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It could be sooner than we thought. If Jose were to come in I doubt he will bring in a 40-50 million striker like Falcao, Cavani and company.

The Germany star, part of the Bayern side that lost to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in 2010, thought he had won the trophy for the Bavarians against Chelsea last year.

The 27-year-old could cost in excess of A 20million as he penned a four-year deal when arriving from Trabzonspor last summer.

Europe's elite club competition reaches it's climax at Wembley with Germany's top-two sides going head-to-head. Bayern Munich go in as odds-on favourites in 90 minutes but Jorgen Klopp's Dortmund have already dumped out Real Madrid and are 7/4 to lift the trophy.

In March 1940, as the effects of war began to dawn on Germany, Hermann Goering announced Metallspende.

Whoever Cardiff City sign this summer, whatever the transfer fee, whichever team they arrive from, the man who holds the key to the Bluebirds' Premier League destiny is arguably already ensconced at the club.

Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images Chelsea 's pursuit of a striker to add to their forward options has led the reigning European champions and Europa League winners to lodge an inquiry with Galatasaray about the availability of their Turkey international Burak Yilmaz.

Bayern Munich are out to exorcise the ghosts of losing the 2012 Champions League final at home to Chelsea when they take on Borussia Dortmund on Saturday at Wembley for the European title.

Intensely irritating to some, hugely entertaining to others, the outspoken and colourful Jose Mourinho has proven time and again that success is never far from his golden touch.

Supporters have long been calling for his return, particularly this season while the team has been under the interim control of Rafael Benitez, Mourinho's former adversary while the Spaniard was at Liverpool.

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Asked what makes Mourinho so successful, Lampard told Talksport: "It's a presence and an aura and a way with people.

Spurs have to keep Gareth Bale. He's scored 21 goals this season and nine from outside the box, the highest total of long range goals in Europe's top leagues.

Rafael Benitez is confident striker Fernando Torres can return to being an unstoppable force as the interim boss prepares for his final competitive game at Chelsea.

They have revealed that Roman Abramovich is prepared to spend over A 30million to sign Rooney, and the club is ready to pay him his A 250,000-a-week United salary.

Chelsea's remarkably busy 69-game season ends on Sunday against Everton , and you could forgive Chelsea interim manager Rafa BenA tez if he'd decided to take a short nap on the couch late Friday afternoon after winning the Europa League title on Wednesday and ensuring that Chelsea will finish in the Premier League top four to qualify for next ... (more)

Redemption for Fernando Torres after his general woes at the club, redemption for Branislav Ivanovic after he missed the Champions League final win in Munich, and a last-gasp vindication for the departing Rafael Benitez, who has once again showed himself to be a master of the cup final and gone some way to erasing that iffy spell at Inter Milan.

Veteran striker Didier Drogba was again left out of the Ivory Coast squad when coach Sabri Lamouchi unveiled his 26 players for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Gambia and Tanzania.

Case in point, Turkish soccer team Galatasaray, which is reportedly planning to protest racism by having players wear blackface for its next league match.

Now the gruelling competition has finished, it's time to sift through some of the best goals seen on the European stage this season.

Galatasaray are thought to be lining up a double swoop on the capital to take John Terry and Dimitar Berbatov to Turkey.