Friday's transfer grapevine
Friday, 18 Jul 2008 13:40
A host of players could be leaving Spurs this summer
Juande Ramos' long-awaited clearout at Tottenham Hotspur is set to begin in earnest.
Sunderland have been strongly linked with a combined £16 million move for four of White Hart Lane's unwanted personnel.
Right-back
Pascal Chimbonda, winger
Steed Malbranque, centre-back
Younes Kaboul and midfielder
Teemu Tainio are all expected to sign for the Black Cats.
Manchester United remain confident of signing wantaway Bulgarian
Dimitar Berbatov, while his sometime strike partner
Darren Bent is still being used as bait along with
Paul Robinson to tempt Blackburn Rovers to sell prized asset
David Bentley.
Staying in north London, Arsenal's attempts to sign Portsmouth's Croatian star
Niko Kranjcar have been stopped in their tracks after the midfielder said he was happy to stay on the south coast despite interest from Monaco.
Samuel Eto'o is virtually guaranteed to not be plying his trade at Stamford Bridge next season, with Chelsea rejecting a straight swap deal for
Didier Drogba.
The Blues' bid to capture Real Madrid's Brazilian forward
Robinho could be in jeopardy after Barcelona joined the race to sign him.
Elsewhere Premier League newboys Stoke City are expected to finalise the £5 million signing of Reading striker
Dave Kitson, while
Robert Green's unease at a lack of a new contract at West Ham has alerted a host of clubs in need of a keeper, including Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Manchester City.