Gianluigi Buffon is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and has been linked with an audacious move to Arsenal.

So after 6 seasons of, let’s be honest, struggle, West Ham finally succumbed to the drop and from next season will be playing Championship football. After several years of bad ownership, bad management and bad players it’s all caught up with the cheery mockneys and down they went after defeat at Wigan.

West Brom are preparing a £4million raid on Fulham striker Andy Johnson.

Carlos Tevez has been linked with a move away from the club this summer but believes a title challenge next season could be enough to tempt him to stay on at the Eastlands next season.

With Gael Clichy reportedly on the way out this summer, NOTW reports that Arsenal has turned their attention to Everton full back Leighton Baines.

Every year the summer transfer market extravaganza promises so much yet tends to deliver so little. Even though increasingly sensational sums change hands each year after the dust has settled the top order tends to remain virtually unchanged. The transfer saga’s that get played out in the media get longer and even more boring year on year and very rarely does one transfer window have a serious transformative effect on the top clubs. However this year could see some genuinely fascinating developments among the contenders for Champions League football.

PFA nominee Samir Nasri is a £30million target for German giants Bayern Munich.