Wigan say they have received “acceptable” bids of £14m to £18m from Manchester United and Real Madrid for winger Antonio Valencia. Daily Mail

It was just a couple of years ago Valencia just shipped out to Wigan originally on loan. Now two of the biggest clubs in the world are calling for his services.

United are also interested in signing Atletico Madrid’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, who scored 17 goals in La Liga last season and is valued at £45m. The Independent

Nothing new with regards to Aguero who I don’t see leaving Atletico Madrid for at least another year.

Midfielder Cesc Fabregas has dropped his biggest hint yet that he could leave Arsenal, calling the club “impotent” because of their failure to challenge for the title and suggesting he would like to join Real Madrid. The Sun

Fabregas famously left his boyhood club Barcelona so it wouldn’t be impossible to image him playing for Real Madrid sometime down the road.

Middlesbrough have paved the way for winger Stewart Downing to join Tottenham by signing Mark Yeates from Colchester (Daily Express).

Good news Boro fans you have replaced an England international with a player from Colchester.

Turkish club Besiktas want Portsmouth midfielder John Utaka and Greek top-flight newcomers Atromitos are interested in Pompey’s veteran defender Sol Campbell (Daily Mirror).

Utaka hasn’t exactly set the world on fire since coming over a couple of years ago. As for Campbell ending your career in Greece isn’t the worst thing in the world.

Former Liverpool and Sunderland striker Djibril Cisse is to have a medical with Greek side Panathinaikos (Daily Star).

Says something about his time at England last year that no other EPL club tried to snatch Cisse.

Liverpool have received an offer from Malaga for their unwanted goalkeeper, Charles Itandje, who was fined for misbehaving during the Hillsborough memorial service (The Guardian).

Only took them two years to dump Itandje on some other club.

Stoke have added Newcastle striker Alan Smith to their list of summer transfer targets (Daily Telegraph).

This would be music to Newcastle’s ears.

England Under-21 winger Theo Walcott says he played so badly against Finland in the European Under-21 Championship that even his parents booed him when he was substituted. (Various)

At least he had a sense of humour about it. The time to stop getting by on potential is quickly coming to end up for Walcott. He’ll need to prove soon that he can play at a top level game in and game out instead of just showing flashes of brilliance one game and being invisible the next.