As we proceed, to buy what we need.

Diddy knows what is up. As you should have already heard, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has agreed to freeze the two-window transfer ban on Chelsea, as well as the four-month playing ban on Gael Kakuta. These bans, imposed by Fifa's Dispute Resolution Chamber, are temporarily lifted until the club's appeal has been heard and ruled on.

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Soccer Insider reports that US U-20 starlet Dilly Duka has signed with MLS. Duka was exploring options in Europe, but has opted to enter the MLS draft this winter. A product of the Red Bulls academy, he has made it known that he hopes to end up in New Jersey. Seems likely, as Red Bull New York Red Bulls have the second overall pick.

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Soccer by Ives is reporting that US U-20 and Miami FC's Gale Agbossoumonde is in serious negotiations with Sporting Braga to join the club on loan on Nov. 17, when he turns 18. At 6′2 and 185 pounds, Agbossoumonde is expected to join the club's youth team.

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Many reports today suggest Manchester United are going to bring the new Argentinean international youngster Angel Di María. Diego Maradona thinks Benfica's star can play with the best clubs in Europe...
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Soccer by Ives is reporting that Luis Gil's move to Arsenal has not been completed. Gil has received interest from other European clubs and is looking to turn his trip to the U-17 World Cup into a new contract.

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Alex takes a more aggressive approach to contract negotiations. It worked.

What is Alex, the 350th Chelsea player to sign a new deal since the summer?

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Extra Footie is reporting that Fulham are interested in buying Brek Shea from FC Dallas for £2 million. Good for him. I know he's a top prospect for the USA and Dallas, but I was pretty unimpressed with his performance at the u-20 world cup.

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Manchester United are back to business in Brazil. Sir Alex Ferguson is still looking to sign Brazilian U20 attacking midfielder Alex Teixeira who is at the moment in Egypt leading Brazil at the U20...
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Over the past Couple of days Rumours have been spreading that Championship Side Preston North End are interested in, in-form midfielder Carl Baker. Boss Gary Ablett was quick to see them out , speaking earlier at Manor Farm Ablett Said : "I've heard the rumours about Preston being interested in Carl.

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Valencia C.F David Silva has been linked with Scouser this summer, but the press suggests that the 23 years old Spanish international winger would prefer Manchester United to Liverpool.
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On the heels of striker Noh Alam Shah moving from Tampines Rovers to Arema Malang, Woodlands Wellington defender Precious Emuejeraye signed with Sriwijaya FC on Wednesday.

"[Woodlands] knows about this signing and have agreed to release Precious to Sriwijaya after his contract ends on November," said Onana Jules, the player's agent, on Thursday.

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The migration of talent to the Indonesian Super League from Singapore continued in earnest on Saturday.

Persija Jakarta made good on its plans to add Singapore international midfielder Mustafic Fahrudin to its squad. The Serbia-born player joins international teammates Noh Alam Shah and Precious Emuejeraye in making the move to Indonesia.

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Here's the latest on the now infamous transfer ban FIFA sanctioned on Chelsea a week or so ago. You know, the one that involves a bemusing infraction  perhaps non-existent but totally incomprehensible regardless   regarding a 16-year-old player who had, or had not, signed a pre-contract with a club in a country where a pre-contract may or may not be tangible.

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UPDATED UPDATE Pearce just signed with FC Dallas.

UPDATE Unfortunately, it looks like this deal fell through. Back to MLS?

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Heath Pearce has found a home Bursaspor of the Turkish top flight. Should be a good move for him.

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Tampines Rovers striker Noh Alam Shah has officially signed a year deal with Indonesian Super League (ISL) outfit, Arema Malang.

"I have lost a lot of motivation to play in the S-League, for reasons I do not wish to elaborate right now," Alam Shah told Today, after Tampines' 1-0 loss at Woodlands last night.

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With English Premier League club Chelsea recently receiving a transfer window ban from FIFA, several other clubs are being investigated. The issue is clubs inducing players to break their contracts and transfer, which FIFA views a serious violation and why they handed Chelsea such a stiff ban (two transfer windows).

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Arema has been reported to have snapped three Singapore players for the 2009 season.They are Baihakki Khaizan from Geylang United,Noh Alam Shah and Mustafic Fahrudin,both from Tampines Rovers.

This news has created some spark on the internet,but the truth is yet to be seen.

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Amid the ‘stories' of bids for David Villa and Franck Ribery, Liverpool spent a considerable amount of money on the comparatively unknown Alberto Aquilani. Already, the former Roma player is charged with saving Liverpool's supposedly ‘faltering' title hopes, but could the expectation placed on his shoulders prove to be counter-productive? Click to continue reading...

FIFA, the world's governing body for soccer (football) has issued a transfer window ban to English Premier League Chelsea. The ban comes after Chelsea signed French Ligue 1 player Gael Kakuta from Lens. The French club issued a complaint and the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA recently came out with their decision.

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Globoesporte.com are saying that Corinthians Ronaldo turned down official offers from Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Blackburn Rovers. While the article gives no details of the offers, it does state that the forward has no interest in returning to Europe as he wants to stay with Corinthians for next year's Libertadores campaign.

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Heath Pearce has found a home Bursaspor of the Turkish top flight. Should be a good move for him. Hopefully he can find his form and challenge for one of those left-back roster spots that might soon become harder to snag.

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Lost in yesterday's transfer news was the move of defender Heath Pearce. Without a club, and considering the possibility of MLS, Pearce signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Süper Lig on the last day of the transfer window.

Last in action during the Gold Cup, Pearce had been in search of a new club since leaving Hansa Rostock.

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In a surprising move a few days before the transfer window closed, Racing de Santander acquired forward Xisco from recently relegated English squad, Newcastle United. It will not be Xisco's first experience in Spain's La Liga, the twenty-three year old striker started his career with Deportivo La Coruna.

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Thanks to all those who had followed The Flat Back Four on Twitter today. To say that we had a great time chatting and tweet-ing about possible transfer moves would be stretching it a bit. In fact, it was quite the opposite. When the expectation and hype gets built up so much and all we get is a £12m Michael Turner switch from Hull City to Sunderland, then it's time we face the facts and realise that this is as good as it gets in the Barclays Premier League this season. Click to continue reading...

We recommend minute by minute (kind of) updates from the Guardian here. Alternatively you can watch that twat on Sky Sports News who sits there with 10 mobile phones pretending people are calling him and he knows what's going on.

We'll review the major moves come tomorrow - here are those confirmed so far.

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Soccerlens has brought you extensive transfer window coverage for several years now - and this year we're asking you to join us in compiling the most comprehensive transfer news database on the Internet.

Like before you'll have Eddie's excellent daily roundup of the latest transfer rumours and confirmed transfers plus regular updates to our transfer lists for 9 European leagues from Shahryar.

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Andriy Shevchenko is finally ending his time at Chelsea. The Ukranian agreed to return to former club Dynamo Kiev three day ago, the club where it all started for him some 15 years prior.

I, for one, am going to miss him. I have always enjoyed Sheva. Sure his time in London was nothing short of a nightmare.

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abola.pt is reporting that Freddy Adu has been loaned to Belenenses in the Portuguese first division. Hopefully, this means he'll get more some playing time.

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The big clubs have been relatively quiet recently, but it looks like things are picking up on that front as the end of the summer transfer season edges nearer.

Another long-running transfer saga has bitten the dust, as Wesley Sneijder's future has been resolved, and though it may not be the ending that he wanted in the beginning, it's the one that works out best for him.

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Many reports suggest Manchester United will offer Arjen Robben a come back to England before the end of the transfer windows. In my opinion, Robben will only be a waste of time and money for Man...
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Soccernet is reporting that US u17 starlets Joseph Gyau and Charles Renken have signed contracts with German Club 1899 Hoffenheim. The two youngsters, who are generally considered the top two prospects in the u17 squad, will split time between Hoffenheim and the Vancouver Whitecaps youth academy for the next year, before a full time move to Germany.

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Sandro Ranieri - Tottenham hope looks can be deceiving

Spurs are holding talks with Internacional over their defensive midfielder Sandro Ranieri.

Representatives from the North London club are in Porto Alegre and the fee is expected to be around €16 million 30% of which will got to an investors group that part own the player.

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The transfer window is winding down but several deals are being made, including Man City's bid for Everton defender Joleon Lescott. The two teams have agreed on a free and Lescott passed a physical with a contract signing imminent. Here's the full story of the Lescott's move to Man City.

Joleon Lescott passes physical, set to sign with Man City

Sky Sports News understands Joleon Lescott has passed a medical ahead of his proposed £24million move to Manchester City.

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