**Summer Transfer Thread: News, Rumours and Speculation**

BREAKING GOSSIP

0940 BST: Inter Milan have agreed to sign Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder in a deal worth about 16m Euros. Sneijder had been linked with Manchester United and Aston Villa. (AFP)

0832 BST: Tottenham's have had their loan offer for Le Havre midfielder Kevin Anin rejected by the French club. (L'Equipe)

0820 BST: Everton have been knocked back in their efforts to replace Joleon Lescott with Benfica's Brazilian central defender Luisao. (Portuguese press)

Keep an eye on the gossip column throughout the day for updates and breaking news during the transfer window.

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Spartak Moscow have made a £10m offer to re-sign Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Full story: The Mirror

Ipswich manager Roy Keane is to raid his former club for four players with Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter, Daryl Murphy and Nyron Nosworthy set to leave Sunderland.
Full story: The Mirror

Striker Andriy Shevchenko finally looks set to leave Chelsea after he was left out of their Champions League squad.
Full story: The Mirror

Chelsea are set to re-ignite their interest in Feyenoord forward Jonathan de Guzman.
Full story: The Mirror

Aston Villa are closing in on a double swoop for Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock and Manchester City centre-back Richard Dunne.
Full story: The Mirror

Middlesbrough are set to sign striker Danny Webber who was released by Sheffield United in the summer.
Full story: The Mirror

Bolton have launched a bid to re-sign midfielder Kevin Nolan from Newcastle United.
Full story: The Mirror

Sunderland are set to launch a £6m bid for Hull defender Michael Turner.
Full story: Daily Mail

Brazilian side Internacional have rejected a £14m bid from Tottenham for midfielder Sandro.
Full story: The Independent

Celtic captain Steve McManus has rejected the opportunity to join Ipswich Town on loan. (The Guardian)

Notts County director of football Sven Goran Eriksson has failed in his bid to tempt Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved out of retirement.
Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester United are set to sign Empoli's Italian duo Manuel Pucciarelli and Alberto Masacci. (Daily Telegraph)

Wigan are ready to make a £1m move for Honduras forward Carlos Costly, who currently plays for Polish side GKS Belchatow. (Daily Telegraph)

Birmingham are set to sign Middlesbrough forward Tuncay for £5m. (Daily Mail)

Stoke are lining up a £5m bid for young Uruguay midfielder Diego Arismendi.
Full story: The Mirror

The Potters have also made a renewed offer for Cardiff City midfielder Joe Ledley. (The Times)

Bolton have had a £6.5m offer for midfielder Achille Emana turned down by Real Betis. (The Times)

Fulham are poised to sign Salzburg striker Marc Janko on a season-long loan.
Full story: The Mirror

Hull are interested in signing Reading defender Liam Rosenior.
Full story: The Mirror

Reading manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping Watford striker Tommy Smith will snub interest from Portsmouth and instead join the Royals.
Full story: The Sun

Greek champions Olympiakos are ready to take Tottenham forward Giovani dos Santos on loan. (Daily Star)

Former England manager Glenn Hoddle believes David Beckham should pursue a move to Chelsea to keep alive his dream of playing at next year's World Cup.
Full story: Daily Star

OTHER GOSSIP

New Portsmouth owner Sulaiman Al Fahim has vowed to turn the club into a major Premier League force after finally taking control of the south coast outfit.
Full story: The Sun

AND FINALLY

Furious Celtic players have called for Eduardo to be banned after the Arsenal striker appeared to dive to win a penalty during the Gunners' 3-1 Champions League victory on Wednesday.
Full story: Daily Mail
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Shamikebab said:
Still, saying he's arguably the best central defender in the league is just ridiculous. Yeah arguably he is, if you're an idiot or just talking about defenders named Joleon.
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He's wasn't even the best CB at Everton let alone the best in the EPL. The first thing the reporters should have asked is why did you try to sign terry then? :D
 
Andybtsn said:
Roy Keane getting desperate!
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I'm really disappointed with his signings so far at Ipswich. He might be a decent coach, but his transfer dealings are shocking. He should work beneath a director of football to be honest. Roy Keane would probably be fantastic at a continental club with their coach/director of football/president setup. Keep Roy Keane away from the transfer targets as far as possible.

I think he can be a great motivator, but the confidence at the moment around Ipswich is rock bottom and he's not helping things. I'm really afraid he's going to spend the best part of £10m in this window (he's already spent ~£4m) but fail to improve on the poor start, get annoyed and walk around christmas. :(
 
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Looks like FC Twente are trying to take David Carney away from Sheff Utd. Oh god I hope so!

Steve McLaughingstock do just this one thing for me and all is forgiven!
 
Looks like Fulham are set to sign Marc Janko on loan, should be a good signing for us, especially being about 6 ft 6. Also rumours with another defender too.. Hopefully something will happen anyway..
 
Nzyme said:
What is Southgate playing at, after our fantastic start to the season with a clean sheet in every league game why is our best defender having a medical at STOKE !
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Have you not thought about you being in the Championship, and your players wanting to play in the Premiership. Not many clubs being relegated keep hold of their best players.
 
Stoke agree terms with the boro for Tuncay

good signing for them, not sure how he will fit in with their, er, robust style of play


and as for keane and Ipswich....Leadbitter will be a good signing, he has an eye for goal and has scored some great ones for us, hes a strong tackler as well and can run all day

he simply isnt going to get a game for sunderland with the players we have bought though

he could easily do a job for one of the newly promoted premiership teams to be honest..same with edwards, again cracking shot on him, lost a bit of pace after his injury, but proven at championship level

as for Noz..yes he can make the odd mistake but he is quick and can often recover it, decent in the air and powerful..again I'm suprised if he's available one of the newly promoted teams hasnt come in for him
Murphy? I would walk to ipswich with him on my back if he wanted to go

but on the whole keane is looking at players who helped get us promotion 3 seasons ago.
 
Nzyme said:
What is Southgate playing at, after our fantastic start to the season with a clean sheet in every league game why is our best defender having a medical at STOKE !
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6m though it's being reported? I doubt Southgate has a say tbh, he wouldn't sell his best defender unless he's been told too.

Fortunately for Boro they have two ideal replacements in Mad Dog and Riggott, not sure when they are back though.

It's weird if Stoke get both Huth and Tuncay.
 
Huth and Tuncay would be two great signings for Stoke but even better for Newcastle (by making Boro weaker).

Does this mean Shawcross will leave? I know Liverpool were linked but they've now signed that Greek blokey.
 
Visionary said:
Huth and Tuncay would be two great signings for Stoke but even better for Newcastle (by making Boro weaker).

Does this mean Shawcross will leave? I know Liverpool were linked but they've now signed that Greek blokey.
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Hopefully Shawcross will stay and play along side Huth with Faye playing the defensive midfield position.

If the reports on Sky are true and we do get Tuncay as well then thats excellent business for Stoke. Middlesborough must be really desperate for cash if they let them both go for a combined 10 million fee (source sky sports news).
 
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