Aston Villa have announced massive losses of almost £54 million for the year ended 31 May 2011 and the club confirmed the overall group loss for the year has increased to £53.9m from £37.6m.

That figure includes the money spent to bring Darren Bent to the club in January last year, but does not factor in the sales of Ashley Young to Manchester United and Stewart Downing to Liverpool which went through last June.

After the news that Kevin de Bruyne is set to sign for Chelsea before the transfer window closes and then immediately loaned back to Genk for the remainder of the season, today is about some Brazilian targets.
First up and as reported the other day, there is Willian the 23 year old Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder.

Liverpool say they expect to earn a staggering £300m through their new six-year deal with the US sportswear company Warrior Sports, and have denied accusations that underachievement on the pitch led to the collapse of their current kit deal with Adidas.
Warrior, owned by New Balance, will become the club's kit supplier from June having agreed a £25m-a-year deal to enter the football industry for the first time.

Hockey kit for Liverpool as Adidas puck off Liverpool have announced a £25m-a-year kit deal with little-known American manufacturer Warrior, amid reports that long-term supplier Adidas no longer felt they were getting value for money from the teams on-pitch performances. Boston-based Warrior Sports Inc.

Hockey kit for Liverpool as Adidas puck off Liverpool have announced a £25m-a-year kit deal with little-known American manufacturer Warrior, amid reports that long-term supplier Adidas no longer felt they were getting value for money from the teams on-pitch performances. Boston-based Warrior Sports Inc.

With the departure of Cesc and Nasri, no matter what you think of the players, it's obvious that our goals from the midfield area have reduced. Whether this be down to the injury of Wilshire, or the lack of width provided by the full backs, I don't know. But, with Arshavin looking increasingly on his way out, what has become clear is that Arsenal are in need of an attacking midfielder/wide player who can create and score goals in equal measure.

With the departure of Cesc and Nasri, no matter what you think of the players, it's obvious that our goals from the midfield area have reduced. Whether this be down to the injury of Wilshire, or the lack of width provided by the full backs, I don't know. But, with Arshavin looking increasingly on his way out, what has become clear is that Arsenal are in need of an attacking midfielder/wide player who can create and score goals in equal measure.

Juventus pushed themselves into pole position to acquire Carlos Tevez. On offer: £21m for the much troubled striker. Juve's Serie rivals, Milan are also interested but their loan offer for the next six months with a possible permanent deal at the end of the season was not attractive to City, who are looking to get rid of Tevez permanently.

Wigan away tomorrow and a 7am start from Sussex. The full horror of the 3-2 defeat a couple of seasons back still haunts me but we must travel with confidence although they did win last week so will be about as buoyant aas they could be when the face us. Great.

We managed a 2-2 draw last term and AW has had his say ahead of the Premier League encounter at the DW/JJB/ASBO Stadium and he has reflected on recent results going ginto tomorrow's game.

Wigan away tomorrow and a 7am start from Sussex. The full horror of the 3-2 defeat a couple of seasons back still haunts me but we must travel with confidence although they did win last week so will be about as buoyant aas they could be when the face us. Great.

We managed a 2-2 draw last term and AW has had his say ahead of the Premier League encounter at the DW/JJB/ASBO Stadium and he has reflected on recent results going ginto tomorrow's game.

Wigan away tomorrow and a 7am start from Sussex. The full horror of the 3-2 defeat a couple of seasons back still haunts me but we must travel with confidence although they did win last week so will be about as buoyant aas they could be when the face us. Great.

We managed a 2-2 draw last term and AW has had his say ahead of the Premier League encounter at the DW/JJB/ASBO Stadium and he has reflected on recent results going ginto tomorrow's game.

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has signed a new contract to stay in the role, meaning that he will coach the team throughout the 2014 World Cup qualification campaign. Those over at casinos online .com note how Ireland secured their place in Euro 2012 with an excellent play-off victory over Estonia earlier this month of course and the Italian signing a new deal is a testament to the job he has done.

The one area where there appear to be no Spurs' vacancies at present is in midfield although that fact didn't stop Harry dipping into the transfer market and picking up Steven Pienaar last January.

Recently we've seen the Eden Hazard rumour grow stronger and this week, Tottenham have been linked to Palermo's Slovenian international Josep Ilicic.

What are the odds Torres doesn't celebrate if he scores against Liverpool? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Fernando Torres claims he is in debt to the Chelsea fans and that's no surprise – he's from Spain. Everyone's in debt there, as they are here in Britain. Torres is grateful that the Blues fans have backed him ever since Chelsea paid £50million – £25m per left foot – for him last January and promised that, though his form has deserted him, he would never give up.

Shed heaven Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has reportedly hired a top architectural practice to design a garden shed for him. The 26-year-old has called in Pulmann Associates Architects to help with his 7m x 4m wooden hideaway. A source told The Sun: "It is quite a basic structure. Most people would simply go to [.