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Rangers have signed Charlton midfielder Amdy Faye on a season-long loan.

The 30-year-old completed his move to the Ibrox club in the early hours of the morning.

He is eligible to play in the Champions League, where Rangers will face Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart in the group stage.

Faye joined Charlton last year in a £2million move from Newcastle.

His first taste of British football came when Harry Redknapp signed him for Portsmouth from Auxerre in 2003.

The powerful midfielder was also part of the Senegal World Cup squad a year earlier.

Faye becomes the latest summer signing to check in at Ibrox, as Rangers attempt to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.

They sit top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 100% record and booked their place in the Champions League proper with a 1-0 aggregate win over Red Star Belgrade midweek.

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SEOUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) - South Korea forward Lee Chun-soo has signed a four-year deal with Dutch club Feyenoord.

The diminutive winger would fly to the Netherlands on Friday afternoon to complete the 2 million euros ($2.7 million) deal, his Korean side Ulsan said in a statement.

Lee had been linked with a move to England's Premier League throughout the close season but a deal never materialised.

'We have come to the decision to let Lee Chun-soo move to Feyenoord for 2 million euros on a four-year contract,' Ulsan said in the statement.

'We have had these discussions for several months but the reason we hadn't been able to work out a deal was because Feyenoord had wanted a loan deal while Lee wanted a move.'

Lee had an unsuccessful stint in Spain after the 2002 World Cup but has been in red-hot form since his return to Korea. He won the K-League's MVP award in 2005 and was one of the few bright spots in the Koreans' 2006 World Cup campaign

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MADRID, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid have agreed to sign Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta, the Primera Liga club said on Friday.

The 25-year-old product of the Barca youth system will take a medical later on Friday and sign a one-year deal after being told he was surplus to requirements at the Nou Camp.

Motta's arrival as a holding midfielder has facilitated the sale of Atletico's Frenchman Peter Luccin to Real Zaragoza on a three-year contract.

Luccin, 28, had been a first-team regular at the Calderon since moving from Celta Vigo in 2004. No financial details were released.

Motta joins Diego Forlan, Simao Sabrosa, Jose Antonio Reyes and Luis Garcia, among other new signings at Atletico, who have spent more than 70 million euros ($95.63 million) assembling their squad during the close season.

Both Atletico and Zaragoza are in the UEFA Cup this year.

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MILAN, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Inter Milan forward [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Recoba]Alvaro Recoba[/url] has signed for Torino on loan, the Serie A clubs said on Friday, making it unlikely that Adriano will leave Inter before the transfer deadline shuts.

Uruguayan Recoba, who has spent 10 years at the San Siro, including a loan spell at Venezia, had been knocked down the pecking order at the Italian champions given their array of attacking talent.

Torino and Inter announced the loan deal on their website.

Inter President Massimo Moratti said earlier this week that he would only let one of either Recoba and Adriano leave and that the Brazilian could only go out on loan.

England's West Ham United held talks with Inter about Adriano while Manchester City, Lazio and Parma have also expressed an interest.

Adriano, who has lost his place in the Inter and Brazil sides after two years of patchy form and weight problems, has said he would only consider a permanent move away and would prefer to stay and fight for his place at Inter.


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Rangers have finally signed striker Steven Naismith from Kilmarnock for a fee of £1.9m.

The Ibrox club failed with repeated offers for the 20-year-old over the summer but got their man in the final few minutes of the transfer window.

Naismith submitted then withdrew a transfer request at Rugby Park and has performed well for Killie this term.

Rangers claimed they had dropped their interest in the SPFA Young Player of the Year but nipped in with a late bid.

Sandy Bryson, head of the Scottish FA's registration department, confirmed that paperwork confirming the deal was complete arrived by fax at Hampden at 23.59 BST, beating the midnight deadline.

Naismith, who bagged 19 goals last season, has been on target once already during this campaign - in the 3-0 CIS Cup win at Peterhead.

And he turned in a good performance against Rangers in the 2-1 loss to the league leaders at Rugby Park last weekend.

Celtic enquired about a possible move for Naismith in late July but Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies claimed the Scottish champions then failed to follow up a verbal offer.

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Reading have signed Liam Rosenior from Fulham, with Seol Ki-Hyeon moving in the opposite direction.

Both deals are for undisclosed fees with right-back Rosenior signing a three-year deal with the Royals.

"We are extremely pleased to be signing a very talented England Under-21 international," said Reading director of football Nick Hammond.

"He has significant Premier league experience but is also still only 23-year-old."

South Korean winger Seol spent last season with Reading after moving from Wolves and helped the club to an impressive first season in the Premier League.

Hammond added: "Seol's impact on the team was very significant in the early months of last season.

"He played an important role in establishing us in the Premier league during those important opening weeks."

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Middlesbrough have completed the signing of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_O%27Neil]Gary O'Neil[/url] from Portsmouth for a fee believed to be £5m.

"I didn't think he would be available but he has now become available for various reasons at Portsmouth," said Boro boss Gareth Southgate.

"He's somebody I've been an admirer of for some time," added Southgate.

O'Neil, 24, started out as a trainee at Pompey and only signed a new five-year deal with the Fratton Park outfit in July 2006.

He made his debut for the club at 16 against Barnsley and had been a first-team regular for the past few seasons.

But Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp's need to raise money to complete other deals saw O'Neil being allowed to leave and the right-sided midfielder has been snapped up by Southgate.

Redknapp signed Glen Johnson and Papa Bouba Diop on transfer deadline day.

"I attempted to sign him when I first got this job this time last year and I tried again earlier this summer but I really didn't think we were going to be able to get him," said Southgate.

"But Harry Redknapp needed some money to buy another player he wants and that's worked in our favour."


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Newcastle have completed the signing of Senegal defenders Abdoulaye Faye and Habib Beye for undisclosed fees from Bolton and Marseille respectively.

Faye, 29, links up with ex-Bolton boss Sam Allardyce, now in charge at Newcastle, who had signed him from Lens during the 2005-6 season.

He operated mainly as a defensive midfielder during his time at Bolton.

Marseille captain Beye, 29, can play at right-back or centre-back, and like Faye, has signed a three-year deal.

He had spent four years with Marseille after joining from Strasbourg in 2003.

The versatile 6ft 2in Faye began his career with Senegal outfits ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc before moving to Lens.

After a spell at French club Istres he joined Bolton on loan in the summer of 2005 before sealing a permanent deal in December of that year.

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West Ham left it late on transfer deadline day before sealing the signings of Nolberto Solano from Newcastle and Henri Camara from Wigan.

Senegal striker Camara, 30, signed a season-long loan deal.

Peruvian international Solano, 32, joined on a one-year contract, with the option of another year.

Solano had informed Newcastle he wanted to move closer to London to be near his wife, from whom he is separated, and their children.

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Arsenal have signed midfielder Lassana Diarra from Chelsea on a "long-term contract" for an undisclosed fee.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has been a long-term admirer of the Frenchman, who played against Arsenal in last season's Carling Cup final.

Diarra spoke of his admiration for the French tactician and revealed that Arsenal's free-flowing football was a deciding factor.

"I have great respect for the manager Arsene Wenger and am attracted by the style of football that the team plays," Diarra told the club's official website.

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"Of course I am excited by what the future holds and keen to play my part in helping Arsenal fight for trophies this season and for years to come."

Diarra spent much of last season playing at right-back for Chelsea but his natural role is at defensive midfield.

Wenger praised the versatility of the youngster, he said: "Lassana is a multi-functional player, making him a great addition to our squad.

"Not only is he hard working, he has a creative edge and is comfortable playing in the middle of the pitch or at right back."

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yeah we did

tranfer window is shut, no more signings till January.

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doyin, you be pompey fan? If you're I'm sorry to say you guys will lose big time.

West Ham sign Nolberto Solano from Newcastle

Reading sign defender Liam Rosenior from Fulham on a 3 year deal

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Ade is coming to Gambia, better join the meet and greet service. Its a once in a life time opportunity muki .

cabali:
how about henry being signed up 4 chelsea abeg I don't believe all these stories y'all

now that will be absolutely ridiculous.

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Henman is playing too, last I heard it was 5-5 in the first set.

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@A40, don't mind me

Aston Villa have signed Togo international Moustapha Salifou for an undisclosed fee.

The midfielder becomes Villa manager Martin O'Neill's third acquisition during the last 48 hours.

Salifou, 24, has moved to Villa Park from Swiss outfit FC Wil on a one-year contract.

Salifou played in all three of his country's group matches in the 2006 World Cup in Germany alongside Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebeyor.


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He follows defenders Zat Knight and Curtis Davies into Villa Park to take O'Neill's summer signings to six in total.

O'Neill said of Salifou: "He has great determination to succeed at this level and may well prove to be an excellent asset."

Villa owner Randy Lerner has now spent more than £40million on new players since taking control of the club 12 months ago.

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I swear I've just seen Crouch at the emirates .

Jankovic lost the first set now thats shocking.

yeah but there were signs then but 2day nada.

If i'm to go with those sources, Huntelaar has also been spoted in Manchester and will end up sigining for either manutd or man city b4 the transfer window closes.

There is definitely not going to be any last minute signings.

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