August 24 football market: rumors and facts (updated) © EuroFootball.com

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15.15 London's "Tottenham" coach Harry Redknapp admitted that he is interested in acquiring "Liverpool" midfielder Joe Cole. (ESPN)

Famous Brazilian coach Zico will soon sign a contract and start leading the Iraqi national team. (Various sources)

"Newcastle" allowed midfielder Joey Barton to negotiate a contract with another "Premier League" club, "Queens Park Rangers." ("Press Association")

"Freiburg" forward Papiss Demba Cisse stated that he wants to leave the club, which will only sell him for 15 million euros. The footballer has offers from England and Russia. (ESPN)

"Hamburg" acquired 22-year-old Serbian national team defender Slobodan Rajković from London's "Chelsea." He did not play a single match for the English team and was loaned out to teams like PSV, "Twente," and "Vitesse." (Official)

11.30 London's "Chelsea" offered 20 million euros for "Porto" left-back Alvaro Pereira, but this amount is 10 million euros less than the buyout clause in his contract, so the Portuguese side will not agree to sell. (Various)

London's "Tottenham" reached an agreement with "Man City" and will loan forward Emmanuel Adebayor for the season. ("The Sun")

Although "Man City" reached an agreement with London's "Arsenal" for the acquisition of Samir Nasri, "Man Utd" hopes to join the fight at the last moment and outbid the Frenchman. ("Daily Mail")

At the same time, Nasri would be "Man City's" last purchase this summer. (Various)

Borussia Dortmund defender Mario Götze's agent denies that his client could move to Inter Milan. ("Sportitalia")

Man City forward Mario Balotelli does not rule out the possibility of moving to Italian side Palermo. ("Daily Mirror") But the club's president, Maurizio Zamparini, states that the player is simply too expensive. ("talkSPORT")

Birmingham's "Aston Villa" is preparing to offer 4 million euros for "Man Utd" midfielder Darron Gibson. ("Daily Mail")

"Tottenham" is preparing to offer a higher salary to Luka Modrić to keep him from wanting to move to London's "Chelsea." ("Metro")

In the near future, "Liverpool" is expected to part ways with four players: Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen, David N'Gog, and Alberto Aquilani. ("Caughtoffside")

Aquilani will soon move to "Milan." ("Insidefutbol.com")

Furthermore, "Liverpool" may recover forward Craig Bellamy, who did not establish himself at "Man City." (Various)

"Real Zaragoza" hopes to lure in Besiktas forward Hugo Almeida from Istanbul. (AS)

Swedish defender Albin Ekdal is moving from Turin's "Juventus" to "Cagliari." (Official)