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July 30, 2010 Veloso leaves Sporting to head for Genoa Genoa have agreed a deal to sign midfielder Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese club have confirmed.

Ronaldinho set to commit to AC Milan until 2014 Ronaldinho will sign a deal to keep him at AC Milan for the next four years, according to his agent.

Garrido exits City to replace Kolarov at Lazio Manchester City's summer of offloading to make room for their multi-million signings has begun with the sale of Javier Garrido to Lazio, for a fee believed to be around £2.5 million.

Juve claim Liverpool want Poulsen Juventus general director Giuseppe Marotta claims Liverpool are interested in defensive midfielder Christian Poulsen.

Agent confident Balotelli deal will be completed Mario Balotelli's agent insists a transfer to Manchester City will be completed but admitted the deal is in a "delicate" phase.

Royston's right old mess This week in Off The Ball an unusual celebration, a Spurs donkey and a fake Royston Drenthe.

July 29, 2010 Real Madrid underestimate Maicon worth - agent Maicon's agent has criticised Real Madrid for failing to understand how much the Inter full-back is worth, as negotiations over his transfer to the Bernabeu continue.

Ancelotti: Balotelli will make City title contenders Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti believes Mario Balotelli will turn Manchester City into genuine title contenders.

Milan relief as Ronaldinho only out for a week AC Milan are breathing a sigh of relief after it was confirmed Ronaldinho will miss only a week with a hamstring injury.

Mainz may turn back deal for AC Milan's Adiyiah Mainz have yet to decide whether or not to sign Ghana international Dominic Adiyiah from AC Milan despite agreeing terms with both the player and the Italian club.

July 28, 2010 Diego has no intention of leaving Juventus Diego seems certain to stay with Juventus with the player insisting he has no plans to leave just days after the club announced he was not for sale.

Galliani: Milan unlikely to make summer signings AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani believes the club are unlikely to dip into the transfer market this summer, though he revealed that talks aimed at keeping veteran midfielder Gennaro Gattuso at the San Siro have been positive.

City offered €30m for Jovetic, say Fiorentina Manchester City's links with some of Europe's top-rated young talents continue with reports from Italy that Fiorentina say they have turned down a €30 million offer from Manchester City for Stevan Jovetic.

Burdisso desperate to leave Inter Milan Nicolas Burdisso has insisted he will leave Inter Milan this summer, and has suggested he would favour a move to Juventus over AS Roma.

Balotelli not 'indispensable' Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti claims that Mario Balotelli is not ''indispensable'' and has yet to prove himself fully, as the striker looks set to seal a mo