UPDATE: According to Chris Burton at Sky Sports, Sven Goran Eriksson will not be manager at Portsmouth. Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie told The News,

“It’s a complete nonsense … No discussions have gone on about a new manager coming in whatsoever. Everything is staying as it is.”

May 29th, 2009 According to James Dall at Sky Sports, Sven Goran Eriksson is interested in coaching Portsmouth. His agent Athole Still said,

UPDATE: According to Peter O’Rourke at Sky Sports, Olympiakos have made an official offer for Blackburn striker Matt Derbyshire.

May 26th, 2009 According to Andy Cryer at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Matt Derbyshire admitted that his future with Blackburn depends on how much playing time he will get. In January Derbyshire joined Olympiakos on loan. He said,

According to John Percy at the Daily Mirror, Bolton have ” launched a £6million raid” for Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone.

According to The People, Manchester United are preparing a £15million bid for Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Huntelaar has supposedly been unhappy at the club after they decided to choose Diarra instead of him to play in the Champions League.

According to the Daily Star, Swiss club Basel is interested in 34-year-old Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell. Campbell’s contract ends this summer and Basel are prepared to offer him a three-year deal.

According to Michael Morgan at the Daily Mirror, Birmingham boss Alan McLeish is preparing to offer £1.5million for Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Lee Grant.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Sunderland made an offer to coach Roberto Mancini. Mancini told Sky Italia,

“I am honoured to have had an offer from Sunderland Football Club. It is a fantastic opportunity … It will be truly wonderful to lead such a prestigious and historic club in England after a year of sitting on the sidelines.”

“I feel I am ready to start again with immense enthusiasm.”

According to BBC Sport, Wigan Athletic chairman David Whelan wants £3million for coach Steve Bruce. He said,

“I’ve asked for £3m in compensation, but I don’t want to lose Steve … Talks are in progression and I’ve asked for a compensation fee because I think it’s only fair that they buy out his contract.”

“I paid Birmingham £3m so I’m asking for the same amount back … There’s a lot of managers who you can get for free and it depends whether they feel they want to pay £3m.”

“But if they want a real quality manager, Steve is up there among the best.”

May 27th, 2009 According to Sky Sports, Wigan Athletic have given Sunderland permission to talk to manager Steve Bruce.

According to David Harrison at News of the World, Manchester City are preparing to bid £32million for striker Carlos Tevez and £10million for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.

City are also prepared to offer Barry £90,000-a-week and Tevez £140,000-a-week.

According to Soriebah Kajue at the Daily Mirror, Tottenham are considering making an £8million bid for Sunderland winger Kieran Richardson.

According to ESPN Soccernet, AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti has decided to leave the club, which pretty much means he will be joining Chelsea. AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said,

“Leonardo is our new coach and will be presented at the San Siro tomorrow at midday.”

Carlo Ancelotti told Sky Italia, “In agreement with the club we have decided to terminate the contract a year early … My wonderful experience with this side ends today. I thank all the players, directors, fans and everyone involved.”

According to Liverpool’s official website, Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez denied the rumor that they have agreed to sell Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid. He said,

“The situation is clear, we do not want to sell our best players and that includes Xabi … He had a very good season for us and can be an important player in the future. There is no agreement with Real and we want him to be part of our plans going forward. “

“Xabi himself told our club magazine only two weeks ago that he was looking forward to his sixth season as a Liverpool player. Why should he want to leave now?”

Earlier in the day, it was being reported by the newspaper Sport that the two clubs agreed to a £22 million deal.

According to Steve Stammers at the Daily Mirror, Barcelona are preparing to make Arsenal an offer of £40 million for star midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

According to Ben Blackmore at Setanta Sports, Manchester United goalkeeper Tom Kuszczak would like more playing time or play for a team that will give him it. Kusczcak told The People,

“This has got out of hand. It is high time for me to look into the option of being loaned out … I am a player at the best club in the world, and that alone makes me very happy.”

“However, that is not the case when I look to the next season and the prospect of only playing a few matches.”

According to Sky Sports, Michael Ballack has agreed verbally to stay with Chelsea for another year. His current contract is due to expire this summer. Ballack said,

“I haven’t signed yet but I have agreed for another year.”

UPDATE: According to Robin Hackett at Setanta Sports, Ezequiel Lavezzi’s agent (Alejandro Mazzoni) stated that Napoli is looking to sell his client. Mazzoni told Radio Kiss Kiss,

“His stay depends entirely on Napoli, but I think that the club is now intending to sell him.”

“Napoli have not kept the promises they made to Lavezzi … I’m waiting for a call from [Napoli sporting director] Pierpaolo Marino about a meeting with the president, so it’s a bit difficult for us to know what Napoli want.”

“The last time I saw the director, I told him that there had been a bid from a foreign club for Lavezzi … The president, though, has not even responded.”

However, according to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com, the Il Corriere Dello Sport is reporting that that Napoli are not interested in selling Lavezzi. Napoli sporting director Pierpaolo Marino said,

“I have never received offers from Liverpool, and we are not interested in receiving any.”

May 23rd, 2009 According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com, Ezequiel Lavezzi’s agent stated that Napoli did turn down a large offer for the striker. The agent told La Gazzetta Dello Sport,

According to Duncan Wright at the Daily Star, West Ham United goalkeeper Rob Green has turned down an offer from the club to extend his contract. Green currently has two years left on his current deal but he is thought to be looking for £50,000 a week in his next deal.

Arsenal and Tottenham are both thought to be interested in Green.

According to Sky Sports, Fulham footballer Seol Ki-Hyeon is unsure about his future with the club. Seol spent the second part of the season on loan at Al Hilal. Seol said,

“I have not made up my mind yet. I will explore all options I have … Because of my lack of playing time, I left Fulham and moved to Al Hilal.”

According to Grahame L, Jones at the Los Angeles Times, winger David Beckham will not follow AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea if Carlo decides to leave. Beckham said,

I don’t think that’s a possibility, to be quite honest. At the end of the day, I’m still contracted to the Galaxy. I’ll be coming back July 11 to start training and then to finish the MLS season. But it’s always nice to be wanted, and Carlo has been amazing to me since I’ve come to Milan, to play me in as many games as he has. I’m very thankful to him for that.

According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com, the Il Corriere Dello Sport is reporting that AC Milan are preparing to offer Andrea Pirlo for Michael Essien.

According to John Cross at the Daily Mirror, Arsenal are prepared to sell Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue, and possibly William Gallas.

It is being rumored that Athletic Madrid are interested in Eboue and AC Milan and Juventus are interested in Gallas.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness told the newspaper Bild,

“If I hear that there was an offer for 125 million euros for Kaka, then Ribery has a market value of at least 100 million … But I don’t want to talk about a fee we would consider because we want to keep hold of Franck.”

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the newspaper Tz,

“only FC Bayern decides what happens, however many millions are offered. We do not want to sell Franck.”

May 28th, 2009 According to Thomas Zocher at Sky Sports, Bayern Munich denied that they received a £40 million bid for superstar Franck Ribery. Bayern media officer Markus Horwick said,