Football transfer rumours and news: Monday, July 30

Published on 30/07/2012 12:18

Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Sunderland, Arsenal, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Everton are among the clubs making the news today

Manchester City have bid £13m for Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger, with Real Madrid and Barcelona also interested in the Dane. City will let Kolo Toure go to accommodate Agger – Daily Mirror

Sunderland have put in a £12m bid for Wolves striker Steve Fletcher, who the Midlands club are believed to value at £15m – Daily Mail

Manchester United are monitoring the situation of Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole after telling Everton they will not increase their £12m offer for Leighton Baines – Metro

Tottenham face a battle to sign Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris with the French club insisting they will not let him leave unless he asks for a transfer – talkSPORT

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay says the club have not finished spending yet. Chelsea have paid £65m for new players this summer and could also pay £32m for Napoli striker Edison Cavani, £7m for Wigan’s Victor Moses and £8m for Marseille defender Cesar Azpilicueta – Daily Express

Arsenal could add to the signings of Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton as they have targeted the south coast club’s 17-year-old full-back Luke Shaw – Daily Mirror

Tottenham could resurrect an interest in former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho after he was told he can leave Real Madrid – The Times

Manchester City are ready to let Emmanuel Adebayor leave the club for nothing – because Robin van Persie will refuse to join the same team as his former Arsenal team-mate – Daily Mirror

Aston Villa are on the trail of £6m-rated Ipswich defender Aaron Cresswell and may sell James Collins, who is on the radar of Sunderland and West Ham United – Wolverhampton Express & Star

Queens Park Rangers will make bids for Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin and Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe this summer – caughtoffside.com

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