Arsenal hijack Spurs bid for Huntelaar

Arsenal could be set to stun their north London bitter rivals Tottenham by hijacking the White Hart Lane club's bid for Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who is being forced out of Real Madrid by the influx of Galacticos. The Sun claims that Arsene Wenger, flush with the £25m raised by selling Emmanuel Adebayor to Manchester City at the weekend, is confident he can outbid Spurs boss Harry Redknapp for the 26-year-old Huntelaar, who has turned down Stuttgart as he prefers a move to the Premier League...

Liverpool has been forced to deny reports that their Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso is finally on his way to Real Madrid after the player was left out of a pre-season friendly, according to the Daily Telegraph. Alonso was dropped for Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Thailand, but has subsequently trained with the Merseysiders and the club has scotched rumours that he is on his way to the Bernabeu. Kop boss Rafa Benitez has place a price tag of £35m on the 28-year-old's head...

Barcelona has swooped for the exciting young Brazilian striker Keirrison, reports the Guardian, agreeing to sign the 20-year-old from his club Palmeiras on a five-year deal for £12m. The centre forward will be loaned out by the European champions for the forthcoming season, although the Camp Nou side have yet to confirm where he will go. Keirrison came to prominence during the 2008 Brazilian football season, when he scored 21 league goals for Coritiba, earning a move to Palmeiras in January of this year...

It was only three years ago that Chelsea were paying AC Milan £30.4m for Andriy Shevchenko, breaking the UK transfer record in the process, but now the 32-year-old Ukrainian could be on his way to play out of the rest of his career in Turkey with Fenerbahce, the Times reveals today. Shevchenko is on the last year of his Chelsea deal back on loan with AC Milan, and has wages of £120,000 a week, which have put off potential suitors such as Roma and Monaco. The Turkish side were Champions League quarter-finallists two seasons ago and boast former Brazlian defender Roberto Carlos as one of their stars... ·