Today’s gossip, rumours and damned lies

Barcelona are hoping to become the second Spanish club to ruin Manchester Utd’s summer by poaching stroppy Spurs star Dimitar Berbatov. He would be expected to fill the huge void left by Ronaldinho, not to mention Uzbekistan-bound Samuel Eto’o. Manchester Utd are still favourites to land the Bulgarian, but they appear to have made one more enemy on the Iberian peninsula.

Emmanuel Adebayor to AC Milan
The Italians are favourites to sign the greedy poor, underpaid striker after agent Vincenzo Morabito revealed that Arsenal have drastically lowered their valuation. Adebayor has been left out of the squad for their traditional pre-season friendly with Barnet, who he scored against last year.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Wenger is planning for an Adebayor-less future

Robbie Keane to Liverpool
Rafa Benitez has decided he won’t let Steven Gerrard bully him into buying his best mate anymore and he is instead going to give in to Tottenham’s demands and make Robbie Keane their biggest signing this summer.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Ideally they’ll still want both

Pascal Chimbonda to Newcastle or Everton
The Sun reports that the two clubs are battling over the moody Spurs right-back. Presumably the loser has to keep him.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Makes sense as both clubs need reinforcements in that area

Keith Andrews to Blackburn
Any Blackburn fans who are unconvinced of Paul Ince’s transfer savvy following his alleged attempts to replace Brad Friedel with Paul Robinson and the arrival of Robbie Fowler will be relieved to know the next big signing is his MK Dons captain from last season.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Not likely to make Rovers fans salivate with excitement