July 4th Football Market: Rumors and Facts (updated) © EuroFootball.com

Summer is an intense period for football clubs. While many players are on vacation, team managers and coaches work daily in the market looking for reinforcements.

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17.27 21-year-old forward from Brazil, Kleber, signed a five-year contract with the "Porto" club. Last season, he scored 14 goals for the "Maritimo" team in the Portuguese championship. Kleber joined Angolan Djalma, whom "Porto" acquired from "Maritimo" a little earlier. (Official)

16.47 "Liverpool" is interested in Chelsea's forward Daniel Sturridge. The 22-year-old footballer spent part of the last season with the "Bolton" team. (Various)

Inter Milan and Man Utd have joined AC Milan in the interest of Bayern Munich's leader Bastian Schweinsteiger. The German is valued at about 34 million euros. ("Football Press")

London's Tottenham hopes to thwart Roma's acquisition of Barcelona's forward Bojan Krkic by making an unexpected offer. ("The People")

Sporting Lisbon has signed a five-year contract with Maritimo's goalkeeper from Brazil, Marcelo Boeck. The club also added Gimnasia La Plata defender Fabian Rinaudo. (Official)

15.00 Inter Milan offered a 9 million euro deal to Valencia for midfielder Ever Banega. However, the Spaniards found the amount insufficient, so he was rejected. ("Football Italia")

14.34 Benfica's left-back Fabio Coentrao rejected Chelsea's offer and wants to move to Real Madrid. However, the Spanish club is only offering 15 million euros, while Benfica is demanding twice that amount. (Official)

Juventus could offer striker Amauri and 45 million euros for Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero. ("Football Press")

Free agent defender Andreas Wolf, after the end of his contract with Nuernberg, signed a deal with Werder Bremen. (Official)

10.00 Man City hopes to acquire Arsenal's duo, left-back Gael Clichy, and midfielder Samir Nasri for 30 million euros this week. ("Daily Mail")

Gonzalo Higuain's agent claims that the Argentine will not leave Real Madrid, despite Roma's interest. ("Football Press")

Stoke has entered the battle for Man Utd defenders John O'Shea and Wes Brown. ("Daily Mirror")

Bayern Munich's chairman, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, revealed the team's market strategy: "Having the youngest team is not our goal. To me, there is only success and failure, age is much less important. The essence is the player's level." (Various)

Man Utd has abandoned plans to sign Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder and is now focusing on the 23 million euro-rated Dutch forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar. ("Footy Latest")

19-year-old defender Alexander Stevanovic has left Schalke in Gelsenkirchen and signed a three-year contract with Werder Bremen. (Official)

Landry N'Guemo, a 25-year-old midfielder from Cameroon, is leaving Nancy and moving to Bordeaux. He has signed a three-season contract with the club. (Official)

Youth Chelsea defender Jeffrey Bruma, 19, will be loaned to Hamburg next season. (Official)