Cristiano Ronaldo in £80m Real deal, Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea, Ruud van Nistelrooy in Spurs deal and much more in today's Daily Mirror

By Oliver Pickup in Football Spy

Published 07:49 11/06/09

Cristiano Ronaldo is off to Real Madrid - a snip, at £80m!

Andrea Pirlo, the Italy and AC Milan playmaker, has refused to rule out a move to Chelsea.

Harry Redknapp will have to convince Spurs chiefs that buying the injury prone striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is a good idea before they shell out the cash needed for the Real Madrid star.

Rafa Benitez has again stood his ground on his Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano. He is going nowhere, the Spanish manager insists, in spite what Barcelona and others say.

Newcastle United will offload a raft of first-team players in a bid to chop the wage bill.

Fulham are favourites to sign unsettled Middlesbrough star Gary O'Neil - but hew will cost them a cool £5m.

Stoke and Wigan are chasing wantaway Middlesbrough striker Jeremie Aliadiere.

Wolves will sign American 36-year-old goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann on a free.

Birmingham are closing in on a £3.5million deal for Coventry defender Scott Dann.

Blackburn will look to add some steel to their defence by reviving their interest in Ivory Coast international Marco Zoro of Benfica.

West Brom face a player revolt if manager Tony Mowbray leaves for Celtic.

Gareth Southgate is ready to make Colchester winger Mark Yeates a Middlesbrough player.

Leeds will try and sell star striker Jermaine Beckford - because he only has one for year on his contract and they want to cash in.

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