Mondays Transfer Gossip

[Jay]

Jose Mourinho will be named Inter Milan manager today and will make Chelsea's Michael Essien his first signing after being told he has £100m to spend according to The Sun.
John Arne Riise will head the summer exodus from Liverpool by joining Roma for £5m. (Daily Express)

Frank Lampard has been offered £130,000 a week to stay at Chelsea in an effort to fend off interest from Inter Milan. (Daily Mirror)

Lampard, meanwhile, is believed to be tempted by the prospect of linking up again with former Blues manager Mourinho. (Daily Express)

Ricardo Quaresma, a £15m target for Liverpool, has declared he wants to leave Porto. (Metro)

Blackburn are set to replace £8.5m Liverpool target David Bentley with Wolves' Michael Kightly. (The Sun)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is ready to raid managerless Chelsea for winger Shaun Wright-Phillips and defender Wayne Bridge. (Various)

Redknapp is also making a surprise move for another Chelsea player, Israeli striker Ben Sahar. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham have missed out on the signings of Lazio striker Goran Pandev and Man City's Richard Dunne. (Various)

Spurs do appear to be closing in on the signing of Barcelona's Mexican midfielder Giovani dos Santos for an initial £6m. (The Times)

Premier League new boys Stoke City are hoping to make Rangers attacker Lee McCulloch their first signing of the summer. (Daily Mirror)

German side Werder Bremen are hoping to hijack Celtic's £3m move for Man City striker Georgios Samaras. (Daily Record)

Derby striker Kenny Miller is set for a move back to Rangers for £1.75m. (Various)

QPR boss Iain Dowie will battle it out with Norwich and Ipswich for Nottingham Forest midfielder Sammy Clingan who is available on a free transfer. (Various)

Forest's Ghanaian international striker Junior Agogo is wanted by Egyptian side FC Zamalek. (The Sun)

Club Bruges are lining up a deal to bring Rangers midfielder Thomas Buffel back to Belgium. (Daily Record)

If these are true which is very unlikely as its just paper talk then i can see Liverpool really challenging for the premiership next year. Bentley, Gerrard, Barry, Quaresma