**Manchester United are favourites to sign
Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Thiago
Alacantara, 22, who would cost £15m. Thiago
scored a hat-trick as Spain Under-21s beat
Italy 4-2 in the final of the European
Championships on Tuesday. Alacantara made
15 league starts for Barca last season....
**Liverpool are in advanced negotiations to
sign Porto's Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu,
21.
The Reds also expect †o complete the £6m
transfer of Sevilla
attacking midfielder Luis Alberto, 20, by
Thursday.
**The package that takes England striker
Andy Carroll from Liverpool †o West Ham
could cost the London club a total £55m. The
24-year-old, who has passed a medical at
Upton Park, will cost up to £19m and will sign
a six-year £100,000-a-week deal.
**Borussia Dortmund star Ilkay Gundogan
admits he is open to a move abroad.
Gundogan has been linked with Chelsea ,
Manchester United and Real Madrid this
month.
**Fulham hope to sign Liverpool defender
Andre Wisdom, 20, on loan for next season.
**It looks ever more likely that Thiago
Alcantara is about to drop a bombshell on
Barcelona and make the move to Old
Trafford.
**Aston Villa are looking to sell striker Darren
Bent, 29, for a fee in excess of £8m.
**This morning's transfer news sees Chelsea
loan star Kevin De Bruyne push for a summer
move to Borussia Dortmund despite being
part of Jose Mourinho's plans at Stamford
Bridge.
**Crystal Palace, Swansea, Fulham and
Norwich have all made £2m offers for
Birmingham and England
Under-21 winger Nathan Redmond, 19.
**Everton are in talks with Granada to sign
Brazilian left-back Guilherme Siqueira, 27.
**Birmingham have dismissed speculation
that Blackpool left-back Stephen Crainey, 31,
could join them.
**The 2014 FA Cup final will be played after
the end of the Premier League season for the
first time since 2010.
**Joe Kinnear will not take on any scouting
duties or negotiate contracts as director of
football at Newcastle. His key responsibilities
will be to sit in on meetings about the first
team and transfers, as well as talking directly
to owner Mike Ashley on behalf of the club's
football staff.
**The Football Association is in no rush to
name a replacement for outgoing England
Under-21 manager
Stuart Pearce.
**Michael Appleton, 37, who was sacked by
Blackburn in March, is favourite to take over
from Pearce.
**Premier League chief executive Richard
Scudamore has promised to meet
representatives of supporters who will
protest in London on Wednesday about ticket
prices.
**Manchester City defender Micah Richards,
24, will open talks about a new four-year deal
this week. The defender has two years left on
his current deal.
**Borussia Dortmund are interested in
Valencia's French defender Adil Rami, 27, who
is also in the sights of Manchester City and
Napoli.
**AC Milan are interested in signing Dutch
defender Bruno Martins, 21,
currently of Feyenoord, following a strong
showing in the Under-21 European
Championship.
**Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, 29, has
told Spanish radio that he "got caught up in
the wave of antagonism" towards interim
coach Rafael Benitez, and said he would
like to speak to new boss Jose Mourinho
about his plans for next season.
**Real Madrid have continued their charm
offensive towards Tottenham's Gareth Bale
by reserving the number 11 shirt for the
Wales winger, 23.
Compiled by Avan.
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