26/07/09: Transfer Rumors

‘Manchester City have agreed personal terms with Arsenal defender Kolo Toure in a deal worth £15m, while the Eastlands club also expect to sign Chelsea captain John Terry and Everton defender Joleon Lescott by the end of August.’ – Sunday Times

‘City’s deal for Terry is edging closer with a £35m fee likely for the England captain.’ – Daily Mail

‘However, such a move would actually seem unlikely with Terry ready to commit to a new £150,000-a-week deal which would mean he will end his career with Chelsea.’ – Sunday Express

‘Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is planning a £7m bid for Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou, 23, whose contract at Stamford Bridge runs out at the end of the season.’ – News of the World

‘And the Arsenal boss is planning to make a £15m move for Real Madrid striker – and Tottenham target – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and a £10m bid for Wigan midfielder Lee Cattermole’ – Sunday Express

‘Wenger is also leading the race to sign Brazilian ‘wonderkid’ Wellington, 17.’ – News of the World

‘West Ham will demand £15m for centre-back Matthew Upson, who is being chased by Tottenham, but if Manchester City fail to buy John Terry City boss Mark Hughes will make a move for Upson.’ – News of the World

‘Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch will complete a £10m move to Tottenham on Monday.’ – Sunday Mirror

‘Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp will fly out to Amsterdam to thrash out personal terms with Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, 25, after agreeing an £18m deal with the Spanish side.’ – News of the World

‘Spurs also lead the chase for Leeds United midfielder Fabien Delph – the highly-rated 19-year-old would cost £6m.’ – Sunday Times

‘Aston Villa look likely to land Totteham midfielder Jermaine Jenas, 26, and Villa boss Martin O’Neill will sell Nigel Reo-Coker and Craig Gardner to make room for the England international.’ – News of the World

‘Another player who could be leaving Spurs is Scottish right-back Alan Hutton, who is a £7m target for Everton.’ – News of the World

‘And yet more talk of an exit from White Hart Lane for Spurs striker Darren Bent with Sunderland making a club-record £15m bid for the 25-year-old.’ – News of the World

‘Stoke, Fulham and Hull are battling to sign West Ham’s injury-plagued striker Dean Ashton for £5m.’ – Sunday Express

‘Meanwhile, a move for West Ham midfielder Julien Faubert is being considered by Bayer Leverkusen.’ – News of the World

‘Hull boss Phil Brown wants to sign Newcastle defender Habib Beye, 31, for £2.5m.’ – News of the World

‘Porstmouth boss Paul Hart wants to bring Nottingham Forest defenders Wes Morgan and James Perch to Fratton Park. Hart has already had a £1.5m bid for Perch turned down.’ – News of the World

‘Madrid businessman Carlos Gonzalez will decide on Monday, to finalise the payment for the purchase option of La Liga club Real Mallorca for about 5m euros, after preliminary contract signed a few days ago with the owner and president of the club, Mateo Alemany’ – Marca

‘LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham will turn his back on a return to the Premier League and rejoin AC Milan on loan in December.’ – Sunday Mirror

‘Sporting Braga’s César Peixoto could make a move for rivals Benfica’ – Benfica Record.

‘Mourinho has admitted that he has pursued Samuel Eto’o for years’ – Gazzetta dello Sport

‘Juventus have quashed rumors concerning the transfer of French striker David Trezeguet stating that they have not received any concrete offer from Milan with club’s sporting director Alessio Secco echoing the club sentiments of not wanting to sell the 31-year-old striker to rivals AC Milan’ – L’Equipe

‘Meanwhile, Juventus club chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli confirmed the club’s interest in Barcelona’s young Uruguayan player, Caceres’ – Gazetta dello Sport

‘And FC Barcelona have found the central defender they wanted in the form of Shakhtar Donetsk’s Dmitro Chygrynskiy for a fee in the region of 15 to 20, if Caceres leaves Barcelona to join Juventus.’ – L’Equipe

‘Ligue 1 side Bordeaux will be informed of Fulham striker Diomansy Kamara’s availability’ – L’Equipe

‘FC Cologne who are building their team from scratch are interested in AS Monaco’s Nikola Pokrivac, who arrived from Zagreg in January 2008.’ – L’Equipe

‘Fenerbahçe’s Spanish international striker, Daniel Guiza, is reportedly a Lyon target with the seven times champions having to dish out 12m euros’ – L’Equipe