May 2014 - Soccer Wiretap

James Reportedly Arriving In Madrid On Monday
James' expected transfer from Monaco to Real Madrid could cost between €80 million and €90 million.

L'Equipe

Sunderland Buys Fabio Borini From Liverpool For Ł14M
Fabio Borni spent last season with Sunderland.

BBC

Liverpool Acquires Loic Remy On Ł8.5M Transfer From QPR
Loic Remy scored 14 league goals for the Magpies last season.

BBC

Karim Benzema Agrees To Extension With Real Madrid Through 2019
Karim Benzema has agreed upon a four-year contract extension with Real Madrid to increase his salary to €8 million.

Tom Conn/Inside Spanish Football

Real Madrid May Sell Isco To Fund Potential James Transfer
Liverpool currently appears to be the favorites to acquire Isco should Real Madrid decide to sell, while Manchester City is also expected to be interested.

Jorge Martin/Goal.com

Philipp Lahm Retires From Germany National Team
Philipp Lahm has retired from international football with Germany effective immediately.

Ben Gladwell/ESPN

Real Madrid, Monaco Close To $95M Deal For James Rodríguez
James and Real Madrid have already agreed upon personal terms with a net salary of $10 million per season.

AS.com

Rodgers Insists Liverpool Tried To Keep Luis Suárez
Brendan Rodgers insists that Liverpool did everything they could to not sell Luis Suárez to Barcelona this summer.

James Pearce/Liverpool Echo

Real Madrid Agrees To Pay €10M To Acquire Keylor Navas
Keylor Navas was most recently with Levante and starred for Costa Rica in the World Cup.

Cesar Hurtado/Goal.com

Juventus Claims Arturo Vidal Won't Be Sold To United
David Moyes was prevously interested in Arturo Vidal, but Louis Van Gaal recently informed the club that he's not interested in the Chilean midfielder.

Jamie Jackson/The Guardian

Barça Agrees To Two-Year Loan Of Cristian Tello To Porto
The arrival of Neymar forced Cristian Tello out of the first-team picture for Barcelona.

Sky Sports

Monaco, Atlético Pursuing Transfer For Antoine Griezmann
Antoine Griezmann has a €30 million release clause, which Monaco is more likely to pay than Atleti.

Duncan Castles/Goal.com

Bayern Signs Götze's 16-Year-Old Brother Felix From Dortmund
Felix Götze is a goalkeeper and will play for Bayern's Under-17 club.

FourFourTwo

Chelsea Buys Filipe Luis From Atlético For Ł20M
Filipe Luis joined Atleti from Deportivo in 2010 and played 180 matches for the club during his four seasons.

Jen Evelyn/Inside Spanish Football

Juventus Hires Massimiliano Allegri As Manager
Juventus has replaced Antonio Conte with Massimiliano Allegri as their new manager.

Stefan Coerts/Goal

Khedira Negotiating Contract With Arsenal With $34M Transfer In Place
Sami Khedira and Arsenal continue to discuss terms of his contract.

Marca.com

Jan Oblak Goes From Benfica To Atleti On Transfer
Jan Oblak made 28 appearances in 12-13 for Rio Aven while on loan.

RealGM Staff Report

West Ham Close To Transfer For Enner Valencia
Enner Valencia scored 12 goals in 17 appearances for Pachuca.

Kyle Bonn/ProSoccerTalk

Xavi To Sign Three-Year Contract Worth $8.1M Annually With NYCFC
Xavi will sign a three-year deal with New York City FC worth $8.1 million per season.

Dave Martinez/Empire of Soccer

Porto Acquires Bruno Martins Indi From Feyenoord For €7.7M
Bruno Martins Indi is just 22 and came up through Feyenoord's youth academy.

Stefan Coerts/Goal

Antonio Conte Steps Down As Manager Of Juventus
Juventus won Serie A in each of Antonio Conte's three seasons with the club.

RealGM Staff Report

Vidal Fine Staying At Juventus If United Deal Falls Through
Arturo Vidal previously said that he is open to a transfer to United to play for Louis van Gaal.

Stefan Coerts/Goal

PFA Player Of The Year Has Left Club In Each Of Past Three Seasons
Luis Suárez and Gareth Bale have won the PFA Player of the Year award and then immediately left for Spain in the past two seasons.

RealGM Staff Report

Ribéry Returns To Training As He Comes Back From Back Injury
Franck Ribéry was forced to miss the World Cup for France with a back injury that flared up in early June.

FourFourTwo

World Cup Final Draws 26.5M Viewers In United States
ABC drew 17.3 million viewers, while 9.2 million tuned in on Univision.

Richard Deitsch/Sports Illustrated

Arsenal Acquires David Ospina From Nice For €4M
David Ospina was goalkeeper of Nice from 2008 until 2014 and had an impressive performance in the World Cup for Colombia.

Nice-Matin

Iago Aaspas Goes From Liverpool To Sevilla On Loan
Iago Aspas turns 27 in August and joined Liverpool from Celta de Vigo last season on a Ł7.7 million transfer.

RealGM Staff Report

Bayern Rules Out Selling Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri has been linked to a move from Bayern Munich to Liverpool, Roma and other clubs, but the winger will stay with the club.

Ewan Roberts/Goal.com

Stoke City In Talks To Sign Bojan Krkic Of Barcelona
Bojan Krkic was a prodigy for Barcelona, becoming the youngest player to appear in both La Liga and the Champions League for the club.

Jack De Menezes/The Independent

Löw Told 'Miracle Boy' Götze To Show World He's Better Than Messi
Matthias Sammer played a big role in the development of Mario Götze.

Rob Hughes/New York Times