Liverpool will pay up to £50m for Carlos Tevez

The race for Carlos Tevez hotted up yesterday when Liverpool indicated that they would be willing to bid up to £50m for Manchester United's unsettled Argentinean hitman, according to the Sun. If true, the staggering figure - made up off £26m in transfer fees and £160,000-a-week wages - will blow Spurs out of the race for the 25-year-old. Harry Redknapp had been told by the Tottenham board that he could bid up to £18m for Tevez, but that sum is dwarfed by the Anfield offer...

Emmanuel Adebayor's future remains uncertain, but it's fair to guess that the Togolese striker won't be staying at Arsenal after his agent said he had "no clue" about where his client would be plying his trade next season. Stephane Courbis told the Guardian that "For the moment now is not the time to answer [questions about his future]. When the season will be finished we will see. But at the moment there is no answer I can give you". Chelsea and AC Milan lead the hunt for the frontman...

Meanwhile his Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has committed himself to the club after a day of boardroom wrangles at the Emirates. The Frenchman was given the full backing of the Arsenal board but warned that he would have only £12-13m to spend on his somewhat threadbare unless he offloads players such as Adebayor. Real Madrid had been hoping to prise Wenger away from the north London club he has managed since 1996 but the 59-year-old decided against a move to the Spanish capital...

Aston Villa are attempting to put together a package that they hope will persuade Gareth Barry to stay at the club. The England midfielder is widely expected to go to Liverpool in the close season, after Rafa Benitez spent the last summer transfer window pursuing him, but Villa Park boss Martin O'Neill will offer Barry £75,000 a week, a pay rise of more than 50 per cent... ·