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14.00 London's "Chelsea" signed a four-year contract with "Barcelona" defender Oriol Romeu. The value of the deal is undisclosed, but unofficial data suggests it is around 5 million euros. (Official)

Defender Steed Malbranque left "Sunderland" and signed a two-year contract with "St Etienne". (Official)

Turin's "Juventus" set their sights on Dutch winger Eljero Elia from "Hamburg" valued at 8 million euros. ("Tuttosport")

Lisbon's "Benfica" forward Oscar Cardozo may soon move to Istanbul's "Besiktas". The Turkish club offered 15 million euros and another forward Hugo Almeida. ("Record")

10.30 Milan's "Inter" would like to exchange defender Maicon for "Man City" forward Carlos Tevez, but the English club does not agree with the valuation of the players. ("Daily Mirror")

Samuel Eto'o would like to leave "Inter" and also move to "Man City". ("Daily Mail")

"Valencia" coach Unai Emery hopes that London's "Arsenal" target Juan Mata will remain in the team. ("talkSPORT")

London's "Chelsea" offered 34 million euros for Luka Modric. ("Daily Mirror")

If "Man Utd" fails to attract "Inter" defender Wesley Sneijder, they will aim to acquire Borussia Dortmund's German champion midfielder Mario Gotze. ("caughtoffside")

"Queens Park Rangers" would like to borrow "Liverpool" outcast Joe Cole for one season. ("The Guardian")

Spaniard defender Alberto Zapater left Lisbon's "Sporting" and shook hands with Moscow's "Lokomotiv" (Official)

"Genoa" acquired 23-year-old "Santos" forward Ze Eduardo. (Official)

Milan Jovanovic left "Liverpool" and became a member of Brussels' "Anderlecht". (Official)