Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has insisted the club are not interested in signing Real Madrid striker Michael Owen.

Skysports.com understand French duo Monaco and Lille are pondering moves for Portsmouth striker Tresor Lomana Lua Lua.

Young Sevilla right-back Antonio Barragan is on the verge of a move to Liverpool, according to the Spanish club's director of sport Ramon Rodriguez.  
 
Barragan, who has just turned 18, has not made an appearance for the Primera Liga club's first team, but he caught the attention of Anfield boss Rafael Benitez with a series of superb displays for the Sevilla youth side.  
   
It seems that former Valencia coach Benitez is now poised to complete the deal, after Barragan rejected the chance to sign a professional contract in Seville.  
   
"He has been negotiating with Liverpool for the past six months," Rodriguez told reporters on Friday.  
   
"The FIFA rules regarding young players who do not have professional contracts have favoured us on many occasions and this time it is Liverpool who have taken advantage of them to take the player.  
   
"We tried to keep him, but the player has freely chosen another route. We have looked after him, but he has decided to leave Sevilla."  
   
Although Barragan lacks first-team experience, he will add competition to the right side of Liverpool's defence.  
   
Republic of Ireland international Steve Finnan has been first choice at right-back for the past two seasons  

Après avoir conduit Genoa en première division à l'issue de la saison 2004-2005, Serse Cosmi a été nommé entraîneur de l'Udinese jeudi. Il remplace Luciano Spalletti, parti à l'AS Roma après avoir conduit la formation d'Udine à la quatrième place du championnat, synonyme de qualification pour le troisième tour préliminaire de la Ligue des champions. Parmi les noms des techniciens évoqués pour occuper ce poste figurait aussi celui de Paul Le Guen.
 
Le jeune Jose Luis Mendilibar a signé un contrat de trois ans, jeudi, pour entraîner de Bilbao en remplacement d'Ernesto Valcerde, limogé à la fin de la saison 2004-2005 après avoir conduit le club basque à la neuvième place de la Liga. Ancien joueur de Bilbao, Mendilibar coachait jusqu'alors à Eibar, qui vient de terminer àla qutrième place en deuxième division.

Arsenal have made a bid to sign Monaco's Emmanuel Adebayor and the striker admits it would be difficult to turn down a move to Highbury.
 
The Togolese forward had a good season with the Principality outfit last term, bagging nine goals in 34 games, and has experience of the UEFA Champions League.
 
Arsene Wenger is interested in raiding his former club in an attempt to land the lanky 21-year-old and pep up his attack.
 
"Considering what I know, Monaco received two firm transfer offers during the last weeks," Adebayor told France Football.
 
"One from Toulouse and a later one from Arsenal.
 
"For the moment, Monaco are not pursuing it. But I can tell you, it could change if I don't prolong my contract.
 
"You can't refuse a club like Arsenal.
 
"I think the two most tempting clubs to hire me are PSG and Arsenal.
 
"I like Paris and I like Marseille.
 
"Personally, I will do anything to find an agreement with Monaco.
 
"Monaco consider me to be an important player but they treat me as a young player from the academy."
 
French sources claim Arsenal are prepared to pay €8 million for the African attacker, who is determined to secure a wage hike.

Porto are being tipped to win the race for AZ Alkmaar's coveted defender Jan Kromkamp.
 
Southampton boss Harry Redknapp wants Steve Stone to join him at St Mary's.
 
Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has expressed his admiration for Santos starlet Robinho.
 
Arsenal have made a bid to sign Monaco's Emmanuel Adebayor.
 
Didier Agathe says he will leave Celtic at the end of the season, and revealed he could have left to join Crystal Palace.
 
Fulham are now believed to be heading the chase to sign Watford striker Heidar Helguson.
 
Turkish star Emre Belozoglu has stated that he will be playing in The Premiership next season after agreeing a deal with an as yet unnamed club, presumably Newcastle United.
 
Crunch talks on Thursday between Antonio Cassano's agent and the club have failed to bring about an agreement over a new deal.
 
Parma are likely to dig their heels in to ensure they secure the best possible price for striker Alberto Gilardino.

First qualifying round draw
 
Game 1 LIVERPOOL v TNS
Game 2 FC Haka v Pyunik
Game 3 HB Torshavn v FBK Kaunas
Game 4 FC Levadia Tallinn v Dinamo Tbilisi
Game 5 NK Gorica v KF Tirana
Game 6 FC Kairat Almaty v FC Artmedia Bratislava
Game 7 PFC Neftchi v FH Hafnarfjordur
Game 8 Rabotnicki v Skonto FC
Game 9 GLENTORAN v SHELBOURNE
Game 10 Dinamo Minsk v Anorthosis Famagusta
Game 11Sliema Wanderers v FC Sheriff
Game 12 F91 Dudelange v NK Zrinjski
 
(Ties to be played over two legs 12/13 July and 19/20 July)
 
Second qualifying round draw
 
CELTIC v FC Kairat Almaty or FC Artmedia Bratislava
HB Torshavn or FBK Kaunas v LIVERPOOL or TNS
GLENTORAN or SHELBOURNE v Steaua Bucharest
 
(Ties to be played over two legs 26/27 July and 2/3 August)

 West Brom are poised to offer £4m plus Robert Earnshaw for Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson (Daily Mirror).
 
Chelsea are furious with the new fixture list, with away matches in the Premiership following each of their first five European games (The Sun).
 
Arsenal have been given permission to speak to Stuttgart midfielder Alexander Hleb over a proposed £6m move (Daily Mirror).
 
Southampton boss Harry Redknapp has warned he will leave the club if Sir Clive Woodward interferes in team selection (The Sun).
 
Newcastle are hoping to secure the services of Inter Milan midfielder Emre Belozoglu (Daily Mirror).
 
Aston Villa keeper Stefan Postma may be set for a move to Spain following newspaper allegations about his private life (Daily Express).
 
Claus Lundekvam could spurn the offer of a testimonial at Southampton to link up again with former boss Gordon Strachan at Celtic (Daily Mirror).
 
Portsmouth admit they are highly unlikely to agree to the £30,000 a week wage demands of former striker John Aloisi (Daily Express).
 
Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has matched the £750,000 tag imposed by Panathinaikos for midfielder Angelos Basinas, also wanted by Manchester City and Portsmouth (The Sun).
 
Chelsea are willing to part with Juan Veron to snap up Atletico Madrid's 21-year-old striker Fernando Torres (The Sun).
 
Former Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson has slammed the club for replacing academy chief John Carver with ex-West Ham manager Glenn Roeder (Daily Mirror).
 
Striker Maciej Zurawski will make Celtic wait before he agrees to join the Celtic club from Wisla Krakow. (Daily Record)
 
Ex-Parma coach Nevio Scala has admitted that he is willing to fly to Edinburgh at short notice to be given a guided tour at Hearts - if they are still interested in him becoming their manager. (Daily Record)

Sebastien Frey n'aura pas mis longtemps à trouver un nouveau club. Désireux de partir de Parme, sauvé in-extremis de la rélegation le week-end dernier, le gardien français, 25 ans, s'est engagé jeudi avec la Fiorentina sous la forme d'un prêt d'un an avec option d'achat.

A peine arrivé à la tête du Vfb Stuttgart, Giovanni Trapattoni fait parler de lui. L'Italien entend remplacer Alexander Hleb, en partance pour Arsenal, par Luis Figo qui n'est plus désiré au Real Madrid. Evoqué à Manchester United, à Lyon, en Turquie, au Qatar, voilà donc une nouvelle possibilité qui s'offre au Portugais âgé de 32 ans.