Football Transfer Rumours - May-18-2008

Tottenham are weighing up a move for Michael Owen if their bid to land Samuel Eto'o collapses

Roy Keane hopes to cash in on Manchester City's summer clearout by landing Stephen Ireland

Villa have reached agreement with Chelsea for midfielder Steve Sidwell. The fee for the former Reading star is £7m

Martin O'Neill is confident he will land Arsenal's Justin Hoyte after failing with a £4.5m bid last year

Tottenham have emerged as favourites to sign Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o after making a £24m bid. And they have also made their interest in West Ham's Dean Ashton clear to the Hammers

Galatasaray's Turkish midfielder Arda Turan is an £11m target for Newcastle

Everton want to bid £11m for Valencia winger Joaquin

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to raid his homeland, France for three players to make up for the loss of Mathieu Flamini. Wenger has identified Lille midfielder Jean Makoun, St-Etienne right-back Mahamadou Dabo and Marseille's Samir Nasri

The Reds will turn their attention to Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing if they fail to land Aston Villa's Gareth Barry

Liverpool are close to completing a £13m double swoop for Italian defender Andrea Dossena and Espanyol left winger Albert Riera

Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne has set his heart on a summer move to Tottenham despite efforts by Sven-Goran Eriksson to keep him at Eastlands

John Arne Riise is ready to snub a move to Newcastle for the lure of Champions League football next season with Schalke emerging as favourites to sign him

Juande Ramos wants £8m-rated Sevilla defender Adriano Correia added to his Tottenham squad this summer

James McFadden is a wanted man following Birmingham's relegation - with Portsmouth, Sunderland and Celtic chasing the £6m-rated striker

Chelsea are being strongly linked with a move for departing Barcelona midfielder Deco