Arsenal are set to make Gonzalo Higuain their highest paid player if a transfer fee is agreed with Real Madrid. Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas says Gareth Bale will not be leaving for Real Madrid despite their interest. Chelsea defender David Luiz requires surgery after suffering a broken nose playing for Brazil.

1. SOCCER AND TRANSFER NEWS
21-06-2013
Arsenal are set to make 25-year-old striker Gonzalo
Higuain the club's highest-paid player once a
transfer fee is agreed with Real Madrid, according
to the London Evening Standard.
West Ham
United sign
Danny
Whitehead
from
Conference
North side
Stockport
County for an
undisclosed fee.
England international
Jay Bothroyd is
released from his
contract by QPR.
Bothroyd joined QPR
on a free transfer in
the summer of 2011
and signed a three-
year deal, but the club
had the option of
releasing him after two
years.
Tottenham Hotspur manager
Andre Villas-Boas is quoted in
Spanish national daily sports
newspaper Marca saying
Gareth Bale will not be leaving
White Hart Lane this summer
despite Real Madrid's very
public pursuit of the player.
"We have the pledge of the
chairman that Bale is not going
to leave the club," Villas-Boas
says.
Chelsea defender David
Luiz requires surgery after
suffering a broken nose
playing for Brazil. The 26-
year-old incurred the
injury in a collision with
team-mate Thiago Silva
during Wednesday's 2-0
win over Mexico in the
Confederations Cup.
Chelsea and England midfielder
Frank Lampard is 35 today.
Lampard joined Chelsea in an
£11m move from West Ham in
June 2001 and has gone on to
score 203 goals in 609
appearances in all competitions
for the Blues. He has also won
97 caps for England.
A Spanish judge summons Barcelona's
Lionel Messi to court over tax fraud
allegations.
Messi, and his father are accused of
defrauding the Spanish authorities of
more than £3.4m. They are suspected of
using companies abroad - in Belize and
Uruguay - to sell the rights to use Messi's
image. They both deny the allegations.
Manchester City hope to
complete a £21m deal
for Malaga midfielder
Isco in the next 48
hours. There were fears
Real Madrid could hijack
City's move for the 21-
year-old, who indicated
on Thursday that a deal
with the Blues could be
tied up over the
weekend.
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