Football Transfer Rumours - Aug-03-2011

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has not ruled out making a bid for West Ham midfielder Scott Parker.

Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell claims he is back in talks with Arsenal after a £1m deal fell through last month

Roman Pavlyuchenko reckons Peter Crouch will leave Tottenham this month, paving the way for the Russian to sign a new deal at the club. Stoke are thought to be keen on England striker Crouch

Cardiff City will battle it out with Celtic to sign Craig Bellamy from Manchester City.

Roberto Mancini will try to persuade the Manchester City board to sanction a straight swap deal involving Carlos Tevez and Inter striker Samuel Eto'o

Ipswich boss Paul Jewell is in talks with Blackburn about signing Republic of Ireland midfielder Keith Andrews on loan.

Spurs and Arsenal were last night linked with Lazio's £15million-rated striker Mauro Zarate.

Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder has touched down in China for the Italian Super Cup game against AC Milan with a formal offer from Manchester United in his back pocket. The Netherlands international will be given a week to consider whether to take a significant pay cut to move to Old Trafford.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is ready to persuade the club's owner Roman Abramovich to try to land AC Milan's Brazilian forward Pato in a £30m player-plus-cash deal

Tottenham have bid for Blackburn's Christopher Samba in a £10m cash-plus-player deal. Spurs are willing to off-load Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane, David Bentley or Sebastian Bassong.

Arsenal are to send chief scout Steve Rowley to watch Scott Dann this weekend as they ponder a £10m bid for the Birmingham defender, with boss Arsene Wenger growing frustrated at Everton's asking price for Phil Jagielka.

New West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has made a move for Liverpool's French striker David Ngog.

Sunderland have agreed to sell midfielder Steed Malbranque to French club St Etienne, freeing up funds for them to potentially force through a loan deal for Manchester City winger Adam Johnson.

Newcastle have conceded defeat in their attempts to keep left-back Jose Enrique at the club, paving the way for a £5m move to Liverpool to be completed this week.

Celtic are keen to sign Barton, who has been placed on the transfer list and told he can leave St James' Park for free.

Tottenham have stolen a march on their main rivals, rumoured to include Arsenal and Manchester United, in the race to sign Joey Barton on a free transfer by instigating the first talks with the Newcastle United midfielder.

Manchester City are trying to sign Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon by offering striker Emmanuel Adebayor in a swap deal.

Barcelona are set to make a final push for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas by tabling a £35m offer for the Spain midfielder.

Leicester are ready to table a £7m bid for Reading striker Shane Long as manager Sven-Goran Eriksson bids to beat off competition from Premier League clubs for the prolific forward.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has cast doubt over the future of Dimitar Berbatov by appearing to suggest the Bulgarian could leave for Paris Saint-Germain. The French club are reportedly willing to pay between £18-£20m for him.