Transfer Rumours And Round-Up

With Florentino Perez back at the helm of Real Madrid, a day fails to go by without that behemoth of a club provoking a certain amount of transfer activity or speculation.

Today, seemingly, the Galacticos mark II have decided to make around nine first-team members available for transfer, the prominent Dutch contingent among them. Wesley Sneijder's agent has cooled any speculation linking his client with an exit though, while after last week making their interest in Ruud van Nistelrooy known, Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly in for the younger model; Klaas Jan Huntelaar. There has yet to be contact from Juventus for Mahamadou Diarra however.

Despite acquiring two of the world's best players in the past week, Madrid are intent on making it three or four, with David Villa and Franck Ribery still being touted for arrivals in the Spanish capital. Valencia revealed that they have yet to receive a decent offer for their star-turn while Madrid's Galactico stock piling exercise may have hit the buffers at Bayern Munich. Karl Heinz Rummenigge is not selling Ribery to Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United or anyone else for that matter.

Ribery's compatriot, Bacary Sagna, disclosed however, that he would be flattered to join Real Madrid, should they come calling. Sagna's club, Arsenal, are still seeking defensive reinforcements of their own and Thomas Vermaelen is widely expected to join the north London outfit in the next few days. He could tag-out Emmanuel Eboue; the Ivorian has admitted he may be forced to move on for some regular football. Also Emirates-bound could be Thomas Hitzlsperger of Stuttgart.

All this talk of right-backs brings us to Liverpool, who look to have tied up a £17m deal for Portsmouth's Glen Johnson, once of Chelsea.

The Pensioners could be set to tempt Carlos Tevez away from Manchester United, while Ricardo Carvalho readies himself for an Inter transfer.

For their part, the Italians seem set to do business with Lyon for their Brazilian winger Ederson. In his place would come the Nerazzurri's Brazilian winger Amantino Mancini.

Lazio claim that they are still waiting on a Napoli bid for Goran Pandev while Giuseppe Rossi's agent has rubbished claims that his client will leave Villarreal for Juventus with David Trezeguet going in the opposite direction.

There is speculation that a highly-rated goalkeeper could be readying himself for a Serie A exit; with Victor Valdes' contract talks hitting the skids at Barcelona, the European champions are allegedly interested in prising Sebastien Frey away from Fiorentina. More fancifully, the Blaugrana have been linked with an audacious swoop for Robinho.

Wolfsburg again seems to provide a veritable hub of activity; with Edin Dzeko's transfer to AC Milan now in the club's own hands, Peter Crouch has been touted as a replacement for the Bosnia and Herzegovina front-man.

In Portugal meanwhile, and Sporting CP could be finally set to lose their highly-rated duo, Miguel Veloso and Joao Moutinho; the pair could depart for the Premier League this summer.