Falcao, Rojo, di Maria, Welbeck, Benatia, César & Manolas

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Radamel Falcao wants to leave AS Monaco, who only play in front of less than 20,000 fans, for Real Madrid. However the Spanish club have made no contact and Liverpool have re-opened negotiations with the AS Monaco.

Portuguese side Sporting want Manchester United's Portuguese winger Nani or midfielder Anderson in exchange for Argentinian left-back Marcos Rojo before they will consider making a deal with Louis Van Gaal side.

Louis Van Gaal has spoken to Angel di Maria with Real Madrid's permission according to local reports in Spanish media.

Hull City have had a bid rejected for 23-year-old Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck after selling Shane Long to Southampton for £12 million. Steve Bruce will use the money to strengthen the squad.

"We will invest that money into the squad to make it bigger and better, and we'll be looking to find a replacement. I'd like at least another three players to come through the door. The money that we got for Shane will allow us to do that."

Sky Sports’ Jim White has tweeted:
"Hearing that highly-rated centre-back Mehdi Benatia on his way from AS Roma to Manchester United."
However German TV channel Sports1 and newspaper Bild are reporting that Bayern Munich technical director Michael Reschke is in talks over a £30 million move to the German champions.

Brazilian goalkeeper Júlio César, now 34, has finally agreed a move to Benfica from Premier League (EPL) new boys QPR. That will get another high wage earner off their bill.

The famous Cultural Leonesa 'tuxedo' shirts are now available for all you who want something different!

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There are reports circulating that Olympiakos defender Kostas Manolas has a medical booked at Arsenal.