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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Latest transfer gossip: August 17

We'll be keeping you as up-to-date as possible on the latest transfer talk in On The Move. You can read up on all the Latest Transfers and then follow the developing stories in our constantly updated transfer blog here.

Jermaine Jenas: Heading to Serie A? ©Getty Images
13.11 BST With Craig Bellamy heading to Cardiff, it is being suggested that Hull City could come in for Ross McCormack. They tried to sign him last summer.
13.06 BST The Guardian is reporting that James Milner's move to Manchester City is a done deal, for £18 million plus Stephen Ireland going to Aston Villa.
13.02 BST Manchester City's official website have confirmed that Craig Bellamy has signed for Cardiff City on loan for the season. Amazing scenes.
12.50 BST Kevin-Prince Boateng has reported arrived at AC Milan's traning ground ahead of his move from Genoa. Don't worry, we're as confused as you as his move to Genoa from Portsmouth has not yet been officially confirmed.
12.41 BST There seems to be a two-way fight on for the services of Cristian Ledesma. The Lazio player is said to be wanted by both Juventus and Inter Milan.
12.33 BST Dynamo Kiev striker Artem Milevskiy is reportedly being tracked by Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson as he looks to boost his forward line.
12.17 BST Corriere dello Sport is reporting that Fiorentina are set to sign Eduardo Salvio on loan from Atletico Madrid.
12.13 BST Palermo will no longer be signing Anton Ferndinand from Sunderland. Palermo sporting director Walter Sabatini said: "Anton Ferdinand and Bacinovic were offered to us, but even though they are two good players we have not considered their purchase. Anton Ferdinand is a physically strong defender that we like, but we decided to give up because we don’t need another central defender.”
12.06 BST Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan says "I don't see myself leaving" this summer.
12.03 BST Osama Pai has sent us a message about the Arsenal goalkeeper situation:
Dear Wenger, please buy Shay Given. I can not see Arsenal winning anything without a world class goalkeeper. We cant afford anymore defensive line and goalkeeping errors and for that we need Given even if you have to pay a little more, Arsenal Till I Die.
11.55 BST Could Big Sam be boosted by a transfer budget of £100 million? That's the claim in the press.
11.51 BST Jay Simpson is set to join Hull City on loan from Arsenal. He did well at QPR last season.
11.42 BST The Birmingham Mail thinks that Lokomotiv Moscow striker Peter Odemwingie will sign for West Bromwich Albion in the next 24 hours. He has already passed a medical ahead of a £2.5 million move. “I’ll be a West Brom player soon,” Odemwingie said. “I opted for West Bromwich because for a long time I have wanted to play in England."
11.29 BST A new line in the Mesut Ozil story, with the player's father saying he will join Real Madrid on a free next summer if a fee cannot be agreed before the end of the month. "We promised (Real Madrid president) Florentino Perez that if Bremen did not let Mesut go now, then next year he would come for free when his contract expires," his father Mustafa told Turkish paper Hirriyet.
11.17 BST One-time Birmingham target Mauro Camoranesi would be willing to move from Juventus to AC Milan, so says his agent. Sergio Fortunato said: “Obviously it would be a pleasant destination, but at the moment no one from the Rossoneri have got in touch with me. I consider it only a simple piece of journalistic indiscretion."
11.06 BST Reports are suggesting that Craig Bellamy WILL sign for Cardiff later today. Amazing stuff.
11.03 BST Schalke have ruled out a move to bring Diego back to Germany from Juventus. "We are not signing Diego," said Schalke manager Felix Magath. "We don't have any chance of that."
10.52 BST Wolves have signed promising Welsh striker Jake Cassidy from Airbus UK Broughton for an undisclosed fee.
10.39 BST Dutch paper Elf Voetbal says that Everton are in the box seat to sign FC Utrecht midfielder Dries Mertens for £3.2 million, but they could face competition from PSV Eindhoven and Dutch champions Twente Enschede.
10.26 BST Greece's Euro 2004 hero Angelos Charisteas has left Nurnberg to begin a new adventure with French Ligue 1 side Arles-Avignon.
10.16 BST David Guiza, who won Euro 2008 with Spain, is being linked with a move home to Hercules from Fenerbahce.
10.04 BST The local press in east London claims that West Ham are at the head of the queue to sign Roque Santa Cruz from Manchester City.
09.56 BST Simon Davies has signed a new three-year contract at Fulham. The 30-year-old midfielder, who retired from international football with Wales earlier this month, is now tied to Craven Cottage until the summer of 2013.
09.45 BST Interesting talk on the Mesut Ozil front. Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs claims the club will not leave him out of their Champions League squad tomorrow if a sale has not been agreed. If Ozil gets on the pitch against Sampdoria he will not be able to play for another club in the competition this season. He told theDeutsche Presseagentur: "The facts are pretty clear. If a club is looking to sign Mesut to play Champions League, then that club needs to make a decision before Wednesday. If Mesut Ozil is a player of Werder Bremen on Wednesday, we are going to play him against Sampdoria. We have not lined up any plan to not do that for whatever reason. It would be up to Real Madrid to show up with the right answer to this all."
09.31 BST Glasgow Rangers have taken Etienne Esajas on trial. The winger flopped at Sheffield Wednesday.
09.22 BST Canal+ believes that Marseille have jumped in front of Loic Remy's Premier League suitors to be in pole position for his signature.
09.03 BST Goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa is training with Spurs in a bid to win a loan move to the club. “He’s with us for a week or so, just to see how he is,” Redknapp told Sky Sports News. “If he’s fine and he’s okay, he’ll join us. He’ll give us good competition and good cover in that position.”
08.44 BST Stoke City are reportedly prepared to break the club's transfer record once again with a £9 million bid for Wigan Athletic forward Hugo Rodallega - beating the £8 million the Potters paid for Kenwyne Jones.
08.27 BST Chelsea target Neymar will decide today whether to complete a £24m move to the Premier League, according to The Sun. Santos are holding out for the £29.6m buy-out clause in his contract.
08.00 BST Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is still hopeful of keeping want-away midfielder Javier Mascherano at the club but admits they have a verbal agreement with the player to allow him to leave if a decent bid is received. Full story.
07.45 BST Celtic are hoping to announce their second signing in 48 hours as they bid to wrap up the transfer of Honduras left-back Emilio Izaguirre.
07.30 BST A frustrated James Milner has set a Thursday deadline for Manchester City to secure his transfer from Aston Villa. Full story.
07.15 BST We start, as always, with a round up of the UK press and the news that Jermaine Jenas is set to join Juventus. According to theDaily Mirror, the Tottenham midfielder is going to Serie A on loan for the season with a view to a full-time £10 million switch.
But The Sun claim it's Turkish club Galatasaray that heads the queue to sign Jenas and are hoping to fight off interest from AC Milan to land the Englishman.
Also in the Daily Mirror: Chelsea target Neymar, the 18-year-old Santos forward, will decide today whether to complete a £24m move to the Premier League. And Manchester City are hoping to sell flog Robinho to Schalke 04 to raise some cash to buy Benfica defender David Luiz.
The Daily Mail reports that Harry Redknapp has urged Craig Bellamy not to throw away his career by dropping into the Championship to play for Cardiff. Plus, Man City will offer new deal to benched goalkeeper Shay Given to keep him at the club.
The Guardian cliam that Everton have joined the lengthy queue of clubs hoping to sign Craig Bellamy even though they can't match his Man City salary.

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