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Mourinho made bids for the Wayne Rooney although United and Moyes have continued to suggest he is not for sale.

Investors like the Glazer family, Stan Kroenke and John W. Henry have been drawn by the Premier League's ability to generate vast sums of TV cash.

Soldado netted 30 goals in 46 games for Valencia in all competitions last term.

Spain and Ecuador are both on course to qualify for next year's World Cup finals in Brazil.

Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-1 at the Reds' Melwood training centre on Tuesday.

Both players are plying their trade in Italy with the 35-year-old Klose playing for Lazio and Gomez for Fiorentina.

Downing made 91 appearances for Liverpool in his two years at the club, where he won the 2012 League Cup.

It is learnt that Bayern Munich have accepted Arsenal's 20 million euro bid for the midfielder.

The announcement was made on Sevilla's official website which says the 19-year-old has signed a five-year deal after passing his medical.

Manchester United winger Ashley Young will miss England's friendly against Scotland due to an ankle injury.

Balotelli has been included in the Italy squad to face Argentina in a friendly match despite having a slight injury.

Real agreeing on a deal worth 86 millions pounds for Gareth Bale indicates they rate the winger quite high.

Cristiano Ronaldo gave his former coach one more dazzling display of his skills as Real Madrid outclass Chelsea in pre-season friendly.

United boss Moyes has returned to Everton, for the Belgium midfielder - who has a 23.5 million pound buy-out clause.

Valencia striker Roberto Soldado has completed his move to Tottenham Hotspur after passing a medical, the Premier League club announced on Monday.

Barcelona made a brief stopover in Israel and the Palestinian territories en-route to a pre-season tour of Asia.