Man Utd make last offer for Tevez

Manchester United will make a last-ditch bid to keep Carlos Tevez at the club, but their offer of £20m for the Argentinean striker looks doomed to failure as Liverpool and Manchester City have both matched the player's valuation of £25m. Sir Alex Ferguson will instead renew his interest, according to the Daily Mirror, in Karim Benzema of Lyon. The 21-year-old French international could cost Manchester United more then £30m, but Ferguson believes the younger player represents better value for money than Tevez...

The Arsenal board and fans will be happy to have seen that Florentino Perez's first move as Real Madrid president was to appoint Manuel Pelligrini as the coach of the Spanish club, meaning Emirates boss Arsene Wenger won't be on his way to Real. The 55-year-old is leaving La Liga side Villarreal to take over at the Bernabeu, with Perez having had to pay $5.7m to buy out the Chilean's contract...

New Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has immediately stamped his mark on the club, demanding that they sign AC Milan's Brazilian teenager Alexandre Pato and defender Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. Ancelotti is reported in the Sun to have offered his old club £30m for Pato, 19, while Johnson, a former Chelsea player, would costs the Blues in excess of £12m...

Birmingham City, who were promoted back to the Premier League at the first time of asking last season, look set to break their transfer record with a bid for £9m-rated Ecuadorian striker Christian Benitez. The 23-year-old who plays for Santos Laguna in Mexico is also being tracked by other Premier League clubs, and will make his decision on Blues boss Alex McLeish's offer on Wednesday... ·