IN SPORTS THIS MORNING -Arsenal willing to go to £40M for Real Madrid striker Benzema. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is lining up a bid for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. -Manchester United are prepared to sell Wayne Rooney to Chelsea this month. The Mirror says Jose Mourinho has been told that Manchester United ARE prepared to do business - but only if they can find a replacement for the ¬unsettled striker. -Modric tells Real Madrid pals he wants Man Utd move. Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric is hoping to return to England this month with Manchester United.The stumbling block could be a foot injury suffered by Xabi Alonso, which is set to keep him out of the first-half of the season. -Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid have agreed a world transfer record fee of £85million for Gareth Bale to move to Spain, according to a report in Spain. -Arsene Wenger has made it clear that Arsenal will no longer pursue Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. -Liverpool Reject £10 million Bid from Napoli for Skrtel. Out of favour Martin Skrtel looks to be staying on Merseyside until at least January as Liverpool reject a bid from Napoli that has been a long time coming. -Fenerbahce 0 Arsenal 3 Gibbs 51′ Ramsey 64′ Giroud 77′ (pen) -Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 1 ====BY ANDREW ========
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:19:58 +0000