Friday Gists

Arsenal will have to offer £40m for striker Luis Suarez to tempt Liverpool into selling the striker.

Real Madrid stepped up their attempts to land Spurs frontman Gareth Bale by mocking up next season's shirt with his name and favourite number on the back.

Fulham are considering a move for Liverpool's Uruguay international defender Sebastian Coates, with Brendan Rodgers prepared to sell the 22-year-old after he failed to make an impact in two years at Anfield.

Striker Peter Crouch,32, wants to work with Harry Redknapp for the fifth time in his career by swapping Stoke City for QPR.

The Football Association is to crack down on horror tackles that went unpunished by referees last season because of a loophole in its own rulebook.

Tottenham will offer Aston Villa the choice of Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Scott Parker, Jake Livermore or Tom Huddlestone, 26 along with £20m in exchange for striker Christian Benteke.

England boss Roy Hodgson's worst World Cup nightmare came true when the live TV games were announced.

Trabzonspor have joined Turkish rivals Galatasaray in the race for Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, 26.

West Ham are set to bid for Inter Milan's Serbia international midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic, 25.

Crystal Palace are eyeing a £5m swoop for 25-year-old Sporting Lisbon and Portugal keeper Rui Patricio.

Wayne Rooney still wants to quit Manchester United with Chelsea in pole position to sign him for £25m.
Striker Romelu Lukaku has turned down the chance to join West Ham on loan after being assured by Jose Mourinho that he will get his chance at Chelsea.

Aston Villa will sign Demba Ba from Chelsea if they lose Christian Benteke who has asked for a transfer.

Reading are set to make a cut-price bid of £2.5m for Burnley striker Charlie Austin who failed a medical at Hull City this week.

Meanwhile, the Tigers are set to sign former Newcastle keeper Steve Harper, 38, as cover for Allan McGregor.

Manchester City have suffered a setback in their quest to sign Alvaro Negredo, 27, after the Spanish striker claimed he was happy to stay at Sevilla.

QPR are closing in on a deal for Celtic striker Gary Hooper and are prepared to offer £5m.

Arsenal are reviving their interest in Sevilla's 20-year-old French midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia and could still make a bid for Swansea defender Ashley William who is rated at £10m.

Arsenal could be stuck with Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner, 25, as his prospective switch to German side Eintracht Frankfurt is close to collapse.

Highly-rated left-back Luke Shaw, 17, is set to reject offers from Manchester United and Chelsea and sign a new contract with Southampton.

Steven Gerrard will return to full training with Liverpool next week after shoulder surgery.

Manchester City are close to beating Chelsea and Juventus to the signing of Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic - but it will cost them £30m.

Tom Huddlestone has been given permission to speak to Sunderland after Spurs accepted a £5m offer for the midfielder.

David Moyes suffered a bitter double blow as the saga surrounding Wayne Rooney took another twist with the Manchester United striker ruled out for a month through injury and the club in grave danger of losing out to Bayern Munich in the race to sign Thiago Alcantara.

Meanwhile, former United defender Gery Neville is confident Rooney will not only stay at Old Trafford but will have the full backing of the club's supporters as soon as he starts playing again.

Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, 26, is on the verge of a £54m move to French champions Paris St-Germain.

Manchester City will table plans to expand capacity at both sides of their Etihad Stadium, giving them the potential to reach a 60,000 capacity.