Swansea have announced the signing of St Etienne's Franck Tabanou on a three-year contract. The versatile former France Under-21 international, who can operate on the left side of defense or attack, becomes Swansea's second summer signing following the capture of Ghana forward Andre Ayew on a free transfer from Marseille. Swansea confirmed the arrival of […]

Southampton have announced the signing of Portugal defender Cedric Soares from Sporting Lisbon. The right-back, 23, becomes the Saints' second summer transfer following the arrival of Spanish forward Juanmi from Malaga. The Saints did not reveal the fee paid, but Soares has reportedly cost the club in the region of £3.6million. Soares is confident the […]

Forward Andreas Weimann has joined former Aston Villa team-mate Darren Bent at Derby after agreeing a four-year deal with the Rams. Weimann has joined Paul Clement's ambitious side for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £2.75million. The 23-year-old has spent his entire senior career at Villa, barring two loan spells at Watford in 2011, […]

Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling's latest apparent laughing gas incident is unlikely to have any effect on his club's stance in relation to the player's ongoing transfer saga. Manchester City on Wednesday failed in their second attempt to sign the England international after upping their initial offer by £10million to £40m, comprising £35m up front plus […]

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has explained why he signed Micah Richards, insisting the England defender will bring a "winning mentality" to the club. Richards picked up Barclays Premier League and FA Cup winners' medals in his time at Manchester City but spent last season on loan at Fiorentina before agreeing a four-year deal with […]

QPR will start life outside of the Premier League with a short trip across London to Charlton. Chris Ramsey has been tasked with restoring Rangers' top-flight status and he will start his bid to do so at The Valley on August 8. The other sides relegated from the Premier League, Burnley and Hull, start away […]

Burnley full-back Kieran Trippier appears close to joining Tottenham after Clarets manager Sean Dyche confirmed the transfer was an "active deal". The 24-year-old right-back has been linked with a switch to Mauricio Pochettino's men following Burnley's relegation out of the Barclays Premier League last season. The Clarets have already lost 11-goal striker Danny Ings to […]

Radamel Falcao and Juan Cuadrado can bring the best out of each other at Chelsea next season, according to Colombia coach Jose Pekerman. It is widely reported the Barclays Premier League champions have reached an agreement with Monaco to sign striker Falcao on a season-long loan. Falcao scored just four goals in 29 appearances for […]

Manchester City have made an improved £40million offer for Raheem Sterling, but Liverpool are expected to reject the latest bid. Having had an offer of £25million plus £5million worth of add-ons turned down last week, City have upped what they are willing to pay by £10million. However, that still falls short of the £50million minimum […]

Premier League champions Chelsea will start the defense of their title with a home game against Swansea. Jose Mourinho's men finished eight points ahead of the rest in 2014/15 and will begin a bid for a repeat showing against Garry Monk's side when everything gets under way on August 8. Manchester United's home game with […]

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero believes the club can give him the platform to become a Ballon d'Or winner. Aguero has scored 107 goals for City in 163 appearances since joining the club in a £38million transfer from Atletico Madrid four years ago. The 2014-15 campaign was his most impressive, with 32 goals in 41 […]

Liverpool are weighing up a bid for Charlton teenager Joe Gomez as a replacement for the soon-to-be-offloaded Sebastian Coates. With Sunderland seemingly set to pay £4million to make Coates' loan last season into a permanent deal, the Reds are on the lookout for cover at centre-back. Press Association Sport understands Gomez, aged 18, is of […]

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will expect his team to hit the ground running next season after improving their summer schedule. Van Gaal was critical of the program for Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States last summer, believing the team spent too much time crossing time zones. United played games in Los […]

Aston Villa have said they are "aware of the photographs circulating" of Jack Grealish after the midfielder was pictured apparently drunk on holiday in Tenerife. Several photographs of the 19-year-old lying on the floor were posted on Twitter by Briony King, who described the footballer as being "paralytic". King later claimed she had no idea […]

Manchester United have formally completed the signing of Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven. United agreed a £31million deal with the Dutch club for the 21-year-old winger last month. United have now confirmed Depay has signed a four-year contract at Old Trafford with the option to extend for a further year. Depay was the top scorer […]