Football Rumours

Didier Deschamps should be unveilled as the new Irish manager.

Jermaine Defoe to the Villa - his new girlfriend was seen looking in estate agents windows in Handsworth.

Robert Earnshaw will join Leicester for ?3,000,000. The club are also trying to make a bid for Rangers Barry Ferguson.

Rivaldo to sign for Leicester either Thursday or Friday, 2.5 m a year contract.

Villa sign Emanuel Villa (UAG Tecos (Mexico) - ?2,000,000)

Sunderland have signed teenage defender Jean-Yves M'voto from Paris Saint-Germain on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

Middlesbrough?s attempt to sign Heerenveen striker Afonso Alves seems to have developed a hitch as AZ Alkmaar reportedly claim that they have a pre-contract agreement with the player.

Manchester United have beaten several Premiership sides to clinch the signing of highly rated Republic of Ireland teenager Robert Brady from Dublin-based St Kevins Boys.

Sevilla's Fredi Kanoute has played down rumours linking him with a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

Bolton winger Daniel Braaten is considering a loan move away from The Reebok.