1- Madrid reject €7m Coentrao bid from Spurs

Real Madrid have rejected a bid of €7 million from Tottenham for full-back Fabio Coentrao. The Portuguese is believed to be considering leaving the Santiago Bernabeu this summer but Spurs have seen they first figure refused. Source: Cadena SER

2- Manchester City to seal Negredo deal on Tuesday

Manchester City are set to sign Alvaro Negredo on Tuesday for an initial €25 million plus €3m in add-ons, despite Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido claiming the striker had a one per cent chance of joining Manuel Pellegrini's side. Source: Estadio Deportivo

3- Napoli pay €12m to Madrid for Albiol

Napoli boss Rafa Benitez has splashed €12 million on Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol as he continues to build his squad ahead of the new Serie A season. Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport

4- Moyes eyeing Fellaini and Fabregas

Manchester United manager David Moyes wants to overhaul the Premier League champions' midfield with a €58 million double swoop for Everton's Marouane Fellaini and Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas. Source: The Guardian

5- Dortmund sign Ryu Seungwoo

Several German media outlets have reported that Borussia Dortmund have signed South Korean talent Ryu Seung-Woo. The 19-year-old player is supposed to be a hot prospect for next season. Source: Ruhrnachrichten

6- Madrid to offer Higuain plus €11.5m for Suarez

La Liga giants Real Madrid are set to make their first formal bid for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, and hope to tempt the Reds with a player-plus-cash swap involving Gonzalo Higuain. Source: Daily Mirror

7- Benfica to secure Argentine starlet Farina

Benfica have secured the signing of exciting Argentine play-maker Luis Farina from Racing Club. The Eagles would pay in the region of €3 million for the 22-year-old, who scored four goals last season. Source: TyC Sports

8- Karanka quits Real Madrid

Real Madrid and Aitor Karanka have agreed to end the trainer's contract at the club following Carlo Ancelotti's arrival. Karanka was the assistant to Jose Mourinho and has been linked with a switch to Chelsea. Source: AS

9- Manchester United bid €30m for Fabregas

Manchester United have offered Barcelona €30m for midfielder Cesc Fabregas. The Red Devils see the former Arsenal man as the perfect replacement for Paul Scholes. Source: Daily Telegraph

10- Barcelona launch €18m Valbuena bid

Barcelona are ready to launch an €18m bid for France international Mathieu Valbuena. The Blaugrana have already expressed their interest to the 28-year-old's agent though Marseille are reluctant to sell. Source: Football365

11- Liverpool target €23m Shaqiri

Liverpool are ready to pay €23m for Bayern winger Xerdan Shaqiri, hoping the lack of playing time for the 21-year-old Switzerland international in Germany will persuade him to make the move to the Premier League. Source: Metro

12- Park Chu-Young wants move to HSV

Arsenal forward Park Chu-Young wants to move to the Bundesliga, especially to Hamburg. Park was loaned out to Celta Vigo last season. Source: Ilgan Sports

13- Chadli to Tottenham almost a done deal

Nacer Chadli is about to sign a contract at Tottenham. The Belgian winger was benched during a friendly last weekend, because Twente did not want to take any risks that would threaten the move. Source: De Telegraaf

14- Arsenal to test Liverpool with £35m Suarez bid

Arsenal believe they have a genuine chance of signing Luis Suarez, and will test Liverpool's resolve with a £35 million bid. Source: The Guardian

15- Tottenham monitor Vadillo

Tottenham are monitoring the progress of Betis winger Alvaro Vadillo, and are closing in on a deal to sign Twente attacker Nacer Chadli. Source: The Times

16- Tottenham step up Benteke pursuit

Tottenham are set to make an official offer for Christian Benteke, but are still put off by Aston Villa's £25 million asking price for the striker. Source: Daily Mirror

17- Roma reach Maicon agreement

Roma have reached an agreement with Manchester City to sign Maicon, with the Brazilian expected in Italy on Monday to discuss personal terms. Source: Sky Sport Italia

Well, if Liverpool refused 35M £ from Arsenal for Suarez, they will refuse RM offers too. Only a beautiful 40M£ bid can make them change their mind. Very surprised to see Arsenal on top list for Suarez, it will be a big sign to other teams that Arsenal is back for competition.

Coentrao instead of Assou Ekotto is a good replacement, but come on Spurs 7M is just not enough to convince RM.

@tiki_taka That makes sense. and I think Coentrao worth somewhere between 7-15 m he is a good player but hasn't done much yet at Real Madrid since he joined. It would be a good signing for Spurs though because he will be given a playing time. I'm not sure if what Wikipedia says is right or not, It shows that he played only 36 games since he joined in 2011 and he scored only 1 goal and made 3 assists. oh wait I just read that Real Madrid signed him for 30 million euros hmm.. Idunno I think only Real Madrid fans would give a fair value knowing all the facts. but from what I read I think 7 to 15 millions is fair.

First things first. Raul Albiol is NOT worth 12 million. More like 4 million. He's too damn lazy to play for a big club like Napoli or Madrid.

Now, about Coentrao. The dude is a brilliant defender. Not the type that likes to get forward much, but brilliant nevertheless. Saves our asses in the Clasicos. Definitely better than Marcelo at defending. Only problem is, he's inconsistent (is it just me, or does EVERY player seem to be inconsistent nowadays?). Other than that, he's a great player, with a slight temper. He should be worth around 15 million euros.

^ coentroa better than marcelo? No way

^ At DEFENDING. He is a defender who lays back (on the pitch, as in staying in defense), does his job and let's the attackers like Ronaldo go forward. Marcelo, however, or Dani Alves, go upwards to create more attcking options.

I'm not sure I want Spurs to spend 15m on a full-back who is inconsistent and has a 'slight temper'.

12 million for Albio is waaay too much, they can get a much better defender for this price

Agree with Dynastian overall.
#1- Madrid got a hell of a deal for Albiol. Not sure what Benitez's been smoking.
#2- Coentrao is a better defender than Marcelo. IMO, he's actually the better LB (he still can attack & has the skill to do so effectively when he needs to... just doesn't do it suicidally like Marcelo).
#3- I think Coentrao would be another excellent signing for Spurs but a €7m bid will have you laughed out of the Bernebeu. I think he's worth closer to £12-14m. But anyway, don't they have Danny Rose? They could just try blooding him with BAE as a backup.

PS - As good as Benteke is... he's one of those players that has no qualms with throwing his toys out of his pram to force a move. He's done it 3x already and he's only 22! If you did land him though, he'd be a real threat in the meantime. Just not sure I'd pay £25m for an unproven 22 yo with a very questionable transfer history.

@Lodatz

Fabio Coentrao statistics

2.7 tackles per game
2.2 interceptions per game
0.9 fouls per game
3 clearances per game
0.6 blocked shots per game
Was dribbled by 0.4 times per game :)

Marcelo statistics

1.9 tackles per game
2 interceptions per game
0.7 fouls per game
1.2 clearances per game
0.1 blocked shots per game
Was dribbled by 0.7 times per game

Assou-Ekotto statistics

1.3 tackles per game
3.3 interceptions per game
1.2 fouls per game
3.5 clearances per game
0.3 blocked shots per game
Was dribbled by 0.8 times per game

So you see, Spurs can have a huge advantage with Coentrao. He averages nearly 3 tackles per game, whilst Assou-Ekotto barely averages 1, and Marcelo nearly 2. The only places Assou-Ekotto beats Coentrao in is interceptions per game (3.3 to 3) and clearances per game (3.5 to 3), both of which are by small margins.

^ Can I ask where you get these stats? Just curious

@Rama

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@Dynast: my point wasn't that BAE is somehow better than Coentrao. Believe me, at the Lane we are well aware of BAE's defensive deficiencies... ;)

My point was that if we're going to get a new left-back, which is not the priciest of departments to begin with, I'm not sure I want Spurs to shell out 15m for someone who has attitude issues and is not terribly consistent. In short: why get a more expensive, slightly better version of the guy we're already fed-up with?

As Foota said, we have Danny Rose too, who while not exactly a 'superstar' name like those on the roster at Madrid, is looking to be a very competent and capable LB, and... we already have him.

I'd rather offload BAE for 7m, and pick up someone like Umtiti for 10m.

WTF Liverpool, his market value is not THAT high, 35 M you should accept and is even on the border to overprice in my book

@knibis: but € 38 m for illaramendi is perfectly alright according to you? you must be mental

thats your opionion mate, obviously real saw something in IIIarra that would make him the next Xabi. When was the last time you saw IIIarra play....?? exactly!

Against Barcelona :) he's good but certainly not worth 38 m. if he's worth 38 m, then suarez is worth like 80 m

@JuanMata

Mate, you can't judge a player from ONE match. I've watched Illara all season (and I agree with you that he is not worth 38 million), but he is certainly going to be worth it if he lives up to his potential in Madrid. Illara's true transfer value is approximately 13 million, and Suarez 40 million. The problem is, Liverpool ought to have accepted that offer, because Higuain in and of himself is a 30 million player, and in total, that's 41.5 millions euros that Madrid will be paying to get Luis to our team.

If Arsenal get Suarez, RM will strugle to sell Higuain... Suarez is beter than Higuain, i hope Arsenal can have it adding 12M to what RM expects.

transfers going like crazy

@Dynastian: Who says I've only seen him play in one match? The question was "When was the last time you saw him play?" and not "How many times have you seen him play?". In my opinion that's still very expensive for a player who had his first outstanding season, while a player who's at a constant world class level since 2 or 3 years would only cost 5 m more.