Manchester City have been rebuffed by Real Madrid in their pursuit of
Portuguese defender
Pepe (
Independent)
Gareth Barry has opened talks with Arsenal over a possible £4m move to
the Emirates. (
Star)
Sevilla striker
Alvaro Negredo will complete his £20m move to City this
week but the club will miss out on Edinson Cavani. (
Mail)
Manchester City are ready to listen to offers for Brazilian right-back
Maicon,
who is behind Pablo Zabaleta and Micah Richards in the Etihad pecking order.
(
Daily
Mail)
TRANSFER IN: Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk, £30m), Jesús Navas (Sevilla, £16m).
TRANSFER OUTS: Kolo Touré (Liverpool, free), Wayne Bridge (Reading, free), Roque
Santa Cruz (released), Carlos Tevez (Juventus, £10m)
