Everton and Hamburg have emerged as favourites to win the race for the signature of one of the stars of French football…the Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana. However, North London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal have also expressed their interest in the Marseille captain.

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Marseille are reportedly leading the chase for the services of Klaas Jan Huntelaar according to press reports in Spain, France and Holland. The player is reported to have recently travelled to the South of France to discuss a move. Bundesliga side Stuttgart are also in negotiations. This would be a very surprising move considering the size of interested clubs in England who are also tracking the star.

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Injury to Fabio Aurelio has led to Rafa Benitez stepping up his pursuit of Marseille’s powerful left-back Taye Taiwo. Aurelio seriously injured his knee while playing football on holiday in Brazil with his family and may be out until 2010 according to reports.

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Long-term Everton and Arsenal target Stephane M’Bia has declared that he wants to sign for French league runners-up Marseille this summer. The Cameroon international had previously stated he wished to sign for Everton but his latest comments suggest that his future now remains in France.

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Liverpool and Wigan have been named as interested suitors of Marseille playmaker Mathieu Valbuena according to his agent Christophe Hutteau. He told skysports.com, “Mathieu would very much be interested in playing in England as the Premier League is the best in Europe.”

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Tottenham were viewed as favourites to win the race for the signature of one of the stars of French football…the Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana this summer. However, new of Gunners target Felipe Melo signing a contract extension at Fiorentina has led to speculation that Arsenal will know compete with their North London rivals for the Marseille captain.

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Reports suggest that Manchester United may well be preparing for life after Cristiano Ronaldo with a trio of top class young signings. Having already clinched £17m Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia, Sir Alex Ferguson will now attempt to secure the signings of Chile’s Alexis Sanchez and French striker Karim Benzema to provide the Red Devils with a new cutting edge for 2009/10. Here’s our look at the next two stars on Sir Alex’s hitlist.

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Tottenham were viewed as favourites to win the race for the signature of one of the stars of French football…the Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana this summer. However, new of Gunners target Felipe Melo signing a contract extension at Fiorentina has led to speculation that Arsenal will know compete with their North London rivals for the Marseille captain.

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Tottenham are favourites to win the race for the signature of one of the stars of French football…the Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana this summer. The list of reported admirers for the Marseille captain includes Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool.

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Marseille’s powerful left-back Taye Taiwo has issued a ‘come and get me’ plea to the Premier League big four which is sure to alert Liverpool who may well be in the hunt for to add a left-sided defender following the disappointing performance of Andrea Dossena last season. Portsmouth’s Glen Johnson looks likely to move to Anfield and alongside Taiwo would provide Liverpool with two of the most attacking full-backs in the Premier League.

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