Latest Transfer Rumour - Bayern Munich are interested to re-sign Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack.

Ballack who is now at 32 has a contract which expires this summer.

However, he has a one-year contract extension option. In order to do that, he has to take a pay cut and renegotiate his contract based around incentives for games played and on-field success.

Bayern boss Jurgen Klinsman is really interested to sign him.

Personal opinion: Well, at the moment, Ballack is very committed to rejuvenate Chelsea and to play a big part in it. He has performed well under the new Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink so far. I think he would rather stay than leave.

I am not sure the 'pay-cut' will effect his decision or not. We'll see about it at the end of the season.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Franck Ribery is frustrated with rumours linking him with other big Europe clubs. Ribery has performed well in Bundesliga and Champions League and attracted interests from Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid. However, he insisted that he is happy in Germany and has made it clear that he is committed to finish his contract with Bayern Munich.

In an interview with L'Equipe, Ribery said, "Everyone keeps asking me about my future, they only want to talk about when I will leave."

"But it is useless because I don't want to talk about it anymore. I am fed up."

"Staying or leaving? I don't reply to that question anymore. I am enjoying life at Bayern and I feel fine here," Ribery added.

Bayern's general manager Uli Hoeness is also fed up with the speculations and insisted that Ribery is happy at Bayern.

"I don't think he wants to leave. He has much to look forward to here," he said.

"I know some people would like to take him for a lot of money. We are aware that we could be in for a battle. I am convinced two or three clubs will bid in the summer."

"But we will do our best to keep him because he is a great player and an amazing man. He has been our best buy in the last 20 years."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is keen to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa this summer. He has already hand in the request to sign the England midfielder to his bosses. Manchester City chief is going to offer Aston Villa £6million including striker Dean Sturridge and midfielder Micahel Johnson.

Personal opinion: It's good to see City targeting a good English player. I think if Barry signs with City, he will be in the same situation again - helping a team to be one of the big guns in the Premier League (just like playing for Aston Villa). I think it is time for him to play for the big four like Liverpool and concentrating on winning trophies. He deserves it. I think Liverpool is still his first target.

I don't think Aston Villa will accept the offer. I think they want money rather than players cramping up their team. They were asking 18million for the midfielder last summer and are going to do the same this time around.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill believes Gareth Barry is still keen to sign with Liverpool despite Robbie Keane failure to make a good impression with Liverpool this season. Liverpool were very interested to sign Barry last summer and the player responded positively to the offer. However the club rejected all four bids from Liverpool. Villa said that Liverpool failed to meet their asking price at £18million.

Personal Opinion: Barry is a good player. He can control the midfield well and can make forward runs too. He is now one of the key player in England national team. He looked desperate to join Liverpool last summer and very frustrated when his club stopped him from joining Liverpool.

I think, every player dreams to play for big guns and win trophies. Aston Villa was impressive this season. However, still not good enough to win trophies. I think Barry will leave Aston Villa even if they qualify for the Champions League next season.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said it will take more than a mega-million offer to lure John Terry away from Stamford Bridge. He admitted he was shocked by Manchester City's mega-offer to sign Terry. Hiddink believes that some thing money can't buy and Terry is one of them. Hiddink urged City to forget about it and try to look for another player because Terry is a Chelsea player for life.

Hiddink said, "John made a very clear statement that he is a Chelsea man and wants to stay a Chelsea man. I’m not the money man, but the club made it very clear that they want to continue forever with John."

Hiddink said that it is up to Chelsea board to sort out this issue but he still believes that John Terry will stay until the end of his career. "There’s more than money in this. There’s also the culture of the club," he added.

Personal opinion: I'm totally agreed with Hiddink. Terry won't leave Chelsea and will stay there for life. Maybe when Chelsea looked messed up under Scolari few weeks ago, City can try to sign him. But I don't see it coming this time as Chelsea looked strong enough and more convincing towards winning titles (Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League). Terry is a Chelsea man for life.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Arsenal is eying highly-rated Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko. The Bosnian has impressed Arsene Wenger after scoring 12 goals in Bundesliga this season. He has also impressed in the German Cup and the Uefa Cup. Arsenal first team coach Boro Primorac has confirmed that they are scouting Dzeko.

In an interview with kicker-Sportmagazin, he said, "We keep our eyes on him. He is a striker able to make it in the Premiership."

The bad news is - Dzeko's agent said that Dzeko won't leave Wolfsburg. Augustincic told spox.com "Edin is under contract for two more years and likes being at Wolfsburg. We are hoping they will win participation in the UEFA Champions League for next season."

Wolfsburg manager Feliz Magath will not let Dzeko go and confident he will stay. He said, "We want to keep our team at our club, as many players as possible. I am confident Dzeko will be a Wolfsburg player next season, too."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho is currently under a lot of pressure and said considering to leave Inter Milan this summer. Mourinho was criticized when Inter was knocked out of the Champions League last Wednesday. His signings - Quaresma, Muntari and Mancini also failed to play well for the team. Real Madrid and Manchester City are keen to sign him as their manager.

Mourinho also did not has a good relationship with the Italian media. Yesteray, Inter fans have voiced out their frustration and asked Inter to sack him. They left a banner outside the club's training ground which read "Portuguese joker, go away from Milan."

Mourinho joined Inter last summer and many has predicted that he will bring a lot of success to the club. It is too soon to say that he will leave Inter this season, but anything can happen in football. Just look at Scolari guys. Just wait and see. I love to see him at Manchester City though. :D

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester United target Karim Benzema has revealed that he won't leave Lyon this summer and committed to play for them next season. He has also linked with various Europe's club even though he is priced at 100m euros. His statement has ended the speculation about his future.

He said in December that he would make a decision on his future after Champions League game against Barcelona. However, the defeat has not prevented the striker to pledge his committment with Lyon next season.

In an interview with Soccernet.com, Benzema said, "I'm going to stay at Lyon. I feel really good at OL, I am surrounded by good people and I still have time. I shouldn't have said I would make my decision after Barcelona."

"This decision will not be changed, whether or not we retain the title, whether or not France qualify for the next World Cup. At 21, I am still developing, I am going to get better and progress. At Lyon, I play regularly in big matches and I take part in the Champions League," he added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Ipswich has sign Giovani dos Santos on loan from Tottenham Spurs until the end of the season. Spurs signed the highly-rated winger last summer with a fee in excess of £4million. He has struggled at Spurs since injured his anke in November. He will join Ipswich squad to face Reading in the Championship this weekend as they look to compete for the play-off spot.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has quickly denied rumours saying that he will stay at Chelsea for another season. He has made a great start with the Premier League side and some of the first team players reckon him to be their manager next season. However, Hiddink has made it clear once again that he is not going to manage Chelsea next season.

In an interview with the Sky Sport, he said that he is happy at Chelsea - good work atmosphere, good relationship with players and committed staff and players. But he insisted that he will not be the Chelsea boss next season.

"But I made it very clear a few weeks ago, and again recently, what the future will be after 30th May. I don't have to do that again," Hiddink said.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has declared that he will stay with the Premier League club next season. He admitted that no club other than Manchester United can match his dream life as they close to win 5 titles this season.

Last summer, he was linked with a move to Real Madrid. With Real recent big-lost to Liverpool, Ronaldo is unlikely to join them. In an interview with Mirror, he said that he is happy at where he is now. He revealed that his stay at Old Trafford is his dream and his life.

"There is always speculation about me. It's normal, the people have done this for the last few years but I'm always strong, mentally and physically," he added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Valencia striker David Villa will not leave Valencia to the Premier League this summer. His agent revealed that he does not want to leave Spain. Barcelona and Real Madrid are said interested to sign him. Maybe he will go to one of those clubs.

In an interview with El Mundo, his agent Tamargo said, "For sure he won't move on from Spain. I don't know what kind of contact there has been or if they have reached an agreement, but he won't be playing away from this country."

He said that his client does not think big of money. he said that Villa is at Valencia and focused to play well for the club.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Valencia is going to sell David Villa at some price believe to be more than £40million. Recently, Manchester City have asked for the striker and they baulked at their £40million asking price. The price president of the club Fernando Gomez said that there will be no cut price deals just because they are in a financial crisis.

He commented on City's approach to sign Villa. He said, "Yes, it's true we met two representatives from Manchester City, but they didn't make us an offer for David Villa. Our president asked for a significant amount and they didn't agree."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink recently held a talk with Birmingham's on-loan Chelsea starlet Scott Sinclair, fire up a speculation that he may extend his stay at Chelsea. He met Sinclair at the Blues' reserve game at Aston Villa last week. Sinclair's loan finishes this July. Perhaps, Hiddink has decided to stay and started thinking about his strategy to play Sinclair next season.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Arsenal defender Kolo Toure hinted that he may leave Arsenal due to many problems in the club. He admitted recently that he does not have a good relationship with his partner, William Gallas. He admitted that he is not a friend of Gallas. Arsenal so far did not manage to win a title in 4 seasons and they did not look convincing enough to win Champions League in their last match against Roma. Perhaps its time for Toure to leave.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said that he will decide on his future in the next two weeks. He set the dateline himself. He said that he must decide on his future in two weeks and plans ahead. He would like to have a medium or long-term project.

He said that he will discuss with the owner soon about his future. He does not like to be guessing about his future and would like a commitment from the club.

However, he dismissed rumours linking him with Real Madrid. In an interview with The Sun, he said, "People who claim that I’m going to take over at Real Madrid are doing the wrong thing in spreading that idea. I have a contract with Liverpool, I owe Liverpool — I’m only thinking of them."

He hinted that he does not want to go to Spain and would like to stay in England even though not with Liverpool. Manchester City perhaps?

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes said that there is no new interest to sign Valencia striker David Villa. Hughes had confirmed that they did ask Valencia about the striker but no follow up has been done since then. The reason is - Valencia was asking too much for the striker.

In an interview with Sky Sports News, Hughes said, "There was interest shown just before Christmas. Basically, we went to them with a view to ask about certain players."

He said that they were asking too much for the player and they walked away.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea's stars want Guus Hiddink to stay in charge beyond the end of the season. A number of first-team players has revealed that they want Hiddink to be the Chelsea's boss next season including Michael Ballack and Petr Cech. So far, Hiddink has led Chelsea to be in the semi-final of the FA Cup and quarter-final of the Champions League.

In an interview with The Sun, Ballack said, "I would love for him to say he is staying for three years." He added that everybody in the club thinks that he is a good manager and has a big influence on the team.

Goalkeeper Petr Cech also wants Hiddink to stay. Cech said, "He is a very good coach and we want him to stay. But it is a difficult political situation and we will have to wait to see what happens."

Hiddink is a good friend of Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich. Maybe Abramovich can persuade Hiddink to stay. We'll see about it at the end of the season.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Sunderland boss Rick Sbragia does not plan to discuss with Djibril Cisse about his stay at Sunderland until they manage to be in the Premier League next season. Cisse admitted that he was irritated and wanted certainty over his future at Sunderland. He is currently on a season-long loan with the premier league side.

Sunderland had agreed to make it permanent last summer but due to the financial crisis, the move will cost them more than what they expected. Sunderland is currently in battle to stay at Premier League.

"Niall has spoken to Djibril and I have spoken to him about it, and the day everything is safe and rosy will be the day we will sit down and talk to him," Sbragia said.

"We have spoken to him umpteen times about it. My priority is to make sure Sunderland go up the table and stay in the Premier League," he added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Bayern Munich's chairman Karl Heinz Rummenigge insists to keep Franck Ribery at Bayern Munich over the summer. Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are insterested to sign Ribery. Ribery hinted playing for Barcelona or Manchester United, but now the chairman made it clear that he is not for sale!

In an interview with Sport, Rummenigge said, "We are not going to let a player like Ribery go, especially as he has a contract with two-and-a-half years left on it."

He said that the club does not want the player at his quality to leave. Ribery is also a fans' favourite and manage to bring successes to the club.

"You do not sell players like that, you guard them very closely."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea's midfielder Michael Ballack has said that he wants to stay at the club for another season. His contract will expire this summer but insists to stay and be a part of the Chelsea's set-up. He said that he wants to stay few more years and even finishing his career at the Premier League side.

Ballack said, "I expect to be back next season and maybe even a few more years after that.I can imagine finishing my career at Chelsea."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - CSKA Moscow coach Zico said that he will allow Yuri Zhirkov to join Chelsea this summer. Zhirkov is linked with a 15million move to the Premier League side. Guus Hiddink has advised Roman Abramovich to sign Zhirkov.

Zico believe that Zhirkov can play well in the Premier League and won't block the transfer.

In an interview with The Sun, Zico said, "Zhirkov is a player of such high level, he would only show all his potential playing in such a strong competition as the English Premier League. He'd easily fit into Chelsea's first-choice team. I don't like to lose him, but I won't stop his move to London."

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City are in talk with Valencia to sign their ace striker David Villa. Due to financial crisis, Valencia have to sell some of their stars including Villa. Valencia have confirmed that they have held talks with the Premier League side about the big-money move for the 27 year old Villa.

Villa just signed a six year contract with Valencia in August 2008. However, CIty haven't offer any value for the striker yet but Valencia's representative said that it is going to be some 'significant' amount.

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