Liverpool Transfer Rumour - Liverpool are very likely to sign Gareth Barry after Aston Villa are reported to search for a replacement for him, believe to be highly rated Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour.

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has identified Defour as a possible replacement for Barry.

A bid around £10m to £13m is enough to sign the Belgium international. Defour are also keen to play in England after has shown an impressive performance with Liege this season.

Watch him play! Enjoy!

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Liverpool Transfer Rumour - Liverpool are very likely to sign Aston Villa's Gareth Barry this summer, said former Liverpool player Patrik Berger. Berger was shown the door out from Villa last May after publicly advising Barry to join Liverpool. Barry was heavily linked with Liverpool and the club are still interested to sign him.

Liverpool failed to meet the asking price for the midfielder last January, which is £18million.

Berger said, "Gareth was Liverpool's main target last year and he has had another great season. I think Liverpool will still probably want him."

"If Villa get into the Champions League then Gareth has said he will stay but, if not, then we will see in the summer," Berger added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti has declared his interest to sign Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor and Chelsea's Alex this summer. Ancelotti threaten Milan to quit if the club won't allow him to do so! Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have been linked with Ancelotti. They are all very interested to sign him.

AC Milan are also keen to sign Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o. However their prime targets this summer are Adebayor and Alex.

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Liverpool Transfer Rumour - Liverpool are set to offer a new contract to their striker Fernando Torres. Rafa Benitez will also have £40million to spend this summer. There are rumours suggesting he might land Gareth Barry, Aaron Lennon, Stewart Downing and Michael Turner this summer.

However, Benitez wants to endusre that his star player to stay at the club first. Benitez said, "My priority now is to do the deals for my staff and for the players who will be important for this club in the future."

Despite the fact that Torres have four more years left in his contract, Liverpool will still offer a new contract to Torrest that will tie him to the club until 2015. The club will also rise his salary from £70,000 a week to £110,000 a week, closer to Gerrard's salary.

Benitez also wants to wants to secure the services of his other key players including Pepe Reina, Dirk Kuyt, Alvaro Arbeloa, Daniel Agger and Sami Hyppia.

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Chelsea Transfer Rumour - Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink may stay at the club for another season if Russia fail to progress to the 2010 World Cup. Hiddink manage to lead Chelsea to win 6 out of his 7 games in charge and the players want him to stay. So far, Hiddink still insisted that he will leave the club at the end of the season and continue his duty as Russia national team manager.

Hiddink said, "I will focus on Russia after this project but people say, 'Think about it, stay',"

"I enjoy it with the Russians but I do have a clause that says we can stop in November if Russia don't qualify," he added.

Hiddink said, "Then, the Russian FA can choose another direction and I would also be free to go."

At least, there is still some hope for Chelsea fan out there to see him staying put at the club for the next season.

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Aston Villa Transfer Rumour: Aston Villa are ready to sign Michael Owen if he decides to leave Newcastle United at the end of the season. Owen has decided to postpone the discussion about his contract extension with the club until they survived in the relegation battle.

It is very unlikely for the England striker to stay though.

Aston Villa plan to partner Owen with Emile Heskey and hopes they can bring their England success to the club level.

If they fail to sign Owen, they will try to sign Tottenham's Darren Bent or Jermaine Defoe.

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AC Milan-Chelsea Transfer Rumour: AC Milan are said interested to sign Chelsea's defender Alex and Branislav Ivanovic. AC Milan are currently planning to freshen up their aging squad. They are planning to spend huge amount of money for that. Both players are not getting regular first team football at Chelsea, fueling speculations they might leave the club this summer.

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Manchester United Transfer Rumour - Manchester United's defender Nemanja Vidic insists to stay at Manchester United despite being linked with a move to Inter Milan or AC Milan this summer. His agent Silvano Martina has denied the rumours and said that his player wants to stay.

In an interview with Calciomercato.it, Martina said, "There is no truth in these whispers, because he is a first-team regular in the Red Devils' side and is not for sale."

"He loves it in Manchester and Italian clubs cannot afford to buy him, nor can Spanish ones for that matter. He still has several years left on his contract and is settled there," Martina added.

Vidic was seen spoken to Inter official Gabriele Oriali after the Champions League clash at Old Trafford. Many thought that Inter will make a move at the end of the season.

However, Martina said, "I saw them talk. Inter had been following him a few years ago and Oriali probably told him "you would not have scored if you were playing with us", or perhaps just complimented him."

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Manchester United Transfer Rumour - Manchester United winger Nani insists he wants to stay at the club next season. So far, he failed to shine at the club. With the arrival of Zoran Tosic in January, there are rumours suggesting he might leave the club to get more regular first-team football.

Nani still believes he can become one of the best player in the world at Old Trafford.

In an interview with Record, Nani said, "First of all, I must gain my place in the team."

"Then, I can have higher ambitions. But I have all the conditions to be one of the best in the world," Nani added.

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Chelsea Transfer Rumour - Chelsea are said interested to sign Juventus centre-forward Vincenzo Iaquinta. El Mundo Deportivo reported Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is a big admirer of Iaquinta. He would love to see him plays for the club next season. Chelsea are set to challenge Atletico Madrid in the pursuit to sign the striekr. Atletico are set to make an offer for the striker this week.

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Chelsea Transfer Rumour - Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspurs has declared their interests to sign Brazillian winger Michel Bastos. He has showed an impressive performance with Lille in the French League this season. Lyon and Bayern Munich are also keen to sign the winger.

He is the club's top league scorer this season. He has scored 11 goals in 27 appearances.

However, he insisted he is happy in France. He just extended his contract until 2012 and keen to stay at the club as long as possible.

In an interview with L’Equipe, he said, "My head is in Lille and nowhere else. I like to enjoy my game and that’s what I do in Lille. I am respected by all the coaches and the players."

He said that he prefers to play first team football regularly and doesn't want to sit on the bench. "I know that I can play a lot here. It’s no use going elsewhere not to play," he added.

Chelsea are looking for young talents and Bastos might fit the bill. Tottenham are also looking for left winger. If they can offer him first-team football, then he will leave Lille. I think every player's dream is to play for big clubs and Bastos is not excluded from that.

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Sunderland Transfer Rumour - Sunderland's Djibril Cisse said that he will stop making fuss about his future at the club. Sunderland are still haven't confirmed Cisse's status for the next season, either to buy him from Marseille for £10million or not which cause Cisse to express his frustration to the media recently.

Cisse would love to stay in England for family reasons. He is very angry when no talks about his permanent deal have taken place between Sunderland and Marseille.

Sunderland's manager Ricky Sbragia has told him to stop talking about new contracts. He insisted that at the moment they have to focus surviving the Premier League.

In an interview with Mirror.co.uk, Cisse said, "It's all right. If he wants me to stop, we will stop. We are not going to talk about it. It's no problem. It's better to know what you are doing, but the boss is the boss and we are not going to talk about it."

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Newcastle United Transfer Rumour - Newcastle United are looking to sign Sunderland's keeper Craig Gordon. Newcastle wants to add more competition for Steve Harper and are considering to sign Gordon this summer. City's Joe Hart and Coventry City's Kieran Westwood also have been linked with Newcastle.

Newcastle set Gordon as their prime target this summer but are unlikely to offer anything more than £5million.

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Liverpool Transfer Rumour - Liverpool are set to offer his star players new deals. Rafa Benitez just sign a contract extension that will keep him at the club till 2014. Now, Liverpool are looking to secure services from their star players including Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Agger, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Jose Reina.

Kuyt admitted that he wants to wait until Benitez signs a new contract before he can open talks for a new deal.

Agger is looking forward to sign a new contract after the talks have been postponed for few weeks.

The club would also like to secure services of their best two players Torres and Gerrard.

Jose Reina who is heavily linked with a move back to Spain will also be in talks for a new contract deal.

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Chelsea Transfer Rumours - Chelsea are trying to sign Manchester United's brightest young talent Kenji Gorre. Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen is trying to sign Gorre who is regarded as on of the best young players coming through the academy and has recently been called up for the England national team.

The club is fully committed to bring him to the club this summer. Chelsea are ready to submit an offer for the right midfielder.

However, they have to pass through Sir Alex Ferguson first and it will be tough. He will not likely to let his best talent go. Futhermore, its Chelsea, traditional rival of Manchester United!!

United signed Gorre from Manchester City's academy and have no intention selling him to Chelsea!

However, Arnesen still have a chance to sign Gorre as he is an old-pal of Gorre's farther Dean Gorre. They both have played for Ajax. Arnesen has made enquiries about his son.

Dean spends most of his time at Southampton and may move to there soon. This may be vital when Chelsea step up their attempts to sign Kenji.

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Liverpool Transfer Rumour - Rafa Benitez signed a new deal with Liverpool that will keep him at the club until 2014. Finally, he has settled the doubts over his future. What a week for Liverpool fan! after their famous victories against Real Madrid and Manchester United, now they will be more than happy to see Benitez staying for another 5 seasons!

Benitez said that his heart is with Liverpool and delighted to sign the new deal.

He will be given what he wants - a free rein with plans for his ling-term project at Liverpool!

Benitez added, "I love the club, the fans and the city and with a club like this and supporters like this, I could never say No to staying."

"The club is greatly respected around the world due to its incredible history and tremendous heritage. It is my aim to uphold those values and help create a new chapter in our history."

"I would like to thank the owners for their hard work in finalising the deal. All of us at the club want the same thing, which is to be successful by winning major trophies."

Benitez will set their priority straight from now on to win the Champions League and to hunt down Manchester United in the Premier League.

Liverpool co-chairman Tom Hicks considered this as a wonderful news.

His fellow co-owner George Gillett said, "Rafa has special abilities and qualities which are admired here at the club and around the world."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Inter Milan striker Adriano will not move to AC Milan or Manchester City this summer. Adriano has been linked with AC Milan recently after Mourinho left him out for the Inter game last weekend. His agent, Gilmar Rinaldi has denied the rumours.

Rinaldi is said dealing with AC Milan's representative when he was in Milan this week. However he quickly denies the rumours and revealed it was for Fabio Simplicio, not Adriano.

In an interview with Calcio Mercato, he said, "Everytime I go to Italy, I’m going to drink a coffee with the president (Massimo Moratti) and to have dinner with Adriano. Nothing special"

He said that Adriano has been in Italy for eight years and moving to AC Milan is not an option for him.

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Latest Transfer Rumours - Manchester United have to buy Carlos Tevez for £32million if they wish to have him plays for the club next season. They are not allowed to extend Tevez's loan at the club due to the new regulations introduced by the Premier League last June.

Tevez is in a two-year loan deal which will expire at the end of the season.

A new rule was forced last June. The rule forbids similar loan arrangements where players are owned by third parties and not a club. Tevez is still owned by his agent Kia Joorabchian.

A Premier League spokesman explained to The Sun, "He would not be eligible to play under the new rules on third-party ownership we introduced in June."

"But the rules are not applied retrospectively so he can play for United under his two-year loan arrangement from 2007."

Looks like they have to buy him out to keep him at the club next season. Maybe they can use the money they save for Benzema.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Newcastle United's defender Sebastian Bassong may leave Newcastle for Arsenal this May. He has performed well since arriving from Metz last summer and managed to impress Arsene Wenger's attention.

The 22-year-old defender haven't agreed on the contract extension yet. He is still thinking about his future, maybe with Arsenal.

In an interview with The Sun, Bassong said, "Newcastle want me to sign a contract extension but nothing has yet been agreed."

He said that he is still thinking the advantages and disadvantages of the deal. He will take his time to make up his mind.

"I heard people talk about Arsenal being interested in me. I’m not too bothered about whether it is fact or fiction," Bassong added.

He did not denied the possibility leaving Newcastle for Arsenal. Bassong said, "I know that there must be something in it, even though this is not the time to talk about it."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester United are still interested to sign Wigan winger Antonio Valencia. The agent in charged is the same agent that broker the move of Wigan's Wilson Palacios to Tottenham last January.

The agent Diego Herrera said that Sir Alex Ferguson is convinved that Valencia will perform better on big stages. Ferguson has declared his interests to sign Valencia last summer, but the move failed to materialize.

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