North America
+ The Vancouver Whitecaps will pick first in January’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
+ Some Canadian Guys: Canada friendlies — who gets the call?
+ The Yorkies: Arabe Unido v Toronto FC — “Panama! Pana-maha”
+ The View from the South Stands: TFC struggles on television.
+ Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Chad Marshall and Danny O’Rourke did not make the trip to Mexico for a CCL game at Santos Laguna on Tuesday.
+ Jack Bell: Red Bulls rookies quietly making a difference.
+ WVHooligan: A look at the remaining schedules for MLS clubs.
+ Midfielder Lee Sawyer, who played for Chelsea’s junior teams and the England U18 national team, will be on trial with the Revolution this week.

England
+ Roy Hodgson expressed his frustration and annoyance with Javier Mascherano after Liverpool suffered their heaviest defeat to Manchester City for 73 years, losing 3-0 in a match in which the Argentinian is understood to have ruled himself out on the grounds he is chasing a move to Barcelona.
+ Daniel Taylor: Sheikh Mansour sees his money work hard in shape of James Milner.
+ Zonal Marking: Man City 3-0 Liverpool: Roy Hodgson’s 4-4-2 completely outplayed.
+ Liverpool are closing in on a deal to sign PSV Eindhoven duo Ola Toivonen and Carlos Salcido.
+ Harry Redknapp has made a move to sign Lassana Diarra from Real Madrid and talks with the midfielder are believed to be progressing positively.
+ Paul Scholes could yet be offered a return to the England set-up after it emerged that Fabio Capello is to ask the Manchester United midfielder to clarify his publicly expressed sense of regret at having declined a late invitation to be included in the World Cup squad.
+ James Lawton: Scholes will surely never play for England again, but where else can Capello turn?
+ Henry Winter: Mikel Arteta’s England call-up would be a step into heart of darkness.
+ Nicklas Bendtner has severed his relationship with the Danish therapist who controversially claimed that he could more than halve the Arsenal striker’s recovery time from injury.
+ The BBC is content to leave the Premier League to scrutinise Sir Alex Ferguson’s continued refusal to grant post-match interviews when its board meets at the end of next month after the Manchester United manager refused to end his six-year boycott of the corporation.
+ Birmingham are set to make an improved £9m offer for Wigan’s Charles N’Zogbia and are also keen on £2m PSV Eindhoven leftback Carlos Salcido.
+ Fulham have confirmed the signing Algeria defender Rafik Halliche on a three-year deal from Benfica.
+ Michael Hann: Is QPR’s Moroccan international Adel Tarrabt the signing of the summer?
+ When Saturday Comes: Rohan Ricketts pushes the boundaries in Moldova.

Italy
+ Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani will apparently offer Marco Borriello in exchange to loan Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
+ Alberto Aquilani has apparently passed a truly marathon medical at Juventus, which lasted six hours.
+ Roque Santa Cruz’s agent believes Lazio have tabled a 6million euros offer for his client.
+ Lazio midfielder Cristian Ledesma has finally signed a new contract after a year of bitter negotiations.
+ Alessandro Diamanti has been linked to a number of Serie A clubs and reports in his Italy claim an initial loan move to Brescia is set to be finalised.
+ Diego Cavalieri has completed his move to Cesena.
+ The Swiss Ramble: The price of Inter’s success.

Spain
+ Jose Mourinho has admitted Manchester City have usurped Real Madrid as the dominant force in football’s transfer market, after revealing that he was outbid for Serbia left-back Aleksandar Kolarov and would be unable to sign Emmanuel Adebayor.
+ Mahamadou Diarra is surplus to requirements at Real Madrid after Jose Mourinho’s summer spending spree and the Mali international is attracting interest from England.

France
+ Olympique Lyonnais have announced that they have struck a deal with Bordeaux for the transfer of France playmaker Yoann Gourcuff on a long-term deal worth up to 26.5 million Euros.
+ France international Aly Cissokho will be sidelined for up to a month after tearing his hamstring – the same injury suffered by teammates Cris and Michel Bastos last week – in the 1-0 win over Brest on Saturday.
+ The agent of controversial Olympique de Marseille attacking midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa has explained to Le Parisien on Tuesday morning that his client has reached an agreement with an unnamed club.
+ After the discovery of a ‘cardiac anomaly’ in his medical, further tests have prompted club doctors to give Marseille new recruit Loïc Rémy the all-clear to continue his playing career in the blue and white shirt.

Germany
+ Bayern Munich’s honorary president Franz Beckenbauer has criticised want-away defender Martin Demichelis for refusing to sit on the bench at the weekend.

Russia
+ Rubin Kazan’s official website has announced the signing of Carlos Eduardo from Hoffenheim on a four-year deal.

Turkey
+ Robinho is set to meet with officials from Fenerbahce in Manchester on Tuesday in a bid to seal a move before the Aug 31 transfer deadline.
+ New Zealand World Cup star Shane Smeltz is set to complete a move to Turkish Super League side Genclerbirligi after a transfer agreement was reached with Gold Coast United on Tuesday.

Netherlands
+ Ajax have confirmed the signing of former Middlesbrough striker Mido on a one-year contract.

Scotland
+ 40-year old defender David Weir is set to make a dramatic return to the Scotland team after being named in Craig Levein’s squad for the Euro 2012 qualifying double-header against Lithuania and Liechtenstein next month.