Transfer rumours and paper review with Steve Curry: Thursday, August 5
Football journalist Steve Curry joined the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast boys on Thursday morning to take a look at all the day's back-page tittle tattle. Another day goes by and another possible new Liverpool owner. Can the Chinese Government really own the Reds? What's your view? Leave your points below
Here's all of talkSPORT's latest transfer rumours....
Chelsea midfielder Deco is set to seal a move to Brazilian club Fluminense this week
Sunderland are in pole position to win the race for Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley
Bayern Munich will rival Arsenal for the services of PSV midfielderIbrahimAfellay
Birmingham are desperate to land Wigan midfielder Charles N'Zogbia. The Blues are reportedly holding on for a £10m bid
Habib Beye is unsure how long his Aston Villa career will continue
Liverpool have been told to bid their time for Manchester United target Stephen Defour
Udinese defender Cristian Zapata's dream move to Arsenal is in doubt after the player's agent claimed the Columbian will stay in Italy this season
Meanwhile in the rest of today's papers
Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli's move to Manchester City could be off because Italian wants up to £180,000-a-week in wages. (Daily Star)
City have already made enquiries for former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan as an alternative to Balotelli should the deal fall through. (imscouting.com)
Javier Mascherano could be leaving Anfield sooner rather than later as Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has confirmed he is close signing Juventus' Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen. (Daily Mirror)
AC Milan midfielder Mathieu Flamini is also on Liverpool's summer wish list as a possible replacement for Mascherano (Daily Mirror)
Arsene Wenger is preparing a move for Everton playmaker Mikel Arteta in case he fails to prevent Cesc Fabregas from moving back to Barcelona in the summer. (caughtoffside.com)
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is ready to make a significant offer to bring Manchester City reserve keeper Joe Hart to the Emirates. (caughtoffside.com)
Alternatively, Wenger is lining up a bid for Cagliari goalkeeper Federico Marchetti. (footylatest.com)
Montpellier president Loulou Nicollin has slapped a 28m euro (£23m) price-tag on Bosnian defender Emir Spahic amidst reported interest from Arsenal. (imscouting.com)
Stoke boss Tony Pulis hopes to beat both Liverpool and West Ham to the signing of Nice striker Loic Remy for £10m. (Daily Mirror)
Pulis has also lined up a £4m bid for Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng. (The Sun)
West Ham boss Avram Grant is considering lining up a move for Hapoel Tel Aviv playmaker Gil Vermuth. (caughtoffside.com)
The Hammers have revived their loan bid for Ajax striker Miralem Sulejmani and hope to conclude a deal within days. (Daily Mirror)
Real Madrid will test Chelsea's resolve to keep Ashley Cole by bidding for the left-back in the next two weeks. (footylatest.com)
Zenit St Petersburg are considering a £21m bid to take Chelsea defender Yury Zhirkov back to Russia. (Daily Mail)
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has targeted Shakhtar Donetsk defender Dario Srna to complete his summer spending. (Daily Mail)
Manchester United will move for Hamburg's German attacking midfielder Piotr Trochowski if they fail to lure his international team-mate Mesut Ozil to Old Trafford from Werder Bremen. (caughtoffside.com)
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is lining up a shock move for Juventus midfielder Mauro Camoranesi. (Daily Mirror)
AZ Alkmaar's Belgian striker Moussa Dembele has admitted that Birmingham are keen to sign him. (The Sun)
Blackpool boss Ian Holloway is set to make a £1.5m move for Stoke striker James Beattie. (The Sun)
Celtic boss Neil Lennon is making an ambitious move to take striker Craig Bellamy to Glasgow for the second time in a loan raid on Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)
New Fulham boss Mark Hughes is willing to sanction the signing of defender Luke Young from Aston Villa but has snubbed the chance to sign his team-mate, midfielder Steve Sidwell. (Daily Mirror)
Daniel Cousin is set to join the Hull exodus by completing a permanent move to Greek side Larissa. Meanwhile, Tottenham midfielder John Bostock is poised to agree a 12-month loan deal with the Tigers. (Daily Mirror)
Bristol City have been told by Manchester United they can have Michael Owen on loan after an approach for Danny Welbeck is rebuffed. (Daily Mail)
West Ham are poised to complete the £5m signing of highly rated New Zealand World Cup star Winston Reid. The 22-year-old defender is the mystery signing the Hammers have promised fans on their website. (Daily Mirror)