TRANSFER ZONE - 31st August 2013

• Real Madrid have revealed that they have persuaded Tottenham to sell Welsh winger Gareth Bale for £78 million, which is £2 million less than world record fee paid for Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

• Manchester United are set to table an improved £30 million bid for Atletico Bilbao playmaker Ander Herrera after their initial £25 million bid was rejected yesterday.

• Chelsea have completed the signing of Porto and Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu for £3.5 million who is expected to join Vitesse Arnhem on loan.

• Tottenham have announced the triple signing of striker Erik Lamela from Roma for £30 million, defender Vlad Chiriches from Steaua Bucharest for £8.5 million and midfielder Christian Eriksen from Ajax for £11.5 million.

• Liverpool have lined up £25 million double swoop for PSG defender Mamadou Sakho and Sporting Lisbon defender Tiago Ilori.

• Arsenal are desperate to sign Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler who is valued at £60 million but Arsene Wenger is willing to offer £40 million for the German wonderkid.

• Tottenham are ready to listen to offers for either Jermain Defoe or Emmanuel Adebayo.

•  Everton are lining up a late move for Portuguese midfielder Viana Diogo before the end of the transfer window.