Football Transfer Rumours - Mar-16-2008

Arsenal have prepared a bid for Brazil's under-20 international striker Diogo who is currently playing for Sao Paulo side Portuguesa and is valued at £6m

Middlesbrough midfield duo George Boateng and Fabio Rochemback want to leave the Riverside at the end of the season. Celtic are keeping an eye on the situation surrounding Boateng, 32, while Rochemback, 26 wants to return to Sporting Lisbon

Italian giants Juventus intend to make a move in the summer for Manchester United's 21-year-old defender Gerard Pique

Sunderland striker Dwight Yorke is contemplating a return to Australia to play for Central Coast Mariners

The £40m price tag that Sevilla have put on their Brazilian striker Luis Fabiano will not put off Manchester United

Meanwhile, Villarreal's £7m-rated defensive midfielder Marcus Senna is being chased by Middlesbrough and Aston Villa

Tottenham are poised to move for Spanish side Villarreal's 26-year-old goalkeeper Diego Lopez, who is valued at £8m

Meanwhile QPR's billionaire owners, Formula One bosses Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal are in talks with former Real Madrid and Portugal midfielder Luis Figo, whose contract with Inter Milan finishes at the end of this season

Harry Redknapp is interested in QPR's Hungarian midfielder Akos Buzasky who will cost around £2.5m

Harry Kewell will sign for Celtic at the end of the season after being told by Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez he can go

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is keen to sign German defender Per Mertesacker from Werder Bremen - the 23-year-old has already played 40 games for his country

The former England manager is also keen on emerging Brazilian striker Diego, 23, who has been impressing at German side Werder Bremen, as he tries to build a City side capable of pushing for the Champions League next season

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson wants to sign striker Michael Owen, who has 18 months left on his Newcastle contract