Romanian international striker Marius Niculae has returned to Dinamo Bucharest on a 400,000 Pound transfer. The move, initiated by Niculae, reunites the 27 year old with his first professional club, where he scored 43 goals in 100 matches from 1996-2001.

Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi has suffered a fresh blow in his battle to be fit for the new Premier League campaign with the news he will need further wrist surgery.

Chile international midfielder Carlos Villanueva has signed for Blackburn, the English Premier League club confirmed on Saturday.

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan told fans not to expect big-name additions to his "threadbare" squad this season, adding that he does not have enough money to buy the leg of Tottenham´s David Bentley.

Bayern Munich´s France international midfielder Franck Ribery has undergone successful surgery on his ankle and will be back in action early September, the club announced on Saturday.

Sir Alex Ferguson admitted youngster Fraizer Campbell is set for a Premier League opportunity following his goal in Ole Gunnar Solsjaer´s testimonial on Saturday.

Arsenal´s uncomfortable pre-season shows no signs of improving as Emmanuel Adebayor was jeered by his own fans during Saturday´s 1-0 defeat against Juventus in the Emirates Cup.

PSV chairman Jan Reker prefers for fellow Dutch side FC Twente to be eliminated by Arsenal in the third preliminary round of the Champions League, as it would be better 'financially'.

Real Madrid defeated Hamburg 2-1 in the Emirates Cup on Saturday then set their sights on completing a swoop for the German club´s playmaker Rafael van der Vaart.

Rangers were convincingly beaten 4-0 by a classy Liverpool side in a friendly match at Ibrox on Saturday.

BOLTON (SW) – Bolton Wanderers striker Kevin Davies has come out and said that his club has become better off without Nicolas Anelka who was transferred to Chelsea during the transfer window in January of the previous season.

LIVERPOOL (SW) – Everton’s manager David Moyes has referred to the rumours that he could be on his way out of Everton as “complete rubbish”.

Manchester United captain Gary Neville said Saturday he was confident of re-establishing himself in the team this season despite another injury setback.

Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has offered his views on Frank Lampard's doomed move to Inter Milan by saying that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich personally stopped the move as he...

I have to ask myself, will history repeat itself this season? Last year, Arsenal were the victims, along with a number of other EPL clubs, of terrible calls (or omissions) from the officials in key games and their own inability to finish off great chances.

The Netherlands boosted their Olympic hopes by taking the ING Cup here on Saturday after a 1-1 draw with Ivory Coast, but the African footballers showed they could be a team to fear in Beijing.

Goalkeeper Amir Abdulhamid made a series of superb saves to help Al-Ahly of Egypt force a 0-0 draw with dominant ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast Saturday in the African Champions League.

ROME (SW) – According to Professor Mariani, the surgeon who performed the knee surgery on AS Roma’s captain and Italy’s Francesco Totti, everything is going according to plan and he may be ready sooner than was at first believed.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson on Saturday warned his players that there will be no room for complacency in his squad this season.

Girondins de Bordeaux have won the French Super Cup, finally making an end to Olympique de Lyon's dominance in recent years.