Man City close in on John Terry

Mark Hughes unveiled Carlos Tevez as a Manchester City player yesterday, and said that the club's bid to bring England captain John Terry to Eastlands from Chelsea remained on course, reports the Guardian. Describing Terry as an "outstanding player and an outstanding person", Hughes insisted that City's interest was being driven by information that the player himself wanted to leave Stamford Bridge, feeling that he had grown 'stale' there. "We would like to think we could offer John a different challenge," the Welshman concluded. City would need to pay Chelsea at least £30m for Terry, and the player would become the Premier League's top earner on £250,000 a week...

Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reports that Hughes has admitted to having contact with Arsenal over the possibility of signing their unsettled Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor. "There have been discussions between ourselves and Arsenal. There's a deal to be done possibly but it's not been concluded as we speak. Until it actually happens, really it's not the time or the place to discuss it here." Arsenal appear to be happy to part with the 25-year-old, who alienated fans and players alike at the club at times last season with his half-hearted approach, and would make a healthy profit on a footballer the club paid £3m in 2006...

One casualty of all the Eastlands transfer activity is likely to be Craig Bellamy, who was only signed for Manchester City from West Ham for £14m in January but who is already deemed surplus to requirements following the arrival of Roque Santa Cruz and Tevez. The Daily Mail suggests that the volatile Welsh international could be on his way to Sunderland, which would Bellamy's ninth club. The northeast club has also reportedly had a £12m bid for Peter Crouch accepted by Portsmouth, but the lanky hitman is said to prefer a move to Fulham, if they can afford his wage demands... ·