Arsenal Are On Verge of £21million Deal For Bernard: Daily Soccer Report

Arsenal are on the verge of a £21million deal to sign Brazilian striker Bernard, according to L’Equipe. However, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger says that the report in the French newspaper is not true.

L’Equipe said that Bernard will be in London on Friday for a medical. However, is Wenger being coy, or is the transfer story a complete fabrication? Wenger said that the report that Arsenal had signed Bernard was not true. But that doesn’t mean that Arsenal are not trying to sign the Brazilian youngster.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Arsenal on verge of £21m Bernard deal — Evening Standard
• Arsene Wenger rubbishes report of Arsenal deal for Liverpool & Spurs target Bernard — The Mirror
• Kevin de Bruyne heads home from Chelsea’s tour of Asia with injury — Sky Sports
• Dan Gosling move to Crystal Palace set to be finalised this week — Chronicle
• Crystal Palace set to seal deal for Carlton Cole — Sky Sports
• Last-gasp Potters move for Benfica’s Nelson Oliveira — The Mirror
• Sam Hammam on the brink of astonishing Cardiff City return — The Sun
• Luis Suárez to play for Liverpool against Melbourne Victory — The Guardian
• West Ham would love Scott Parker back, says David Sullivan — The Mail
• West Ham target new striker, despite Andy Carroll signing — Evening Standard
• Cabaye and Modric are plan B as Moyes won’t wait for Cesc — Manchester Evening News
• Liverpool sign 16-year-old Spanish striker Sergi Canos from Barcelona — 101GG
• Hull City: Steve Bruce confirms Yannick Sagbo talks – hopes for Wilson Palacios reunion — The Mail

Football League

• Reading in talks with Juventus over player development deal — The Mail
• Blackpool: Paul Ince wants official deadline for contract renewals — BBC Sport
• Celtic’s Neil Lennon tells Nottingham Forest to up Kelvin Wilson bid — The Mail

South American soccer

• Infighting among Boca Juniors supporters leaves two dead — Pro Soccer Talk

La Liga

• Carlo Ancelotti denies deal agreed to sell Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain to Napoli — Sky Sports
• Barcelona manager search: Lionel Messi backs Gerardo Martino to replace Tito Vilanova — Independent
• Real Madrid will block Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United, says Jose Mourinho — Independent

Scottish football

• Fair is foul and foul is fair: Scottish football again — Soccernomics

International soccer

• Scotland boss Gordon Strachan names squad for England clash — BBC Sport

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