Friday’s transfer rumour roundup.
Real Madrid have completed a £20m deal to sign forward Radamel Falcao, 28, from Monaco – (Calciomercato)
Arsenal are hoping to complete a deal for Borussia Dortmund’s Greece defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, 26, but don’t want to pay a £20m fee – (Daily Mirror)
Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has made an £8m bid to sign Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, 25 – (Daily Telegraph)
Danny Welbeck, 23, is set to leave Old Trafford with the Manchester United striker linked with a loan move to Tottenham – (Daily Star)
Chelsea are on the verge of giving permission for striker Fernando Torres, 30, to join Italian Serie A side Inter Milan – (Times – subscription only)
Chelsea could replace Torres with Roma’s Italian striker Mattia Destro, 23 – (Daily Telegraph)
Manchester United have stepped up their interest in Stromsgodset’s 15-year-old midfielder Martin Odegaard, who has become Norway’s youngest-ever player by winning his first cap against the United Arab Emirates – (Daily Telegraph)
Valencia and Serie A champions Juventus have made offers to buy striker Javier Hernandez, 26, from Manchester United for a fee approaching £15m – (Guardian)
Striker Demba Ba, 29, came close to joining Arsenal in the summer before signing for Turkish club Besiktas from Chelsea for £8m – (Independent)
Burnley have made a £1.5m bid for Derby skipper, centre back Richard Keogh, 28 – (the Sun – subscription only)
Manchester United target, midfielder Arturo Vidal, 27, has been quoted as saying he does not want to leave Juventus and is staying at the Italian club – (Daily Express)
Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song, 26, is hoping to return to the Premier League with Liverpool after being frozen out at Barcelona – (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has revealed £16m signing from Sporting Lisbon, defender Marcos Rojo, 24, is still waiting for a work permit to play for the club and is currently at the Argentine embassy in Madrid – (Independent)
Sevilla claim Tottenham’s new £8m signing, defender Federico Fazio, 27, still technically belongs to them and are unhappy the player is in England – (Daily Express)
Inter president Erick Thohir has confirmed that the club are hoping to sign Ezequiel Lavezzi before the close of the transfer window – but pointed out that negotiating with Paris Saint-Germain is never easy – (Goal.com)
Borussia Dortmund are in talks to re-sign Manchester United forward Shinji Kagawa, Goal can confirm – (Goal.com)
West Bromwich Albion are in advanced talks with Metalist Kharkiv over winger Sebastián Blanco – (Birmingham Mail)
Chelsea are ready to open talks with QPR over a deal for Loic Remy as their move for Roma’s Mattia Destro hits the rocks – (Metro)
Tottenham are actively pursuing a loan deal for Manchester United forward Danny Welbeck but have ended their interest in Barcelona midfielder Alex Song – (Sky Sports)
Former Chelsea forward Demba Ba has told Fernando Torres to leave Stamford Bridge – (Daily Mirror)
Leicester City have confirmed that they have completed the signing of Esteban Cambiasso on a one-year deal – (Goal.com)
Virgil van Dijk is waiting to see what happens regarding his Celtic future following the club’s failure to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League – (Sky Sports)
Inter Milan midfielder Ricky Alvarez is set to join Sunderland on a season-long loan today – (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United sent scouts to Norway on Wednesday evening, to watch 15-year-old Martin Odegaard make his international debut – (Daily Mirror)
Swansea have signed former Nottingham Forest striker James Demetriou on a two-year deal – (Sky Sports)