LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMORS
Iceland international Gylfi Sigurdsson will join Liverpool in a £7m deal but not before the 22-year-old has offered Swansea the courtesy of meeting their new manager.
Arsenal are in pole position to sign Montpellier forward Olivier Giroud, 25, according to his club coach Rene Girard.
New West Brom boss Steve Clarke has identified NEC Nijmegen's £2m-rated defender Bram Nuytinck, 22, as his top target.
West Ham are leading the chase to sign Sochaux striker Modibo Maiga. The 24-year-old Mali forward almost moved to Newcastle in January but the deal collapsed over concerns about a knee problem.
The Hammers have also tabled a £4m bid for Wolves and England winger Matt Jarvis.
OTHER GOSSIP
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp could still leave White Hart Lane in the summer despite denying rumours that he had resigned.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is considering whether to sack Redknapp after failing to secure Champions League football.
Chelsea will name Roberto Di Matteo as the new manager on a full-time basis after failing to talk former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola out of taking a sabbatical.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Swansea City hope to appoint a successor to Brendan Rodgers by the end of this week from a shortlist headed by Ian Holloway and Michael Laudrup.
Ukraine Football Federation chief Grygoriy Surkis has accused England of bottling the issue of racism, and pointed to Rio Ferdinand's controversial snub from the squad as an example.
AND FINALLY
The new and supposedly secret Manchester City home kit has gone on sale in Australia - weeks before its official launch in the UK.
Hours after his Euro 2012 heroics, Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko was involved in a minor car crash in the centre of Kiev.
Source: BBC
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