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The Citizens are reportedly ready to offer the Real Madrid striker a deal of more than £300,000 a week.

The Poland striker has one year remaining on his Borussia Dortmund contract but has made no secret of his desire to join Bayern Munich.

IBNLive Sports gives you Tuesday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world.

The 31-year-old who scored just five goals from just 26 appearances is dicey about his future with the Los Blancos.

Atletico Madrid will complete the signing in 5.1 million euros with Barca reserving 50 per cent of the rights over any future transfer.

Rafinha Alcantara, brother of Thiago, has penned a three-year contract extension with Barcelona, but the 20-year-old is open to a loan move elsewhere.

Leo Baptistao signed a five-year contract with Atletico.

Brazil midfielder Paulinho is set to undergo a medical at Tottenham on Friday ahead of a move from Corinthians.

Birmingham will have to meet various add-ons before getting full value of the transfer, estimated to be 3.2m pounds.

Isco's transfer from Malaga was completed last week, and his five-year contract was finalised after a medical exam.

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio has bolstered his squad ahead of the new Premier League season by signing three players.

Former Brazil and Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo has been sacked by Brazilian top-flight club Gremio after a run of poor performances.

Aleksandar Kolarov has dropped a hint that he would follow suite to team-mate Carlos Tevez and snub Manchester City for Juventus.

Frenchman Franck Ribery put pen to paper on a new contract with Bayern Munich until 2017, the German football giant announced.

According to Scolari, Bernard has 'joy in his legs' and the fresh-faced youngster said he was happy with the vote of confidence.

The I-league clubs rejected the idea of the AIFF to introduce the US conference format and decided to stick to the home-and-away schedule.