Wenger rules out buying Juan Mata

Eyebrows rose and fell like a Mexican wave among those watching Arsene Wenger declare – 24 hours after conceding the ­opposite – that he was not expecting either Cesc Fabregas or Samir Nasri to leave Arsenal. 

A negotiating position it may have been, but it added to the growing feeling that the Gunners' manager had become football’s answer to King Canute – a man desperately trying to stop the inevitable.
It also fuelled the growing feeling that the Frenchman is cracking under the combined pressure of trying to hold on to his stars, keeping disgruntled fans on side and maintaining the players’ belief in his vision.

Nonetheless, he decreed he would not allow his side to use the club’s chaotic summer as an excuse for failing to impress against Newcastle in their season opener.
“It does not stop any of our players from making a good pass once you are on the pitch," said Wenger.
“When you are on the pitch, you play to win. I have seen much more difficult ­circumstances – people who lost their parents and are playing the next day and being the best man on the pitch.
"You cannot say you are a top player and yet be disturbed because there is a transfer market happening. It’s a joke.”
Many Arsenal fans do not share the ‘joke’, with many of the issues facing the club at the end of last season still unresolved with the Premier League about to return.
Despite the world and his wife being well aware that Fabregas has no intention of staying, Wenger admitted he has not yet considered who would be Arsenal's new captain.
And despite the demand for a highly-rated, experienced replacement for the Spaniard, Wenger ruled out the signing of Valencia winger Juan Mata.
He said: “We will not do [a deal for] Juan Mata. I don’t have to give a reason, we will not do it.”
Although fans are clamouring for a new centre-half, Wenger hinted the closest they may get is the return to fitness of Thomas Vermaelen.
“We will have a new centre-back by the end of the transfer window - because Vermaelen only played five games last year," he said.
“To buy just for the sake of buying, you won’t find me there. If I’m convinced the player has the ­qualities, I will always do it if he’s better than the players we have.
“We have specialised people to work everywhere. Everybody looks for centre-backs in the whole world. People with unlimited resources look for a centre-back.
"We are not in a supermarket where you go to a shelf and you ask 'Where are the centre-backs or the strikers?'”
Supporters waiting for more experience to be added elsewhere in the side are unlikely to be pleased.
“We have two markets: one is internal and one is external,” said Wenger. “Internal is the young players that we have - players who are inside the club are very important.
“Externally, if I’m convinced a player brings some extra qualities to the squad, we will always buy him - maybe even overpay a little bit.
“But to pay three or four times the price, you must really be convinced that this is the player you need.
"At the moment, we have not found that player.”

Chelsea ready to meet Pereira's £25m release clause as Juventus move for Alex

Chelsea are ready to offer £15.7million plus an unnamed player for Porto wing back Alvaro Pereira. 

The 25-year-old Uruguayan has a £25m release clause.

Juventus, meanwhile, are to make a fresh bid for Chelsea defender Alex, 29. Juve would prefer a loan but Chelsea want £10m for the Brazilian.

Tottenham and Chelsea in last chance saloon to sign Radamel Falcao

Harry Redknapp has reportedly eyed up a £35 million bid for the Colombian star, while Stamford Bridge could also be a potential destination for the forward as he has previously worked with new Chelsea boss Andres Villas-Boas.

  

If either club is to get their man then they will have to fight off competition from the two Madrid sides, with Real and Atletico both keeping an eye on developments.
Portuguese newspaper A Bola has said that Jose Mourinho is even prepared to wait until the start of next season to get his man, while Atletico's president Enrique Cerezo confirmed that Falcao 'is an objective of ours'.
Last season, Falcao scored 17 goals as his Porto side won the Europa League, including the only goal in the final against Braga.
Spurs have been hoping to bring in a top class striker all summer, with moves for Giuseppe Rossi and Alberto Gilardino among those reported.
It comes as Redknapp appears to have lost patience with current strike force Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Keane was sent out on loan last season and is wanted by Leicester City, Stoke City have bid for Peter Crouch and Pavlyuchenko's future has been in doubt for some time.

Source: Keane to sign with Galaxy

Republic of Ireland international Robbie Keane is on his way to Los Angeles where he will undergo a physical ahead of signing a two-year, $8 million contract with Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy, sources confirm to FOX Soccer's Eric Wynalda.

Keane is currently under contract to Tottenham Hotspur of the Barclays Premier League, where he has played since January 2009, his second stint with the North London club. The former Spurs captain has been sent on loan in each of the last two seasons, spending time with both Celtic (Scotland) and West Ham United (England).
The 31-year-old striker has also appeared for Coventry City (England), Internazionale (Italy), Leeds United (England) and Liverpool (England) during a professional career that started in 1997.
Keane scored a career high 23 goals (54 appearances) for Tottenham in 2007-08 before moving to Liverpool. After half a season at Anfield, Keane transferred back to White Hart Lane, where he has been unable to recapture a place in the team under manager Harry Redknapp.
Internationally, Keane holds the record for most goals scored for the Republic of Ireland, for whom he serves as captain. His two goals against Macedonia on June 4, 2011 pushed him to 51 goals in 108 appearances.
Should Keane complete his signing, Los Angeles will be forced to move one of the three Designated Players currently on their roster. Major League Soccer rules allow each team up to three players whose salaries, which would otherwise cause the team to exceed the league's $2,675,000 salary cap, only cost $335,000 toward the team's wage limit.
David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Juan Pablo Angel each fill Designated Player slots for the Galaxy.

Adam Johnson 'eyed by Aston Villa for season-long loan'

Aston Villa want to take England winger Adam Johnson on loan from Manchester City with a view to a permanent move at the end of the season.

The England international has struggled to command a regular place under Roberto Mancini, and with the imminent arrival of Samir Nasri from Arsenal, competition at Eastlands is set to increase.
That’s given Villains boss Alex McLeish encouragement that he can land the former Middlesbrough winger on a temporary basis.
Mancini is well aware of Johnson’s talents, but has previously expressed a problem with the 24-year-old’s attitude.
His lack of defensive nous has concerned the Italian, and as a result was left out of some of City’s biggest fixtures last season.
Villa, despite signing Charles N’Zogbia, are still in need of an extra wideman having sold both Stewart Downing and Ashley Young this summer, and Johnson would perfectly fit the bill.
There’s also reports that the winger has become tired of warming the bench and playing bit part roles in matches, so may well jump at the chance of regular action at Villa Park.

Ngog move's a no-go insist Liverpool

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has blocked Bolton’s £4million move for reserve striker David Ngog - because he has not yet found his replacement.

Dalglish rejected an offer from Owen Coyle’s club for the Frenchman, but the Anfield club will sell if they are able to get cover in before the window shuts at the end of the month.
Ngog was linked with Sunderland in a proposed swap deal for Jordan Henderson earlier this summer before the Kop bought the young midfielder outright.

Summer transfer window

All the summer transfer moves from every Barclays Premier League club.

It has been a busy summer of transfer activity for Barclays Premier League clubs.
Manchester City have led the way with the club record signing of striker Sergio Aguero for around £38m.
However champions Manchester United have served notice of their intent to hold onto their crown by splashing out big money on Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, goalkeeper David de Gea from Atletico Madrid and central defender Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers.
Villa replaced Young with Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan Athletic while also bringing in goalkeeper Shay Given from Man City.
Liverpool have also splashed the cash, bringing in winger Stewart Downing from Liverpool plus Blackpool's influential midfielder Charlie Adam, Roma goalkeeper Alexander Doni and Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson who could make his Reds debut against his former club.
Sunderland led the way, making 10 signings during the close season while Arsenal invested around £12m in hot young prospect Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton.
The transfer window shuts at 23:00 (BST) on Wednesday 31st August.

Arsenal

IN: Gervinho (Lille, undisclosed), Carl Jenkinson (Charlton Athletic, undisclosed), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton, undisclosed)
OUT: Gael Clichy (Manchester City, undisclosed), Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town £1.1m), Wellington (Levante, loan), Kyle Bartley (Rangers, loan)Thomas Cruise, Roarie Deacon, Mark Randall (all released)

Aston Villa

 
IN: Shay Given (Manchester City, undisclosed), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed)
OUT: Ashley Young (Manchester United, undisclosed), Stewart Downing (Liverpool, undisclosed), Brad Friedel (Tottenham Hotspur, free), Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Robert Pires, Moustapha Salifou, Isaiah Osbourne, Durrell Berry, Ellis Deeney, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester and Arsenio Halfhuid (all released).

Blackburn Rovers

IN: Myles Anderson (free agent), David Goodwillie (Dundee United, undisclosed), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed)
OUT: Phil Jones (Manchester United, £16.5m), Frank Fielding (Derby County, £400,000) Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed), Benjani Mwaruwari, Jordan Bowen, Jason Brown, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Potts, Maceo Rigters (all released).

bolton wanderers

IN: Chris Eagles (Burnley, undisclosed), Tyrone Mears (Burnley, undisclosed), Darren Pratley (Swansea City, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, free), Tuncay Sanli (Wolfsburg, loan).
OUT: Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed), Jason Brown (Aberdeen, free) Johan Elmander, Jlloyd Samuel, Joey O'Brien, Tamir Cohen, Sam Sheridan, Maison McGeechan, Tom Eckersley (all released)

Chelsea

 
IN: Thibaut Courtois (Genk, undisclosed), Oriol Romeu Vidal (Barcelona, undisclosed)
OUT: Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid, loan), Jack Cork (Southampton, undisclosed), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala, undisclosed), Jacopo Sala (Hamburg, undisclosed), Michael Mancienne (Hamburg, undisclosed),  Fabio Borini (Parma, free), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, loan), Michael Woods, Samuel Hutchinson, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk, Jan Sebek (all released)

Everton

IN: Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon, loan)
OUT: James Vaughan (Norwich City, undisclosed), Luke Dobie (Middlesbrough, free) Tom Donegan (Fulham, free) Iain Turner, Hope Akpan, Kieran Agard, Nathan Craig, Gerard Kinsella, Lee McArdle (all released)

Fulham

IN: Dan Burn (Darlington, undisclosed), Tom Donegan (Everton, free), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec, undisclosed), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, undisclosed), John-Arne Riise (Roma, undisclosed), Casaba Somogyi (free agent)
OUT: Kagisho Dikgacoi, (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed), David Stockdale (Ipswich Town, loan), Zoltan Gera (West Bromwich Albion, free), Diomansy Kamara, John Pantsil, Eddie Johnson, Matthew Saunders (all released)

Liverpool

IN: Charlie Adam (Blackpool, undisclosed), Alexander Doni (Roma, free), Stewart Downing (Aston Villa undisclosed), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, undisclosed)
OUT: Paul Konchesky (Leicester City, undisclosed), Gerardo Bruna (Blackpool, undisclosed), Tom Ince (Blackpool, free), Chris Mavinga (Rennes, undisclosed), Stephen Darby (Rochdale, loan), Peter Gulacsi (Hull City, loan), Martin Hansen (Bradford City, loan), Jason Banton, Deale Chamberlain, Douglas Cooper, Sean Highdale, Steven Irwin, Nikola Saric (all released), Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht, undisclosed)

manchester city

IN: Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Gael Clichy (Arsenal, undisclosed), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara, undisclosed)
OUT: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Shay Given (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Jo (Internacional, undisclosed), Michael Johnson (Leicester City, loan), Ben Mee (Burnley, loan), Kieran Trippier (Burnley, loan), Patrick Vieira (retired), David Gonzalez (Aberdeen, loan), Javier Garrido, Shaleum Logan, Scott Kay, Javan Vidal, James Poole, Andrew Tutte, James Wood (all released)

manchester united

IN: David de Gea (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers, £16.5m)
OUT: Nick Ajose (Peterborough United, undisclosed), Bebe (Besiktas, loan), Wes Brown and John O'Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Joe Dudgeon (Hull City, undisclosed), Ritchie de Laet (Norwich City, loan), Ryan Tunnicliffe and Scott Wootton (Peterborough United, loan) Edwin van der Sar (retired), Gary Neville (retired), Paul Scholes (retired), Owen Hargreaves, Conor Devlin (released), Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United, undisclosed)

Newcastle United

IN: Mehdi Abeid (Lens B, free), Yohan Cabaye (Lille, undisclosed), Demba Ba (West Ham United, undisclosed), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, free), Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United, undisclosed)
OUT: Kevin Nolan (West Ham United, undisclosed), Ben Tozer (Northampton Town, undisclosed), Daniel Leadbitter (Torquay United, free), Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan), Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi, Patrick McLaughlin (all released), Wayne Routledge (Swansea City, undisclosed)

Norwich City

IN: James Vaughan (Everton, undisclosed), Steve Morison (Millwall, £3.2m), Elliot Bennett (Brighton, undisclosed), Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United, loan), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield Town, undisclosed), Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur, loan), Bradley Johnson (Leeds United, undisclosed)
OUT: Luke Daley (Plymouth Argyle (free), Matt Gill, Jens Berthel-Askou, Sam Habergham (all released)

Queens Park Rangers

IN: Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City, free), Kieron Dyer (West Ham United, free), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham United, free), DJ Campbell (Blackpool, undisclosed), Brian Murphy (free agent), Bruno Perone (free agent)
OUT:  Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace, loan), Lee Brown, Pascal Chimbonda, Elliott Cox, Gavin Mahon, Joe Oastler, Josh Parker, Romone Rose, Georgias Tofas (all released)

stoke city

IN: Jonathan Woodgate (free), Matthew Upson (West Ham United, free)
OUT: Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham United, free), Matthew Lund (Oldham Athletic, loan), Ibrahima Sonko and Eidur Gudjohnsen (released)

sunderland

IN: Ahmed Elmohamady (Ennpi, £2.5m), Sebastien Larsson (Birmingham City, free), Kieran Westwood (Coventry City, free), Craig Gardner (Birmingham City, £6m), Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town, £8.1m), Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam, undisclosed), Wes Brown (Manchester United, undisclosed), John O'Shea (Manchester United, undisclosed), David Vaughan (Blackpool, free), Roarie Deacon (Arsenal, free), James McClean (Derry City, £350,000)
OUT: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, undisclosed), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, loan), Liam Noble (Carlisle United, loan), Michael Kay, Nathan Luscombe, Daniel Madden, Robert Weir, Nathan Wilson, Mvoto Jean-Yves, Bolo Zenden (all released), Steed Malbranque (St Etienne, undisclosed), George McCartney (West Ham United, loan)

Swansea City

IN: Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5m), Jose Moreira (Benfica, free), Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur, loan), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough £1.75m), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle United, undisclosed), Michel Vorm (Utrecht, £1.5m)
OUT: Dorus De Vries (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free), Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers, free), Gorka Pintado (released)

tottenham hotspur

IN: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, free), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona, free), Souleymane Coulibaly (Siena, free)
OUT: Jamie O'Hara (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £5m), Jonathan Woodgate (Stoke CIty, free), Kyle Naughton (Norwich City, loan), Bongani Khumalo (Reading, loan), Steven Caulker (Swansea City, loan), Ryan Mason (Doncaster Rovers, loan), Nathan Byrne (Bournemouth, loan), Paul-Jose M'Poku (Standard Liege, undisclosed)

west bromwich albion

IN: Gareth McAuley (Ipswich Town, free), Billy Jones (Preston North End, free), Ben Foster (Birmingham City, loan), Zoltan Gera (Fulham, free), Shane Long (Reading, undisclosed)
OUT: Boaz Myhill (Birmingham City, loan), Ryan Allsop (Millwall, undisclosed), Borja Valero (Villarreal, undisclosed), Scott Carson (Bursaspor, undisclosed), Giannia Zuiverloon (Real Mallorca, undisclosed), Giles Barnes and Abdoulaye Meite (released)

Wigan Athletic

IN: Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton Wanderers, undisclosed), David Jones (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free)
OUT: Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Steven Caldwell (Birmingham City, free), Antonio Amaya (Real Betis, undisclosed), Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes, loan), Daniel De Ridder, Joseph Holt, Jason Koumas, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Oakes, Francis Pollitt, Abian Serrano Davila (all released)

wolverhampton wanderers

IN: Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur, £5m), Dorus De Vries (Swansea City, free), Roger Johnson (Birmingham City, undisclosed)
OUT: Greg Halford (Portsmouth, undisclosed), David Jones (Wigan Athletic, free), Carl Ikeme (Middlesbrough, loan), Scott Malone (Bournemouth, loan), Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Adrian Basso, John Dunleavy, Marcus Hahnemann, Nathan Rooney (all released)

New season preview

We run the rule over each Barclays Premier League club ahead of the new season.

The waiting is almost over as the new Barclays Premier League season prepares to get under way.
The excitement has been mounting for weeks as the 20 clubs get ready for one of the most eagerly-anticipated campaigns for many years.
After a thrilling battle for the crown in 2010/11, the title race looks to be even more wide open this time round. Champions Manchester United will face the usual strong competition from perennial challengers Chelsea and Arsenal but this season they will also have to fend off big-spending neighbours Manchester City.
Liverpool have also splashed the cash in a bid to maintain the momentum under new manager Kenny Dalglish and Tottenham Hotspur are determined to break back into the top four.
In a hectic summer of transfer activity, newcomers Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Swansea City have all strengthened in a bid to secure survival.
And there are changes off the field too with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Fulham all under new management.
Click on the links below for a round-up of all your favourite club's summer activity ahead of the 2011/12 campaign.

Arsenal

 Arsenal

Aston Villa

 Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

 Blackburn Rovers

Bolton wanderers

 Bolton Wanderers

Chelsea

 Chelsea

Everton

 Everton

Fulham

 Fulham

Liverpool

 Liverpool

Manchester City

 Manchester City

Manchester United

 Manchester United

Newcastle United

 Newcastle United

Norwich City

 Norwich City

Queens Park Rangers

 QPR

Stoke city

 Stoke City

Sunderland

 Sunderland

Swansea City

 Swansea City

Tottenham Hotspur

 Tottenham Hotspur

West Bromwich Albion

 West Bromwich Albion

Wigan Athletic

 Wigan Athletic

Wolverhampton Wanderers

 Wolverhampton Wanderers

New football kit scheme launched

Premier League players are to fund a football kit and equipment scheme for young people.

The squads of all 20 Barclays Premier League clubs are to create a new £500,000 fund that will provide U16 clubs, schools and youth organisations in England and Wales with free football kit and equipment.
The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will particularly benefit those who come from areas in most need of assistance.
The idea originated at a meeting between the Premier League, delegates from the Professional Footballers' Association and Captains from all Premier League clubs. Following the meeting the players committed to 'adopt' a scheme that will deliver these valuable resources.
The players recognised the need to promote and help young people's participation in football and all 2011/12 Premier League squad players will be involved as each squad is to donate £25,000.
The Premier League Charitable Fund and the PFA will manage and administer the running of the scheme, but all of the players' £500,000 donation will fund the kit and equipment.

grassroots football

Chelsea captain John Terry said: "As someone who benefited from grassroots football I know how important it is to have the right kit and equipment. Not all kids can have access to that, especially those from deprived areas, but hopefully the Premier League Players' Kit Scheme can help.
"It's fantastic that all the players in the League are clubbing together for this. Hopefully a little of that Premier League magic will rub off on those pulling on the shirts and we'll see a few of them pulling on a real Premier League jersey in the not-too-distant future, but the biggest thing is having the opportunity to get out and have fun playing football."
Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore added: "The PFA and the Premier League players are to be congratulated for developing this important scheme as a League-wide initiative. Our players are the guys who put on the show all the way through the season but they are also very aware of the role their clubs play at the heart of their communities to positively change lives for the better. The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will undoubtedly help where it counts."
PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor said: "Our members do much more than entertain fans on the pitch and I'm proud of the fact that players donate so much to charitable causes. This is a new initiative for our players to be involved in but it is one I hope will encourage more tens of thousands of young people to participate and enjoy football."

How will the Kit Scheme work?

The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will provide successful groups with a free Nike team strip. Applications will be welcome from any club, school or youth organisation.
There is a limited number of team strips available to award, therefore this will be a competitive application process and bodies applying for the kit will only be eligible to receive one team strip, irrespective of the number of teams they operate.
Team strips will only be awarded to those who fulfil all of the criteria and priority will be given to those that come from areas that are deemed to be in most need of assistance.
To be eligible for funding, groups must also:
• Be within the qualifying age group: Under 7 to Under 16
• Have a minimum of ten registered members
• Be affiliated to an English league
• Have a Safeguarding Children policy
• Hold appropriate Public Liability Insurance.

Carling Cup draw - Thurs 11th Aug

The draw for the second round of the Carling Cup has taken place.

Liverpool have been handed a trip to Exeter City in the second round of the Carling Cup.
Everton host Sheffield United and Newcastle United go to Scunthorpe United.
Alex McLeish guided Birmingham City to victory over Arsenal in the 2011 final and now hopes for a repeat performance with Aston Villa who are home to Hereford United.
Blackburn Rovers are home to Sheffield Wednesday while Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to Northampton Town.
Wigan Athletic must wait to discover their opponents as they go to either Crawley or Crystal Palace.
West Bromwich Albion visit Bournemouth, Swansea City go to Shrewsbury and Queens Park Rangers host Rochdale.
Norwich City take on MK Dons at Carrow Road and Bolton Wanderers have a local derby at home to Macclesfield.

full draw

Millwall v Morecambe
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
Bury v Leicester City
West Ham or Aldershot v Carlisle United
Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace or Crawley v Wigan Athletic
Peterborough United v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Hereford United
Bristol City or Swindon v Southampton
Exeter City v Liverpool
Everton v Sheffield United
Brighton and Hove Albion v Sunderland
Shewsbury v Swansea City
Charlton Athletic or Reading v Preston North End
Norwich City v MK Dons
Northampton Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers v Macclesfield
Burnley v Barnet
Scunthorpe United v Newcastle United
Leyton Orient v Watford or Bristol Rovers
Doncaster Rovers v Leeds United
Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town
Queens Park Rangers v Rochdale United

Ties to be played week commencing 22nd August.