wednesday's news 3rd july includes west ham

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Steve McClaren has accepted a three-month contract to work alongside Harold Redwanker at QPR.
West Ham have had a £10m bid for Wilfried Bony rejected by Vitesse Arnhem with the striker more likely to join Swansea.

Everton are close to signing Wigan striker Arouna Kone for £5m.
Swansea have agreed a £6m deal with Liverpool for Jonjo Shelvey.
Darren Bent has returned to pre-season training at Aston Villa.





Wayne Rooney has been warned that it may be too late to save his Manchester United career.
Liverpool are ready to hijack Tom Ince's move to Cardiff.
Steve McClaren wants to return to management despite his shock appointment at QPR as a coach.
Le Havre defender Benjamin Mendy is due on Wearside this week to tie up a move to Sunderland.
Roberto Martinez is poised to land his first Everton signings and is close to completing moves for Arouna Kone and Antolin Alcaraz.
Alejandro Pozuelo has become the seventh Spanish import at Swansea.
Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Stephen Dobbie from Brighton.
Fulham are closing in on a deal for Wolves midfielder Bakary Sako.





Chelsea will step up their bid for Wayne Rooney and Robert Lewandowski after PSG tabled a £43m bid for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.
Darren Bent has been told he will play no part in Aston Villa's pre-season.
Steve McClaren has joined Harold Redwanker's backroom staff at QPR.
Swansea have made a £6m move for Belgian international Nacer Chadli.
Crystal Palace are launching a £3m bid for Leeds right back Sam Byram.
Cardiff are hopeful of sealing an £11m deal for Celtic's Victor Wanyama.
Sunderland's £4m offer for AZ Alkmaar striker Jozy Altidore has been rejected.
Fulham are in talks over a £1.5m move for Dinamo Bucharest forward Marius Alexe.





Chelsea will have to smash the British transfer record to land Edinson Cavani and must go to £53m.
Tottenham are set to turn their attentions to Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.
Nicklas Bendtner is set to end his Arsenal career this week with a £3m move to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Wolves will seal a deal for Bolton defender Sam Ricketts today.
Crystal Palace are making a £2.5m bid for Leeds right-back Sam Byram.
Newcastle are ready to let James Perch leave to join Wigan.
Leicester want Derby's Jamie Ward in a £750,000 deal.




Wayne Rooney wants Manchester United to publicly acknowledge he did not ask for a move during his showdown talks with Sir Alex Ferguson in April.
Steve McClaren has joined QPR as part of the coaching staff on a short-term basis.
Stoke have signed Spain U21 defender Marc Muniesa from Barcelona.
Arouna Kone is set for a £5m move from Wigan to Everton.
Kolo Toure has completed his free transfer to Liverpool.
Chelsea are set to make an £8m move for Portuguese wonderkid Armindo Tue Na Bangna.
Fulham are in talks with Wolves winger Bakary Sako.





Arsenal have targeted Gareth Barry.
Former Manchester United assistant Mike Phelan says Wayne Rooney wants to quit Old Trafford.
Roberto Martinez wants Swansea's Nathan Dyer at Everton.
Bournemouth are to host Real Madrid in a pre-season friendly.
Kevin Phillips hopes to seal a one-year deal with Crystal Palace.
Watford have signed out-of-contract Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis McGugan.
Swansea last night agreed a £6m deal for Liverpool's Jonjo Shelvey.
Free agent Danny Haynes is in talks with Millwank

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DAILY MAIL

Chelsea will step up their pursuit of Wayne Rooney and Robert Lewandowski after Paris Saint-Germain tabled a £43million bid for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.





THE SUN

Wayne Rooney wants to quit Old Trafford. That was the sensational claim last night from Alex Ferguson's trusted Manchester United assistant Mike Phelan.



DAILY STAR

Wayne Rooney was last night warned: It may be too late to save your Manchester United future.




THE GUARDIAN

Steve McClaren is back in English football after agreeing a short-term deal, understood to stretch initially to three months, to join Harry Redknapp's coaching staff at Queens Park Rangers in the Championship.

DAILY MIRROR

Chelsea will have to smash the British transfer record again if they are to land prime target Edinson Cavani.

DAILY EXPRESS

Wayne Rooney wants Manchester United to publicly acknowledge he did not ask for a move during his showdown talks with Sir Alex Ferguson in April.

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Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are both sniffing around Gareth Barry.

Wayne Rooney wants to quit Manchester United, according to their former assistant manager Mike Phelan. Wayne Rooney doesn't want to quit Manchester United, according to Wayne Rooney and Manchester United. Like cats in a bag, this lot. Here's hoping this gets settled at some point, especially as it's just keeping Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain hanging about, but when the truth's finally uncovered, don't bother rushing here with the news, because Jimmy crack corn and the Rumour Mill don't care. Accuse us of being jaded all you like, but United reportedly have 659,000,000 fans worldwide, and at least 659,000,000 of them, we'll be bound, will also have better things to do.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are both sniffing around Gareth Barry, who has only one year left on his deal at Manchester City. Arsène Wenger reportedly tried to sign Barry from Aston Villa a few years ago, but nobody noticed because everyone was too busy critisising Rafael Benítez for trying to do exactly the same thing.

Tottenham, for whom Barry and indeed David Villa will not be enough, also want the Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke. (Darren Bent's still not getting a game, incidentally. Paul Lambert's got him cleaning the traffic cones alongside Stephen Irel… actually, no, that's not Stephen Ireland, that's one of the cones.)

West Ham United, who have just spent £15m on Andy Carroll, but they've checked the terms and conditions and there's no going back now, are hoping they can get Romelu Lukaku on loan from Chelsea for a season. The Belgian international is not guaranteed to enjoy a great deal of football if he stays at Stamford Bridge, and this season's all about the World Cup, which is a tournament West Ham excel at. Their fans may have even mentioned it to you.

Salomon Kalou is the old Lukaku: unloved at Chelsea, he's currently rattling them in elsewhere. Now scoring for fun at Lille, he could soon become the new Lukaku: West Bromwich Albion want a go.

A landmark occasion in Wigan, where the club chairman Dave Whelan has been talking to the press about something which is actually his business. Arouna Koné is definitely leaving, he says. "Three clubs have made offers for him. Everton is definitely one." Roberto Martínez's buy-what-you-know policy continues apace with a £5m bid for his former Swansea charge Nathan Dyer.

Chelsea will come back at Norwich City with an improved £10m bid for keeper John Ruddy. Roman Abramovich is sure to be excited at the prospect of this one, functional rather than fancy. It's almost as though José Mourinho is spoiling for a fight already, but of course that could never be the case.

Confederations Cup fallout dept: Bayern Munich will spend £35m on David Luiz; Manchester City are interested in Spain-slaying hero Fred; and Galatasaray are prepared to spend £16m on Mikel John Obi, who did a goal.

Finally, Cardiff City will see off a late challenge from Liverpool for the Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, but they'll make up for it by also spending £8m on Blackpool winger Tom Ince, with the Anfield club trousering nearly half the cash. There's nice.