Manchester United bid for £70m AC Milan star Kaka

AC Milan's Brazilian ace Kaka has now been targetted by a second Manchester club - United - according to the Sun, and seems a lot keener on a move to Old Trafford than he did to Manchester City earlier this season. A source close to the player told the paper: "It was a very positive meeting [with the club], although nothing was agreed. The player wants a five-year contract and wages of £135,000 a week. He is very keen to join United." Man Utd would also have to pay the San Siro club around £70m for the player...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has turned down an audacious bid from Bayern Munich to lure him to the Bundesliga to be their manager. The Frenchman was invited to name his price as the Bavarian giants lined him up to replace Jurgen Klinsman, but the attractions of remaining in the Premier League were too much for Wenger...

Another manager staying in the Premier League is Gianfranco Zola at West Ham, who signed a four-year deal with the east London club despite the perillous state of the club's finances. The Italian replaced Alan Curbishley earlier this season and with former Chelsea assistant coach Steve Clarke as his right hand man, has taken the Hammers to the brink of European competition next season...

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has stressed how keen he is to keep Erik Nevland at the west London club, after the Norwegian came off the bench again to score and secure another victory for the high-flying Cottagers. Nevland has been kept out of the starting line-up this year by Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson, but Hodgson values his role as an impact sub and will fight off a bid from Nevland's former club Viking... ·