Football Transfer Rumours - Oct-11-2009

Bolton manager Gary Megson is preparing a bid of around £2m to sign Newcastle midfielder Alan Smith in January.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is keen to sign Newcastle left-back Jose Enrique.

Manchester United and Chelsea are checking on Brazil's 19-year-old Vasco da Gama midfielder Alex Teixeira Santos at the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Former Barcelona, Liverpool and Chelsea midfielder Boudewijn Zenden is set to complete a move to Sunderland at the end of this week.

Arsenal defender Gael Clichy is a £16m target for Real Madrid - the Frenchman's representatives have been contacted by the Spanish club with a view to a deal next summer.

City forward Robinho could make a loan move to Barcelona in January, with the Manchester club hopeful that midfielder Yaya Toure will come in the opposite direction.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is monitoring midfielder Yossi Benayoun's situation at Liverpool as he prepares for the January transfer window.

Portsmouth's David James wants to move to Tottenham to ensure that he goes into the 2010 World Cup finals as England's first-choice goalkeeper.

Milan want to swap Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar with Tottenham forward Roman Pavlyuchenko.