August 12 soccer market: rumors and facts (updated) © EuroFootball.com

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16.30 Madrid's "Real" rejected a €25 million offer from "Liverpool" for forward Gonzalo Higuain. (TMW)

"Milan" delays the attempt to acquire "Fiorentina" defender Montolivo for the winter transfer window. ("Gazzetta dello Sport")

Forward David Suazo will become a player for "Catania" in the next few days. (Various)

Barcelona club defenders Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol expressed joy on their personal "Twitter" accounts that the team will soon be joined by Arsenal defender Cesc Fabregas. (ESPN)

"Bolton" borrowed Wolfsburg forward Tuncay from Turkey for one season. (Official)

"Newcastle" forward Xisco returns to Deportivo in La Coruna for one season. He has been loaned to the Spanish team. (Official)

Bordeaux defender from Brazil Wandelis is moving to Saudi Arabia, where he will represent the "Al Ittihad" club. (Official)

11.00 "Man Utd" intends to withdraw from negotiations with Milan's Inter for Wesley Sneijder, as they started after the season ended and have not yielded results yet. ("Daily Mail")

London's "Chelsea" hopes to convince Santos star Neymar to move directly to Madrid's Real. ("Inside Football")

Cesc Fabregas leaving Arsenal could be replaced by Donetsk's Shakhtar defender Jadson, valued at €14 million. ("The Independent")

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will invest the money received for Fabregas and Samir Nasri in strengthening the team by acquiring Valencia full-back Juan Mata and at least one central defender. Candidates include Scott Dann, Gary Cahill, and Phil Jagielka. ("Daily Mirror")

On the eve of Fabregas's sale, Wenger also stated: "Man Utd sold Cristiano Ronaldo. Does that make them no longer elite?" (ESPN)

Negotiations with Dann are already underway with an optimistic hope of including him in the first team's match against Newcastle on Saturday. ("talkSPORT")

New Madrid Atletico newcomer Arda Turan stated that he would choose this club, even if he had an offer from Real Madrid. ("Marca")

David Trezeguet's agent assures that his client is unlikely to wear Napoli's jersey. Birmingham's Aston Villa is also interested in him. (Various)