Arsene Wenger has given Patrick Vieira until Saturday to decide whether he wants to stay at Highbury or move to Real Madrid.

The Gunners boss urged Vieira to put Arsenal fans out of their misery and commit his future to the club.

Wenger said: "We have to have an answer from Patrick by the start of the season. We don’t want Patrick to go, but the decision is up to him." (Daily Mirror)

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Liverpool have accepted a £3million Spurs bid for midfielder Danny Murphy.

Tottenham’s offer for the England international matches the fee paid by former Anfield chief Roy Evans to Crewe seven years ago.

Liverpool spokesman Ian Cotton said: "I can confirm Liverpool have accepted an offer from Tottenham for Danny." (The Sun)

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Sir Alex Ferguson’s injury crisis has deepened ahead of Manchester United’s Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Bucharest in Romania on Wednesday. (Daily Express)

United fly out tomorrow with nine first-team players out after Wes Brown and Louis Saha joined the casualty list.

Ferguson said: "It’s the worst start to a season for injury I’ve ever known and a lot of it is down to summer football."

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Celtic’s chairman has claimed Alan Shearer wanted to quit Newcastle in the summer and plotted his own move north of the border, report The Sun.

Parkhead chief Brian Quinn insisted Shearer and his agent first contacted them about a transfer.

Quinn said: "The interest in Alan Shearer was not generated by us in the first place, it was generated by the other side - the player and his agent. We had an interest but it never crystallised into a formal offer."

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Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has confirmed the club’s summer spending spree is over.

New manager Jose Mourinho has splashed out nearly £90million on seven players, but Kenyon says he now has all the fresh faces he wants.

"The cheque book is closed primarily because the manager wants a squad of 23 or 24 and that’s what we’ve got," said Kenyon. (Daily Mirror)