Cardiff Bid £8million For Steven Caulker From Tottenham: Nightly Soccer Report

Cardiff City have bid £8million for Tottenham Hotspur central defender Steven Caulker, according to a report tonight in The Daily Mail newspaper.

The talented English defender, who had a successful loan at Swansea City during the 2010-12 season, is a target for Cardiff. However, Tottenham value Caulker at £12million, so Cardiff will reportedly try to include some additional add-ons in the bid in order to entice Spurs to letting Caulker go.

Caulker, 21, has also been the subject of interest by Manchester City and Liverpool, according to media reports.

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Cardiff bid £8million for Steven Caulker from Tottenham — The Mail
• Gareth Bale reports for Tottenham duty but heart is set on Real Madrid — The Guardian
• Joey Barton approaches Toffees and will accept 50% pay cut to join them from QPR — The Mirror
• Country ruled by family of Manchester City owner accused over human rights — The Guardian
• Norwich City hint at Fabio Quagliarella move — BBC Sport
• Manchester United looking to replace Rio Ferdinand & Nemanja Vidic with Dortmund’s Mats Hummels — Soccerlens
• Newcastle star Papiss Demba Cisse speaks out about Wonga decision — Shields Gazette
• Liverpool resurrect €16m deal for Kyriakos Papadopoulos — 101GG
• Swansea City striker Luke Moore could be a target for Crystal Palace — Evening Post
• Chelsea arrives in America for International Champions Cup — Chelsea FC
• Chelsea’s Wallace attracts interest of Internazionale over loan move — The Guardian
• Manchester United to make another formal offer for Cesc Fabregas — 101GG

International soccer

• Ladies football not ‘sexy’ enough for the media — The Local
• Exhaustion is the reason for England’s bad performances, claims Fabio Capello — Evening Standard
• CONCACAF Gold Cup attendance down 13% from ’11 Tourney, but up 9% from ’09 — SB Daily

Football League

• Armand Traore set for QPR departure as Dynamo Moscow bid £1.5million for the left back — The Mirror

US Soccer

• U.S. Open Cup final to be held in Salt Lake City or Portland — Pro Soccer Talk
• Precourt Sports Ventures LLC acquires Columbus Crew — FOX Soccer

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