The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies

Harry Redknapp plans to shuffle his striking options
The Daily Mirror are reporting that Redknapp is ready to sell Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko, scorers of a combined 29 goals this season, and replace them with Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Bent may go but Redknapp is unlikely to axe Pavlyuchenko after a respectable first season.

Sebastien Bassong to Aston Villa
Aston Villa’s haven’t looked anywhere near as solid at the back since Martin Laursen injured his knee in January so they may target Newcastle defender Bassong in the summer.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Newcastle may struggle to keep Bassong even if they survive and he would stand more chance of breaking into Villa’s first team than Arsenal’s.

Edison Cavani to West Ham
There are only about ten youngsters playing in Italy who haven’t been linked with a move to West Ham this season. Palermo’s Uruguayan striker Cavani is reportedly the latest player to intrigue Gianluca Nani.

The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: 33-year-old duo David Di Michele and Diego Tristan are currently leading the Hammers’ line so an injection of youth wouldn’t go amiss.

Another Blues legend is off to Upton Park

Chelsea’s assistant first-team coach Steve Clarke resigned last night in order to join Gianfranco Zola at West Ham, according to The Times.

The article claims that the Scot, who is very popular with English players John Terry, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole, is fed up after seeing his role diminish since the departure of Jose Mourinho.

West Ham’s technical director Gianluca Nani said: “We hope the situation will be resolved in the next 24 hours.”

In recent years Chelsea fans have mockingly labelled West Ham as their “feeder club” after Lampard, Cole and Glen Johnson moved west - have the roles now reversed?

UPDATE: Chelsea are reportedly demanding £1.2 million in compensation for Clarke, which seems like a huge amount of money to pay for an assistant manager. What do Chelsea need that money for anyway?