Football Rumours

Manchester City and Tottenham have joined Liverpool and Newcastle in the race to sign highly rated English goalkeeper Scott Loach. The 6ft 4in Watford stopper, 19, has been winning praise while on loan with Bradford.

Chelsea boss Avram Grant has launched a stinging attack on the media for its coverage of his side following their Carling Cup final defeat to Tottenham.
Grant, 52, slammed Chelsea's detractors for inaccurate reporting and a lack of respect for his achievements.

Javier Mascherano has signed a four-year contract with Liverpool.
The 23-year-old moved to Anfield on loan from West Ham just over a year ago and has now decided to stay.
The Argentine midfielder was able to sign for Liverpool outside the transfer window because he does not belong to another football club.

Chelsea FC is said to be interested in bringing out Hidetoshi Nakata from profesional football retirement...
Avram Grant is a big fan of his calibre...

Stockport Youngster Tommy Rowe is wanted by both Arsenal and Tottenham.

Chris eagles has signed one year deal with Plymouth Argyle,Pique has joined Sheffield united.
According to back room staff at Man United's academy.

Paul Sturrock has been in touch with follow Scot Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to take some highly rated youngsters on loan. Sturrock is looking to bolster his squad adding Chris Eagles, Gerrard Pique and Fangzhou Dong. The players are expected to sign for the club next week on season long loan deals.

Benjani has finally sealed his move to Manchester City for a fee of around £3.87m.

Tottenham have finally completed the signing of right back Alan Hutton from Rangers, for a fee of around £9 million.

Freddy Adu is believed to be a target for Liverpool in the summer as the American owners tom hicks and George Gillet want some American influences at Liverpool next year also it is believed he is going to be there to solve Liverpool's left side problem as Kewell and Riise are set to make way for him.