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Tim Ream returned to England earlier this week with all the necessary paperwork completed for him to suit up for Bolton Wanderers, and he might not have to wait long at all to make his debut.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle told reporters on Thursday morning that Ream, and two of the other club's recent acquisitions, will be on the gameday squad that will take on Wigan Athletic in a match with relegation implications on Saturday.

Arsenal can confirm that Jack Wilshere has suffered a small stress fracture to the right foot which is in a different location to his original injury. He will be reassessed in two weeks by Arsenal's medical team. If all goes well (keeping fingers crossed), Wilshere might be back in time for Arsenal's Ides of March schedule.

A comedy of errors sees Leeds gain 3 points they did not deserve against Ipswich! Fan at the game report as usual on this weeks show. Howson gone Delph returns. Other player transactions, including Rogers work permit news plus excellent news from Reserves, U.18s and LUFC Ladies games and Ken Bates has been seven years at LUFC this week.

Summer 2012 needs to see a change in direction in Arsenal's transfer policy. Out must go this incessant desire to collect 15-16 year olds from around the world and expect and hope that they will develop.

Arsenal have many youngsters in the reserves or on loan for whom the time is ripe for them to be given their chance.

Bolton Wanderers are set to unveil the signing of defender Tim Ream after the US international was granted a work permit yesterday.

Ream has been impressive for both the United States national team and club side Red Bull New York, and will replace the departed Gary Cahill at the Reebok.

The 24-year old had been training with the Premier League outfit since the end of the Major League Soccer season, and boss Owen Coyle didn't hide his interest in the defender.

Tim Ream's time in MLS has come to a close.

After spending the first two years of his professional career with the New York Red Bulls, Ream is set to sign with Bolton Wanderers after being granted a work permit on Monday. Ream will join Bolton on a transfer worth an estimated $3 million, the highest amound ever paid for an MLS defender.

The Philadelphia Union are set to sign Colombian striker Lionard Pajoy, according to Kerith Gabriel, of the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com.

A source informed Gabriel that Pajoy's contractual problems with his current team, Itagui Ditaires, have postponed his move to the Union for a short period of time.

Don't forget today is the last day to pre-order the 2012 edition of the Sounder At Heart official Scarf. There's one problem, today is the last day you can pre-order the scarfs. Time is up at Noon, which is a half hour from now.

With training camps starting to fire up across Major League Soccer, that means more news is going to start rolling in and that means the official return of Major Link Soccer.

Queens Park Rangers are set to land Nigerian international Taye Taiwo from Italian champions AC Milan within the coming days. The left back joined Milan from Marseille last summer but has struggled to make it to the first team despite not suffering from any injuries.

The finer details of Taiwo 's transfer are not clear, however what is known is that the defender will be joining QPR on a loan deal.

Sebastien Le Toux will have a week to impress the Bolton Wanderer's coaching staff, according to manager Owen Coyle. The Scot confirmed reports out of the United States that Le Toux was on his way to Bolton on a trial ahead of a possible transfer.

"We have received good reports about Sebastian, so we thought we would give him an opportunity to come into the group," said Coyle.

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Ludovic Obraniak was a Lille player until yesterday when he signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Bordeaux.

All of our further research regarding his career, life and propensity towards nudity was abandoned as soon as we laid eyes on his.

Photo: Paul Rudderow

In a conference call on Wednesday, Union assistant coach John Hackworth confirmed that Michael Farfan is in northern England training with English Premier League club Sunderland. "But with Michael, he's there because he wanted to make himself fully prepared and ready, he wanted to go experience it and make sure he's ready for preseason," Hackworth said.

Bye bye Timmy?Good morning! With MLS preseason training beginning in just three weeks and the MLS Combine complete, there should be a lot of player movement and a ton of new signings announced in the coming days. The 2012 MLS SuperDraft kicks off tomorrow, and though the New York Red Bulls only have one selection (the 31st overall pick in round two), it's not inconceivable that we could see a trade or two happen while the general managers and coaches are assembled in Kansas City.

BBC News and Sky News are reporting that American Robbie Rogers has signed a deal with Leeds United of England's Championship. The 24 year old winger has been capped 18 times by the United States National Team and most recently played for the Columbus Crew in MLS. This isn't Rogers' first signing with a European club.

Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez signed quite a few top class players during his time at Anfield, but even his most ardent supporters would concede he made his fair share of transfer mistakes. One such mistake was (arguably) the signing of Sebastian Leto in January 2007, and in a recent interview, Benitez sought to justify his decision to sign the player.

One of our opponents from last season's Champions League is the latest to be linked with the job of replacing Brad Friedel as Tottenham's long term number one.

According to the Daily Mirror, Spurs are monitoring the progress of FC Twente's Bulgarian international stopper Nikolay Mihaylov with a view to a move in January, or at the end of the current English season.

The transfer rumours over a new Spurs striker continue to hot up and as Leandro Damiao's stock continues to rise, so does his alleged transfer fee. With figures of around £15m quoted back in the summer, some stories have emerged suggesting that Internacional will be looking for a figure nearer to £40m when the Brazilian season comes to an end.

Keon Daniel may not return to the Philadelphia Union this season, according to a source close to the player.

The source told the Brotherly Game that, "Keon [Daniel] isn't coming back this season. I know people thought he would return in a week or two, but no. Not until next season."

When asked about the reasons for why Daniel will not return this season, the source said, "Someone forgot to redo his work permit or visa.

With the influx of new faces this summer at The Bridge, it was somewhat lost in the shuffle that one of our January signings has secured his move to London earlier then previously anticipated. More after the jump:

Baby-faced assasin

So it's been confirmed, Piazon has officially signed his contract with the club and already begun training with the first team.

Early in the summer it seemed as though Ngog would head to Sunderland as part of the Jordan Henderson deal, and even after that move fell through there never seemed any doubt he would find his way out of Liverpool when the window was said and done. More recently, it was believed a successful move to Bolton hinged only on Liverpool's ability to acquire a more seasoned backup striker who wouldn't need the games the young Frenchman does to further develop.

Official: Liverpool sign US starlet Villyan Bijev & loan him to Fortuna Dusseldorf

The 18-year-old scored on average a goal a game last season in America and joins the Reds after impressing on trial this summer, but has not been given a work permit

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Coates completes Liverpool move

Liverpool have announced the signing of centre-back Sebastian Coates after the Uruguayan obtained a work permit.

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Sebastian Coates signs with Liverpool:

We gave you the full overview of Liverpool's imposing new defender on Friday, but issues with securing the work permit and that Nacional representatives flew to England to complete the deal delayed his official signing. An hour ago, Uruguayan sources with contacts in the Coates camp announced he had signed and was having his picture taken with a Liverpool shirt, and thirty minutes later Luis Suarez beat the official site to the punch by announcing on Twitter and Facebook that his friend Coates had indeed signed before quickly realising it hadn't been officially announced yet and taking it down.

Sebastian Coates move to Liverpool is complete Nacional vice-president

The young defender has received a work permit and will join Kenny Dalglish's squad immediately, with compatriot Suarez already welcoming him to Anfield

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Coates Granted Preliminary Work Permit

Sebastian Coates has been granted a prelininary work permit to allow him to complete his move to Liverpool today, it is understood. The Uruguay international was convinced to come to Anfield by his compatriot, Luis Suarez. A preliminary permit is quick to obtain and allows the holder to work within the respective country for no longer than 12 months.

Atletico Fail in Late Coates Approach

Atletico Madrid have made a late move to sign Sebastian Coates, despite the player being on the verge of joining Liverpool. The 20-year-old remains free to talk to other suitors, but will rebuff interest from La Liga to complete his Anfield move in the coming days.

Sebastian Coates to Join Liverpool

Club Nacional defender Sebastian Coates has opted to join Liverpool despite interest from several other clubs including the Reds' Premier League rivals Manchester City. Luis Suarez telephoned his compatriot to sell him a move to Anfield after a bid of around £7m was made earlier this week, meeting Nacional's asking price.

The obligatory Owen Coyle photo

The cup season is upon us once again as Bolton Wanderers open the Carling Cup against Macclesfield Town at the Reebok. The Silkmen of League Two downed Hull City by a score of 2-0 to reach the second round. Bolton will look to do better than they did last year when they were ousted by Burnley in the third round.

The Sounders had a great win 1-0 on the road against FC Dallas this weekend. It puts the team back in the hunt for the Supporter's Shield although the Los Angeles Galaxy would need to drop a match or two. The man of the match was defender Zack Scott who did an admirable job in containing Brek Shea.

This titan's reign may soon be over at Stamford Bridge. Alex has told Italian television he is open to a move away from Chelsea.

apparently loves Italian football

I've sort of been resigned to Alex leaving the club for some time. He has been somewhat marginalized in recent seasons despite some herculean performances, all of which have been well documented around here.

As I write this, Arsenal Football Club stand on a precipice of doubt, a mountain range of negativity, a continent of discontent.

In comparison to last summer, we have been positively flying in the transfer market, signing so far no less than three first-team players with more promised.

The Japanese genius Ryo Miyaichi may only have a handful of senior competitive games under his belt in Europe, but Arsene Wenger believes that he can have a "big impact" on Arsenal's push for the Premiership title this season. The Gunners have secured a UK work permit for the 18 year-old, but Wenger reveals that [.

Alejandro Bedoya is a big step closer to teaming with Maurice Edu at Rangers.

Bedoya was granted his work permit on Friday, giving the clearance for him to join the Scottish club. While Rangers and the U.S. international midfielder agreed on a pre-contract deal to bring him from Orebro in January, Rangers manager Ally McCoist wants to speed up the process now that the biggest hurdle has been cleared.

Right then,

yesterday we had an actual new signing, yesterday we had, in Arsene's words, news about a player who becomes "almost like a new signing". ALANS. Isn't that ironic?

Ryo Miyachi was granted a work permit under the 'exceptional talent' clause yesterday, causing much happiness for the manager as he gets to add to his collection of young, but exceptionally speedy, wide forwards.

This is probably the news that Arsene Wenger has been dying to hear more than any other this summer, as he believes that the little Japanese star Ryo Miyaichi will be a more than adequate replacement for Samir Nasri. Now that Miyaichi is in the squad Wenger can happily take the millions on offer from [.

Liverpool have reportedly identified Dynamo Kiev defender Gerson Magrao as a potential summer acquisition.
According to talkSPORT, the £5 million-rated Brazilian has been pinpointed by the Reds as a possible replacement for Paul Konchesky, who recently left Merseyside for Leicester.
Konchesky moved to Anfield from Fulham a year ago, with then Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson splashing out £4 million to secure the signature of the former England international.

Liverpool is looking to Sevilla's Diego Perotti to be the final piece of the jigsaw after a year of investing in the squad.
Wingers are suddenly all the rage at Anfield as Kenny Dalglish seeks to supply as much ammunition as possible to striker Andy Carroll. The £35m man has devastating aerial ability, a trait that manager Kenny Dalglish is keen to exploit as much as possible as the Reds aim to return to the top four of the Premier League and perhaps even the summit itself.

SBI is reporting that American midfielder Alejandro Bedoya is set to join Scottish giants Rangers FC after agreeing to terms with the Glasgow-based club on Thursday.

Bedoya finalized a pre-contract with Rangers on Thursday. He will move on a free transfer and begin a three-year contract with Rangers in January, provided he is able to secure a work permit.

Scottish Premier League giants Rangers have announced the signing of U.S. international midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, pending the approval of a work permit. Bedoya joins Maurice Edu in Glasgow where Rangers have won three consecutive SPL titles, and continues the tradition of the likes of Claudio Reyna and DaMarcus Beasley at the famed club.

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After reports that a deal was off, officials for the Scottish Premier League defending champion Rangers announced today an agreement to acquire American international Alejandro Bedoya, pending successful completion of a U.K. work permit.

Bedoya was an after-thought on the U.