According to Blackburn’s official website, West Ham United have completed the signing of Blackburn defender Lars Jacobsen on a free transfer.

According to ESPN Soccernet, Liverpool were unable to afford West Ham striker Carlton Cole because a deal to sell Ryan Babel to Tottenham fell through.

Due to their lack of funds, Liverpool offered to sign Carlton Cole on loan until January for £1million and they were willing to send Ryan Babel to West Ham on loan for the same time period.

UPDATE: According to Ryan Babel’s Twitter Page, Ryan Babel admitted that he is not leaving. He tweeted,

I’m going no where….

Just want to note that I am not sure if this Twitter account is verified.

August 31st 2010: According to ESPN Soccernet, Liverpool are willing to add Ryan Babel in a deal for striker Carlton Cole. It is also reported that Liverpool are not going after Fulham striker Bobby Zamora. A source close to the deal said,

“The possibility of Zamora going to Liverpool was a non starter, not even worth going there. But Liverpool remain interested in Carlton Cole.”

August 25th 2010 According to Alan Nixon at MirrorFootball, Liverpool have made a £6million bid for West Ham United striker Carlton Cole. It is also reported that add-ons have been included in the offer as Liverpool would like to protect themselves due to Cole’s past injuries.

According to ESPN Soccernet, Tottenham have made a £7million + player (thought to be either Robbie Keane or Jermaine Jenas) bid for West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker. However it is reported that the cash offered is nowhere close to West Ham’s valuation of Parker.

UPDATE: According to West Ham United’s official website, West Ham United have completed the signing of Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna on a season-long loan.

August 25th 2010 According to Sky Sports News, Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna is set to take a medical for West Ham United as the two clubs have agreed on a deal.

According to West Ham United’s official website, West Ham United have sent attacker Alessandro Diamanti to Brescia Calcio for 2.2million Euros. Also if Brescia stays in the Serie A, then West Ham will receive an additional 300,000 Euros.

According to Marseille’s official website (link in French), Marseille have confirmed the signing Nice striker Loic Remy. Remy signed a five-year deal with the club.

The deal is thought to be around £12.4million for the young striker, who was linked with Arsenal, Liverpool, Stoke City, and West Ham.

According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker is set to sign a new five-year deal tomorrow. Co-owner David Sullivan said,

“We expect Parker to sign a new contract on Tuesday … I made a promise that I would not sell Scott and I will not, for any amount of money, break that promise to the West Ham supporters.”

“For far too long, have had owners that sell their best players and promise one thing and do another. This is a new era. We are building a bigger, better West Ham and when we make a promise, we honour it.”

UPDATE: According to West Ham United’s official website, West Ham United have agreed to a deal  to sign Ajax striker Miralem Sulejmani on loan. The deal is subject to a work permit hearing.

July 21st, 2010 According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, West Ham United are trying to sign Ajax striker Miralem Sulejmani. It is reported that West Ham had agreed a few weeks ago to sign the 21-year-old on loan with the option of making the deal permanent but manager Martin Jol rejected it.

However once Martin Jol moves to Fulham, it is believe that West Ham will be able to complete the deal.

According to the Daily Post, Everton have rejected a second bid from West Ham United for Yakubu. It is reported that the second bid was actually £5million, which was £1milion less than there original bid of £6million.

UPDATE: According to West Ham United’s official website, West Ham United have completed the signing of Winston Reid for an undisclosed fee. Reid signed a three-year deal with the club.

August 4th 2010 According to Sky Sports News, West Ham United have agreed to a deal with FC Midtjylland for defender Winston Reid. The fee is thought to be around £4million and both clubs hope to complete the deal by this weekend.

However TVNZ is reporting that Winston Reid so far has refused to confirm that he will be joining West Ham United.

UPDATE: According to West Ham’s official website, West Ham United have signed Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim on loan until January.

It is also reported that the club hopes to complete another signing within the next 72 hours.

July 17th, 2010: According to the Daily Mail, West Ham United have agreed to a deal to sign Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim. It is reported that West Ham originally offered Ben Haim £30,000-a-week in wages, which was £8,000-a-week short of his current contract. However a deal was agreed upon when they increased their offer.

June 24th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United boss Avram Grant would like to sign Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim but his wages are too high. Ben Haim has two-years left on his current deal but can leave for free this summer due to a clause in his contract. A source at West Ham said,

“Yes, we would love to sign the player, but not at the moment as his wages are £45,000-a-week and his agent wants a £1 million fee - both too high.

“The problem is he has two years left on his Portsmouth contract, though he can leave for nothing as they were relegated.

“Why should he leave unless he gets the same wage? But a club like West Ham can no longer afford to pay every player £40-45,000-a-week. “Clubs like West Ham have to draw the line somewhere or every club will go broke.”

UPDATE: Blackpool, Blackburn Added

Blackpool: Clarke Carlisle, Angel Rangel, Gary Kenneth, Robert Koren, Richard Chaplow, Michael Bradley, Danny Welbeck, Francis Jeffers, DJ Campbell, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Blackburn: Roberto Canella, Gregory Cerdan, Rodrigo Araujo, Karl Henry, Wendel, Henrique Haygnner Celestine, Tuncay Sanli, Jo, Aristide Bance

July 29th, 2010: Stoke City added to the list

Stoke City: Maynor Figueroa, Javier Pinola, Paul Scharner, Jermaine Jenas, Gary O’Neil, Jermaine Pennant, Kevin Prince Boateng, Victor Obinna, Carlton Cole, and Roman Pavlyuchenko

July 29th, 2010 Simon Rice at The Independent has written many articles that talk about potential targets for the following clubs:

Birmingham: Paul Konchesky, Nathaniel Clyne, Juan Roman Riquelme, Ryan Babel, Aiden McGeady, Charles N’Zogbia, Tom Cleverley, Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora, Robbie Keane, and Katlego Mphela

Bolton Wanderers: Lee Naylor, Alan Hutton, Jack Wilshere, Tom Cleverley, Juan Roman Riquelme, Karim Matmour, Franco Di Santo, Rodrigo Moreno, Araujo Ilan, and James Beattie

Sunderland: Chris Kirkland, Nedum Onuoha, Alan Hutton, Tuncay Sanli, Jamie O’Hara, Chris Eagles, Stephen Ireland, John Utaka, Danny Welbeck, Nelson Valdez

West Bromwich: Marton Fulop, Calum Davenport, Phil Bardsley, Jimmy Bullard, George Boateng, Jason Koumas, Rob Hulse, James Beattie, Mohammed Tchite, and Jason Roberts

West Ham United: Francois Clerc, Nicky Shorey, Jamie O’Hara, Kevin Prince Boateng, Steve Sidwell, Jermaine Pennant, Neymar, Yakubu, Loic Remy, Diego Tardelli,

Wigan Athletic: Tyrone Mears, Marcos Ramos, Roberto Canella Martinez, Jermaine Pennant, Darren Pratley Martinez, Siphiwe Tshabalala, Jose Callejon Martinez, Franco Di Santo, Pierre Webo, and Humberto Suazo

Wolverhampton: Andre Bikey, Michael Mancienne, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Aaron Mokoena, Adam Lallana, Benjani Mwaruwari, Jordan Ayew, Tommy Smith, James Beattie, and Robbie Keane

According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United have not contacted the Los Angeles Galaxy about midfielder David Beckham. Beckham’s spokesman said,

“Whilst it’s flattering to hear of interest there has been no contact with or offer from West Ham … David is happy at the Los Angeles Galaxy and has no interest in leaving, and is looking forward to returning to the team on August 9.”

UPDATE: According to West Ham United’s official website, West Ham United have rejected a bid from Tottenham for midfielder Scott Parker. West Ham chairman David Sullivan said,

“I made a promise that I would not sell Scott and I will not, for any amount of money, break that promise to the West Ham supporters,” he told the club’s official website.

“Scott is not for sale at any price, to anyone. West Ham supporters, for too long, have had owners that sell their best players and promise one thing and do another.

“This is a new era. We are building a bigger, better West Ham and when we make a promise, we honour it.”

July 26th, 2010: According to Alan Nixon at MirrorFootball, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is interested in signing West Ham midfielder Scott Parker. However it is reported that Tottenham will only offer around £8million.

July 24th, 2010: According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United have slapped a £20million price tag on midfielder Scott Parker.

July 12th, 2010 According to the Birmingham Mail, West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker, who has been linked with Aston Villa, could be available at the right price. Co-owner David Gold said,

“If Manchester City pay £50 million for James Milner, Aston Villa then have that £50m and as a commercial entity they are going to want to replace Milner … Scott Parker is probably one of the best players who was not at the World Cup and the price gets accelerated because Aston Villa have that money from Manchester City.

“Scott Parker is not for sale, but what happens if someone offers £200m? It’s a laughable scenario, but who would have thought after all those ‘over my dead bodies’ that Ronaldo would leave Manchester United?

“I believe Scott Parker is our talisman, I have got a picture of him in my office doing something similar to what John Terry did at the World Cup - diving at someone’s feet to head the ball away … Scott is Mr West Ham – we will see where that takes us.”

UPDATE: According to Newcatle’s official website, Newcastle have completed the signing of free agent defender Sol Campbell. Campbell signed a one-year deal with the club.

July 27th, 2010: According to the Express, defender Sol Campbell is set to have a medical for Newcastle this afternoon.

July 17th, 2010: According to John Richardson at the Daily Express, Newcastle have agreed to sign free agent defender Sol Campbell. It is reported that the deal will be completed once Campbell returns from his honeymoon.

July 12th, 2010: According to James Hunter at the Evening Chronicle, West Ham United have joined the race to sign defender Sol Campbell.

July 9th, 2010: According to Sky Sports News, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce confirmed that he had talks with Sol Campbell.  Bruce said,

“I have known Sol Campbell for a lot of years and it was nice to see him … We had a catch-up to see what his ideas are and what he is up to. It was pretty positive stuff and we will see what happens there.”

July 8th, 2010: According to BBC Sports, free agent defender Sol Campbell held talks with Sunderland today (Thursday). Campbell has been strongly linked with a move to Celtic this summer.

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According to ESPN Soccernet, Nice have not received any contact from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool about striker Loic Remy. However they confirmed that West Ham United has made contact along with Fenerbahce. Nice chairman Gilbert Stallardo told L’Equipe,

“West Ham? Remy is definitely interested … Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal? I have heard about their interest but I have had no contact. The only clubs I have talked to are West Ham and Fenerbahce.

“Fenerbahce have also contacted Rennes about Asamoah Gyan and Lyon about Bafetimbi Gomis. If either of those players leave, it is not impossible that their clubs will turn to Loic as well.”

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, AC Milan midfielder Ronaldinho is not for sale. Vice-president Adriano Galliani told gazzetta.it,

“He is a Milan player, we will not give him up, the hypothesis should not even be considered … He has never asked to be transferred. He will remain at Milan next season and I hope even longer … It’s true Galaxy are interested in him. After David Beckham, they want another star but Galaxy will have to wait for many more years.

”There is absolutely no possibility that Ronaldinho leaves. His brother/agent is a friend of mine who I courted for two years before Ronaldinho started with us. I will meet him in the upcoming months especially to extend Ronaldinho’s contract, certainly not to discuss his departure.”

July 24th, 2010 According to Dave Kidd at The People, West Ham United are interested in signing AC Milan midfielder Ronaldinho. It is reported that Ronaldinho could be acquired for £6million but his wages demands could cost  the club around £90,000-a-week.

AC Milan are rumored to be interested in selling Ronaldinho so that they don’t have to pay his £150,000-a-week wages anymore.

UPDATE: According to Newcastle’s official website, Newcastle have completed the signing of free agent Dan Gosling. Gosling signed a four-year deal with the club.

July 21st, 2010: According to Sky Sports News, Newcastle will complete the signing of Dan Gosling in the next 24 hours.

July 19th, 2010: According to Sky Sports News, Newcastle are on the verge of signing free agent midfielder Dan Gosling.

July 11th, 2010: According to Alan Nixon at MirrorFootball, Newcastle have completed the signing of Dan Gosling. It is reported that Gosling is going to make around £25,000-a-week.

July 7th, 2010: According to ESPN Soccernet, Dan Gosling has become a free agent as the Premier League ruled in his favor that he was allowed to leave the club. It is also reported that West Ham United and Sunderland are interested in Gosling.

July 7th, 2010 According to Greg O’Keeffe at the Liverpool Echo, Everton midfielder Dan Gosling is looking to quit the club on a free transfer as he claims he is a free-agent. It is reported that the club signed Gosling to a verbal deal but it was never put in writing by mid-May which allows Gosling to leave the club.

Gosling is thought to be interested in a move to Newcastle United.

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According to ESPN Soccernet, Arsenal are once again interested in Nice striker Loic Remy. It is also reported that West Ham United improved their offer for the striker. Nice chief executive Patrick Governatori told L’Equipe,

“On Tuesday we received a new proposal from West Ham, for a full payment in cash … If Liverpool want to sign Loic, we need clear rules and commitments from them. But West Ham are hot for the player and we want to complete the transfer before the end of the month.”

Also, the updates page for Loic Remy was getting too long so we decided to create a new page just for his updates. The page can be found under “Loic Remy” in the sidebar section: Top Transfer Targets