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Aston Villa are keen on in-demand Burnley striker Charlie Austin and boss Paul Lambert is being tipped to make a summer £4m offer, according to the Lancashire Telegraph . Austin has had an outstanding season for the Clarets in the Championship, ending the campaign as the club’s top scorer with 28 goals while he also won their player [...]

Wilfried Bony will arrive in England to find a new club this week and Chelsea could open talks with the Vitesse Arnhem forward, according to Sky Sports . The 24-year-old striker, who has just finished as top scorer in the Dutch top-flight with 31 goals for Vitesse, is widely expected to leave this summer and has been attracting [...]

West Brom are interested in Wolves star Bakary Sako and are thought to be lining up a summer offer for the midfielder. The winger is almost certain to leave Molineux this summer after their relegation to League One and local rivals West Brom are lining up a swoop for the 25-year-old. The Frenchman, who was Wolves’ [...]

Despite their failure to land a Champions League spot, Andre Villas-Boas is confident that Gareth Bale will remain at the club. The list of clubs linked with Bale is like a who’s who of European football with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and both Manchester outfits all linked with the 23-year-old, who won every leading player accolade [...]

Michael Laudrup admits more goals are needed in his side and says he will be working hard to sign ‘another Michu’ for Swansea. Swansea saw the season out in disappointing fashion as they were defeated 3-0 at home to Fulham and Laudrup says the game again highlighted their need to bring in another striker. Michu has [...]

QPR’s Harry Redknapp is looking to offload a certain group of players and has indicated that he may leave if he cannot get his way. Redknapp has given his first indication that he may not be around for the Championship season next time around if he does not get his way over the summer. The former Spurs [...]

Michael Carrick says Manchester United must now look to the future and “move on” from the Sir Alex Ferguson era. Ferguson’s last match in charge of the Premier League champions ended in an extraordinary 5-5 draw at West Brom on Sunday and brings the curtain down on nearly 27 years in charge for the Scot. Everton boss [...]

Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino has rejected talk Chelsea will sign Saints’ teenage ace Luke Shaw over the close season. The left-back has been one of the south-coast club’s stand-out players this campaign and has been linked with Chelsea in recent weeks. The 17-year-old is tipped to have a huge future in the game and has attracted [...]

Arsene Wenger says he needs to bring new players to Arsenal and has hinted a transfer spree could be on the cards. The Gunners have now gone eight seasons without a trophy but following a strong end to the campaign that saw the club clinch Champions League football, optimism is high in the camp. Wenger is [...]

Former Everton club skipper Phil Neville is to see a specialist this week and then decide on his playing future. Neville is coming to the end of his playing career at Everton, although he has been tipped for a coaching role at some point in the future, but he has yet to decide whether or not [...]

After overseeing the final game of the season, David Moyes believes he is leaving Everton with more pluses than minuses. Moyes was on hand to watch his side battle it out at Stamford Bridge on Sunday where they were left to rue a late Fernando Torres goal which gave Chelsea a win. Moyes was pleased with the [...]

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has revealed talks have already started with key striker Christian Benteke over a new deal. The Belgium international still has three years to run on his current deal at Villa Park but the club are determined to sort out fresh terms to ward off interest from several top clubs. Benteke’s 23 [...]

Tottenham may decide to keep left-back Danny Rose in the summer but Liverpool and Sunderland are said to be keen on him, according to the Daily Mail. The Leeds academy product has been in impressive form for Sunderland all season, where he has been on loan, but despite the fact they would like to keep him on [...]

Man City caretaker boss Brian Kidd admitted it has been an “emotional” end to the season for the club but is now looking forward. City slumped to a 3-2 home defeat to Norwich in the final match of their anti-climactic Barclays Premier League campaign. The club’s failure to defend the title they won last season led to [...]

As he looks for a replacement, Brendan Rodgers says it is unlikely he will be able to find anyone who can compare to Jamie Carragher. The veteran centre-back played his last game, his 737th, for the club in the win over QPR on Sunday and was given a standing ovation when he was substituted with minutes [...]

Chelsea have to decide what the future holds for Romelu Lukaku after he bagged a hat-trick against Manchester United on Sunday. The talented striker brought the curtain down on his season-long loan spell at West Brom with a stunning display as the Baggies came from behind to draw 5-5 against Manchester United. West Brom will no [...]

Roberto Martinez chose to look at his future with Wigan not Everton as Latics finished the season with a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa. Wigan’s fate was already decided heading into the fixture after the defeat to Arsenal sent them packing to the Championship, but Martinez still had to take questions over his future after the [...]

Tony Pulis still expects to be the manager of Stoke City next season and has dismissed speculation over his future at the club. Stoke wrapped up a troubled campaign with a 1-1 draw at Southampton to finish 13th in the Premier League table but they did flirt with relegation following an alarming run of form in [...]

Alan Pardew admits there needs to be changes to his Newcastle squad next season and is confident he will be around to make them. The Magpies finished the season with a 1-0 defeat at home to Arsenal on Sunday afternoon but thankfully they were already safe from the drop after Wigan had lost to the Gunners [...]

Andre Villas-Boas is convinced Tottenham can only learn from the hurt of failing to secure a Champions League spot for another season. Spurs have now narrowly slipped up in their bids for Europe’s elite competition for two consecutive years, although this is the first of those setbacks to have been overseen by the former Chelsea boss. [...]