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Injury doubts for Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco could leave Gareth Bale to lead the show if he makes his Real Madrid debut against Villarreal this Saturday.

Wojciech Szczesny admitted that being dropped to the bench last season forced him to work on his fitness to regain the number one spot

Sergio Aguero has left Arsenal out of the sides he is worried about this season, saying Tottenham and Liverpool will be a threat.

Ray Wilkins questions the desire of youth English players and suggests that wages are simply too high.

The former Gunners captain is predicting Mesut Ozil will take the Premier League by storm

The agent of Martin Montoya has confirmed that Barcelona are yet to offer a new deal at Camp Nou

England take on Ukraine at the NSK Olimpijs'kyj in Kiev as the Three Lions look to seal qualification into the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Mathieu Flamini turned down the offer of a two year contract in order to seal his return to Arsenal.

Son Heung-Min's agent says he was fielding serious interest from Manchester United over the summer.

The Chelsea midfielder wins his 100th international cap against Ukraine in a blaze of glory

Hammers hoping Croatian Mladen Petric can ease striker crisis after Andy Carroll suffered injury setback.

Liverpool defender Thiago Ilori is likely to commit to Portugal for international duty but can't rule out representing England.

Florentino Perez says Mesut Ozil wasn't professional at Real Madrid as the president tries to justify the sale of the midfielder.

Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa has revealed that he had a chance to join Liverpool earlier in the summer transfer window

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has claimed that he would never have allowed his club to pay €100m for Gareth Bale.

Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs believes that new signing Mesut Ozil can be their new Dennis Bergkamp.

David Moyes is planning a complete reshuffle of his scouting team after what turned out be an ignominious exercise in the summer transfer window for the former Everton manager.

Steve Evans is confident of signing up to three youngsters from Manchester United

The Glazer family are as disappointed in Manchester United's transfer window business as the fans.

The Chelsea technical director says the Cameroon forward is a valuable addition to the squad

Henning Berg believes Marouane Fellaini can galvanise Manchester United in the same way Eric Cantona did in the early '90's.

Glen Johnson could miss around 10 weeks of action after picking up an ankle injury against Manchester United

Barcelona forward Cristian Tello says Liverpool were interested in his signature over the summer.

The Lyon forward says Newcastle's decision to change the terms of the deal saw it fall through

David Moyes has reportedly earmarked Aston Villa's Christian Benteke as a top striker target for Manchester United.

Three fans taken to hospital after assault by gang of 30 Ukraine supporters outside coffee shop.

Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans has revealed the club attempted to sign both Gabriel Batistuta and Teddy Sheringham during reign at the club.

The Liverpool forward fails to travel to Ukraine with doubts over his return

"Realistically, I think this will be my last year," says Lampard.