Football Transfer Rumours - Jul-12-2009

Portsmouth and Birmingham have joined Blackburn in the race for Paris St Germain's French midfielder Jerome Rothen.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is lining up an audacious move to bring former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira back to the Premier League.

Everton boss David Moyes is in a transfer tussle with Hull City for Cardiff City's Welsh midfielder Joe Ledley.

Aston Villa will turn their attentions to Werder Bremen's German international midfielder Mesut Ozil after seeing a £6m offer for Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph rejected.

Sunderland are leading the race to sign Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch, with Fulham also keen.

The Black Cats are favourites to sign Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos for £5m

Spurs could help fund a move for Young by offloading Michael Dawson, with Sunderland reportedly set to bid for the defender.

Villa will shell out £10million for Stewart Downing - even though the Middlesbrough winger will be out injured until November.

Tottenham are preparing a £25m swap deal, involving midfielder David Bentley, to bring Young to White Hart Lane

Aston Villa winger Ashley Young has emerged as Manchester United's top transfer target with Sir Alex Ferguson poised to offer £25million for the England winger.

United are set to sign 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa from Gremio for £20m.

Manchester United are poised to snatch Samuel Eto'o from under the noses of Manchester City with a £25m bid.

Liverpool have in fact received three bids for Torres, from Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea.

Inter boss Jose Mourinho is ready to move again for Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas after his move for Deco hit the skids

Chelsea are ready to offer £50m plus Portuguese duo Deco and Ricardo Carvalho for Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Man City will switch their sights to Portuguese centre-back Alves if they miss out on Terry

Chelsea have three potential replacements in mind for Terry: West Ham's Matthew Upson, Porto centre-back Bruno Alves and Genoa's Domenico Criscito.

Chelsea have three potential replacements in mind for Terry: West Ham's Matthew Upson, Porto centre-back Bruno Alves and Genoa's Domenico Criscito.

If Terry does join City, Chelsea will replace him with Newcastle's England Under-21 centre-back Steven Taylor.