However, Villa are keen to push through a deal before the end of the season and Bruce is attempting to convince Jose Mourinho to offload the stopper. My mum has always said that its not how you start a career, its how you finish it. Rex Features7Jose Mourinho is desperate for a big-name signing in the summer. Southampton boss Claude Puel was keen on landing the maverick on a loan deal in January but admitted he was out of his price range. Palace are paying a £2million loan fee but crucially have no option or commitment to buy. BARCELONA are keen to tie three promising academy prospects to long-term contracts and ward off Premier League interest, according to reports in Catalonia. es in cryo-chamber as Sunderland star looks to stay fitAnd Defoe celebrated his return from almost four years on the international scrapheap with Englands opener? in the 2-0 win over Lithuania. Theres a lot of things I do away from training and playing that help me to perform on a match day. AP:Associated Press3Tiemoue Bakayoko played a key part in knocking Manchester City out of the Champi. I had three days to pick a squad in October, so I was always going to pick players I knew.