Football Transfer Rumours - Jul-04-2011

Liverpool will offer midfielder Alberto Aquilani as bait to tempt Tottenham into selling winger Aaron Lennon.

Manchester United have reportedly given up on signing Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder and have instead turned their attention to his £20m-rated international team-mate, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Spurs are set to face competition for the signature of Standard Liege defender Eliaquim Mangala, who has previously been linked with their arch rivals Arsenal. Paris St Germain and Lille are also thought to be monitoring the £4m-rated France Under-21 star

Thomas Hitzlsperger - available on a free transfer from West Ham - could return for a second spell with Villa, although Stoke, Fulham and Blackburn are also keen on landing the midfielder

England winger Stewart Downing will this week tell new Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish he wants to leave the club. Downing is keen to make a £20m move to Liverpool.

The Reds have also renewed their interest in Newcastle United left-back Jose Enrique after failing to capture Gael Clichy from Arsenal, with the Frenchman opting for Manchester City

Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson is planning an audacious £30m swoop for Bayern Munich playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Stoke have joined the race for Manchester United's unwanted defensive pair John O'Shea and Wes Brown

Tottenham are increasingly confident they will win the race to sign Brazilian striker Leandro Damiao from Internacional and they have also held talks with representatives of Roma forward Mirko Vucinic

Relegated Italian side Sampdoria are keen on Given, whose opportunities at Eastlands have been limited by the emergence of Joe Hart.

Arsenal also have their sights set on Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given after it emerged that Roma were close to sealing a deal for Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenburg, a previous Gunners target

Wenger is lining up a £12m bid for Wolves striker Kevin Doyle.

Manchester City are set to complete a £27m double deal for Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy and midfielder Samir Nasri this week.