Rumours: Man United beat Liverpool to Christian Benteke, Claudio Ranieri wants Carlton Cole at Leicester

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Thursday 16 July 2015 at 8:30am

Benteke is on his way to Man United. Credit: PA

Man United have beaten Liverpool in the race to Christian Benteke and will announce the Belgian striker's £32.5m purchase before this weekend (Sun)

Claudio Ranieri is ready to make former Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole his first signing at Leicester (Mirror)

West Brom have improved their offer for Nottingham Forest midfielder Michael Antonio to £5m (Guardian)

Arsenal are in talks to sign Roma's Italian international defender Alessio Romagnoli, but have yet to match the Serie A club's £24m asking price (Telegraph)

Aston Villa are hopeful of landing young Nice defender Jordan Amavi this week in a deal worth around £9m (Telegraph)