North America

+ Ben Rycroft: Hamilton and Ottawa formally apply to NASL.

+ David Beckham has ”no interest” in leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy and has had no contact with West Ham.

England

+ Manchester United are lining up a £12million bid for Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil.

+ Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed plans to devise a formula to pair Javier Hernández with Wayne Rooney in a new-look Manchester United strike force following the Mexican forward’s stunning debut against the MLS All-Stars in Houston.

+ Manchester City’s talks with Santos about the future of Robinho have broken down and the player is preparing to return to England and the deeply unsatisfactory prospect of beginning the season at a club where he knows he is not wanted and is profoundly unhappy.

+ Landon Donovan has held preliminary talks over a permanent transfer to the Premier League and revealed he would love the opportunity to return to Everton.

+ Benfica midfielder Ramires has pleaded with the club to resolve his transfer to Chelsea and release him for his "dream move" to Stamford Bridge.

+ Cesc Fabregas has revealed the conflicting thoughts dominating his mind as the transfer saga of the summer – his will it/won’t it happen move to Barcelona – rumbles on.

+ Mark Hughes will attempt to scupper Tottenham Hotspur’s move for Craig Bellamy after he was confirmed as Fulham’s new manger.

+ Liverpool have failed to land Luke Young after the Aston Villa defender refused to take a £10,000-a-week pay cut.

Spain

+ Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is eager to don the number 7 jersey formerly donned by legend Raul.

+ Maicon’s move to Real Madrid is being sabotaged by someone, according to the player’s agent.

Italy

+ Lazio have signed left-back Javier Garrido from Manchester City just days after selling their defender Aleksandar Kolarov to the English side.

+ Genoa have joined the race for Sebastian Giovinco just a day after the Juventus player became very tempted by Bari’s offer.

France

+ Nicolas Anelka is suing L’Equipe for defamation over their publication of his alleged outburst at Raymond Domenech at the World Cup. In response to Anelka, L’Equipe say they will call on witnesses who saw his confrontation with Domenech. Will the ‘traitor’ be unmasked? [via @tomwfootball]

+ Marseille defender Souleymane Diawara will be out for four to six weeks with a thigh injury sustained in Wednesday’s Champions Trophy.

Portugal

+ Porto has signed Brazilian striker Walter to a five-year deal.

Greece

+ Lyon defender Jean-Alain Boumsong is on the verge of sealing a move to Panathinaikos after landing in Athens.

Scotland

+ Celtic have announced the signing of Israel midfielder Beram Kayal.

+ Former Germany international Timo Hildebrand has claimed he has had an approach from Celtic and is seriously considering it.

Europa League

+ David Ngog struck twice as Roy Hodgson began his reign as Liverpool manager with a comfortable 2-0 victory from a potentially tricky Europa League test at FK Rabotnicki.

+ Uefa have confirmed they are aware of claims that racist chants were directed at Liverpool’s players during last night’s Europa League qualifying game against Rabotnicki in Macedonia.

+ Shamrock Rovers’ hopes of causing a huge upset are all but over after a double from Amauri gave Juventus a 2-0 victory in the first leg at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin.

Argentina

+ Carlos Bilardo, who has been accused by Diego Maradona of betrayal and working behind the scenes to have him dismissed as Argentina’s coach, says the former playing great was to blame for his own downfall.

+ Joel Richards: Maradona exit as chaotic as his tenure.

+ Juan Roman Riquelme has agreed to a new four-year deal with Boca Juniors.