Andre Schurrle a go for Atletico? August 5, 2014 3:49:01 PM PDT By ESPN Staff With the start of club football literally just days away, several teams across Europe are scrambling to find that final player in the mix. Transfer Talk has a juicy few from the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. TOP PICKS: Atletico want Andre Schurrle, but a Chelsea exit is unlikely. Morgan Schneiderlin set to stay with Southampton despite the summer player exodus for Saints. More below... 09.25 BST Manchester City have finally announced the signing of former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. The 36-year-old signed for Citys affiliate club New York City FC earlier this summer but will be on loan to Manuel Pellegrinis side until the MLS season begins at the turn of the year. Lampard told the clubs website: Joining up with Manchester City is a fantastic opportunity for me to continue to train and play at the top level and make sure I am in top condition for New York City. It has been an amazing few days for me since the unveiling in Brooklyn and everyone connected with both clubs has been fantastic to me. This is a new chapter of my career and Im really excited about the experience. FRANK LAMPARD: Midfielder joins #mcfc on loan. Quotes and full story: t.co/ SLn78eDo0N pic.twitter/27jpE8du35 - Manchester City FC (@MCFC) August 6, 2014 09.10 BST Hands up if you fancy keeping the bench warm at Bayern Munich next season! The Bundesliga champions have been searching all summer for a reliable deputy to arguably the worlds best goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and it seems they have finally found their man after agreeing a deal with Liverpool for Pepe Reina. Read the full story here. 08.54 BST: And more reports of Spurs interest in PSV Eindhovens Memphis Depay. According to De Telegraaf, Tottenham Hotspur are willing to pay €20 million for Memphis Depay. The winger is interested in a move as well. - Elko Born (@Elko_B) August 6, 2014 08.29 BST: The Angel Di Maria saga continues... AS: PSG could find solution to Angel Di Maria transfer saga by selling Ezequiel Lavezzi to Liverpool. Also mentions Monacos offer of €55m. - Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) August 6, 2014 07.43 BST: AC Milan forward Robinho finally looks set to leave the San Siro. Robinho set for a third stint at Santos after agreeing terms on a one-year loan deal from Milan. Likely to be unveiled on Thursday. - Jack Lang (@snap_kaka_pop) August 6, 2014 07.36 BST: DONE DEAL Former Marseille defender Souleymane Diawara, 35, has joined Nice. The centre back, out of contract since June, has signed a one-year deal. [OFFICIEL] Souleymane Diawara à l@ogcnice ! → t.co/rskCOXdD94 pic.twitter/TSBDKjaXsv - OGC Nice (@ogcnice) August 5, 2014 07.11 BST: Barcelonas Ibrahim Afellay could be closing in on a transfer to Turkey. Several local media have claimed in the past days that Turkish club Besiktas is interested in Barcelona attacker Ibrahim Afellay (28). - barcastuff (@barcastuff) August 6, 2014 03.15 BST: Bayern boss Pep Guardiola says hes 100 percent sure that defender Jerome Boateng will be with Bayern Munich this season. Story here. Schurrle some mishtake? Chelsea wouldnt be willing to part company with World Cup winner Andre Schurrle after just one season at Stamford Bridge, would they? The Daily Telegraph has dangled it out there, saying that Atletico Madrid -- still looking for reinforcements after a number of players left during the summer, including Chelseas own Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois -- are considering a bid for the powerful winger. Theyre likely to get short shrift, says the newspaper, but Chelsea do need to shed a foreign player to meet homegrown player quotas, so Atletico think it might just be worth putting it out there. Schneiderl-in? Here we go. Southampton have had enough -- enough of the derision, and enough of the transfer blogs spinning lurid tales of south coast doom and gloom amid a player exodus. No more, chairman Ralph Krueger says in The Guardian: Morgan Schneiderlin is staying well and truly put. The lure of the Tottenham pound -- apparently only 10 million of them, which has not gone down overly well -- wasnt enough. Southampton remain adamant that rumours of their demise amid the summers exodus have been exactly that -- and that, with Saphir Taider about to arrive from Inter Milan and the likes of Fraser Forster on their radar, the good times are just around the corner. Well see how it goes for Saints, but you cant help feeling that they are leaving it a bit late. As a postscript, the Mirror says that a deal for Forster is actually pretty close: Hell join for 8 million pounds if, as seems likely at 4-1 down from the first leg, current Celtic are knocked out of the Champions League by Legia Warsaw on Wednesday night. That line isnt entirely new -- ESPN FC gave you the heads up earlier in the afternoon. A waiting game Spurs, meanwhile, are happy to wait it out -- which doesnt really seem like much good to anyone. Schneiderlin, teammate Jay Rodriguez, Villarreal defender Mateo Musacchio and PSVs World Cup star Memphis Depay are all still on the radar, the Daily Telegraph tells us, but various factors (not least the above) are turning these into slow burners. Meanwhile, Mauricio Pochettino is apparently happy to shed a number of last seasons squad -- including captain Michael Dawson, who is available at the right price, along with Sandro, Etienne Capoue, Mousa Dembele and Nacer Chadli. Its fair to say that the past year or two in the transfer market have not belonged to Tottenham. Regularly scheduled Arturo Vidal update This from the Daily Mail, now, which has picked up some quotes from the Chilean media in which national team manager Jorge Sampaoli says the midfielders knee injury -- that dogged him both before and during the World Cup -- is what is preventing Manchester United and Louis van Gaal from spending big on him just now. This is another of the summers sagas playing out in the media that could do with being resolved. You can read that one here. A call to Armero A little news from Italy to finish us off for now -- La Gazzetta dello Sport says that Udineses Pablo Armero, unconvincing on loan for West Ham but impressive for Colombia at the World Cup, is on his way from Napoli to AC Milan. The Rossoneris move for the left-back, though, is contingent on their current incumbent in the position, the Guinean Kevin Constant, completing his move to Turkish side Trabzonspor, who are now managed by Algeria World Cup coach Vahid Halilhodzic. Apparently Milan and Napoli had been set to swap the two players in January before Constant spurned the move south, but it looks as if Filippo Inzaghis side will now get their man.
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