Football Transfer Rumours - Jul-22-2011

Leicester, Cardiff and Brighton are battling to sign former Blackburn striker Matt Derbyshire from Greek side Olympiakos

Mamelodi Sundowns striker Katlego Mphela will arrive on trial with Celtic next week hoping to prove he can be a success in Europe after an ill-fated spell with Racing Strasbourg.

Former Dunfermline defender Andrius Skerla has tipped Jagiellonia Bialystok team-mate Grzegorz Sandomierski to land a contract with Celtic when the 21-year-old goalkeeper arrives on trial with Celtic this week

Stijn Stijnen is poised to reject a move to Celtic after Italian Serie B outfit Sampdoria entered talks with the former Club Bruges goalkeeper

Stijn Stijnen's lawyer has criticised reports saying the Belgium goalkeeper rejected a trial with Celtic and insists that a move to the Glasgow club is still possible

Rangers have targeted Palermo's Romanian centre-half, Dorin Goian, and Anderlecht's Roland Juhasz after cooling their interest in Aston Villa's Carlos Cuellar

Rangers have targeted Palermo's Romanian centre-half, Dorin Goian, and Anderlecht's Rolan Juhasz after cooling their interest in Aston Villa's Carlos Cuellar

Premier League new boys Swansea, QPR and Norwich are all keen on American goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann, 39, who is a free agent after leaving Wolves.

Chelsea are on the verge of signing Barcelona defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis is ready to spend £8m on bringing Juventus' ex-Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Sissoko back to the Premier League.

West Brom are in talks with Birmingham over a £1m loan deal for goalkeeper Ben Foster.

Liverpool are interested in £10m-rated Hamburg left-back Marcell Jansen and £18m-rated Porto defender Alvaro Pereira

Manchester United are hoping to hijack AC Milan's deal for Brazil star Ganso with a late bid for the midfielder.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is ready to send flying winger Luis Boa Morte back to Southampton in a £750,000 deal - if the Portuguese veteran will go

Arsenal will have to pay around £18m if they want to bolster their defence by signing Everton centre-back Phil Jagielka

Chelsea will make one final bid of £35m for Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been spotted speaking to Inter Milan technical director Marco Branca, raising speculation he could be playing at the San Siro next season