Zenit Saint Petersburg Wiretap

Malcolm has officially joined Zenit St. Petersburg on a five-year contract.

Zenit paid Barcelona $44.4 for Malcolm.

The 22-year-old Malcolm scored 4 goals in 24 matches for Barcelona last season.

Zenit Saint Petersburg are reportedly close to signing Malcolm.

Malcolm is deemed a surplus following Barcelona's move for Antoine Griezmann.

Barcelona purchased Malcolm last season for $45.7 million. 

PSG have signed Leandro Paredes from Zenit St. Petersburg for over $45 million.

The 24-year-old Argentine will replace Adrien Rabiot in PSG's lineup.

Zenit St. Petersburg have named Roberto Mancini as their new manager.

Zenit finished third in the Russian Premier League.

A source familiar with the contract told Reuters that the former Internazionale coach would be making €4.5 million a year.

Mancini parted ways with Inter Milan last summer after two seasons back with the club.

Branislav Ivanovic has completed a move from Chelsea to Zenit St Petersburg.

Speculation surrounding 32-year-old's future intensified on Tuesday when he did not travel with the rest of the Chelsea squad to Liverpool and was instead spotted at St Petersburg airport, where he was quoted as telling local reporters that he is "100 percent ready to play" for Zenit.

Ivanovic, who joined Chelsea from Lokomotiv Moscow in 2009, told Zenit's official website: "I can say I'm very happy to come here, and to be at a big club like Zenit. I hope together we'll have success."

Liverpool, Monaco, Schalke, Napoli and Zenit St Petersburg are interested in signing Thiago Maia of Santos.

Zenit are the only club to have made an offer so far, according to the sources, but their €18 million bid was rejected.

Maia is a 19-year-old midfielder.

Arsenal narrowly advanced to the round of 16 of the Champions League but they have been drawn against Barcelona.

Barcelona knocked Arsenal out of the tournament in 2010 and 2011.

Last-16 Draw

Ghent v Wolfsburg

Roma v Real Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea

Arsenal v Barcelona

Juventus v Bayern Munich

PSV v Atlético Madrid

Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg

Dynamo Kyiv v Manchester City

The round of 16 in the 15-16 Champions League has been set, with Arsenal and Chelsea sealing qualification on the final day of the group stage.

Group A
Real Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain

Group B
Wolfsburg
PSV Eindhoven

Group C
Atletico Madrid
Benfica

Group D
Manchester City
Juventus

Group E
Barcelona
Roma

Group F
Bayern Munich
Arsenal

Group G
Chelsea
Dynamo Kiev

Group H
Zenit
Gent

Chelsea are set to pursue Ezequiel Garay of Zenit St. Petersburg with Everton successful in resisting their bids for John Stones.

Garay, a 28-year-old Argentina central defender, would give Chelsea's backline reinforcements.

Garay came to Zenit from Benfica in 2014.

UEFA has announced its top seeds for the Champions League draw next season.

Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit Saint Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven will be top seeds.

Previously clubs were placed into pots by their club coefficient which was calculated on their past performance in European club competitions. The domestic champions of its top seven ranked nations are in pot 1.

PSV, who were crowned the Dutch champions, get in as a top seed by virtue of Barcelona and Juventus being in the UCL final and both sides have already won their domestic titles so the spot instead goes to the Dutch champions, UEFA’s eighth-ranked nation.