Newcastle Jets Midfielder Josh Brillante Joins Fiorentina

Australian Socceroos squad member and Newcatsle Jets midfielder Josh Brillante is set to make the move from Australia's A-League to Italy to join Fiorentina.

Brillante will become the club's second big loss of the current transfer market with Adam Taggart having already sealed his move to Fulham after he was released from his contract.

Brillante was thrilled to confirm a move to the club

"I'm very excited to be joining Fiorentina and I'm looking forward to the challenge ahead. Brillante said in a statement released by the Jets.

"I've had an amazing couple of years at the Jets and I'm very thankful that I came to a club like Newcastle who develop young players and give them an opportunity.

"Having the chance to play regular first team football has helped my game improve a lot and it is a big reason why I've been able to achieve things like playing for the Australian National team."

The 21 year-old still a year remaining on his contract but Fiorentina have reportedly paid a sum of around 1 million euros in order to secure the talented versatile midfielder.

Brillante has made one appearance for the national side and also made 24 appearances for Newcastle in the latest season of the A-League.

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Atletico Forward Adrian Lopez Moving to Porto

Atletico Madrid forward Adrian Lopez is set to make a move to Portugal with Porto set to complete a move for the La Liga winner.

The 26 year-old has left Atletico's pre-season preparations in order to undertake a medical for Porto with a move to be set for completion in the days coming after the medical.

It is believed that the fee for the former Deportivo La Coruna player would be in the range of 15 million euros which would leave Atletico with a neat sum of money in their pockets but leaves them with just Mario Mandzukic who joined the club very recently and Leo Baptistao in their striking stocks.

Porto have also completed the loan capture of promising young Atletico talent Oliver Torres who spent the back-end of last season on loan at Villarreal.

Adrian was subject to limited game time with David Villa and Diego Costa both regular starters ahead of the two-time Spanish international and because of this was able to scored just 3 goals last season with a further 5 assists being provided.

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Real Madrid Offered El Shaarawy as Morata Replacement

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti could replace the Juventus bound Alvaro Morata with AC Milan star Stephan El Shaarawy who is coming back from injury.

According to Spanish news outlet El Confidencial, the Champions League winners have been offered by Milan to bring the Italian international to the Bernabeu as a substitute for Morata who has virtually joined Juventus bar the official announcement.

It is believed that AC Milan are keen to offload the injury plagued star who is ready to propel back into the ranks of a starting role with a strong return from the injury that ruled himself out for most of last season.

Real Madrid would be as of this moment considering other options but have not ruled out a move for the former Genoa player.

But there may not be much truth to this rumour with El Shaarawy just 21 years of age and is essentially part of new manager Pippo Inzaghi's plans and before being struck down by injuries, he bagged 16 goals in Serie A for Milan in the previous season as a 19 year-old which shows his true quality.

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West Ham Need to Increase Bid to get Konoplyanka

English Premier League club West Ham United have reportedly got the all clear to sign Dnipro star Yevhen Konoplyanka from the player it self but they will need to increase their bid to strike a deal.

According to reports from ESPN, the 24 year-old forward has given the all clear to the Hammers to sign the player but an initial 9.5 million pound bid is not enough to prize the player away from his Ukrainian club.

Dnipro does not want the player to leave for anything less than the release clause of 12 million pounds and the West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold will decide to either increase their bid or look elsewhere.

The Ukrainian side has been hard to deal with in the past with Liverpool having already met the release clause for Konoplyanka in January only to have the Dnipro president refuse to sign the necessary paperwork to complete a deal.

Konoplyanka scored 13 goals from 36 appearances in all competitions last season with the 37 time Ukrainian international providing a further 9 assists as well in another stellar season.

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Roma Pushing for Bayern Munich Midfielder Shaqiri

Italian Serie A side AS Roma have formed a strategy to try and sign Bayern Munich and Swiss international superstar Xherdan Shaqiri who is set to leave the club during the summer due to lack of match time.

The 22 year-old scored a hat-trick at the World Cup against Honduras, showcasing off his potential to the world and it seems as though the Liverpool target has caught the eye of Roma because they are very serious about signing the player.

It is believed that they plan to reach an agreement with the player through some intermediaries and his agent who also happens to be his brother as well while they also negotiate a price tag for the former FC Basel man.

Bayern Munich have supposedly got a 20 million euro price tag on Shaqiri which would be in fact a cheaper alternative to the likes of Douglas Costa, Andriy Yarmolenko and also Juan Iturbe who are fellow targets of Roma and whose clubs are wanting 25 million euros or more for their respective players.

Bayern Munich is also interested in signing Roma defender Mehdi Benatia and the use of Shaqiri in a player exchange plus cash could also be spoken about in negotiations with the Moroccan seemingly on the verge of an exit at the Italian side.

Shaqiri would also be a very versatile player for the club if he was to join with the 37 time internationally capped player being able to play on both sides of the wing as well as behind the striker in the central attacking midfield role.

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French Defender Debuchy Joining Arsenal from Newcastle

French international right-back Mathieu Debuchy is all set to become a Gunner, replacing fellow countryman Bacary Sagna with a deal to be made official in the coming days.

The Newcastle player is set to undergo a medical during this week for the Emirates side with the former Lille star set to break his post world cup holiday to finalise a deal with the club.

It is believed that the current proposed transfer fee would be a figure of 7.8 million pounds but youngsters Joel Campbell and also Carl Jenkinson could be used as makeweights in the deal to keep the Tynside team content.

Newcastle will probably reject Jenkinson with the club wanting to sign Manchester City's Micah Richards who has been given the final straw with the arrival of Sagna.

The mid tabled side are also linked with a move for Netherlands and Feyenoord defender Daryl Janmaat who is also a target for Manchester United but the other option would be to move Davide Santon to the right as he is capable of playing on both sides of the defence.

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