Aston Villa
Newcastle are the front runners to sign Aston Villa striker Darren Bent after Fulham ended their interest in the former England striker – Daily Mail
Barry Bannan is set to kickstart his career at Blackburn after falling out of favour at Villa – Birmingham Mail
Midfielder Stephen Ireland is set to join Villa colleague Shay Given on loan at Doncaster Rovers – Mirror
Ilombe Mboyo has been offered to Aston Villa after a proposed move to Anderlecht stalled over Gent’s valuation of the player – Times
Confirmed transfers in: Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland, £4m), Leandro Bacuna (Groningen £3m), Aleksander Tonev (Lech Poznan £2.5m), Antonio Luna (Sevilla, £2m), Nicklas Helenius (Aalborg £1.2m rising to £2m), Liam Prynn (Torquay £50,000), Jed Steer (Norwich, Free).
Confirmed transfers out: Coutney Cameron (Torquay, Free), Brett Holman (Al Nasr, Free), Eric Lichaj (Nottm For, Free), Jean Makoun (Rennes, Free), Derrick Williams (Bristol City, Free), Richard Dunne (QPR, Free).
Released: Callum Barrett, Joshua Barton, Daniel Devine, Andrew Marshall
Retired: Stiliyan Petrov