Real offer 40 million euros for Ballack and Robben - reports

Real Madrid have offered Chelsea around 40 million euros for German midfielder Michael Ballack and Dutch winger Arjen Robben, Spanish media reported on Saturday.

The transfer could be settled in the "coming days," sporting dailies AS and Marca and Cadena Ser radio said.

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has been on the record as saying that the Spanish giants needed the likes of Robben and Ballack.

Robben, 23, has two years left on his contract with Chelsea and has been in long drawn-out negotiations with the London club over a contract extension until 2012 but has not always been in favour with the club's Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho.

German captain Ballack has not played since he was injured playing for Chelsea in their Premiership match against Newcastle in April and had an operation to remove a loose bone from his ankle shortly after.

The 30-year-old missed his club's Champions League semi-final with Liverpool, the FA Cup final win over Manchester United and this month's Euro 2008 qualifiers.

Czech striker Koller unsettled at Monaco

Czech international striker Jan Koller is considering quitting French first division club AS Monaco after being sidelined from the first team, the Czech daily Sport reported on Saturday.

"I am very disappointed. I have thought about leaving," the giant striker told the paper.

"If the situation stays the same long term then I will have to look around for something different. But I will give it a try," he said of his substitute status.

Koller said Monaco apparently only want to play with one attacker up front with French striker Frederic Piquionne apparently preferred.

Czech coach Karel Bruckner has checked up on the situation of his first choice striker, the paper reported. The Czech team faces a key European Championship 2008 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in September.

Tevez eyes long stay at Man United, says agent

Carlos Tevez hopes he will be a Manchester United player for "a long time to come", according to his representative Kia Joorabchian.

Although the final paperwork on Tevez's United contract has yet to be completed, the Argentina star has already passed his medical and trained with his new team-mates after West Ham agreed a two-million-pound settlement for the 23-year-old to leave the club.

Joorabchian told Sky Sports News: "We tried in the last couple of months to do it very quietly and quickly and I'm very happy, we're all very delighted it has come out to be a victory for everybody in this case.

"He made it clear he was very happy last year but he knew the ambition had come now to progress and he's absolutely thrilled to move on. He's very happy that he left West Ham on a good note.

"And he's absolutely thrilled now to join Manchester United and hope that will be his club for a long time to come."

Tevez could play his first Manchester United match in the humble surroundings of either Dunfermline in Scotland or Glentoran in Northern Ireland for pre-arranged friendlies with a split squad.

Tevez's debut will mark the start of a two-year loan period, which gives United the option to complete a permanent transfer at the end.