Football Transfer Rumours - Aug-11-2011

QPR and Wolves have approached former West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger.

QPR and Wolves have approached former West Ham midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is already lining up a replacement for Barcelona-bound Cesc Fabregas as he weighs up a £12m bid for Russian prodigy Alan Dzagoev. Arsenal scouts saw him play for CSKA Moscow against Zenit St Petersburg recently and were at Russia's friendly with Serbia last night.

Manchester City are lining up a deal for 17-year-old Argentine midfielder Eugenio Isnaldo after taking him on trial from Newell's Old Boys

Blackburn have made a bid for Leicester defender Sol Bamba and are "quite close" to agreeing a deal for the Ivory Coast international, according to Rovers boss Steve Kean

Bolton boss Owen Coyle is ready to make an increased £4million bid for Liverpool striker David Ngog.

Celtic are set to revive their interest in Fraser Forster by making a third and final offer to Newcastle United for the £2m-rated goalkeeper who spent last season on loan in Glasgow

Celtic have been warned they must move quickly if they wish to secure a deal for Jagiellonia Bialystok goalkeeper Grzegorz Sandomierski after Racing Genk agreed a fee of £2m for the 21-year-old

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has made an approach to Middlesbrough for 24-year-old centre-back Matthew Bates.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas hopes to strengthen his rearguard with the signing of Rolando, a central defender from former club Porto.

The potential £2m sale of defender Joseph Yobo to Fenerbache could free up funds for Everton manager David Moyes to make moves in the transfer market.

Real Madrid winger Pedro Leon is a target for Fulham, Villa and Everton after turning down a move to Getafe.

The Potters have made a final offer of £17m to Tottenham for striker Peter Crouch and midfielder Wilson Palacios.

Barton could quit England to take up the chance to play in Russia with Zenit St Petersburg. An offer of a £68,000-a-week contract is expected.

Stoke are set to capitalise on Joey Barton's fall-out with Newcastle by offering the midfielder wages of £60,000 a week.

Liverpool are on the verge of completing the signing of Jose Enrique from Newcastle in a £5.5m switch. The Magpies have an immediate replacement in mind with PSV Einghoven's Erik Peters available for a similar fee

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce hopes to set up a loan deal for Tottenham winger Niko Kranjcar.

Arsenal have joined Tottenham in the race for FC Twente striker Bryan Ruiz.

Spurs are also believed to have entered talks with Porto over the possibility of signing Brazilian striker Hulk, who has an £88m buy-out clause in his contract.

Tottenham may turn their attention to Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi again as Athletic Bilbao are unwilling to accept an offer for Fernando Llorente

Manchester City have lined up £5m-rated Fiorentina winger Alessio Cerci as an alternative target should they fail in their attempts to buy Samir Nasri from Arsenal.

Wigan have West Bromwich Albion frontman Peter Odemwingie in their sights as a replacement for Hugo Rodallega, who they fear could be a target for Arsenal.

Swansea want to bolster their forward line with the free-transfer signing of France veteran David Trezeguet.

Chelsea will offer Yossi Benayoun to Spurs as they try to seal the signing of Luka Modric.

Eto'o has agreed personal terms with Anzhi Makhachkala - and will become the highest-paid player in the world on wages of £300,000 a week.

Carlos Tevez is set to move to Inter Milan on loan - if the Serie A club sell Samuel Eto'o to Anzhi Makhachkala.

Chelsea coach Roberto di Matteo travelled to Stuttgart to watch Santos playmaker Neymar score for Brazil in their 3-2 defeat by Germany. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona and Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala are all monitoring the 19-year-old.

Fabregas will have to pay Arsenal £4.5m - at a rate of £900,000 a year - to secure his move to boyhood club Barcelona.

Arsenal have had a change of heart over Samir Nasri and will now accept bids of £22m to allow the Frenchman to follow Cesc Fabregas in leaving the club. Manager Arsene Wenger will pursue Valencia's Juan Mata as a replacement.