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Friday Transfer News: Bookmakers shorten odds on Rooney and Ronaldo signing for Chelsea
THIS AFTERNOON'S transfer news sees Chelsea have been backed by bookies to make a sensational double swoop for Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, with Inter Milan fixing their sights on Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho hopes to edge out Manchester City in the race to sign Daniele De Rossi with Arsenal at an advanced stage in their bid to sign Auxerre striker Yaya Sanogo.
As the end of the season approaches, clubs are preparing to make their moves in the summer transfer market. Here is a roundup of all the latest news, rumours and gossip...
Chelsea could plot a surprise swoop for Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney that would send shockwaves through European football
Chelsea and Manchester City still have hopes of signing Neymar, as his move to Barcelona suffered a setback
Arsenal are on the verge of finalising a move for Auxerre striker Yaya Sanogo according to Arsene Wenger
Inter Milan are looking to temp Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon away from White Hart Lane
Spurs' Gareth Bale also looks set to sign a double-your-money deal to ward off interest from Real Madrid
Chelsea and Spurs are both hoping to capitalise on uncertainty at Southampton by trying to sign Luke Shaw
Chelsea and Manchester United target Radamel Falcao has played down speculation that he could join French money-bags Monaco this summer
Incoming Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants to pip Manchester City to Roma star Daniele De Rossi
West Ham will have to fend off QPR to win the race to sign Celtic striker Gary Hooper
Frank Lampard believes the return of Jose Mourinho to Chelsea will give him the chance to win the fourth Premier League title he wants so badly
Hawthorns reject Peter Odemwingie will only leave West Brom for the right price, with manager Steve Clarke wanting the full market value of £4.5million
Bakary Sako is set to join Fulham – after the move was revealed by one of his Wolves team-mates
Manchester United will have to jostle with Bayer Leverkusen if they are to get their hands on Nicolas Gaitan, who impressed for Benfica as they fell just short against Chelsea in the Europa League final
Unsettled Arsenal forward Marouane Chamakh has revealed that he is open to returning to Bordeaux, the club he left to join the Gunners three years ago
Manchester City are set to be knocked back in their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund winger Jakub Blaszczykowski, with the player declaring he wants to stay at the Champions League finalists
Manchester City and Bayern Munich are set to go head-to-head in order to land Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara
Hamburg keeper Rene Adler has once again moved to downplay suggestions he could be making a summer move to Arsenal
Derby County are set for a busy summer transfer window, with the Midlands outfit targeting four more signings
Barcelona forward David Villa could be set to join Tottenham Hotspur this summer, according to reports in Spain
Swansea are hopeful of pulling off a triple attacking boost to their squad next season by adding Romelu Lukaku and Iago Aspas to their frontline after Michu confirmed he was staying in south Wales
Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez has dropped a big clue that Jose Mourinho will not only be managing the Europa League winners next season, but that owner Roman Abramovich will hand him a £100 million transfer budget this summer
Club chat and other gossip
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger regrets not buying David Beckham while he trained with the Gunners
Mauricio Pochettino has warned Southampton he will quit the club if executive chairman Nicola Cortese leaves
Frank Lampard has admitted he was worried his Chelsea career was over after 12 glorious years, before signing a new contract with the club
Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his replacement David Moyes that he will have to work tirelessly to ensure success continues at Manchester United
Brighton have suspended manager Gus Poyet and banned him from the club pending an inquiry into comments made about his future, following defeat by Crystal Palace in the play-off semi-final
Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins has slammed the quality of the Premier League
Best of the rest
Outgoing Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson isn't ready to slow down just yet even though he will retire at the end of the season
David Beckham believes he is bowing out as a champion and hopes he will be remembered more for his achievements on the pitch rather than the focus he has drawn off it, after announcing his retirement
WATCH: David Beckham's top five moments after the England hero called time on a long and illustrious career that saw him take in four different cities- Manchester, Paris, Milan and Madrid.