Barcelona are set to make an official bid for David Luiz, Chelsea’s defender/midfielder. The reported offer will be £35million, but Chelsea are expected to reject the bid. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said previously that Luiz is part of his future plans at Chelsea.
Is it transfer gossip, or is there a grain of truth to the story? We’ll find out more details tonight where World Soccer Talk will be with Real Madrid at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium where we’ll pose the question.
After a long night in Miami last night covering the International Champions Cup, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do for you based on last night’s news as well as the latest breaking news this morning. World Soccer Talk’s Daily Soccer Report returns with today’s world soccer news headlines:
Premier League
- Chelsea braced for official bid from Barcelona for Brazilian international David Luiz — The Telegraph
- Fulham wrap up loan deal for Adel Taarabt — ESPN FC
- Gordon Taylor confirms PFA helping Luis Suarez with bid to leave Liverpool — talkSPORT
- Gareth Bale will not feature for Tottenham Hotspur against Espanyol due to “injury” — The Guardian
- Tottenham on alert as Anzhi welcome bids for Willian — Haringey Independent
- Loic Remy is an injury doubt for Newcastle United’s game against Manchester City — Newcastle Journal
- Arsenal refuse to up £40m plus £1 bid for Luis Suarez — Evening Standard
- Gareth Bale included in Wales squad for Republic of Ireland friendly — Sky Sports
- Sunderland accept James McClean bid from Wigan — Shields Gazette
- Newcastle United distance themselves from Stewart Downing move — Newcastle Chronicle
- Stoke City vow to stand by Cameron Jerome over betting charges — The Independent
- Swansea’s Nathan Dyer signs 4-year contract extension — Swansea City
- Liverpool ‘agree terms’ with Valencia star Aly Cissokho — Daily Star
- Brendan Rodgers reiterates his position on the Luis Suarez transfer saga — Evening Standard
- SportsMax launches new channel with more English Premier League — Cayman Net News
- Football kit manufacturers: Trends, graphs and charts — The Football Attic
- Tottenham target Alvaro Vadillo as potential Gareth Bale replacement — Off The Post
- Carlos Tevez almost quit football following his row with Roberto Mancini — The Mirror
- Luis Suarez won’t give up on move … but it’s Real Madrid, not Arsenal, he wants to join — Evening Standard
- Sunderland want £1m for David Vaughan — Shields Gazette
- Wigan sell just 5,500 tickets for Community Shield against Manchester United at Wembley — The Mail
- Crystal Palace call in a hypnotist to help them beat Spurs — Off The Post
- Alan Pardew says Newcastle United still need a new hitman — Newcastle Chronicle
- Zenit set to gazump Napoli to re-sign Liverpool centre-back Martin Skrtel — 101 Great Goals
- Everton v Valencia International Champions Cup highlights — FOX Soccer
- Nemanja Vidic declares himself fit for start of 2013/14 Premier League season — The Telegraph
- Manchester United open talks with Everton over £23.5m Marouane Fellaini — The Guardian
- English football players told to attend sessions on racist language — The Telegraph
- Tottenham and Real Madrid to meet today to try to agree a deal — The Mirror
- Bill Shankly’s story was filled with heroes and monsters, stranger than any fiction — The Independent
- From Spurs to Seattle: Clint Dempsey’s EPL-MLS switch divides fan opinion — The Guardian
- Player power: All clubs paying the price for Jean-Marc Bosman — Footy Matters
- Luis Suárez has shown Liverpool fans the kind of player he really is — The Guardian
- EPL Players with 75+ fouls committed in a season: 2000-2013 — The Best Eleven
- I will be up to speed with Chelsea for start of the season, says Fernando Torres after summer break — Telegraph
- Arsenal move for Luis Suarez is on ‘standby’ – Arsene Wenger — Evening Standard
Major League Soccer
- Clint Dempsey move exposes grey area in MLS rules — CBC
- Sounders-Timbers match sold out for Clint Dempsey’s Seattle home debut — MLS Soccer
- The life of an MLS player making $35,000 a year — Deadspin
- Leaked renderings of NYCFC Pier 40 stadium — The Original Winger
Eredivisie
Football League
- Bradford City mascot steps down as he is no longer fat enough — The Guardian
- Newport County shock Brighton and Hove Albion in Capital One Cup — The Telegraph
- Tommy Smith claims the gap between the Premier League and Championship has closed — Wales Online
Russian Premier League
International soccer
- FIFA gives Luzhniki green light to reduce capacity for 2018 final — Inside World Football
Serie A
La Liga
- Real Madrid and Barcelona face removal of privileges — The Independent
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