Norwich Set to Sign FC Twente Midfielder Leroy Fer for £7m: Daily Soccer Report

Norwich City are close to signing FC Twente midfielder Leroy Fer for £7million. The 23-year-old Dutch international is a central midfielder who has been compared to Patrick Vieira.

Fer almost joined Everton in the January transfer window, but the signing fell apart when he failed a medical.

Norwich have already signed Dutchman Ricky van Wolfswinkel this summer, and are reportedly close to a deal for Dutch and Ajax central defender Toby Alderweireld.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Norwich set to sign FC Twente midfielder Leroy Fer for €8m — 101GG
• Barcelona launch £30m bid for Chelsea’s David Luiz — The Mail
• Manchester City abandon Pepe pursuit — The Telegraph
• Blackpool’s Tom Ince holds talks with Cardiff City — BBC Sport
• Alan Pardew admits he wants Darren Bent and Loic Remy — The Mirror
• Hull City pull out of transfer deal for Burnley striker Charlie Austin — The Independent
• Stevan Jovetic buy-out clause interests Manchester City — The Sun
• Gino Peruzzi has turned down a contract offer from Sunderland — ESPN FC
• Everton close on Victor Moses from Chelsea — The Mail
• Kenwyne Jones likely to be offloaded by Stoke in a bid to raise money for transfers — Telegraph
• Thomas Vermaelen set to miss start of new Premier League season with back injury — The Mail
• Sunderland ready to listen to offers for Jack Colback after he turns down new contract — Independent
• Chelsea set to offer £60m for Wayne Rooney — The Mail
• Giorgos Karagounis pens deal to stay at Fulham — Evening Standard
• Liverpool beat Arsenal to West Brom’s 14-year-old wonderkid Yan Dhanda — The Mail
• Cardiff’s Mark Hudson signs contract extension to delight Malky Mackay — The Mirror
• Gonzalo Higuain feels move to Arsenal has been complicated by Luis Suarez bid — 101GG
• Sunderland set to announce £6m deal for American forward Jozy Altidore — The Independent
• Manchester United hand Robin van Persie extended summer break — Telegraph
• Fenerbahçe after Aston Villa striker Darren Bent — Les Rosbifs
• Everton set to sign Spanish keeper Joel Robles — 101GG

Serie A

• In Mario Gomez Fiorentina have seen something the rest of Europe did not — The Guardian

Football League

• Barnsley sign ex-Bristol City defender Lewin Nyatanga — BBC Sport

La Liga

• Fans who paid $2.5k to meet Lionel Messi at match in Chicago left feeling scammed — Dirty Tackle
• David Villa snubbed Spurs ‘despite much higher bid’ — Yahoo Sports

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