Arsene Wenger has accused Manchester United of making an illegal attempt to lure Patrick Vieira from Highbury.
"Manchester United made an approach to Patrick without contacting us," the Arsenal manager said, "and that does not really respect the rules."
Arsenal's vice-chairman David Dein made it clear a fortnight ago that the club would investigate the roles played by certain clubs and individuals in the events which led to Vieira saying he wanted a transfer. "We intend to get to the bottom of that," he said.
Chelsea are in talks with Milan about selling the midfielder Sam dalla Bona back to Serie A. The London club are willing to part with the 20-year-old, having accepted an offer of about £5 million sterling from Venezia this summer.
Fulham are interested in Atletico Madrid's Portuguese midfielder Hugo Leal, valued at £5.5 million. Atletico's general manager Paulo Futre confirmed: "Fulham have been in contact and they are considering a bid."
Sergei Rebrov's agent insisted last night that the striker was "very happy" at Tottenham after reports from Russia cast doubt on the Ukrainian's commitment to the club. Rebrov was quoted as saying: "I'm not serious about putting down my roots in London."
Fabrizio Ravanelli yesterday agreed a two-year contract - in principle - with Derby County and is now finalising his free transfer from Lazio with his advisers.
Wolves have been told by Real Oviedo that they will have to pay six-figure compensation for Stan Collymore to resurrect his career.
Tomasz Radzinski has completed his £4.5 million move to Everton from Anderlecht and Olympiakos claimed they had clinched the £3.5 million signing of Christian Karembeu from Middlesbrough.
Valencia have reached an agreement with Serie A club Lazio to sell their unsettled captain Gaizka Mendieta after Real Madrid admitted defeat in the race to sign the talented midfielder.
Valencia's new president Jaime Orti said the two clubs had reached an agreement, but added that the player had not yet given his approval to the transfer.
The Spanish club are reported to have accepted an offer of $38.37 million for Mendieta, who announced on Sunday that he wanted to leave Valencia and asked the club to consider offers from interested teams. Real are widely believed to have been his preferred destination.
Two goals from captain Amado Guevara yesterday gave Honduras their first ever win in the Copa America and eliminated Bolivia from this year's tournament. Uruguay and Costa Rica confirmed their status as favourites to qualify from Group C after an entertaining draw.
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's biggest dilemma ahead of today's match with Paraguay appears to be over the colour of the team shirts. The defending champions wore their second strip of blue and white in Sunday's 2-0 win over Peru and ended a run of six games without a win.
