Liverpool Accept Offer from Fiorentina For Aquilani; Plus More EPL News and Links

Liverpool has accepted an offer from Fiorentina for Alberto Aquilani. There’s no official confirmation from Liverpool yet, and personal terms would still have to be agreed, but it appears that Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has a chance to offload the Italian midfielder. Yet, at the same time, Rodgers has stated how he’d like to give Aquilani a chance to shine on the Liverpool squad this season. We’ll have to wait and see what happens.

Here are today’s top Premier League news headlines:

• Liverpool agree an undisclosed fee with Fiorentina for Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani — BBC Sport
• Sunderland make bid for Wolves striker Steven Fletcher — The Independent
• Vincent Kompany leaves Manchester City tour with calf injury — The Daily Mail
  
• Jonathan Walters scored a first-half winner as Stoke overcame Orlando City 1-0 — Sky Sports
  
• Sunday Times trashes Glazers’ Manchester United IPO prospectus — MUST
  
• Brendan Rodgers hails North America tour as ideal preparation for new campaign — Liverpool Echo
  
• Manchester City assistant coach David Platt scores spectacular overhead kick in training — Off The Post
  
• Nigel Adkins aims to add one more signing to Southampton squad — The Daily Mail
  
• Gareth Bale calls Liverpool’s Charlie Adam ‘a coward’ after injury threatens his start to season — The Telegraph
  
• Are QPR trying to form the greatest ever veterans team? — Off The Post
  
• Chelsea hope to make two more signings before season begins — The Independent