Football transfer gossip (Aug 15): Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona, West Ham, Spurs, Sunderland.

(From Yorkshire Evening Post)

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Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is preparing a AGBP10m raid on his old club Chelsea for striker Didier Drogba.

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Manchester United will move for Porto midfielder Raul Meireles if they fail to land Werder Bremen's Mesut Ozil.

Full story: Sunday Mirror

Marseille are considering an offer for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov and are also keen on Tottenham forward Roman Pavlyuchenko.

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United are battling it out with Arsenal to sign Paris St Germain's 20-year-old French defender Mamadou …