The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies

Kolo Toure to Manchester City
Not content with prising compassionate striker Manu Adebayor away from the Emirates, the Citizen’s are lining up a £12m bid for Kolo Toure, say The Independent.

The Spoiler truth-o-meter: City want to buy a defender? Come on, pull the other one.

Javier Mascherano to Barcelona
While Joan Laporta was welcoming Zlatan Ibrahimovic and trying to kick Samuel Eto’o out of the door, Barca vice president Rafael Yuste confirmed his admiration of the Liverpool midfielder:

“I can confirm that Javier Mascherano is a fantastic player that personally I like a lot. But we have not listed (him).

“We have a lot of players who want to come to Barcelona. Mascherano is a fantastic player,