The Premier League have introduced a home-grown player rule and a limit on squad sizes – both of which will come into effect from next season.

The 20 Premier League clubs have voted to introduce the measures which will see all teams limited to a squad of 25 of which eight players must be ‘home-grown'.

While Liverpool were busy hammering out a contract with new sponsor Standard Chartered Bank, Park Si-Jung was busy wrapping up the finer points of his contract with Manchester United.

Park for United
Guess who's staying with Manchester United? It's Park Ji-Sung!

The football community is abuzz with last Tuesday's unexpected episode of hooliganism at Upton Park, the Championship League draw, and some excellent football matches this weekend. There's also the 'over-the-top' outrage at Eduardo winning a soft penalty against Celtic and for our money, the press has in the past and always will make a mountain out of nothing for a story.

Football bloggers are busy today. We have a wide array of topics on the plate, including last night's win of Arsenal over Celtic, bitter journalists, the Champions League draw, and the obsession with younger players in the football community. Take your pick!

Bird scorned
Ageing, battle scarred, chippy, inarticulate.

After giving you a rundown of the latest transfer news and rumors earlier today, I'm back this evening with another fresh batch of signings and speculation.

Despite an extremely impressive performance in holding Liverpool to a solitary goal in their surprise win at Anfield on Monday, Martin O'Neill is making it a priority to bolster Aston Villa's defense before the close of the summer transfer window, and he's close to making at least one new back line signing, if not more.

The only surprising thing about the violence at Upton Park in the Carling Cup tie between West Ham and Millwall was that anybody was surprised by it.

From the moment the draw was made, all the signs of trouble were there. Two clubs with supporters from the lower-end who genuinely hate each other.

It's Liverpool's turn to be out of the title race this week. Who's next? Arsenal? Tottenham (hah!)?

Let's hope that we won't see more players kicked off the park this week...

Darren Fletcher: Analysed
Elliott Tucker (of FutFanatico.com fame) takes to pen and paper (and actual game-watching) to explain just how good (or not) Darren Fletcher is.

It's the weekend again, so it's time to turn the focus to the action on the pitch, but there's still a fair share of gossip to report on from the transfer pages.

The current holder of 'The Rumor That Won't Go Away' title is the Joleon Lescott to Manchester City saga, but another situation that persists involves Chelsea and AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.

Monday was another light day on the transfer news and rumors front, but we still do have some top clubs looking to make reinforcements before time runs out.

Defense is still the order of the day, as a few Premier League clubs are in the market for additions at the back, while a couple of top European clubs are looking to add some quality on the flanks.

Many a football fan around the world is in full-on rejoicing (or relief, for some) mode, with the focus shifting back towards club action on the pitch.

However, there are still more than two weeks to go in the summer transfer window, so there's still plenty of business yet to be concluded in the market.

We're less than a week away from the start of the new Premier League season, and though many clubs have solidified their squads for the most part, there are still a lot of moves to come in the next three weeks before the summer transfer window closes.

The two Merseyside clubs looking to be eying up a couple of talented midfielders from abroad, while Hull City are picking up some real steam in the transfer market after hitting brick wall after brick wall for much of the summer.

If you already didn't know that it's a good idea to watch what you say and who you say it to, it looks like soon-to-be former Tottenham striker Darren Bent has decided to give us all a nice reminder with his Twitterific transfer-related tantrum.

While an apologetic Bent (well, that answers the question about whether or not it was really him, eh?

Often enough, asking nicely is the key to getting something that you want, and it looks like that might be the case with soon-to-be former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, who could be on a flight to Madrid sometime in the next few days to complete his dream move to Real Madrid.

Manchester City have been after a top Premier League-based defender all summer, and they've finally landed one. But one isn't going to be nearly enough, as they're stepping up their efforts to land another one in short order.

Meanwhile, Robbie Keane could see his return to Tottenham come to an end a lot quicker than he might have expected, which may make him further regret leaving for seemingly greener pastures around this time last summer.

It's safe to say that Darren Bent is leaving Tottenham, but for who? It looked like Sunderland was a go for Bent, but until all of the i's have been dotted and all of the t's crossed, nothing is definite.

Along with late bids for Bent, this morning's roundup is packed chock full of Portsmouth tidbits, and we've also got the latest on Chelsea's pursuit of AC Milan's Andrea Pirlo, Hull's pursuit of new striker(s), and much more.

So, now that John Terry's staying at Chelsea, surely there's nothing to fill up the transfer pages, right?

Far from it, as Monday saw plenty of money change hands (or get ready to). We've got a few big-money deals to add to the latest updates to our summer transfer lists, and there are a few more that are not too far behind, according to this morning's roundup of transfer tidbits.

Sir Alex Ferguson had had a quiet couple of weeks, all things considered. The furore over the futures of Cristiano Ronaldo & Carlos Tévez had long since died down, the modest signings of Antonio Valencia, Michael Owen & Gabriel Obertan had been completed with minimal fuss, and United's tour of Asia was underway.

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.

If you've checked out the summer transfer lists lately, you'll notice that we've got a couple of new additions in League One and League Two, so if you're a fan of one of England's lower league clubs, you can now find their latest transfers here.

Liverpool Close To Crumbling On Alonso?

So, John Terry is apparently going to stay at Chelsea. That shouldn't exactly come as a surprise to anyone, though a few Chelsea fans might have worried themselves into a frenzy over the last several days about the possibility of losing their beloved captain to Manchester City.

Now that that situation looks to be resolved (possibly, maybe, I think.

The biggest transfer-related news of the day might actually be something that's not related to an actual transfer.

With Arsenal star Samir Nasri being ruled out for an extended period of time due to a broken leg suffered in training today, we could see Arsenal become a lot more active in the market in the coming weeks before the season gets underway.

It's a relatively slow day on the transfer news and rumors front, but since it's a Monday, that may be something to be expected.

Nonetheless, there's still a little something from here and a little something from there to give you your transfer gossip fix today.

Terry To Address Rumors?

It's not the busiest of Sundays in regards to transfer gossip, but there's a number of juicy tidbits to discuss in today's transfer roundup.

And after you check out today's roundup, make sure to keep up with all of the latest confirmed signings with the updated summer transfer lists.

It looks like a summer of surprises for Manchester United thus far, doesn't it? After swooping for Michael Owen and signing a little-known young French winger in Gabriel Obertan, United have pulled another rabbit out of the transfer hat with their latest signing.

They've been busy this summer, but not nearly as busy as their city rivals, who appear to be meeting a little frustration with at least one of their current targets.

The latest transfer news gives Aston Villa supporters something to finally be excited about after a summer that has seen the club part with one of their stars in Gareth Barry.

Manchester City's summer spending started with their signing of Barry, and they're looking to continue flashing and splashing their cash by moving for a couple more Englishmen, according to recent reports.

The latest transfer news gives Aston Villa supporters something to finally be excited about after a summer that has seen the club part with one of their stars in Gareth Barry.

Manchester City's summer spending started with their signing of Barry, and they're looking to continue flashing and splashing their cash by moving for a couple more Englishmen, according to recent reports.

It looked like it was going to be easy breezy for Emmanuel Adebayor's move from Arsenal to Manchester City, but alas, a smooth, quick resolution does not appear to be in the offing, for one reason or another.

It might take a little longer than expected to add him to our summer transfer lists, but it does look like another transfer gossip favorite will be on the move soon, with Stewart Downing finally set to end his time at Middlesbrough in favor of a quick return to the Premier League and a taste of Europe.

Before I get into today's roundup, I'd like to give a big thanks to all those, and especially to Shahryar Noon, who make my job all the easier by helping out with keeping the summer transfer lists updated and accurate. It's not easy tracking down every transfer out there, so all of the help is much appreciated, to say the least.

Update: Manchester City have signed Carlos Tevez on a 5-year deal.

It looks to be a busy week ahead in the transfers world. A lot of money could be set to change hands in the Premier League and across Europe, though if Sir Alex Ferguson is to be believed, none of that business will be taking place at Old Trafford.

It's not exactly a lazy Sunday on the transfer front, as there's a nice amount of transfer news and rumors to report on from around Europe.

We've also got a few new signings to add to our summer transfer lists, so after you check out today's roundup, make sure you check out all of the latest signings.

It's a busy time in Manchester, as the red side and the blue side are both busy trying to bolster their squads ahead of next season.

But they're not the only clubs being linked with big-money purchases in this morning's transfer news roundup, though the other club mentioned is having nothing to do with said big-money move.

Every transfer window, there are at least a few moves that completely catch you by surprise, which is surprising in itself, considering that there are so many deals that are public news well before they're actually completed.

We've got a few of those tidbits in this morning's roundup, and we've also got several new signings to report and to add to the summer transfer lists.

Just when Arsenal fans may have been getting excited about a potential big-money signing, it appears that a not-so-nice Old Lady has yanked the rug out from under them. However, some recent developments could yet see some light at the end of the tunnel, but that's where cautious optimism comes in.

If you have a thing against strikers (whether you're a former/current defender or you love 0-0 draws), then you may want to skip today's roundup, since it's an especially striker-centric one.

Manchester United have just signed one striker, but they may well not be done bringing new goal-getters to Old Trafford.

In the midst of looking up all of the latest transfer news and rumors on footballers big and small, I often come across a talented unknown or little-known being linked with a certain club.

Are they going to be the next [insert legend past or present here]? Some do, some don't, it's just the hit or miss nature of the game.