Nottingham Forest have signed Chilean international Gonzalo Jara Reyes on a one year deal.
The 27 year old had a loan spell at the City Ground towards the end of last season, and impressed enough to secure a permanent deal following his release from West Bromwich Albion.
Jara Reyes move to the Hawthorns from Chilean side Colo Colo in 2009, and helped the Baggies secure promotion to the Premier League in his first season in English football.
He went on to make thirty top fight appearances for the club, before being loaned to Brighton and Hove Albion twice during the 2011/12 campaign.
Having made just one appearance for West Brom last season, he moved to Forest in January, where he made seventeen appearances before being sent back to his parent club …
West Brom have confirmed the return of Macedonian defender Goran Popov on a season-long loan.
The Dynamo Kiev player spent last season on loan at The Hawthorns, making 13 appearances in total as Steve Clarke s side finished eighth in the Premier League.
Popov joins Nicolas Anelka in arriving at the club this close-season and Clarke said he had always been interested in re-signing the 28-year-old.
It was always our intention to get Goran back over the summer, Clarke told the club s official website.
He knows what the club’s about and we know what he’s about. He s a good player and it makes sense to bring him back.
He understands the Premier League better now as well and we will look for even more from him next season.
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West Brom have completed the signing of Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez for an estimated £15million.
Rodriguez is West Brom s first addition ahead of the 2017-18 season and has signed a four-year deal at The Hawthorns.
The 27-year-old will reportedly cost an initial £12m, with a further £3m payable in add-ons, finally moving to West Brom, with Baggies chairman John Williams revealing that they had been trying to strike a deal for Rodriguez over the course of the past year.
After one or two near misses I m absolutely buzzing to be here, Rodriguez told his new club s website after the deal went through on Sunday.
The most important thing for any player is to be wanted – and Tony Pulis and Albion have made it clear just how much they have wanted me …
Manchester City star Yaya Toure will shun a summer move to Inter Milan as he looks to remain in the Premier League,.
The midfielder has been linked with a move to the Serie A side, which would have seen him reunited with former City boss Roberto Mancini, but he is keen to stay in England.
The thirty-two year old is contracted until the end of next season, but his future at Eastlands is in doubt with Pep Guardiola, the man who sold him to the Citizens, set to take over from Manuel Pellegrini in the summer.
Toure arrived in England in the summer of 2010 and he has since racked up two hundred and sixty appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring seventy-two goals and winning a host of trophies along the way.
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Former Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj is determined to make his critics look ridiculous at Real Sociedad with consistent performances in LaLiga.
Januzaj was considered one of the most promising youngsters in European football after breaking into the first team under David Moyes at Old Trafford in the 2013-14 season.
However, after failing to impress Moyes successor Louis van Gaal, Januzaj had uninspiring loan spells at Borussia Dortmund and Sunderland before opting for a fresh start with Sociedad, who he joined on a five-year deal in July.
A knee injury has hindered Januzaj s early days in Spain, but the 22-year-old is desperate to prove his doubters wrong after his Old Trafford disappointment.
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Thibaut Courtois looks set to remain at Stamford Bridge next season, .
The Belgian shot-stopper has been strongly linked with a move away from London with Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain both monitoring the situation.
However, he is ready to commit to the Blues with Antonio Conte ready to take over as manager after this summer’s European Championships.
The twenty-four year old signed for Chelsea in the summer of 2011 but was loaned to Atletico Madrid for three seasons and won the league, Copa Del Rey and Europa League during his time in the Spanish capital.
Since returning to Stamford Bridge, he has racked up fifty-seven appearances in all competitions and was part of the squad that won both the Premier League and League Cup in 2015.
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According to AS, Premier League giants are interested in signing . The German sensation is on his way home from the 2018 FIFA World Cup after his country failed to live up to expectations in the group stages, although Kroos himself gave a good account of himself with the main highlight being his stunning winner against Sweden in the final minute of the game.
The 28-year-old has been at the Bernabeu since 2014 when he made a multi-million move from Bayern Munich. Kroos has also made more than 80 appearances for the German national team, establishing himself as one of the country s finest midfielders in years.
The report suggests that United boss Jose Mourinho views Kroos as an essential target, as he d be able to compliment Paul Pogba nicely in the middle of the park. A…
Turkish giants Galatasaray have confirmed they will come back for Juventus midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah in January.
The Ghanaian was on the verge of joining the Super Lig outfit in the summer, but the two clubs eventually failed to agree on the transfer fee.
Nevertheless, with the player eager to join Galatasaray, the Turkish club are ready to submit a new offer in the winter.
“In the end Juventus didn’t want to let him go,” Galatasaray chairman Dursun Ozbek told Fanatik.
“We already had an agreement with Asamoah, and we’ll repeat our offer during the winter transfer window.”
Kwadwo Asamoah will be out of contract in the summer and chances are he will soon be leaving Juventus.
The 28-year-old is no longer considered an important …
Daley Blind s return to Ajax is edging closer after Manchester United confirmed the two clubs have agreed terms on a transfer.
Blind joined United in 2014 after impressing with Netherlands at the World Cup under Louis van Gaal, who was behind his move to Old Trafford.
His versatility made him a dependable asset for Van Gaal and Jose Mourinho afterwards, playing in a variety of positions including centre-back, left-back and defensive midfield.
But, since Mourinho s arrival, Blind has rarely been considered an integral part of the starting XI, with the Portuguese coach seeming unsure as to his best position.
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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte could have quit football after being embroiled in a match-fixing scandal in his native Italy.
An accusation of failing to report an attempt to fix a match against AlbinoLeffe during his time in charge of second-tier side Siena in 2010-11 landed the former Italy coach in court as part of the Scommessopoli case.
Conte, who was banned from the touchline by the Italian Football Federation for four months in 2012 as part of the scandal, was acquitted of sporting fraud in May.
The 47-year-old claimed it would have been easy to leave the sport, but his desire to persist and come out on top forced him to fight the allegations.
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