For a list of all the latest deals, check out bbc sports transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Leicester City have beaten Chelsea to the signing of Rijekas23-year-old Croatian striker Andrej Kramaric after agreeing a club-record fee of £9.7m.(The Times - subscription required) Arsenal are continuing their interest in the £25m-rated Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25.(London Evening Standard) Real Madrid are on the brink of signing 16-year-old Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard - a reported target for many of Englands top clubs - after flying him to the Spanish capital in a private jet on Tuesday evening.(Inside Futbol) Liverpool have agreed a £10m deal to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, 23.(Daily Star) Arsenal have had a bid rejected by Legia Warsaw for 17-year-old midfielder Krystian Bielik.(Sky Sports) David Moyes Real Sociedad are in advanced talks to sign 22-year-old Arsenal forward JoelCampbell.(Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish) Borussia Dortmund appear willing to let Manchester United sign £16m-rated midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 24, this winter.(Express) West Ham are showing an interest in 27-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder Mario Suarez.(Daily Mail) Liverpool are yet to approach Lille about a possible recall of 19-year-old striker Divock Origi, according to the French clubs president Michel Seydoux.(Talksport) Chelsea striker Islam Feruz, 19, is keen to sign for Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season.(Wales Online) Chicago Fire have announced the signing of former Southampton striker Guly do Prado, 33.(MLS) OTHER GOSSIP England manager Roy Hodgson has described Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, 21, as having come on leaps and bounds.(Daily Mail) Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar believes the club could be plunged intodisarray when Steven Gerrard, 34, leaves at the end of the season.(Sun - subscription required) Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, 24, expects to regain his place in the Arsenal team to face Stoke City on Sunday, despite the furore over him smoking a cigarette in the shower area of the dressing room after his most recent appearance.(Guardian) Louis van Gaal admits his first six months in charge of Manchester United have not come up to scratch.(ManchesterEvening News) Hull City defender Harry Maguire,21, has set his sights on becoming a Premier League regular in 2015 as he aims to kick-start a frustrating first season at the club.(Hull Daily Mail) Peter Pannu has been re-elected to the board of Birmingham Citys parent company.(Birmingham Mail) Talks are at an advanced stage over a possible takeover of Sheffield Wednesday by a group of Thai investors.(Yorkshire Post) BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 27, gave his Twitter followers a glimpse of the good life on Tuesday,tweeting an image of him boarding what looks like a private plane from a luxurious and sunny location. Queens Park Rangers Charlie Austin and Hull Citys Curtis Davies seemed astonished at a video of Tottenhams incoming signing Deandre Yedelin showcasing incredible pace. AND FINALLY... Marco Verratti has revealed his Paris St-Germain team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 33, settled nerves during their 2012-13 title run-in by proclaiming they should put their faith in him as he is Jesus.(FourFourTwo) #wodi
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:45:36 +0000