Football Transfer Rumours - Jul-15-2011

Aston Villa and Wigan will battle it out for Shaun Wright-Phillips

Newcastle fear Chelsea will make a big-money bid for Cheik Tiote

Spurs are racing to sign 16-year-old Ivory Coast striking sensation Souleymane Coulibaly from Italy's Siena for £2m before the transfer window closes at the end of August, but could be foiled by red tape

Fulham are watching 20-year-old Hajduk Split and Croatia Under-21 striker Ante Vukusic.

German side Schalke believe they have beaten Blackburn in the race to sign £10m-rated Freiburg hotshot Papiss Demba Cisse. The 25-year-old scored 22 goals last season.

Wigan have increased the asking price for Charles N'Zogbia. They now want over £9m for the winger, who is wanted by Aston Villa and Everton.

Liverpool plan to continue to add to their squad and are preparing a bid for Barcelona attacker Jeffren.

Newcastle want to sell left-back Jose Enrique as soon as possible so they have time to buy a replacement. The Spaniard is a target for Liverpool and Arsenal.

Spurs and Sevilla are at loggerheads over a proposed deal to take Giovani dos Santos to Spain. The Mexican midfielder has failed to establish himself at White Hart Lane and Harry Redknapp is keen to off-load him this summer.

Tottenham are the latest side to express an interest in FC Basel midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri - who would cost around £5m.

Everton are again looking to take Real Madrid starlet Sergio Canales on a season-long loan. Aston Villa, QPR and Villarreal also want the young playmaker.

Manchester City have already identified the man they want to replace striker Carlos Tevez - Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller. City are lining up a £45million move for the 21-year-old.

Reports from Italy indicate that both Milan sides, AC and Inter, are contemplating a bid for Tottenham's Gareth Bale.

West Ham expect to receive a £7m Aston Villa bid for midfielder Scott Parker once Stewart Downing makes his £20m move to Liverpool.

Chelsea have agreed a £5m fee with Belgian side Genk to make keeper Thibault Courtois the first signing of the Andre Villas-Boas era

Leeds United winger Max Gradel is ready to snub West Ham and Fulham, for a shot at the Champions League with Lille.

Manchester United and Manchester City target Alexis Sanchez is finally set to end speculation over his future by signing for Barcelona this week. Both Manchester clubs had approached Udinese about signing the Chile forward.

Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing's switch to Liverpool has led to talks opening up between the clubs over a move in the opposite direction for midfielder Joe Cole.

Manchester United are ready to make a swift bid for Napoli playmaker Marek Hamsik if they fail to sign either Wesley Sneijder or Samir Nasri from Inter Milan and Arsenal respectively.