Manchester City are in talks with Arsenal over the possible signing of striker Emmanuel Adebayor. Sky Sports

I’d love for Mark Hughes or anyone really at Manchester City football club to explain what is the deal with all these strikers? The way only it makes sense for City to look at Adebayor is if there are issues trying to sign Carlos Tevez.

Chelsea will hold intensive talks with captain John Terry as they fear the centre-back is ready to quit to join Manchester City.
Daily Mirror

However, the Blues will not increase England skipper Terry’s wages in an attempt to keep him at Stamford Bridge.
Daily Mail

The only way Chelsea should sell Terry is if he publicly announces a desire to for Manchester City. This way in the PR department Chelsea doesn’t look so bad where as John Terry looks horrible. Most transfers I can understand but Terry is already one of the highest paid defenders in football so now he is just being greedy. Could also understand wanting to leave a club where a player felt he accomplished all he could but with the Champions League missing this shouldn’t be the case either. If I’m Fabio Capello I’d be rethinking John Terry as English captain right now.

Aston Villa look set to sign Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing for £12m this week, raising questions over the future of Ashley Young at Villa Park. Striker Young is wanted by Tottenham, but they could lose out to Manchester United or Chelsea. Daily Mail

Things can always change in a instant but don’t think either Chelsea or United have Ashley Young at the top of their transfer list. This time next season may be a different story however.

Villa may also be set to lose defender Zat Knight, with Wolves ready to join Bolton in a battle to sign him. Daily Mail

Losing your 3th defender is not really a lost. It’s really just a decision to cash in on Knight

Portsmouth are interested in signing Tottenham right-back Pascal Chimbonda and are ready to pay £2.5m for him. (Daily Mail)

I’m sure Portsmouth is hoping Tottenham then buys Chimbonda back in January for a higher price.

Sunderland have made an increased bid of just under £6m for Wigan midfielder Lee Catermole, having had an initial bid of £4m turned down. Daily Star

Something just doesn’t sit right when a club like Wigan lets Steve Bruce leave for Sunderland (albeit for 3 million) and Steve Bruce turns around and tries to buy one of their best young players. It isn’t like England under 21 players just grow on trees at Wigan.

Portsmouth are ready to make Paul Hart their new manager – handing him the job permanently after his stint as caretaker boss last season. (Daily Mirror)

Good to see Portsmouth finally getting around to this on the eve of training camp starting. Hart will be gone by December due to little fault of his own since the ownership picture at Portsmouth makes it hard to go out and sign players.

Manchester United have had to change their long-planned exhibition dedicated to Cristiano Ronaldo to a ‘farewell’ presentation. The ‘Best Player In The World’ display at Old Trafford went up as it was announced the winger was moving to Real Madrid. (Various)

Think the person who planned this exhibition must of been the only one inside Manchester United who didn’t know Ronaldo was leaving at the end of the season.