BACK TO THE BRIDGE ... Michael Essien MICHAEL ESSIEN will be following Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge. The Ghana midfielder, 30, is on a season-long loan at Real but has one more year to run on his Chelsea contract. Essien, who scored only one goal in 28 appearances for Real, was signed by then Blues boss Mourinho in 2005 and sees him as a father figure, even calling him ‘Daddy&#...Full Story »

LOAN SHARK ... Holloway (right) has put the bite into Zola's Watford over loan tactics IAN HOLLOWAY has told rival boss Gianfranco Zola: I’m glad my protests might hit you next season. The Crystal Palace boss lit the fuse ahead of today’s Championship play-off final by slamming the way Watford signed EIGHT on-loan aces from Italian club Udinese. Holloway, who first raised the is...Full Story »

TUG OF SUAR ... Reds will do all they can to fend off Real Madrid LIVERPOOL are determined to fight off a £40million bid for Luis Suarez from Real Madrid. The Spanish giants have contacted the striker’s agent Pere Guardiola, brother of new Bayern Munich boss Pep. Suarez tops Real’s shortlist of strikers because he is cheaper than Napoli star Edinson Cavani, who has a £5...Full Story »

Radamel Falcao is set to have a medical with Monaco on Monday before moving to the Ligue 1 club for 60 million euros (£51,295,000), according to reports in Spain. The Colombia striker has long been linked with a move away from Atletico Madrid with Manchester United and Chelsea mooted as possible destinations. However, it appears that Monaco have jumped to the head of the queue with the ne...Full Story »

Daniel Levy's determination to hold on to Gareth Bale will be tested by a staggering £65million bid from Real Madrid. The Tottenham chairman will have to resist a massive summer offer from the Spanish giants after rivals Barcelona finally captured Santos forward Neymar on a five-year deal yesterday. Real accept they will have to spend big to land Bale and will accelerate their plans to la...Full Story »

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has distanced himself from transfer speculation regarding a move away from the Etihad. Barcelona and Monaco have have been linked with the centre back but the Belgian insists he is going nowhere. Kompany tweeted: 'Speculations and questions about next season.. I'm not going anywhere. I love playing for City and I've still got some unfinished business.' ...Full Story »

The Argentine commits to a new deal, running until 2017, as the Premier League runners-up look to avoid interest from La Liga giants Real Madrid materialising this summer Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has signed a one-year extension to his contract, the club have announced. As exclusively revealed by Goal in April, the Premier League side intended to tie the Argentine down to a new d...Full Story »

Jupp Heynckes joins Ernst Happel, José Mourinho and Ottmar Hitzfeld, who won with both Bayern and Borussia Dortmund, as one of four coaches to have won the European Cup with different sides. Ernst Happel won the European Cup with Feyenoord in 1970 and SV Hamburg in 1983, and José Mourinho with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010. The 68-year-old veteran joined the exclusive club ...Full Story »

PASTURES NOU ... Neymar is heading to Barcelona BARCELONA have landed £20million Brazil star Neymar on a five-year deal. The striker is heading to Europe after Santos finally agreed to sell South American football’s hottest property. Writing on Instagram, Neymar said: "I have spoken to my friends and family. On Monday I will join Barcelona." Barca top brass went to Sao Paolo fo...Full Story »

Real Madrid are ready to test Tottenham Hotspur’s insistence that Gareth Bale is not for sale at any price this summer by making a £60 million bid for the Wales international. As part of his negotiations to succeed the Chelsea-bound Jose Mourinho as Real’s coach Carlo Ancelotti has been promised by club president Fiorentino Pérez that a bid could be made for Bale. He is th...Full Story »