the big W, [. Click to continue reading...

As the Real Madrid squad fly out to Colombia for a (presumably) lucrative friendly against Independiente de Santa Fé, the news filtered out that the long-running saga around Cristiano Ronaldo is over, at least for this summer.

In an interview with Portuguese daily Publico (reproduced in full and translated to English in The Guardian), the Manchester United winger finally declared his desire to "fight and honour the shirt with the same desire and dedication I always have". Click to continue reading...

Robin van Persie is ready to sit down with Arsenal to hash out a long-term extension to his contract. The Dutch striker told setantasports.com that he was in negotiations before the Euro 2008 finals and he is excited to restart... Click to continue reading...

Football Transfers: The Toffee's sticky time in the transfer market continues

Football Transfers are becoming ten a penny as the transfer window closure starts to rush towards us. It's the 4th of August tomorrow and the 31st will be upon us before we know it and all football transfers have to be done by then, or be consigned to the chip wrapper. Click to continue reading...

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The Sun - Watson gets a Warn-ing
NEIL WARNOCK has warned Crystal Palace star Ben Watson he will rot in the reserves unless Birmingham cough up £2million.
The former England Under-21 international, 23, is desperate to go to St Andrew's after QPR dropped out of the race to sign him. Click to continue reading...

Today Real Madrid made it clear that they are no longer interested in signing Dutch ace Rafeal Van Der Vaart from Hamburger SV as an alternative to Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo. According to Real President Ramón Calderón, its Ronaldo or no one - they think their 85 million euro bid may still be workable. Click to continue reading...

Non-Arsenal related, but it made me laugh - at the same time as the BBC posted that Villa had called off the Gareth Barry to Liverpool negotiations, the Sun claimed the deal was almost complete: Classic crossed wires at the Sun The Sun use the age old 'we understand' to completely contradict the quotes, which are quite [. Click to continue reading...

Breaking news coming out of London is that David Bentley and Tottenham Hotspurs are in advanced discussions over a transfer. Blackburn are resigned to losing their star winger and Tottenham are willing to pay the price following Robbie Keane's departure.

In addition, Andrei Arshavin's agent just made it known that Tottenham are also in deep negotiations with Zenit St. Click to continue reading...

Breaking news coming out of London is that David Bentley and Tottenham Hotspurs are in advanced discussions over a transfer. Blackburn are resigned to losing their star winger and Tottenham are willing to pay the price following Robbie Keane's departure.

In addition, Andrei Arshavin's agent just made it known that Tottenham are also in deep negotiations with Zenit St. Click to continue reading...

As we suspected yesterday, the Bentley deal has taken a step forward now we have seen Robbie Keane in a Liverpool shirt (yes, made me feel sick too!)

The BBC earlier reported that 'Blackburn Rovers have confirmed they are in negotiations with Tottenham over the possible sale of David Bentley'. Click to continue reading...

As we suspected yesterday, the Bentley deal has taken a step forward now we have seen Robbie Keane in a Liverpool shirt (yes, made me feel sick too!)

The BBC earlier reported that 'Blackburn Rovers have confirmed they are in negotiations with Tottenham over the possible sale of David Bentley'. Click to continue reading...

By 1970's gooner Arsenal's interest in Brazilian wonder kid, Diogo Luis Santo, who plays for Portuguesa in Brazil may be about to end as another European club are in advanced negotiations for his signature. Arsenal have already hit a brick wall in their attempts to sign the player. The apparently intransigent Portuguesa president, Manuel da Lupa, revealed that they have twice turned down Click to continue reading...