Liverpool Poised to Make £30m Bid For Brazilian Midfielder Willian: Nightly Soccer Report

Liverpool are poised to make a £30million bid for Brazilian midfielder Willian, the 25-year-old footballer who plays for Anzhi Makhachkala. The Russian Premier League team are facing a financial crisis and have put their entire squad up for sale with Samuel Eto’o hotly tipped to be heading to Chelsea.

Willan would be Brendan Rodgers’s latest major signing. The Brazilian would be exactly the type of creative midfielder Liverpool are seeking. The footballer can play on either wing, or in a more advanced attacking position on the pitch.

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Liverpool poised to make £30m bid for Brazilian midfielder Willian — The Guardian
• Manchester United are interested in signing Mesut Ozil — Punto Pelota
• Wayne Rooney not for sale – at any price, Manchester United tell Chelsea — The Guardian
• Arsenal not willing to pay release clause for Luiz Gustavo — Bild
• Chelsea consider £5m move for Samuel Eto’o as Wayne Rooney chase fades — The Guardian
• Jonathan de Guzman is a major doubt for Swansea season opener — The Mail
• Selling Wayne Rooney to Chelsea is unthinkable for Manchester United — The Guardian
• NBC goes all in with coverage of English Premier League soccer — LA Times
• Now it’s easier to watch Premier League than NFL — Salt Lake Tribune
• Inter Milan confirm loan signing of Chelsea’s Wallace — Sky Sports
• Manchester City interested in signing Pepe from Real Madrid — Cope.es
• Liverpool beats Newcastle United 3-1 in closed-door friendly — Shields Gazette
• West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie’s Al Nasr move is off — Sky Sports
• Q&A with NBC Sports’ Arlo White, Lee Dixon and Rebecca Lowe — Pro Soccer Talk
• Hull City reportedly agree deal for Tom Huddlestone — Cartilage Free Captain
• QPR hoping to reunite Tottenham duo Scott Parker and Jermain Defoe — Telegraph

La Liga

• QPR midfielder Esteban Granero ‘must accept pay-cut to join Real Sociedad’ — ESPN FC

International soccer

• FIFA asks World Cup host Russia to explain anti-gay law — ABC News
• Scolari admits concern over the future of Julio Cesar and Luiz Gustavo — Globesporte
• Gordon Strachan urges Scotland to channel passion against England — The Guardian
• Nathaniel Chalobah carried off on a stretcher against Scotland Under 21s — The Mail
• Lionel Messi and Mario Balotelli meet the Pope as Italy and Argentina squads visit Vatican — Telegraph
• England Under 21s kick-start new era with 6-0 thrashing of Scotland Under 21s — Metro
• Our chances of seeing new U.S. international Aron Johannsson just improved — Pro Soccer Talk

US soccer

• Orlando City SC has a number of similarities to Sounders franchise — Seattle

Football League

• Sheffield Wednesday chairman Milan Mandaric ‘ready to sell club’ for personal reasons — Telegraph

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