Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has reportedly delayed discussions over a new contract, casting further doubt over his future.

According to News of the World, Agger will not enter negotiations to extend his current deal until manager Rafael Benitez assures him that he has a first-team future at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

This disillusioned Anfield man is apparently not keen on signing a new contract and according to this source this has led to interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid. Real Madrid are keen on Liverpool defender Daniel Agger (The People) Agger, 23, is a top-quality centre back who has impressed the Merseyside crowd . Click to continue reading...

Arsenal promising young keeper Wojciech Szcz?sny has revealed that he has agreed a new contract at the Emirates. The 18-year-old Polish gloveman has spoken of his delighted at inking a new three-year-contract with the Gunners. "The Club says that the first contract a young player signs is only on the basis of his talent and potential," Szcz? Click to continue reading...

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has revealed that he wants to offer Daniel Agger a new contract at Anfield. The Danish central defender hasn't featured in the first team since a disappointing performance in the first leg of the Champions League qualifier against Standard Liège and there had been reports that the 23-year-old was unhappy at being frozen out. Click to continue reading...

Dirk Kuyt accepts he's had to fight for recognition in football. And he knows another sterling Champions League campaign will not only enhance his status at Liverpool, it will help him reclaim his place in the Holland team.

In the countdown to Tuesday's trip to Marseille Kuyt said: "Training and playing with players like Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres has made me much stronger. Click to continue reading...

In what has to be considered one of the more-complicated MLS trades in recent memory, Toronto FC has acquired defender Hunter Freeman from the New York Red Bulls until the end of the next season in exchange for third- and fourth-round draft picks in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft, a move club officials announced on Friday. Click to continue reading...

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Stoke/Dave Knapper - Francis trains with City
FORMER Tottenham manager Gerry Francis is hopeful of joining Stoke as a part-time coach.
Francis, who helped out with training sessions at the club's Michelin ground this week, says the arrangement could become more formal. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle's 22 year old new striker Xisco, has admitted to being surprised by the timing of his switch to The Premier League and Newcastle United. Xisco - renegotiating Deportivo contract when Newcastle made their move The Spanish Under-21 player was in negotiations for a new contract at Deportivo La Coruna before Newcastle United came in with a [. Click to continue reading...

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Croydon Guardian/Graham Moody - Watson to replace Soares
Ben Watson will come back into the Crystal Palace first team this weekend having failed to secure a move away from Selhurst Park.
The 23-year-old midfielder has only made one appearance in the League Cup so far this season but with Tom Soares moving to Stoke City on transfer deadline day last week, the deadball specialist is expected to fill the void left in the centre of the park. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, we heard from Valencia president Vicente Soriano, who said he never considered Real Madrid's bid for Valencia star striker David Villa.

In light of Robinho's recent transfer from the sunny shores of Madrid to the rainy heartland of Manchester, crying, whining and causing a scene the entire way, I saw it fit to revisit the near transfer of our star David Villa one last time.

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Speculation is growing about the possible return of an Anfield legend. Many people have been discussing the growing possibility that Rafa may be turning to a certain Newcastle player who is yet to agree a new contract! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! There is a lot of chat floating . Click to continue reading...

MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho said Sunday that his "head was at Chelsea" and that he was determined to leave the Spanish club despite efforts of team bosses to keep him.

"I've already told the president (Ramon Calderon), and coach (Bernd Schuster), management and (the media): my head is there (at Chelsea), I want to play over there," the 24-year-old said. Click to continue reading...

Manchetser City midfielder Michael Johnson is set to sign a new contract at Eastlands after a summer filled with speculation over his future. Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton were all keen to lure him away from the City of Manchester stadium but in the end he has chosen to stay with Mark Hughes' men.

The England under-21 international is set to sign a new £50,000 a week deal at the club at which he has progressed through the ranks. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United and Tottenham are set for another battle over a striker. This time it is about Newcastle striker Michael Owen who has today been linked with an possible exit from St James' Park and both Sir Alex Ferguson and Juande Ramos are keen to offer him that exit route. (Sunday Mirror)

The England international is apparently about to reject a new contract offer from Newcastle of £120,000 a week in favour of a move to Old Trafford or White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

It's looking more and more like Newcastle United have indeed offered their captain Michael Owen an improved contract, to stay another three years at the club. Michael Owen - yes - I've got a new contract Indeed a Newcastle spokesman is quoted in reputable news channels, such as Sky Sports, that Michael has been offered a [. Click to continue reading...

Olympic gold medallist Javier Mascherano will almost certainly be plunged into Liverpool's tough away Barclays Premier League game at Aston Villa on Sunday.

The match has added spice after the summer of disagreement between Villa boss Martin O'Neill and Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez over the drawn-out saga of Gareth Barry's on-off move to Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan is quite confident that England International and Newcastle captain Michael Owen will sign a new contract at St James' Park very soon. Michael Owen - will sign new contract at Newcastle 28-year-old Owen has one year left on his contract, and as a little reminder that he could be important to Kevin [. Click to continue reading...

BLACKBURN have tied down striker Roque Santa Cruz to a new contract.The Paraguayan was wanted by ex-Rovers boss Mark Hughes at Manchester City.But the ex-Bayern Munich ace has committed his future to the Ewood Park club by signing a four-year deal.It is a huge boost for Rovers boss Paul Ince, who has already lost England star David Bentley to Tottenham this summer. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have reportedly rejected a £2.5million offer from newly promoted Stoke City for Finnish defender Sami Hyypia.

Premier League newcomers Stoke have had a bid for Liverpool's veteran centre-back Sami Hyypia turned down by the Anfield club.

The Liverpool Echo reports that Potters manager Tony Pulis - who has already signed two other defenders during the past week in Abdoulaye Faye from Newcastle and Southampton's Andrew Davies - wanted to bring in Hyypia to shore up a suspect back-four that Bolton ripped apart last Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Media reports linking Joe Cole with a shock return to West Ham appear wide of the mark after the midfielder claimed he was happy at Chelsea. The 26-year-old has yet to sign a new contract at Stamford Bridge despite only having two years left on his current deal. And with Cole facing a real fight to [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is reportedly considering a £6million offer for Honduran International Wilson Palacios from Wigan Athletic. With Benitez singling out Palacios as a possible alternative to Albert Riera, should he fail to sign him from Espanyol.

Liverpool have turned their attention to 26-year-old Riera, now that any deal to bring Gareth Barry to Anfield from Aston Villa looks dead in the water. Click to continue reading...

Emannuel Adebayor has inked a new "long-term" contract with Arsenal. The deal is set to be worth £80,000 a week for the Togolese striker and is set to run until at least 2012. The new contract comes after months of speculation over the player's future. Only weeks ago it seemed that Ade was destined for [. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona are thought to have re-entered the race for Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Andrei Arshavin. Tottenham remain the favourites to land Russia's Euro 2008 hero but after Valencia's David Silva signed a new contract with the club, it is understood that the Catalan club could yet make a late bid for the player. Click to continue reading...

As expected, the Galaxy today dealt the rights to former striker and noted head case Clint Mathis to Real Salt Lake.

In return, they got a conditional fourth round pick in the 2010 draft.

From the (edited) Galaxy press release:

Mathis, who began his career with the Galaxy in 1998, was re-acquired by the club in November 2007.

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And so Frank Lampard has got himself the contract he wanted. To be fair to Frank, he only ever asked for one thing: loads of money every week for the next five years. My guess is that all the talk about moving to Inter Milan was half a veiled threat and half a Plan B [...] Click to continue reading...

So obviously everyone's thrilled that ‘Super' Frank is going to be staying at Chelsea for the rest of his career, getting paid £130,000 a week or whatever to stroll around looking generally non-plussed, rather than showing some actual ambition and desire to test his abilities by going abroad.

Anyway, those resourceful chaps over at The Spoiler have somehow managed to ‘acquire' a copy of Mr Lampard's new contract and it makes for some interesting reading.

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Chelsea promised a big revelation yesterday at 5pm and they didn't let down. Instead of a Brazillian holiding a Blues shirt with "Kaka" or "Robinho" on the back it was a big-signing of a different nature. Frank Lampard has finally committed the latter stages of his career to Chelsea, thus ending the possibility of reuniting with [. Click to continue reading...

Anton Ferdinand has turned down a treble-your-money offer of a new contract at West Ham according to media reports. The Mirror claim that the former England Under-21 player was approached with a deal thought to be worth £2million a year but has rejected it in the hope of an improved offer. The two parties have been negotiating [. Click to continue reading...

Alphabetically Wigan may be the rock bottom of the Premiership, but last season they managed 10 clean sheets - equal with Arsenal and bettered only by Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, Pompey and Everton. This hasn't helped with the bookies at all; Paddy Power has Wigan ranked 15th favorite at 250:1 to keep the most clean sheets this season. Click to continue reading...

Michael Essien (the second most expensive transfer in the history at Stamford Bridge, 24m pounds, after Shevchenko, 30m pounds) has signed a new contract with Chelsea extending until 2013.

Being a key member of the central axle along with Cech, Terry, Lampard, Ballack and Drogba, Big Phil will surely be happy to know that Essien isn't going anywhere. Click to continue reading...