Good morning and welcome to the only place to find out all the very latest happenings in the transfer market on this Friday morning.
Club matters may not be the highest priority today as all eyes are on the FIFA election in Zurich where Sepp Blatter is bidding for a fifth consecutive term as president, despite the corruption crisis engulfing the world governing body.
The FA and UEFA are backing rival candidate Prince Ali, but despite that, Blatter is tipped to win today's election.
You can follow all the latest on that story live right here, but we'll be concentrating on all things transfer news here.
And we'll start with this story from Aston Villa, where boss Tim Sherwood is urging Christian Benteke to stick with him at Villa Park.
The Belgian striker could make his final appearance in a Villa shirt in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal - with Liverpool circling, and a £35millon buy-out clause on his head.
But Sherwood has told him to snub offers this summer - and instead target a move to Real Madrid after another season with Villa.
To stay here and score at the ratio he’s been scoring at since I took over, if he ends up with 25 or 30 goals, then goes to the Euros and has a great championship, then he is probably going to be playing for Real Madrid," says Sherwood.Elsewhere, Mark Ogden of the Daily Telegraph reports that Danny Ings will make his mind up about a move to Liverpool or Tottenham before he flies out to the Czech Republic with England under-21s for June’s Euro U21 Championships.
The Burnley striker bagged 11 goals with the Clarets this season but was unable to fire them to Premier League safety.
Liverpool have ling been the favourites to sign the 22-year-old, but Spurs have made a late run - and are willing to pay £12million to bring him to White Hart Lane.
Manchester United are understood to be out of the running for the striker, after previously expressing an interest.
Good morning and welcome to the only place to find out all the very latest happenings in the transfer market on this Friday morning.
Club matters may not be the highest priority today as all eyes are on the FIFA election in Zurich where Sepp Blatter is bidding for a fifth consecutive term as president, despite the corruption crisis engulfing the world governing body.
The FA and UEFA are backing rival candidate Prince Ali, but despite that, Blatter is tipped to win today's election.
You can follow all the latest on that story live right here, but we'll be concentrating on all things transfer news here.
And we'll start with this story from Aston Villa, where boss Tim Sherwood is urging Christian Benteke to stick with him at Villa Park.
The Belgian striker could make his final appearance in a Villa shirt in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal - with Liverpool circling, and a £35millon buy-out clause on his head.
But Sherwood has told him to snub offers this summer - and instead target a move to Real Madrid after another season with Villa.
To stay here and score at the ratio he’s been scoring at since I took over, if he ends up with 25 or 30 goals, then goes to the Euros and has a great championship, then he is probably going to be playing for Real Madrid," says Sherwood.Elsewhere, Mark Ogden of the Daily Telegraph reports that Danny Ings will make his mind up about a move to Liverpool or Tottenham before he flies out to the Czech Republic with England under-21s for June’s Euro U21 Championships.
The Burnley striker bagged 11 goals with the Clarets this season but was unable to fire them to Premier League safety.
Liverpool have ling been the favourites to sign the 22-year-old, but Spurs have made a late run - and are willing to pay £12million to bring him to White Hart Lane.
Manchester United are understood to be out of the running for the striker, after previously expressing an interest.