Summer Transfers

Manchester City will step up their bid to sign Ronaldinho from Barcelona and are prepared to offer the Brazilian £200,000-a-week. (Daily Mail)

Manchester United are preparing a £15m bid for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. (The Sun)
But Mark Hughes wants to take Santa Cruz and team-mate David Bentley with him when he becomes the new manager of Manchester City. (Daily Mirror
 
Newcastle are in the hunt to sign Argentine star Pablo Aimar after his club Real Zaragoza put him up for sale for £6.5m. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham will move to sign Rangers goalkeeper Alan McGregor for £9m. (Daily Express)

Arsenal's pursuit of Samir Nasri has been put on hold until after Euro 2008, despite the Gunners agreeing a £12.5m fee with Marseille. (Daily Telegraph)

Hull City will have to pay Man Utd £5m for striker Frazier Campbell. (Daily Mirror)

And the Premier League new boys have told David Nugent he will need to take a £15,000 a week wage cut in he wants to sign from Portsmouth for £3m. (The Sun)
 
Jose Mourinho has made Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole his top target after becoming the new manager at Inter Milan. (Daily Star)

Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he will quit Manchester United within a year to realise his dream of becoming a Real Madrid player. (Various)
 
Liverpool will unveil £7m-rated left-back Andrea Dossena as their second summer signing on Thursday. (Various)

Juventus have agreed terms with Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso but have to agree a fee with the Reds, who want £16m compared to the Italian club's £14.5m offer. (The Sun)

Chelsea midfielders Shaun Wright-Phillips and Steve Sidwell have put any thoughts of a move on hold until the Blues appoint a new manager. (The Sun)

Blues striker Didier Drogba is unlikely to join Inter Milan as new boss Jose Mourinho has not put any strikers on his transfer list for the club. (Daily Mirror)
 
Alexander Hleb is close to joining Barcelona after Jose Mourinho's arrival as manager of Inter Milan scuppered his hopes of joining the San Siro outfit. (Various)

Sporting Lisbon have put a £23.5m price tag on Portugal midfielder and Arsenal target Miguel Veloso. (The Sun)

Manchester City will sign Brazilian pair Jo, who plays up front for CSKA Moscow, and Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho. (Various)

Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra also insists defender Micah Richards will not be allowed to leave the club. (Daily Mail)
 
Aston Villa, Everton and Portsmouth are monitoring Steven Taylor's situation at Newcastle as the centre-back has just 13 months left on his deal and has not agreed a new contract. (The Sun)

Villa have targeted keeper Blackburn keeper Brad Friedel with Rovers bracing themselves for key players leaving after Mark Hughes' exit. (Daily Mail)

Toulouse have dropped their £21m asking price for Bolton target and striker Johan Elmander, who has one year left onhis contract with the French club. (Various)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is set to add seven more players to the eight he has already axed to fund a £50m spending spree. (Daily Mirror)

West Brom are set to launch a £4m bid for Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson. (Daily Record)

Burnley are planning a £1.5m double raid to land Hearts winger Andrew Driver and Celtic forward Derek Riordan. (Daily Star)

Celtic will monitor Spartak Moscow's Austrian defender Martin Stranzl at Euro 2008. (Daily Mail)

Rangers will reject a £1.5m bid from Stoke for midfielder Lee McCulloch. (Scottish Sun)

Dundee United have targeted loan deals for Sunderland striker Roy O'Donovan and Crystal Palace goalkeeper Scott Finders. (Daily Star)

Hamilton Accies are preparing a bid for Livingston defender Dave Mackay. (Daily Star)

Leeds have put West Brom's Kevin Phillips top of their transfer list and will have to fight it out with QPR and Stoke for the veteran striker. (Daily Star)
 
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'Ronaldinho has magic in his boots, let's hope we can bring him to Man City', says Thaksin

The one-time Thai prime minister appointed Mark Hughes to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson in the Eastlands dug-out yesterday and is now set to reward the Welshman by signing the former two-time Fifa World Player of the Year as part of a £50 million summer spending spree to enable the club to break in to the Premier League's top four next season.

"Ronaldinho - you know, he is a great player," Thaksin said. "Whatever the club in your heart, you would want to see this player in England, wouldn't you?"

"It is not a risk," he said in reference to the Brazilian's reported exhoribant wage demands. "Sponsors will contribute. It will not damage our wage structure. Garry and Pairoj, my chief advisor, they are taking care of this transfer. I am very excited.

"I am 59 next birthday, so I am not a man who can wait for many years to see my dreams come true."

There will of course be those City fans, as well as possibly new manager Hughes, who would need convincing about the player's hunger for the game after an ineffectual and at times injury-ravaged last season at Camp Nou, but not Thaksin.

"Ronaldinho is 28. He has much still to offer, he is a star. You need a combination of new players, existing players, quality, young and old.

"I admit also you need a player who is more than just winning the match. You need a star who can play on the pitch, but who can achieve much more for the club. Ronaldinho is that player.

"I am hearing good things about his hunger. I have spoken to his brother (his agent). Ronaldinho wants the new challenge, the chance to play his best football again, to return to the days when he was really, really famous. The magic is still in his boots. Let us hope we can bring him.'

City are also reported to be targeting Ronaldinho's compatriot Jo, who plays for CSKA Moscow, to form an all-Brazilian strike force at the City of Manchester stadium next season, rumours Thaksin refuses to dampen.

'Tell the fans from me that they cannot love the club more than me. We have the same goals and they will understand me now.

"Mark Hughes, Garry Cook, Jo, maybe Ronaldinho. They will see by the new season."
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omw go man city u beauties

im tired of seeing the top 4, the time has come for a few more players to make it little harder for them

man city have money, now they have a fantastic manager all they need is players :)
 
Question is will Ronaldinho go!

When is Portugal playing their first match? So that Ronaldo can come out with it.

Its about time United get some of their own medicine, they have been poaching from other clubs for too long.

Now Real is going to steal their golden boy.
 
I cant wait for Alves to all so be signed. Wonder who is going to get him.
 
We need to wait till after the euro's to see who is going to be signed
 
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Fernando Torres can supplant Raul to become Spain's goal-scoring star at Euro 2008

With Raul finally out of the picture after all these years, having been controversially omitted from the Spain squad, Fernando Torres can't have any doubts that the hopes of a nation rest more heavily on his shoulders than ever before.

For if Luis Aragones' side are to fulfil their great promise by finally giving Spain something to shout about, a striker will need to produce. And no one is better qualified, or indeed in better form, than this quietly confident 24-year-old who has had a prolific debut season for Liverpool.

Mind you, the weight of expectation doesn't seem to overly bother him. Atletico Madrid's youngest captain at the age of 19 and now bearing the goalscoring brunt at Anfield, this baby-faced striker with a mentally tough streak seems to accept responsibility as comfortably as a spinning through-ball.

And when you look at the names backing him up in Austria and Switzerland, there shouldn't be a dearth of quality passes. Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas and the Barcelona pair of Xavi and Andres Iniesta can all slickly load the gun, as can clubmate Xabi Alonso.

'El Nino' might even get help up front from the hard-working David Villa if Aragones departs from the 4-3-3 shape that earned qualification. Yet those matches, plus his escapades for Liverpool, prove that Torres is more than capable of leading the line on his own, armed with a blistering turn of pace, sinewy strength and ruthless finishing ability.

It doesn't take a genius to work out, then, that if he comes out of the traps suitably prepared, if his movement and instincts prove as sharp as normal, he should cause an awful lot of problems to opponents. He should also enjoy better service than most of the forwards vying to finish as the tournament's top scorer.

You can actually get 11-1 on him coming out on top, which isn't a bad bet considering Greece, Russia and Sweden make up Group D. A couple of goals early on and Torres will quickly turn into the man everyone must stop.
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im going with Portugal as you know i am a big ronaldo supporter :) and nani

what country u guys going with and why?
 
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Spain!! Family ties and My favourite club (barca) play in their league.
 
Spain - Its the league i watch and alot of Barca players play in the national team
Sweden - Lived there for a short while - got some good friends there
Germany - Family ties
 
Andrea Dossena to Liverpool FC
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk...-in-to-sign-liverpool-fc-deal-64375-21022208/
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Andrea Dossena flies in to sign Liverpool FC deal

Jun 4 2008 by Tony Barrett
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ANDREA DOSSENA was today undergoing a medical ahead of his expected £7m move to Liverpool.

The Italian left back is due to get married this weekend but such is his desire to sign for the Reds he has taken time out from his wedding preparations to fly to Merseyside to undergo his medical.

A fee in the region of £7m has been agreed with Udinese and terms have also been agreed with the player who was revealed as Rafa Benitez's number one target for the left back position last month.

The deal to sign him was held up by Udinese's initial demands with the Serie A club seeking up to £8m for the 26-year-old but a compromise has now been reached and, barring any last minute hitches, Dossena will become Liverpool's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Swiss right back Philipp Degen.

Dossena's agent Federico Pastorello admitted: "Everything is confirmed and we have already exchanged all the documents via fax. The deal is practically done."

Although Dossena has not made the Italian national squad for the forthcoming European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, he is considered one of the most improved players in Italy over the last 12 months and his impressive displays for Udinese led to him being awarded his first full cap in a friendly against South Africa last season.

His form alerted Benitez, who had made the recruitment of a top class left back one of his priorities for this summer.

With the out of favour John Arne Riise having been told he has no future at Anfield, the Reds boss is hopeful of recouping the majority of his outlay on Dossena by selling the Norwegian defender – with AS Roma and Newcastle leading the chase for his services.

Dossena only recently signed a new four and a half year deal with Udinese but that has not stopped Liverpool from coming to an agreement with his club and Benitez will be delighted that another piece of his summer rebuilding programme now looks set to fall into place.

Meanwhile, Fernando Torres is confident of being fit for Spain's start to Euro 2008 despite struggling with an ankle injury.

The 33-goal Reds marksman is hopeful of featuring in tonight's warm-up clash with the USA despite reports suggesting he could miss Spain's opening fixture against Russia on June 10.

Torres was replaced at half-time during last Saturday's 2-1 friendly win over Peru in Huelva after complaining of an ankle problem.

"My ankle is fine. It was touch and go the other day, but it's gradually improving," he revealed.

"We'll see, but at the moment I think that I'll have no problems for the USA match. The coach decides, but the important thing is that we prepare for the Euros as well as possible."
 
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