Transfers 13/7

Bordeaux on Nuno Gomes

Jean Louis Triaud, president of Bordeaux, has started negotiations with Jose Veiga, the agent of Nuno Gomes. The Portuguese revelation of Euro 2000 has received a lot of propositions since his performances last month in the European Championship. His club, Benfica, are not certain to sell him, but an offer of around £13 million (€20m) could be decisive.

Bordeaux are planning to replace Sylvain Wiltord. Since the Board agreed to a deal with Arsenal over the French international, they now have to think about a future forward.

Emile M’Penza also looks to be in the club’s plans. The Belgian star admitted a few days ago that he dreamed of playing in France. By now he should probably be aware of the “Girondins” interest in him. The transfer from Schalke 04 is evaluated to £9 million (€14 m). M’Penza is a player that would suit the French club fine and they are ready to open their wallet to get the international star.

Bordeaux has lost one of the best player at the departure of Wiltord, but M’Penza or Gomes could be the perfect replacement for the club that aim to win the French League next season.

Anelka denies PSG signing

Real Madrid striker Nicolas Anelka says he is in talks with Paris St Germain over a possible return to France which could be announced as early as next week.

But the French international denied he had already signed a pre-contract agreement with PSG.

Anelka, writing on his website said: "It's said that I have signed for PSG. That makes me laugh.

"I can't say that I'm not talking to PSG. I've always said that PSG will always be my club.

"But I repeat: nothing is signed and nothing will be signed before next Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday."

French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Monday that Real president Lorenzo Sanz -- who faces a leadership challenge from Florentino Perez with the vote set for Sunday -- had agreed to release Anelka for a fee of some FF200 million (€30.5m).

Anelka played for PSG in 1996 before moving to English Premiership side Arsenal in January 1997.

He joined Real in August 1999 but failed to settle, scoring just two league goals and becoming embroiled in a series of rows with the club.

He picked up a lengthy suspension for refusing to train but on his return to the side, he scored important goals in each leg of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich and went on to play in Real's final victory over Valencia.

Brazilian Cesar joins Rennes

In an about-turn, PSG’s Brazilian international defender Cesar will now join French rivals Rennes. The 23-year-old looked all set to return to Brazil with Sao Paulo, but then decided to remain in France. The deal is for four years and will cost an estimated £3.5 million (€5.6m).

As reported by soccer.com, the Brazilian announced: “I hesitated when Rennes contacted me as they are an ambitious club. I didn’t want to return to Brazil as a failure.”

He continued: “The opportunity to play for a big club (Sao Paulo) also appealed to me as I want to regain my place in the Brazilian team.”

Rennes vice president, Hubert Guidal commented: “Rennes will benefit from the fact that Cesar has something to prove and will be extremely motivated. If he regains his place in the national team, it will mean he is happy with us and the team will also benefit.”

PSG’s new signing, Moroccan El Karkouri, was the reason for Cesar’s departure from the Paris club. Upon signing, the Moroccan was preferred to Cesar as the starting defender.

The capture of the Brazilian follows on the heels of Rennes’s acquisition of Olivier Echoufani, who was bought from Strasbourg.