June 17th football market: rumors and facts (updated) © EuroFootball.com

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15.15 Reports in the Portuguese media claim that Madrid's "Real" has agreed to acquire Lisbon's "Benfica" defender Fabio Coentrao for 22 million euros.

Defender Stefan Radu extended his contract with Rome's "Lazio" club for another four years.

14.17 Milan's "Inter" president Massimo Moratti insists that the new club coach will not be poached from another team. "Mihajlovic belongs to the 'Fiorentina' team, and we, at least for now, do not look at such coaches," he said. ("Inter.it")

Madrid's "Real" coach Jose Mourinho would like Emmanuel Adebayor to stay in the team. However, the Spanish vice champions do not agree with "Man City" on the transfer amount, as the English are asking for as much as 16 million euros. ("Football Press")

10.00 London's "Arsenal" and "Man City" are interested in Milan's "Inter" forward Samuel Eto'o, who mentioned that he will decide within a month whether he wants to move to England to play. ("Corriere dello Sport")

"SkySports" names "Fiorentina" coach Sinisa Mihajlovic as the main candidate to coach Milan's "Inter" club. He would replace Brazilian Leonardo, who wants to become the sports director of PSG.

PSG offered Leonardo the position of club president, but he wants to be the general manager or sports director. ("Le Parisien")

"Milan" should be supplemented by "Genoa" attacking midfielder Stephan El-Shaarawy. 5.5 million euros will be paid for him and German Alexander Merkel will be handed over. ("Radio-Radio")

"Arsenal" also hopes to conclude negotiations with "Lille" in two days and acquire forward Gervinho for 12 million euros. ("Daily Mirror")

Lithuanian national team forward Tadas Labukas is participating in a trial at Norway's Bergen "Brann" club. The player, who scored eight goals last season, represented Poland's Gdansk "Arka" team. (lrytas.lt)