Transfer Talk: No Newcastle deal for Ayew

Latest news, rumours and gossip for Ghanaian players during the summer 2013 transfer window.

• September 3 -- Marseille believe they will be keeping Newcastle target Andre Ayew today. Joe Kinnear recently turned up at an OM match, presumably to scout Ayew. (La Provence)
  
  
• Chelsea have signed winger Christian Atsu for £3.5million from Porto and and sent him packing on a season-long loan to Vitesse Arnhem. Atsu, 21, has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Blues but will not be seen
  
  
• Jordan Ayew could end up at Bastia on loan on transfer deadline day. The Olympique Marseille striker is a transfer target of the French Ligue 1 outfit as he lacks playing time at the Stade Velodrome side. According to Telefoot, both teams are in talks for a possible season-long loan deal for the 21-year-old Ghanaian after Bastia successfully signed Serbian winger Milos Krasic from Turkish giants Fenerbahce.
  
  
• Ghana U20 midfielder Michael Anaba has signed a four-year contract with promoted Spanish La Liga side Elche. The Asante Kotoko player impressed after a two-week trial session in Alicante. Elche has signed compatriot Richmond Boakye-Yiadom Boakye on loan from Juventus. (MTNFootball.com )
  
  
• July 29 --- Chelsea have agreed a £3.5m fee for Christian Atsu, who flew into London last night to discuss terms. The 21-year-old is set to be loaned straight back to the Portuguese club for the season.
  
  
• July 28 -- West Brom's transfer policy has changed direction slightly with reports that a loan for Marseille's Jordan Ayew will be put on hold after an injury to goalkeeper Ben Foster. Yesterday it emerged that West Brom's number one goalkeeper Foster will be ruled out for up to three months with a foot injury.
  Manager Steve Clarke will be putting talks over Ayew on the backburner for some time. Jordan has been subject to the Baggies' interest at the same time as Newcastle United and Liverpool were setting their sights on his brother Andre. (L'Equipe)
  
  
• Mubarak Wakaso is set to join Russian side Rubin Kazan from Espanyol for a reported fee of €6m, the Spanish club confirmed on Wednesday.
  "Espanyol and Rubin Kazan have reached an agreement on Wednesday for the transfer of Mubarak Wakaso to the Russian team, as soon as he has passed a medical with his new club," a statement on the Espanyol website said.
  The 23-year-old only joined the Catalans from Villarreal last summer and his only season with Los Pericos was dogged by disciplinary problems as he was sent-off twice and picked up a further 13 bookings. Wakaso apologised to everyone involved at the club for having pushed the move through.
  "I want to say sorry to the club, the players and the fans because I have asked to leave although they didn't want me to," he told Espanyol TV.
  "It was the right opportunity for my future."
  
  
• Chelsea are understood to be in advanced talks over a deal to bring Porto winger Christian Atsu to Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho is thought to be keen to land the 21-year-old before the end of the transfer window. Atsu is entering the final year of his contract with Porto and apparently a fee of around £3.5million will be enough to seal the deal for Chelsea.
  
  
• July 28 -- Newcastle have sent an initial offer of €8 million to Olympique de Marseille for André Ayew. This is below the acceptable threshold set by the direction of Marseille. Vincent Labrune has decided to start discussions from 12 million. The release clause of Andre Ayew is set at 18 million. (The Times)
  
  
• July 26 --- French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne are still in the market looking for a striker following the departure of Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Dortmund and have set their eyes on Jordan Ayew. Stéphanois are ready to take the Ghanaian youngster on loan and will offer him enough playing time as their key man upfront.
  Ayew has made only two appearances all from the bench this season for Olympique Marseille and with Ghana set to qualify for the 2014 World Cup he will need enough playing time to cement a place in the Black Stars.
  English premiership side West Bromwich Albion have also penciled him as a target, but the son of Ghana football legend has always maintained that he is happy and wants to stay at the Stade Velodrome.
  
  
• Ghana youth international Thomas Teye Partey has joined la Segunda side Real Mallorca on a year long loan deal from Atlético Madrid. Los Colchoneros have farmed out the 19-year-old central midfielder to Mallorca in a bid to help him gain more first team experience.
  
  
• Italian Serie B side Palermo have loaned Ghanaian teenager Godfred Donsah to newly-promoted Serie A side Hellas Verona.
  
  
• Tema Youth left back Jeremiah Arkorful is currently on a 14-day trial with Danish top flight side Randers.
  
  
• Christian Atsu is likely to sign for English Premiership giants Tottenham Hotspur as talks between both parties near completion. The White Harte Lane side made an offer for the Ghanaian in the early part of the ongoing transfer window but hit a snag. SkySports reports that a second bid has been accepted by the Dragao outfit (Goal.com)
  
  
• Liverpool have shrugged off the disappointment of losing the financial race for Willian by making contact with Marseille man Andre Ayew. Both Liverpool and Newcastle United are interested in the Ghanaian, who is under contract at Marseille until 2015. (Radio Monte Carlo)
  
  
• July 23 -- In an interview Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho claims the club were “offered” FC Porto’s Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu, but summarily turned down the chance to sign the player. (portugoal.net)
  
  
• July 23 -- The transfer saga involving Mubarak Wakaso could end within 24 hours. Espanyol president Joan Collet is ready to allow the midfielder to join Rubin Kazan after the long transfer impasse.
  “The transfer of Ghanaian midfielder Mubarak Wakaso to Russian club Rubin Kazan can be closed in 24 hours,” Collet told the Spanish press.
  “This case can refloat shortly, provided that they accept what we negotiated. If not, it will stay.” (Goal.com)
  
  
• Stoke boss Mark Hughes is being linked with a move for Udinese's Ghana international midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu. (eatsleepsport.com)
  
  
• July 22 -- Newcastle are the latest club to show an interest in Andre Ayew. The Marseille winger has been linked with Liverpool, Inter Milan and Napoli this summer despite Marseille insisting that the player is not for sale. (Express)
  
  
• Newly-promoted Italian Serie A side Sassuolo have acquired midfielder Yussif Chibsah Raman on a season-long loan from Parma. The Modena-based side have also secured 50% ownership of the Ghana international for an amount of 3m euros (goal.com)
  
  
• Francis Narh and Derek Mensah have completed their move to Tunisian side Club Africain. The Tema Youth duo signed the dotted lines on Thursday on a three-year deal after passing a mandatory medical. The duo will join compatriot Seidu Salifu, who has signed a four-year deal for the side.
  
  
• Defender Jeremah Arkoful has joined Danish side Randers FC.
  
  
• July 20 -- Kingsley Boateng has completed his move from Milan to Catania, the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza outfit have announced. The 19-year-old has joined the Sicilian club on loan for the 2013-14 season. Catania will have the option to buy a 50 per cent stake in his contract next summer. Boateng, a forward, was born in Ghana but he has appeared for the Italian national side at youth team level.
  
  
• Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu is set to sign for English Premiership club Stoke City as talks between the club and the player together with his agent are at an advanced stage.
  
  
  
• The soap opera is ending. Wakaso is expected to sign for the Russian side, Rubin Kazan, early this week -Monday or Tuesday. Espanyol wants more than the 6 million being offered for the midfielder, because they have to pay 5 milliom to Villarreal. (sport.es)
  
  
• Aug 16 --Ghana youth international Ebenezer Assifuah has sealed a five-year deal with Swiss side FC Sion and has been named in the squad to face Sursee in the Schweizer Pokal preliminary round match. The deal was finalised on Wednesday night after the budding striker had successfully passed his medicals. (Handesblatt)
  
  
• Mohammed Rabiu has agreed a deal to join Russian side Kuban Krasnodar. The 23-year-old will arrive in Russia early next week for a medical before sealing the deal. (GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• Aug 16 -- Liberty Professionals midfielder Kennedy Ashia has joined Norwegian side SK Brann on a six-month loan deal. Brann have an option to buy Ashia and have set Christmas for the evaluation of his performance.(footy-Ghana.com)
  
  
• John Ofori Asante, an attacking midfielder with Division One League outfit Asokwa Deportivo, will soon leave for trials in Spain with Spanish second-tier side Elche FC.(footy-Ghana.com)
  
  
• Aug 14 -- Hull City have held talks with French side Evian over Mohammed Rabiu. The 23-year-old, a former target for Fulham, would cost around £2million. Part of the Ghana side that won the 2009 FIFA Under 20 World Cup, Rabiu has eight caps for the senior side. (dailymail)
  
  
• Juventus have brought in a new striker, as Richmond Boakye joined the side after his loan spell at Sassuolo.
  
  
• Asante Kotoko midfielder Michael Anaba has sealed a three-year deal with Spanish La Liga outfit, Elche CF for a fee in the region of 200,000 Euros.
  
  
• Aug 10 -- THE chase for Porto's Christian Atsu looks set to intensify with both Tottenham and Everton preparing to step up their interest in the Ghana international. Atsu's contract expires next summer, when he can leave on a free transfer, and it is thought that several English clubs had hoped to wait until January to sign the 21-year-old to a pre-contract agreement. As a result, Porto are keen to sell Atsu now rather than risk losing him for nothing in at the season's end.
  And while Liverpool have been heavily linked with a move for Atsu it is now believed that both Tottenham and Everton may have leapfrogged the Anfield club in the race for the player's services.(GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• Aug 10 -- Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu flew into London on Friday morning to meet his representatives for talks over offers from two English clubs - Arsenal and Crystal Palace. (footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Italian Serie A side, Udinese are making frantic efforts to sign Ghana under 20 midfielder, Moses Odjer from Tema Youth. Talks between the Stadio Friuli outfit and Odjer’s club, Tema Youth have reached an advanced stage.(Tuttomercatoweb)
  
  
• Aug 9 -- Richmond Boakye, currently co-owned by Juventus and Genoa, is being targeted by La Liga side Elche. After netting 11 goals for Sassuolo last season the Ghanaian would like to continue playing regular football, something that doesn’t look probable with either of his clubs.
  La Marca states that Elche have stepped forward on the basis of purchase whereas both the Bianconeri and the Grifoni were seeking a loan deal as they view Boakye as a hot prospect for the future and don’t want to give him up. The 20 year old’s future is currently unknown but he will certainly be looking to play first team football somewhere.
  
  
• Aug 8 -- Spanish La Liga side, Real Betis, are poised to make a swoop for Rabiu Mohammed from French Ligue 1 side Evian Thonon Galliard. Betis is still in search of a holding midfielder to complete the team and has set eyes on Mohammed, who is not only affordable, but very efficient. Other teams such as Fulham, Benfica and Russian side Kuban Krasnodar are reportedly willing to pay three million Euros to sign him.(Eldermasque)
  
  
• Fiorentina have confirmed the loan exit of Amidu Salifu to Modena over the next 12 months.
  
• Aug 7 -- Ghana Under-20 midfielder Siedu Salifu is heading to Tunisian side Club African from Wa All Stars. (MTNFootball.com)
• Mahatma Otoo has signed for Norwegian top flight side Sogndal. 2012/2013 Premier League top scorer signed a three-year deal with the and will pocket $8000 as a monthly salary package. Mother club, Hearts of Oak, gets a transfer fee in the region of $400,000. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Ghana Under-20 captain Lawrence Lartey is on the radar of Partizan Belgrade. The Serbian giants have slapped in an official request for the services of the strong centre-back. Ashantgold are weighing up the option after turning down a similar request from South African side Ajax Cape Town.
  
  
• Last season's Ghana Premier League top scorer Mahatma Otoo could not finalize his move to Club Brugge. This was after his club Hearts of Oak refused to allow the 21-year-old try out with the Belgian side.
  Otoo arrived in Bruges two weeks ago to undergo medical and put to paper to a four year contract. But things changed when Brugge coach Juan Garrido wanted to further assess the player on trial before signing him. Former Hearts of Oak chairman Fred Crenstil, who was in the company of the Ghana international, refused and has since left Belgium to Norway. (MTNFootball)
  
  
• Udinese left back Masahudu Alhassan has joined Serie B side Latina FC on a season-long loan. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Wigan Athletic are back in for transfer-listed Bristol City winger Albert Adomah who is being pursued by Middlesbrough.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• NNew Edubaise United have turned down an enhanced bid from FC Copenhagen for their winger, Ebenezer Ofori and have continued negotiations with Swedish side, AIK, who made the first move.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• Prince Tagoe is in discussions with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade over a possible transfer move, according to reports in the Turkish media.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• Under-20 star Ebenezer Assifuah has rubbished claims that he has signed a four-year deal with Swiss side Sion FC. (Goal.com)
  
  
• Levante have reportedly set their sights on Sassuolo’s Richmond Boakye. The Granotes’ biggest target is Boakye, who is co-owned by Juventus and Genoa, but spent last season on loan at Sassuolo. His future is still to be decided and, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, he could be loaned out to Levante in exchange for €1m. Still only 20 years old, the Ghana Under-20 forward scored 11 goals in 32Serie B games last season.
  
  
• Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo have rescued Matthew Amoah’s career after signing him on a one-year-contract. The 32-year-old, a free agent, agreed personal terms with the club, passed medicals on Friday and signed the deal which will keep him at the club for the entire 2013/14 season and has been handed the number 9 jersey. (Ghanasoccernet).
  
  
• July 3 -- Ghana U20 striker Ebenezer Assifuah has completed a four-year move to Swiss club FC Sion. Assifuah put pen to paper after passing a mandatory club medical conducted earlier on Friday.
  The 20-year-old was one of the headline performers at the 2013 FIFA U20 World Cup in Turkey where he emerged overall top scorer. The Liberty Professionals will be presented to the club fans and the media as Sion’s latest signing and is expected to meet his new teammates on Saturday after which he will be handed an official team jersey. (GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• July 2 -- Ebenezer Assifuah is close to landing a 4-year contract with Swiss top flight side FC Sion. The Swiss club is still in advanced stage negotiations with Liberty Professionals. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Prince Tagoe is in discussions with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade over a possible transfer move (Various Turkish media).
  
  
• Aug 2 -- Marseille's Andre Ayew wants to hold Liverpool talks soon. The 23-year-old, who had previously rejected his desire to leave the Stade Velodrome has had a change of heart after being played out of position. Marseille's president Vincent Labrune emphatically stated earlier this week that Ayew is not for sale, saying: "Let me be clear: I am counting on all the players who are here." A cluster of clubs including the Reds and AC Milan have been keeping an eye on Ayew, and it seems the Ghanaian is willing to enter into talks.(express.co.uk)
  
  
• Juventus are reportedly working to bring Mubarak Wakaso to Turin, in the near future. The plan is to buy the Ghanaian midfielder this season and loan him to his current club Espanyol "to ripen a bit", before joining Juventus to make the final leap. (Tuttosport)
  
  
• Middlesbrough are in talks with Bristol City over Black Stars midfielder Albert Adomah.(Sky Sports)
  
  
• Sunderland have turned their sight on Ghana winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, who is on trial at Crystal Palace.
  
  
• Haminu Dramani has signed a two-year contract for Portuguese outfit Gil Vicente. The 27-year-old has ended months of inactivity after quitting French Ligue 2 side Arles Avignon due to unpaid wages. ( MTNFootball.com)
  
  
• Former Arsenal forward Quincy Owusu-Abeyie is in talks over a contract at Palace. (Express)

Latest news, rumours and gossip for Ghanaian players during the summer 2013 transfer window.

• September 3 -- Marseille believe they will be keeping Newcastle target Andre Ayew today. Joe Kinnear recently turned up at an OM match, presumably to scout Ayew. (La Provence)
  
  
• Chelsea have signed winger Christian Atsu for £3.5million from Porto and and sent him packing on a season-long loan to Vitesse Arnhem. Atsu, 21, has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Blues but will not be seen
  
  
• Jordan Ayew could end up at Bastia on loan on transfer deadline day. The Olympique Marseille striker is a transfer target of the French Ligue 1 outfit as he lacks playing time at the Stade Velodrome side. According to Telefoot, both teams are in talks for a possible season-long loan deal for the 21-year-old Ghanaian after Bastia successfully signed Serbian winger Milos Krasic from Turkish giants Fenerbahce.
  
  
• Ghana U20 midfielder Michael Anaba has signed a four-year contract with promoted Spanish La Liga side Elche. The Asante Kotoko player impressed after a two-week trial session in Alicante. Elche has signed compatriot Richmond Boakye-Yiadom Boakye on loan from Juventus. (MTNFootball.com )
  
  
• July 29 --- Chelsea have agreed a £3.5m fee for Christian Atsu, who flew into London last night to discuss terms. The 21-year-old is set to be loaned straight back to the Portuguese club for the season.
  
  
• July 28 -- West Brom's transfer policy has changed direction slightly with reports that a loan for Marseille's Jordan Ayew will be put on hold after an injury to goalkeeper Ben Foster. Yesterday it emerged that West Brom's number one goalkeeper Foster will be ruled out for up to three months with a foot injury.
  Manager Steve Clarke will be putting talks over Ayew on the backburner for some time. Jordan has been subject to the Baggies' interest at the same time as Newcastle United and Liverpool were setting their sights on his brother Andre. (L'Equipe)
  
  
• Mubarak Wakaso is set to join Russian side Rubin Kazan from Espanyol for a reported fee of €6m, the Spanish club confirmed on Wednesday.
  "Espanyol and Rubin Kazan have reached an agreement on Wednesday for the transfer of Mubarak Wakaso to the Russian team, as soon as he has passed a medical with his new club," a statement on the Espanyol website said.
  The 23-year-old only joined the Catalans from Villarreal last summer and his only season with Los Pericos was dogged by disciplinary problems as he was sent-off twice and picked up a further 13 bookings. Wakaso apologised to everyone involved at the club for having pushed the move through.
  "I want to say sorry to the club, the players and the fans because I have asked to leave although they didn't want me to," he told Espanyol TV.
  "It was the right opportunity for my future."
  
  
• Chelsea are understood to be in advanced talks over a deal to bring Porto winger Christian Atsu to Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho is thought to be keen to land the 21-year-old before the end of the transfer window. Atsu is entering the final year of his contract with Porto and apparently a fee of around £3.5million will be enough to seal the deal for Chelsea.
  
  
• July 28 -- Newcastle have sent an initial offer of €8 million to Olympique de Marseille for André Ayew. This is below the acceptable threshold set by the direction of Marseille. Vincent Labrune has decided to start discussions from 12 million. The release clause of Andre Ayew is set at 18 million. (The Times)
  
  
• July 26 --- French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne are still in the market looking for a striker following the departure of Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Dortmund and have set their eyes on Jordan Ayew. Stéphanois are ready to take the Ghanaian youngster on loan and will offer him enough playing time as their key man upfront.
  Ayew has made only two appearances all from the bench this season for Olympique Marseille and with Ghana set to qualify for the 2014 World Cup he will need enough playing time to cement a place in the Black Stars.
  English premiership side West Bromwich Albion have also penciled him as a target, but the son of Ghana football legend has always maintained that he is happy and wants to stay at the Stade Velodrome.
  
  
• Ghana youth international Thomas Teye Partey has joined la Segunda side Real Mallorca on a year long loan deal from Atlético Madrid. Los Colchoneros have farmed out the 19-year-old central midfielder to Mallorca in a bid to help him gain more first team experience.
  
  
• Italian Serie B side Palermo have loaned Ghanaian teenager Godfred Donsah to newly-promoted Serie A side Hellas Verona.
  
  
• Tema Youth left back Jeremiah Arkorful is currently on a 14-day trial with Danish top flight side Randers.
  
  
• Christian Atsu is likely to sign for English Premiership giants Tottenham Hotspur as talks between both parties near completion. The White Harte Lane side made an offer for the Ghanaian in the early part of the ongoing transfer window but hit a snag. SkySports reports that a second bid has been accepted by the Dragao outfit (Goal.com)
  
  
• Liverpool have shrugged off the disappointment of losing the financial race for Willian by making contact with Marseille man Andre Ayew. Both Liverpool and Newcastle United are interested in the Ghanaian, who is under contract at Marseille until 2015. (Radio Monte Carlo)
  
  
• July 23 -- In an interview Sporting president Bruno de Carvalho claims the club were “offered” FC Porto’s Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu, but summarily turned down the chance to sign the player. (portugoal.net)
  
  
• July 23 -- The transfer saga involving Mubarak Wakaso could end within 24 hours. Espanyol president Joan Collet is ready to allow the midfielder to join Rubin Kazan after the long transfer impasse.
  “The transfer of Ghanaian midfielder Mubarak Wakaso to Russian club Rubin Kazan can be closed in 24 hours,” Collet told the Spanish press.
  “This case can refloat shortly, provided that they accept what we negotiated. If not, it will stay.” (Goal.com)
  
  
• Stoke boss Mark Hughes is being linked with a move for Udinese's Ghana international midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu. (eatsleepsport.com)
  
  
• July 22 -- Newcastle are the latest club to show an interest in Andre Ayew. The Marseille winger has been linked with Liverpool, Inter Milan and Napoli this summer despite Marseille insisting that the player is not for sale. (Express)
  
  
• Newly-promoted Italian Serie A side Sassuolo have acquired midfielder Yussif Chibsah Raman on a season-long loan from Parma. The Modena-based side have also secured 50% ownership of the Ghana international for an amount of 3m euros (goal.com)
  
  
• Francis Narh and Derek Mensah have completed their move to Tunisian side Club Africain. The Tema Youth duo signed the dotted lines on Thursday on a three-year deal after passing a mandatory medical. The duo will join compatriot Seidu Salifu, who has signed a four-year deal for the side.
  
  
• Defender Jeremah Arkoful has joined Danish side Randers FC.
  
  
• July 20 -- Kingsley Boateng has completed his move from Milan to Catania, the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza outfit have announced. The 19-year-old has joined the Sicilian club on loan for the 2013-14 season. Catania will have the option to buy a 50 per cent stake in his contract next summer. Boateng, a forward, was born in Ghana but he has appeared for the Italian national side at youth team level.
  
  
• Ghana international Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu is set to sign for English Premiership club Stoke City as talks between the club and the player together with his agent are at an advanced stage.
  
  
  
• The soap opera is ending. Wakaso is expected to sign for the Russian side, Rubin Kazan, early this week -Monday or Tuesday. Espanyol wants more than the 6 million being offered for the midfielder, because they have to pay 5 milliom to Villarreal. (sport.es)
  
  
• Aug 16 --Ghana youth international Ebenezer Assifuah has sealed a five-year deal with Swiss side FC Sion and has been named in the squad to face Sursee in the Schweizer Pokal preliminary round match. The deal was finalised on Wednesday night after the budding striker had successfully passed his medicals. (Handesblatt)
  
  
• Mohammed Rabiu has agreed a deal to join Russian side Kuban Krasnodar. The 23-year-old will arrive in Russia early next week for a medical before sealing the deal. (GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• Aug 16 -- Liberty Professionals midfielder Kennedy Ashia has joined Norwegian side SK Brann on a six-month loan deal. Brann have an option to buy Ashia and have set Christmas for the evaluation of his performance.(footy-Ghana.com)
  
  
• John Ofori Asante, an attacking midfielder with Division One League outfit Asokwa Deportivo, will soon leave for trials in Spain with Spanish second-tier side Elche FC.(footy-Ghana.com)
  
  
• Aug 14 -- Hull City have held talks with French side Evian over Mohammed Rabiu. The 23-year-old, a former target for Fulham, would cost around £2million. Part of the Ghana side that won the 2009 FIFA Under 20 World Cup, Rabiu has eight caps for the senior side. (dailymail)
  
  
• Juventus have brought in a new striker, as Richmond Boakye joined the side after his loan spell at Sassuolo.
  
  
• Asante Kotoko midfielder Michael Anaba has sealed a three-year deal with Spanish La Liga outfit, Elche CF for a fee in the region of 200,000 Euros.
  
  
• Aug 10 -- THE chase for Porto's Christian Atsu looks set to intensify with both Tottenham and Everton preparing to step up their interest in the Ghana international. Atsu's contract expires next summer, when he can leave on a free transfer, and it is thought that several English clubs had hoped to wait until January to sign the 21-year-old to a pre-contract agreement. As a result, Porto are keen to sell Atsu now rather than risk losing him for nothing in at the season's end.
  And while Liverpool have been heavily linked with a move for Atsu it is now believed that both Tottenham and Everton may have leapfrogged the Anfield club in the race for the player's services.(GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• Aug 10 -- Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu flew into London on Friday morning to meet his representatives for talks over offers from two English clubs - Arsenal and Crystal Palace. (footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Italian Serie A side, Udinese are making frantic efforts to sign Ghana under 20 midfielder, Moses Odjer from Tema Youth. Talks between the Stadio Friuli outfit and Odjer’s club, Tema Youth have reached an advanced stage.(Tuttomercatoweb)
  
  
• Aug 9 -- Richmond Boakye, currently co-owned by Juventus and Genoa, is being targeted by La Liga side Elche. After netting 11 goals for Sassuolo last season the Ghanaian would like to continue playing regular football, something that doesn’t look probable with either of his clubs.
  La Marca states that Elche have stepped forward on the basis of purchase whereas both the Bianconeri and the Grifoni were seeking a loan deal as they view Boakye as a hot prospect for the future and don’t want to give him up. The 20 year old’s future is currently unknown but he will certainly be looking to play first team football somewhere.
  
  
• Aug 8 -- Spanish La Liga side, Real Betis, are poised to make a swoop for Rabiu Mohammed from French Ligue 1 side Evian Thonon Galliard. Betis is still in search of a holding midfielder to complete the team and has set eyes on Mohammed, who is not only affordable, but very efficient. Other teams such as Fulham, Benfica and Russian side Kuban Krasnodar are reportedly willing to pay three million Euros to sign him.(Eldermasque)
  
  
• Fiorentina have confirmed the loan exit of Amidu Salifu to Modena over the next 12 months.
  
• Aug 7 -- Ghana Under-20 midfielder Siedu Salifu is heading to Tunisian side Club African from Wa All Stars. (MTNFootball.com)
• Mahatma Otoo has signed for Norwegian top flight side Sogndal. 2012/2013 Premier League top scorer signed a three-year deal with the and will pocket $8000 as a monthly salary package. Mother club, Hearts of Oak, gets a transfer fee in the region of $400,000. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Ghana Under-20 captain Lawrence Lartey is on the radar of Partizan Belgrade. The Serbian giants have slapped in an official request for the services of the strong centre-back. Ashantgold are weighing up the option after turning down a similar request from South African side Ajax Cape Town.
  
  
• Last season's Ghana Premier League top scorer Mahatma Otoo could not finalize his move to Club Brugge. This was after his club Hearts of Oak refused to allow the 21-year-old try out with the Belgian side.
  Otoo arrived in Bruges two weeks ago to undergo medical and put to paper to a four year contract. But things changed when Brugge coach Juan Garrido wanted to further assess the player on trial before signing him. Former Hearts of Oak chairman Fred Crenstil, who was in the company of the Ghana international, refused and has since left Belgium to Norway. (MTNFootball)
  
  
• Udinese left back Masahudu Alhassan has joined Serie B side Latina FC on a season-long loan. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Wigan Athletic are back in for transfer-listed Bristol City winger Albert Adomah who is being pursued by Middlesbrough.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• NNew Edubaise United have turned down an enhanced bid from FC Copenhagen for their winger, Ebenezer Ofori and have continued negotiations with Swedish side, AIK, who made the first move.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• Prince Tagoe is in discussions with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade over a possible transfer move, according to reports in the Turkish media.(Ghanasoccernet)
  
  
• Under-20 star Ebenezer Assifuah has rubbished claims that he has signed a four-year deal with Swiss side Sion FC. (Goal.com)
  
  
• Levante have reportedly set their sights on Sassuolo’s Richmond Boakye. The Granotes’ biggest target is Boakye, who is co-owned by Juventus and Genoa, but spent last season on loan at Sassuolo. His future is still to be decided and, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, he could be loaned out to Levante in exchange for €1m. Still only 20 years old, the Ghana Under-20 forward scored 11 goals in 32Serie B games last season.
  
  
• Dutch Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo have rescued Matthew Amoah’s career after signing him on a one-year-contract. The 32-year-old, a free agent, agreed personal terms with the club, passed medicals on Friday and signed the deal which will keep him at the club for the entire 2013/14 season and has been handed the number 9 jersey. (Ghanasoccernet).
  
  
• July 3 -- Ghana U20 striker Ebenezer Assifuah has completed a four-year move to Swiss club FC Sion. Assifuah put pen to paper after passing a mandatory club medical conducted earlier on Friday.
  The 20-year-old was one of the headline performers at the 2013 FIFA U20 World Cup in Turkey where he emerged overall top scorer. The Liberty Professionals will be presented to the club fans and the media as Sion’s latest signing and is expected to meet his new teammates on Saturday after which he will be handed an official team jersey. (GHANAsoccernet.com)
  
  
• July 2 -- Ebenezer Assifuah is close to landing a 4-year contract with Swiss top flight side FC Sion. The Swiss club is still in advanced stage negotiations with Liberty Professionals. (Footy-ghana.com)
  
  
• Prince Tagoe is in discussions with Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade over a possible transfer move (Various Turkish media).
  
  
• Aug 2 -- Marseille's Andre Ayew wants to hold Liverpool talks soon. The 23-year-old, who had previously rejected his desire to leave the Stade Velodrome has had a change of heart after being played out of position. Marseille's president Vincent Labrune emphatically stated earlier this week that Ayew is not for sale, saying: "Let me be clear: I am counting on all the players who are here." A cluster of clubs including the Reds and AC Milan have been keeping an eye on Ayew, and it seems the Ghanaian is willing to enter into talks.(express.co.uk)
  
  
• Juventus are reportedly working to bring Mubarak Wakaso to Turin, in the near future. The plan is to buy the Ghanaian midfielder this season and loan him to his current club Espanyol "to ripen a bit", before joining Juventus to make the final leap. (Tuttosport)
  
  
• Middlesbrough are in talks with Bristol City over Black Stars midfielder Albert Adomah.(Sky Sports)
  
  
• Sunderland have turned their sight on Ghana winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, who is on trial at Crystal Palace.
  
  
• Haminu Dramani has signed a two-year contract for Portuguese outfit Gil Vicente. The 27-year-old has ended months of inactivity after quitting French Ligue 2 side Arles Avignon due to unpaid wages. ( MTNFootball.com)
  
  
• Former Arsenal forward Quincy Owusu-Abeyie is in talks over a contract at Palace. (Express)