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Tottenham Hotspur started their pre-season with a lesson from Villarreal at White Hart Lane this week. Guiseppe Rossi, the ex-Man Utd striker scored twice and only a consolation from Giovanni Dos Santos made the score halfway respectable.

Spurs have got a Champions League Qualifier coming up very soon but they will need to improve drastically on this performance to get through to the Group Stages.

The Chelsea and England U21 defender Michael Mancienne is asking Chelsea to allow him to join Wolverhampton Wanderers on a permanent basis after spending the most of the last two years on loan at the club.

Mancienne said: “I’ve been at Chelsea since I was a kid and I’d love to break into the first team, but it’s hard for any young player knowing how much quality they’ve got.

The Liverpool legend Ian Rush thinks that the signing of Joe Cole is “fantastic” and he is absolutely perfect to work behind Fernando Torres in the Liverpool midfield.

“I think it’s a fantastic buy,” said the club’s record goalscorer.

“When you look at what we’ve got attacking-wise we’ve got younger lads but we needed more experience and Cole brings that.

According to reports today, the ex-Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole has made his mind up and plumped for a move to Anfield for the new season.

A report on ESPN said: Liverpool have signed former Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole on a free transfer.

The Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear that the Blues are not interested in signing Fernando Torres from Liverpool, as Chelsea already have four first-team strikers.

“I don’t think we need other strikers,” he said. “Nothing has changed because in the next days we have Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou back and we have Daniel Sturridge.”

There has been much speculation for the last month that the Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is being pursued by Chelsea, but the Spanish international has put his future on hold during the World Cup.

Now he has lifted the trophy with Spain, he is going to return to Liverpool to sort out his future, and his international team-mate David Villa has revealed that Torres is considering a move to Stamford Bridge.

The Chelsea transfer rumours are coming in thick and fast now that the World Cup is in its last minutes, and the two rumours that have been most prominent this summer is Chelsea’s pursuit of Sergio Aguero and Fernando Torres.

It seems to be a lot harder to prise Torres away from Liverpool, but it now seems that Aguero is ready to leave Atletico Madrid, and is still extremely keen on moving to Stamford Bridge, even if Torres arrives as competition!

The Liverpool striker Fernando Torres wants to talk to Roy Hodgson after the World Cup, and find out what the future holds for the Reds before deciding whether to stay at Anfield or not next season.

The Chelsea midfielder Deco has been quite open about his desire to move back to Brazil, despite still having one year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge, and he has been in South America negotiating a deal with Fluminense.

Now everything is set, and all that remains is for him to agree the terms of his release from Chelsea, which he intends to do this week, according to the Fluminense president Celso Barros.

It appears that Chelsea have made enquiries about the Brazilian international midfielder Ramires, who is currently playing for Benfica in Portugal.

Ramires’ agent, Luis Carlini, has reported that Chelsea have actually spoken to Benfica about a possible move.

“Many clubs from the big European leagues have been in contact about Ramires,” Carlini said.

“Chelsea and Bayern have spoken to Benfica, but I can’t say more.”