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Manchester United right back Rafael has been called up by Brazil to take the place of injured Barcelona defender Daniel Alves.

Motherwell left-back Stevie Hammell has signed a new two-year contract.

Teenagers Todd Kane, 18 and Nathaniel Chalobah, 17, who have never played for Chelsea's senior side, have been called into the squad for Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich, caretaker coach Roberto Di Matteo said on Friday.

Granit Xhaka has become the latest star to leave FC Basel after the Switzerland midfielder agreed to join Borussia Moenchengladbach on a five-year contract.

Toulouse have handed youngsters Amadou Soukouna and Yannick Aguemon professional contracts after they graduated from the youth team with success.

Norwich City reject a transfer request from striker Grant Holt, who scored 15 Premier League goals for the club last season.

Portsmouth's former owner Balram Chainrai makes an offer to buy back the stricken club. If it is accepted by creditors, the club could be out of administration within six weeks.

Everton release six players whose contracts have expired, including midfielder James McFadden and goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. Goalkeepers Adam Davies and Connor Roberts, winger Femi Orenuga and defender Toto Nsiala have been all released having never featured for the first team.

Kaiserslautern have sacked head coach Krasimir Balakov following their bottom-placed finish in the Bundesliga, chairman Dieter Rombach confirmed to SWR Radio.

Serbian football champions Partizan Belgrade have named the club's former coach Vladimir Vermezovic as successor to Avram Grant who will step down at the end of the season despite winning the league title.

Fans will have to fork out 10 euros (£8.04) to watch Spain's second string squad train in an Austrian resort ahead of Euro 2012, tourism organisers said on Friday.

Edy Reja has quit as Lazio manager, despite pleas to stay from club president Claudio Lotito.

Villa Park will host this season's FA Community Shield between Manchester City and Chelsea instead of Wembley, which hosts the Olympic football final the day before.

Bolton striker Kevin Davies has signed a new one-year contract at the club but Wanderers' relegation from the Premier League is being felt with 12 players on their way out.

Prospective new Rangers owner Charles Green has vowed to freeze season ticket prices after revealing administrators Duff and Phelps have informed Ticketus of their intention to terminate their contract.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in talks with Aston Villa over the club's vacant manager's job, his current club Molde have confirmed.

Poland's goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski wants to leave Arsenal after months of watching his compatriot Wojciech Szczesny from the bench, a Polish daily quoted the 27-year-old as saying.

QPR have offered several of their young players extended stays at Loftus Road. Angelo Balanta, Michael Harriman, Aaron Lennox and Taylor Parmenter have all been offered new contracts by the west Londoners.

Leicester City have signed Fleetwood Town striker Jamie Vardy in a record-breaking £1 million deal.

Leicester City have signed Fleetwood Town striker Jamie Vardy in a record-breaking £1 million deal.

The deal is thought to be the highest transfer fee ever paid for a non-league player.

Leicester beat off competition from Cardiff to secure the services of the 25-year-old, who scored 34 goals in 40 appearances for Fleetwood last season as they won the Conference and earned promotion to League Two.

Vardy is the Foxes' third signing of the week following the capture of defender Ritchie De Laet and midfielder Matty James from Manchester United.

Billy Bodin and Nathan Thompson have been offered new deals at Swindon but the Robins are to release five players.

Yeovil midfielder Dominic Blizzard has agreed a new one-year deal with the npower League One club.

Ten players are to leave Stevenage this summer. Out of contract players Scott Laird and John Mousinho have both turned down improved deals while Ronnie Henry has been released.

Byron Anthony and Scott McGleish head the group of players released by Bristol Rovers after the npower League Two side revealed its retained list.

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Jack Collison has handed West Ham a major fitness boost ahead of their Championship play-off final against Blackpool.

Liverpool have been granted permission by Wigan to speak to Roberto Martinez over the vacant manager's job at Anfield.

Internazionale have agreed an 11-million-euro fee with Porto to keep Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarin at the Serie A club.

Swansea have cancelled the contract of goalkeeper Jose Moreira by mutual consent.

Former Manchester United star Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rapidly emerged as a red-hot favourite to become the next Aston Villa manager.

Partizan coach Avram Grant will step down at the end of the season despite winning the league title with the Serbian club, the former Chelsea manager said on Thursday.

Fulham have agreed a one-year contract extension with midfielder Mahamadou Diarra.

Italian giants AC Milan have confirmed the arrival of Nancy and Mali midfielder Bakaye Traore from French club Nancy on a Bosman transfer.

Greece coach Fernando Santos leaned on experience in announcing his provisional 25-man Euro 2012 squad on Thursday.

For Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben, Saturday's Champions League final against Chelsea in the Bavarian capital is the game of a lifetime and a chance to make amends for 2010.

Relegated Sporting Gijon have parted company with former Spain coach Javier Clemente after three months and appointed Manolo Sanchez in his place for next season.

Cameroon's football federation has dismissed former striker Roger Milla from his post as honorary president of the organisation after his calls for a clean-up of the leadership.

Morecambe have completed their first signing of the summer by securing full-back Robbie Threlfall on a two-year deal.

UEFA has confirmed that Portuguese referee Pedro Proenca will take charge of the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea on Saturday.