Dutchman Orlando Engelaar will join German Bundesliga side Schalke 04. The player will be re-united with manager Fred Rutten.

German side VfB Stuttgart and their Portuguese captain Fernando Meira are about to part ways. At least, this seems more likely than ever.

Leo Beenhakker will be staying with the Polish national team for at least another two years, despite disappointing results at the recent European Championships.

Newcastle United dismissed reports in the British press that owner Mike Ashley had put a price tag of 420 million pounds (840 million dollars) on the English Premier League club during talks with US investors over a possible sale.

Barcelona finished last season in the black for the fifth consecutive year with a net profit of 10.1 million euros (15.8 million dollars) despite failing to win any silverware, the Spanish club announced Friday.

UEFA on Friday said their visit to Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine had been "useful" but offered no positive comment on the country´s state of preparations for European football´s showcase tournament.

Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel re-affirmed his desire Friday to play for the Netherlands again following the departure of coach Marco van Basten.

Spanish coach Luis Aragones on Saturday signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Fenerbahce.

Former Liverpool star Harry Kewell on Saturday signed a two-year contract with Turkish champions Galatasaray, describing his move as a "new chapter" after five injury-stricken years at Anfield.

Liverpool announced Friday they´d signed Italian defender Andrea Dossena from Udinese.

Manchester City captain Richard Dunne committed his future to the side by signing Friday a new four-year contract with the English Premier League club.

China´s star footballer Zheng Zhi, a fixture with the English club Charlton, is likely to miss the upcoming Beijing Olympics due to a back injury, state media reported.

Dutchman Marvin Emnes on Friday signed a 3.2-million-pound (6.3m dollar) deal with English Premier League side Middlesbrough.

Manchester United said Friday the latest reports claiming star winger Cristiano Ronaldo was about to move to Spanish giants Real Madrid were "utter nonsense" and insisted the Portugal international was not for sale.

Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor has signed a new three-year contract with the club.

Barcelona warned Friday that it would not sell its Brazilian striker Ronaldinho, who has been deemed surplus by the Spanish side´s new coach Pep Guardiola, at a discount.

June Spain´s Atletico Madrid on Friday signed French international goalkeeper Gregory Coupet from champions Lyon for 1.5 million euros, Lyon announced.

Fernando Torres on Saturday said that Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez was the inspiration behind his goal-scoring exploits which helped Spain to Euro 2008 glory.

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports daily AS reported Saturday.

Brazil international Geovanni has joined newly-promoted Hull City, the English Premier League side announced Saturday.