Robinho to City

This is a proof of “money talks”. City’s new owners claim they have made an offer of €30 for Real Madrid’s Robinho. Chelsea’s CEO Peter Kenyon stated that he was confident Robinho would join Chelsea, which doesn’t seem to be the case.

City’s new owners are Abu Dhabi United Group, which seems to have deep pockets.

Tonight, Berbatov meets with Sir Alex Ferguson at United’s Carrington training complex before heading to Old Trafford which could be the final act of the Berbatov transfer saga.

Later today, Manchester City stunned the Football world with a £30 million bid on the Bulgarian striker. The bid was accepted but United is most likely to win the striker’s services. Earlier this summer, Berbatov intimated a move to Old Trafford would be a dream come true.

To make things a bit more complicated, reports from Spain suggests that Real Madrid are planning to make a £36 million bid for Berbatov.

City Boss Mark Hughes has told Sky Sports News: “We have made an offer, I think it’s been agreed between ourselves and Tottenham, and it’s really about the boy making a decision. I‘m as stunned and excited by this as the fans are”.

Tottenham manager Juande Ramos has left out Berbatov in the last two matches and it seems more than likely Berbatov will be leaving White Hart Lane soon.

Berbatov is set to cost the buyer around £30 million.

With young talent Nasri as the only new signing there have been calls for Wenger to bring in an experience midfielder for his rather young talented midfield. Xabi Alonso and Gareth Barry have both been linked with a move to Emirates Stadium but Wenger does not want to comment the rumours.

He says: “We have still a long time to go. When you have experience of transfer dealings, you know that as long as something is not signed you know it can change very quickly so you can look very silly, so you don’t want to come out and announce it.”

He added: “We are out to look, if we find the right players we will do it, one or two”.

Wenger will not be concerned about financing new players. Arsenal director Danny Fizman says Wenger has the money to spend – £30 million on one player if he has to.

It is confirmed Riera has traveled to Liverpool to undergo a medical by Espanyol’s official website and the deal could be reality within hours.

Reports have put the figure around £8 million but no official details have been stated.

Riera is at Mersey side to undergo his medical.

Espanyol had been hoping to keep their Argentine right-back but decided to accept a £6, 8 million Manchester City Bid.

“Espanyol have decided, taking into account the player must leave next Sunday to join up with his national team, to authorise the player to travel to Manchester to take a medical this Friday, while the English club deals with the documentation of the termination of the Argentinian full-back’s contract with the Catalan team”, it is stated on the official Espanyol website.

Pablo Zabaleta joined Espanyol in 2005 from San Lorenzo where he has been a regular first team player ever since. In 2006 he helped Espanyol win Copa del Rey.

Zabaleta is set to join City for £6, 8 million.

Sunderland has completed the signing of West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand. Ferdinand will be joining Sunderland on a four-year deal.

AC Milan Brazilian playmaker Kaka insists he is not going to leave Milan. Chelsea has been hopping to buy Kaka but he is happy at the Rossoneri.

Peter Kenyon Chelsea chief executive is expecting Chelsea to sign Real Madrid forward Robinho before the window closes.

The saga of Gareth Barry seems to stop. Barry’s agent has confirmed that he is staying in the Midlands club and will not be joining Liverpool.

Robinho will be joining Chelsea says Peter Kenyon.

The Russian top goal scorer in this summer’s European Championship admits he will not feature in Spartak Moscow’s third – round Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kiev.

“I will not play in Kiev. Everything has happened very quickly so I could not even say goodbye to my team-mates”, Pavlyuchenko added.

Spartak Moscow’s general manager, Valery Karpin, admits Spurs’ offer has been accepted. “There is a concrete sum which Tottenham proposed and we have agreed the amount”, he told the Soviet Sport newspaper.

“If Roman will agree a contract then we are ready to let him go. If Roman begins to play in England, this will be good both for him and for the team.”

The Transfer will be welcomed by all Tottenham Hotspurs supporters. The time is ticking for Spurs boss Juande Ramos who needs to bring in new srikers for his squad. With Robbie Keane’s move to Liverpool and even if Dimitar Berbatov fails to join Manchester United, Ramos will still be short of top skrikers.

Pavlyuchenko claims he will be joining Spurs

“There is only a week to go and you start to concern yourself a little bit,” Ferguson told Sky Sport after Manchester United’s 1 – 0 away victory against Portsmouth Monday night.

Ferguson is looking for a new striker.