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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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 Rumour - Manchester City's manager Mark Hughes insisted that Robinho will stay at Manchester City, at least for another season. Robinho failed to perform at his best and many thought he will leave at the end of this season. Chelsea has hinted to sign him if he is available.

Hughes admitted Robinho needs to find some consistency especially in away games. However, he said that he has no intention to sell the Brazillian star.

In an interview with The Sun, Hughes said, "He is a key player and to say he that he is not in our long-term plans is simply mischievous. He is a great player and he wants to be successful."

He said they have to find a way of getting the best out of the team and the best out of Robinho.

"In Europe we have got away with it, in the Premier League we have not," he added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Liverpool and Manchester City are set to compete against each other to sign Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne this summer. Mancienne's contract will expire this season and Chelsea haven't discuss about contract extension with him yet.

Mancienne is frustrated after did not get a chance to play for the first team. Ricardo Carvlaho's return means that he will keep on warming up the benches.

Liverpool and City are said ready to sign him and offer him a place in the first team.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Valencia striker David Villa has revealed that he would like to move to Barcelona instead of Manchester City this summer. He appears to favour Barcelona over City if he has to leave Valencia due to the club's financial crisis.

David Villa has been linked with a move to Manchester City recently and City is said to be ready to offer £60million for the striker.

However, Villa prefers Barcelona over Manchester City.

In an interview wth Don Balon, Villa said, "It is a pleasure to watch Barcelona play, especially when they combine skill, strength, potency and effective finishing."

"It makes all the other teams envious, but it also pleases. The whole world likes Barcelona’s style. They play attractive football," Villa added.

Real Madrid has also declared their interests to sign the Spanish striker.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - There is still possibility that John Terry will move to Manchester City while Robinho will join Guus Hiddink at Chelsea this summer. Manchester City is planning to use Robinho as a bait to sign Terry after Chelsea had declared their interests to sign Robinho recently.

Manchester City are not denying that they are willing to listen for any offer for Robinho although Mark Hughes is still thinking that Robinho will uplift his performance this season.

If Robinho fails to shine, then they can use him as a bait to lure Terry away from Chelsea. They plan to submit a mega offer which includes Robinho in the deal - a player-plus-money offer. Manchester City are willing to double Terry's salary.

Terry has insisted that he wants to stay at Chelsea.

However, there are rumours saying that Terry will have to listen to what the club owners have to say.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea is still not giving up in their quest to sign Brazil star player Robinho. They will look at his performance in the next few months and will decide whether to submit an offer to Manchester City or not this summer.

The 25-year-old was very likely to join Chelsea this season. However, he decided to join Manchester City on the last day of the transfer window for £32.5million.

Despite signing for Manchester City, Chelsea have never give up to sign Robinho.

However, his poor performance against Chelsea last weekend may be a factor why Chelsea will stop pursuing him and look for other better player. Robinho has failed to score in his last 8 games.

Robinho needs to uplift his performance or he can forget a move to Stamford Bridge next season.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City and Aston Villa are said interested to sign Michael Owen this summer. Owen has been impressive this season with most of the time out injured. Owen's contract at Newcastle United will expire in the summer and looks definite to leave St James' Park.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes admitted he is very interested to sign Chelsea defender John Terry if he is open for negotiation. He acknowledges the fact that Terry is a Chelsea man for life and admitted it is difficult to lure him away from Stamford Bridge.

Manchester City is backed by the wealth of Abu Dhabi United group and capable of spending more than £100million for a star player. They recently approached Kaka and offer a bid worth £100million to Milan.

However, Mark Hughes know that some players who are just be beyond any price including Terry. He admitted though that he will submit a bid if Chelsea decided to sell Terry.

Hughes said, "We have been linked with about 140 players - and John was one of them."

He admitted that Terry is an outstanding player and has many fans around the world, incuding him. "He's a great captain, a great guy and someone who commands respect because of his attitude, application and the way he leads his team," he added.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Manchester City are set to sign Leeds United wonderkid Fabian Delph.

Many clubs have shown their interests to sign Delph including Newcastle United, Manchester United, Fulham and Arsenal.

However, Manchester City are said to be the favorite to sign the midfielder.

Delph, 19 is regarded as a 'tough-tackling midfielder' and has scored six goals this season.

No deal has been agreed by the two clubs. However, City is believed to have no problem in paying the £6million fee demanded by Leeds.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich would like to freshen up his team with young players. In order to do that he plans to show the door out for players over 30-year-old including Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba, Deco, Juliano Belletti, Paolo Ferreira and Hilario.

Only Frank Lampard and Ricardo Carvalho are staying put because of their consistent and impressive performance for the club.

A source close to Abramovich said that Abramovich is frustrated after the club had failed to win the Premier League title in three years in a row.

He thinks that it is time to revitalise the squad with young players and sell players over 30.

Money gained from selling the playrs can be used to buy young and talented players.

Ballack, Drogba, Deco, Fereira and Hilario have been very disappointing this season and it is very likely that Chelsea will sell them at the end of the season.

Drogba has been heavily linked with a move to Marseille, Inter Milan and Manchester City. Ballack is linked with his former club Bayrn Munich recently.

The source also said that the club will also listen to offers for players who failed to perform well including Florent Malounda, Branislav Ivanovic and Salomon Kalou.

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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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Latest Transfer Rumour - Ex-Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari's spokesman has denied rumours linking Scolari with the manage job at Manchester City. Manchester City is keen to have Scolari after he was sacked by Chelsea last week. Scolari has revealed that he wants to rebuild his managerial career in England which led to rumours suggesting he will manage Manchester City next season.

However, his spokesman has revealed no contact has been made. In an interview with the Guardian, he said, "There is no contact with Manchester City. Scolari has no intention of taking on another job during this season. He has no intention of doing anything before the end of May or June."

He said that Scolari will decide on his future this June.

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Latest Transfer Rumour - Aston Villa is ready to make a move for Manchester City's defender Micah Richars this summer. Aston Villa has made enquiries to sign Richards last January. The offer could be around £8million. Manchester City is not ready to let him go yet, unless they find a replacement for him, believe to be Everton's Joleon Lescott.

Martin O'Neill is looking for another defender after Marin Laursen has been plagued with knee injuries and he thinks that Richards is a perfect replacement for him.

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