With Aston Villa failing to land Steve Finnan in the crocked Gareth Barry deal, speculation linking them with Sheffield Wednesday's U.S. right back Frank Simek has resurfaced...

Longtime suitor Colorado has missed out on the free capture of Brazilian forward Reinaldo, who opted to return to former club Queensland in Australia...

The Malaysian Star revealed that domestic league MVP Marlon James is in talks to join San Jose, and the St. Vincent & Grenadines strike ace claims he will be bringing veteran St. V&G midfielder Bernard Huggings with him...

As an alternative to American target Michael Bradley, Hamburg may decide to rival Paris St. Germain for Lyon midfielder Jeremy Clement...

Meanwhile, German tabloid Sportbild wildly claims that both Newcastle and Sevilla are (for some reason) ready to shell out €7 million for Hamburg utility man Guy Demel...

With injury-hit Inter Milan seemingly unmoved by the chance to sign Matteo Ferrari on a free, Italian TV station Channel 4 says manager Jose Mourinho is now sizing up the center back trio of AEK Athens' Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Steaua Bucharest's Mirel Radoi and Feyenoord's Ron Vlaar...

La Liga risers Malaga are close to capturing surplus Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa...

Premiership risers West Bromwich Albion have submitted a new £1.5 million offer Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite...

According to The Daily Record, Barcelona have told Celtic that midfield prodigy Marc Crosas will cost £2.5 million...

Former Feyenoord Theo Lucius isn't going to rumoured landing spot Willem II, but he is almost certainly leaving De Kuip...

The Sun reports that Tottenham have lodged a bid to rival Newcastle for Deportivo defender Fabrizio Coloccini...

The same paper also says that, in the aftermath of a shock friendly loss to the Africans, Portsmouth are pondering a move for Ajax Cape Town midfielder Eyong Enoh...

With most observers expecting Ajax to eventually win out for FC Twente defender Rob Wielart, ADO Den Haag youngster Christian Kum has been spotted as another possible replacement by new boss Steve McClaren...

Manchester City outcast forward Rolando Bianchi should seal a transfer to Reggina by the end of the week...

French paper Le Dauphine Libere reports that St. Etienne's defender search has come down to Reading's Andre Bikey, Dinamo Kiev's Pape Diakhate and Monaco's Sylvain Monsoreau...

Meanwhile, Monaco, Paris St. Germain, Rennes are also interested in Diakhate...

Sunderland appear set to win the signature of former Celtic defender Bobo Balde...

After a small tug-of-war with erstwhile loan club Roda JC, Anderlecht winger Roland Lamah appears set to join Borussia Moenchengladbach...

The Daily Mail claims that Portsmouth are interested in Espanyol's Cameroon keeper Carlos Kameni...

The same edition reports that Man City and West Ham are each plotting to foil Sevilla's swoop for Nancy defender Michael Chretien.