Chelsea
Barcelona have been given a clear run on David Luiz after Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola admitted he had pulled out of the race to sign the £40million-rated Chelsea defender – Mirror
Inter Milan are close to agreeing a loan deal for Chelsea defender Wallace – Express
Fernando Torres could be offered an exit from Chelsea. Valencia have shown interest – Metro
Chelsea will wait until after Rio Ferdinand’s testimonial to make a move for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney – ESPN
Confirmed transfers in
Confirmed transfers out: Jeffrey Bruma (PSV £2.5m), Amine Aflane (Energie Cottbus, Free), Ben Gordon (Ross County, Free), Rohan Ince (Brighton, Free), Patrick Bamford (MK Dons, Loan), Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid, Loan), Todd Kane (Blackburn, Loan), Marko Marin (Sevilla, Loan), Oriol Romeu (Valencia, Loan), George Saville (Brentford, Loan), Patrick van Aanholt (Vitesse Arnhem, Loan), Daniel Pappoe (Colchester, Loan), Milan Lalkovic (Walsall, Loan), Florent Malouda (Trabzonspor, Free), Sam Walker (Colchester, Loan).