These players are not worthy of wearing the shirts of Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham, West Ham, Hull, Aston Villa and Man City.

Phillip Degen (Liverpool)

Why this guy was ever purchased is a mystery as complex and pointless as The Da Vinci Code.

Seasons are coming to a close around Europe, and while many big names will make moves in the upcoming summer transfer window, we're also going to see a few notable managers change clubs in the near future. With that in mind, today's transfer news and rumors roundup has a little managerial news from around Europe mixed in with the regular player transfer gossip.

Okay, can somebody just beat Barcelona please? We're tired of putting them at the top of this list every week. Though frankly even if they do lose again this season, it will likely not be enough to remove them from the top spot. But at least you're left to wonder about places 2-25, right?
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There's no new Kaka news to report on, and there shouldn't be for another couple of days, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing else going on in the world of transfers.

Who's in the transfer news headlines today? As always, the lion's share of the tidbits are from England, but we've also got news and rumors to report on from Spain, Italy, Germany, and Greece.

Usually I'm not one to look forward to Monday, but the start of a new week during transfer season usually means that there's plenty to talk about. Jermain Defoe has dominated the roundups recently, but now that he's finally being sold (you can guess where), we'll have to find a new flavor of the [.

Every year Premiership managers conspire to spend millions of pounds on exotic sounding foreign players whose names have never graced the screens of an English TV. Last year it was Marouane Fellaini, a £15 million signing for Everton. And what's more, his tough tackling, willingness to play ludicrously out of position, and even more ludicrous haircut have made the Premiership a better place over the last twelve months.

Simply unacceptable.

Sometimes I would like to crawl into Rafa's head and find out what he is thinking, and last night that urge magnified itself a million fold as our boss made a stream of tactical errors that really confused me, and seemingly every other Liverpool fan.

Forget the fact we could/should have scored at least five goals and concentrate on the fact that the substitutions that were made were both poorly timed and ineffective.

Ever wondered who is the fastest player in the top tier, well wonder no more!

THEO WALCOTT is the Premier League's answer to sprint superstar Usain Bolt.
Manchester United fan Bolt hit a top speed of 24.04mph as he won two golds at the World Championships in Berlin.

Well how's that for starting July with a bang? The start of a new month and the official first day of the summer transfer window brought another big-money signing for Real Madrid.

Real have been the biggest spenders by far this summer, and they'll likely come out on top in that list when all's said and done, but they aren't the only club out there spending big or trying to spend big.

Arsene will be focusing on rebuilding his central defence this summer. This rebuilding has started with the acquisition of Thomas Vermaelen, but it will not and cannot end here.

Of the central defenders on our books from last season, four of them have contract that expire next summer.

The transfer rumours are coming thick and fast - Chelsea and Manchester City have money to spend, but Liverpool have been rocked by yet another story about the perilous state of their finances and need to sell before they can buy anyone.

Former Premier League man may make welcome return this summer.

The Rumour

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger is in talks with Stuttgart midfielder

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The Gunners manager wants to add experience to his side and the former Aston Villa star fits the bill.

Hitzlsperger, 27, is out of contract next year but Stuttgart will do a deal at around £5million.

The biggest news in the football world is still the impending sale of Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for a world-record £80m.

However, in this morning's transfer roundup, you won't find any Ronaldo-related news, though there is a mention of someone that Manchester United could go after with the money they're set to soon receive from Real.

Is it safe to say that striker receives more time in the transfer gossip pages from January to December than any other position? Several well-known strikers are in today's transfer news and rumors, but the goal-getters aren't the only men in the summer shop window. In today's roundup, we've got tidbits from several of Europe's top leagues, with several big names being linked with big clubs.

A selection of talent from Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton, Stoke City, Burnley, Sunderland and Aston Villa who should get more in the way of plaudits.

Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)

A player who only seems to get his chance when someone is out injured or badly off form.

Just as quickly as the week started, Wednesday's already here, and there's plenty of transfer news and rumors to report on, including the latest on Andrei Arshavin's potential move to Arsenal. England It seems to be only a matter of time before the Arsh joins the Arse. Zenit St. Petersburg are confident about the [.

You knew it was only a matter of time before it would happen, even with the world's current economical state. Real Madrid have broken the world transfer record that they already held by landing Kaka from AC Milan for £59m.

That signing looks to be only the start of Real's monster summer spending spree, and if they can land one of their prime targets (you should already know who I'm talking about without me having to mention him by name), we could see the above record broken once again before the end of the summer.

Federico Macheda's stunning introduction to Premier League football, with a late winner for Manchester United against Aston Villa, is the latest in a long list of dream debuts.
Here is Telegraph Sport's top 10.

It's a new week, and we've got a fresh batch of transfer news and rumors from around Europe. We've got tidbits from England, Italy, and Germany in today's roundup, with names big, medium, and small all being linked with moves from here to there.

England

Tottenham Enter Race for Tevez

Tottenham have joined the queue of teams looking to sign Carlos Tevez, as Spurs are being linked with a 25m offer for the Argentine hit-man.

Place your bets... All bets are off on Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, but there are still many star names whose futures remain unclear. Join Pies for a game of Transfer Roulette:...

The transfer news isn't as plentiful today as it has been in the last several days, but there are still some big names in the gossip pages today.

Manchester United are busy looking for a new striker, and while Karim Benzema may or may not be on his way to Old Trafford sometime this summer, there's no shortage of targets on United's striker wishlist, including one potentially surprising name.

We've got a couple of new signings to add to our lists of confirmed summer transfers this morning, and those new additions could soon be followed by a few more, according to the latest transfer speculation.

Who's on the move, and who could be on the move soon? Find out here.

England

Chelsea To Land Sturridge

Chelsea are set to sign young Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge.

The U.S. are playing Costa Rica in an important World Cup qualifying match this Wednesday night at 10:00 PM EST and it will be broadcast on ESPN. I decided to take a look at the squad that manager Bob Bradley has named and review where they are at in their careers. I think its important to examine this as the U.

We're only a week into the January transfer window, and the way that figures are being thrown about for some players, you'd think that we were in the summer window. I'm not picking on Manchester City by any means, because they're not the only club that looks likely to splash the cash this month, [.

Several of England and Europe's top clubs already being proactive with their summer transfer plans. Who's making bids and trying to seal a few deals before the window officially opens?

Liverpool Make £15m Bid for Valencia's Silva

Liverpool have made a take-it-or-leave-it offer of £15m to Valencia for winger David Silva.

We've got quite a lot of tidbits from yesterday and today to go over in today's roundup from around the Premier League, Serie A, and several more top leagues, so if you've missed any of the latest transfer news and rumors, we're here to catch you up.

And as always, you can stay updated with all of the latest transfer signings from all England's league clubs and several top European leagues thanks to our summer transfer lists.

ESPN2 recorded a record TV rating for a Premier League game on U.S. television this past weekend when it aired Wigan Athletic versus Manchester United.

According to an ESPN spokesperson, the Wigan vs Man United game generated a 0.3 rating and was watched in 289,876 TV homes with a viewing audience of 374,799.

Aston Villa's new away kit
Verdict: Very stripey, quite classy, reminiscent of an Eighties England kit. Gareth Barry may or may not be wearing it in 09/10 though. Another pic below:
Villa's English connection: Messrs Milner, Young and Agbonlahor. Nice pic.
Aberdeen's new home kit
Verdict: Stripes are the new black, clearly.

We're already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven't been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn't mean that there's a shortage of action thus far in the summer transfer window.

In this morning's transfer news and rumors roundup, we've got tidbits from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Greece, with many big names and big clubs looking to spend, spend, spend.

We're already halfway through the January transfer window, and while there has been more speculation than signings thus far, that could be set to change in the next week. As you would expect, we have the latest on Manchester City's attempts to sign Kaka, but he's not the only player they're after, and there [.

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When WAGs stop spending their partner's cash and start earning it Richard Dunne begins life at Aston Villa £2 million wealthier than he might have after his wife demanded a pay-off from Manchester City. Helen Dunne decided to play hardball with football's latest moneybags when it became clear that he would be sold following Joleon Lescott's [.

Much of the focus in the football world today is on the massive UEFA Champions League final showdown between Manchester United and Barcelona (which you can follow live on SL), and rightfully so. And in case you haven't seen it yet, check out Soccerlens' exclusive interview with Lionel Messi (yes, the one and only).

In the absence of any meaningful football this summer (excluding a nod to the U21s) we'll focus on the endless transfer sagas in the Premiership and beyond (don't forget Simon Cox). So far Garry Barry has defected, without European football, to Man City - and Madrid have splashed out on Kaka.

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of Super Bowl XLIII in "that other football"--the one played in the U.S., which curiously does not involve feet striking balls very often. But that's not why we're here. There was a lot of action in association football (soccer here in the U.S.) that affected the top 25 ranking of best soccer clubs in the world.

After a pretty active start to the week, the transfer news and rumors have subsided quite a bit over the last couple of days.

However, we've got a solid compilation of transfer news and rumors from England and Italy to tide you over until tomorrow.

England

Trezeguet Garnering English Interest

David Trezeguet could be set to leave Juventus this summer, and according to his father/agent, is receiving interest from ‘everyone' in England, along with Lyon and Barcelona.

It's a new week, and to kickstart the new week, we've got plenty of transfer news and rumors involving some of the game's top names to get your brain stirring again

Below, we have transfer rumors from England, Italy, and Spain, so if you're a fan of the Premier League, La Liga, or Serie A, you should get your fill of transfer tidbits today.

The Beauty: Melina Pitra like many of the WAGs we have profiled here @ STO is from Argentina. While she is not actually one of the top Argentine WAGs (or even one of the hottest), she is on this list for one simple reason. The player she shagged has the most appropriate name ever at least judging by the picture at left.

With the focus on football today, it's a relatively slow day in transfer news and rumors, but I've managed to scrounge up many of the day's best bits, including the latest on Kaka and Manchester City's other potential dealings. England Kaka is going to seal his £108m move to Manchester City next week.

Nike and English Premier League side Aston Villa have unveiled the club's 2009/10 away kit. According to Villa's website: Aston Villa and Nike drew inspiration from the archives about our contribution to international football. Looking to the future, the latest sports apparel innovation and technology has been utilised by Nike to help the current crop of players [.