Football Rumours

Starting off with news from the Barclays Premier League, Sunderland have signed Marseille’s Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana for a fee around £5 million. He becomes Steve Bruce’s third new recruit at the Stadium of Light. But Bruce is set to lose midfielder Dean Whitehead who is reportedly close to a move to Stoke. Sunderland’s relegated rivals Newcastle United may lose their right back Habib Beye who is intent on moving to Hull City. Meanwhile, Spanish striker Diego Tristan has chosen to return to La Liga. He has joined newly promoted side Cadiz after a one-year spell at West Ham United. Fulham have had their third bid for Jonathan Greening rejected by West Bromwich Albion.

In Spain, Real Zaragoza have signed Colombian midfielder Abel Aguilar and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo on a year-long loan deal. Napoli have also completed the signing of goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis from Sevilla. Meanwhile, the biggest news coming out of Spain is that Inter Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement over the swap deal of Eto’o and Ibrahimovic. Barcelona are also close to completing the signing of Palmerias youngster Kerrison. But he will be immediately loaned out to either Ajax or Porto to gain valuable first team experience. Real Madrid have used their buy back clause to re-sign Esteban Granero from Getafe. And finally, Espanyol right-back Steve Finnan could make a return to the Premier League. Wolves, Stoke and Sunderland are all vying for his signature