West Ham Midfielder Alou Diarra to Miss Entire Season With Knee Injury: Daily Soccer Report

West Ham United midfielder Alou Diarra has been hit by a knee injury that will keep him out for the entire season. The injury comes as a blow both to the footballer and West Ham United. The French defensive midfielder, who can also play as a centre back, picked up the injury in the mid-week League Cup win against Cheltenham.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• West Ham midfielder Alou Diarra to miss entire season with knee injury — The Independent
• Tiago Ilori to sign for £8million from Sporting Lisbon to help fill injury-hit defence — The Mirror
• Athletic Bilbao reject bid for Manchester United target Ander Herrera — Sky Sports
• Arsene Wenger hits out at Tottenham’s spending as it approaches £100m mark — The Telegraph
• Nicklas Bendtner set to solve Arsenal striking crisis, says Arsene Wenger — The Mail
• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will not panic buy — BBC Sport
• Arsene Wenger: Gareth Bale is not worth record fee — Evening Standard
• Samuel Eto’o in 2005: I’d rather sell groundnuts than play for a pathetic team like Chelsea — 101GG
• Liverpool apologize after Twitter account mocks Munich air disaster — The Guardian
• Porto winger Christian Atsu set for Chelsea medical — Sky Sports
• Marouane Fellaini demands Manchester United transfer after Everton reject new bid — Metro
• Schalke want to sign €8m Emmanuel Adebayor from Tottenham — 101GG
• Jose Mourinho launches bizarre ‘Jose and the Special Ones’ cartoon — Metro
• Sunderland’s Connor Wickham in pole position for Crystal Palace start — Newcastle United
• Petr Cech: Chelsea deserve more appreciation for our European titles — Evening Standard
• Daniel Agger reveals why he stayed at Liverpool despite Barcelona offer — The Guardian
• How Man United’s failed bid for Baines and Fellaini is FFP in action — Counter Attack
• Premier League heading for record summer transfer window — FC Business
• Fit-again Fletcher could hold the key to Sunderland’s entire campaign — Sunderland Echo
• Nani has agreed new Manchester deal, Juventus’ Beppe Marotta says — ESPN FC

La Liga

• Gareth Bale transfer to Real Madrid is ‘robbery’, says UEFA president Michel Platini — The Mail
• Toby Alderweireld to sign for Atletico Madrid — The Mail

A-League

• Australia to launch FFA Cup in 2014 — Inside World Football

UEFA

• Besiktas fail in appeal against European ban for match-fixing — BBC Sport

International soccer

• Michel Platini says Uefa will push Fifa for shortened transfer window — The Guardian
• Chelsea duo Fernando Torres and Juan Mata left out of Spain squad — The Independent
• Frustrated fan buys TV rights to World Cup qualifier — Reuters

Bundesliga

• Kevin-Prince Boateng set to switch from AC Milan to Schalke — The Independent

Serie A

• AC Milan signs Juventus footballer Alessandro Matri — AC Milan

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