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Posted by Dale Johnson on 08/06/2009

Just a couple of days after asking to leave Everton, The Sun believes Joleon Lescott's move to Manchester City is now a done deal.

And it's even being suggested that the England international could be unveiled at City's open day on Thursday afternoon. The fee could be a cool £22m.

Robinho is certainly excited by what's happening at Eastlands, as he believes there is "no difference between City and Real Madrid or the Brazilian national team". Er.... read it in The Sun.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail claims that Barcelona are in for Vincent Kompany as he is to be pushed out at Eastlands. They've given up on Manchester United's Johnny Evans.

Despite AC Milan yesterday insisting that Andrea Pirlo is not for sale, it seems that Chelsea have not given up hope of signing the midfielder. It's in the Daily Star.

Now, just when it looked like Tomas Rosicky was finally going to play for Arsenal again.... he isn't. The Czech midfielder, who has been out for 18 months, is now going to be on the sidelines for another six weeks after injuring his hamstring in training. It's in The Sun.

But there is sign of signings at the Emirates. The Daily Mail claims Arsenal have upped their offer for Marouane Chamakh to £7.5m. The paper also reports that the Gunners bid for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar but the player will sign for AC Milan.

Liverpool look set to sign Alberto Aquilani from AS Roma, but the Daily Mail reveals that the Italian comes with a health warning due to his injury past.

The Daily Mail says that Michael Owen has blown his big chance to impress in front of England coach Fabio Capello after missing a load of chances against Valencia.

The Sun reveals that Croatian star Nikola Kalinic will finally move to the Premier League today, joining Blackburn for £6m from Hadjuk Split.

And after signing Darren Bent, the Daily Star says Sunderland will sign Lucas Neill on wages of £3m-a-year. That's £60,000-a-week. For Lucas Neill.

Kalinic had been linked with Pompey but they are more interested in selling, and The Sun reports that goalkeeper David James could make the long trek to play for Sunderland with Antti Niemi going to Fratton Park.

And the turmoil continues with the Daily Mirror reporting that David Nugent is set to offloaded after brawling with team-mate Marc Wilson. That will leave Pompey with 0 strikers. Bring on the new season!

Tottenham are tracking midfielder Moussa Sissoko but Toulouse reportedly want £3m more than the £12m offered. Read the Daily Mirror. And Roma hope to beat Spurs to Huntelaar which is in the same paper.

The Daily Mail links Tottenham with a £2m bid for Sheffield Wednesday's Mark Beevers.

Douoble takeover talk now, starting with West Ham. The Sun is reporting that US tycoon Clark Hunt is lining up a £120m deal to buy the club. The Hammers always seem to be for sale, but could they be changing hands again?

And the hilarity at Newcastle surely cannot be coming to an end? The Sun says that businessman Barry Moat is in pole position to finally take the club out of the clutches of Mike Ashley.

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