Football rumours - July 6

Rumour of the day

Chelsea will sell John Terry to Manchester City - if the Eastlands club raise their offer for the defender to £40m (Daily Star)

It has been claimed that Terry and City boss Mark Hughes holidayed at the same Dubai hotel last week, just days before City made their first bid for the Chelsea skipper (The Sun)

City are also being linked with a move for Barcelona captain Carles Puyol should Terry remain at Chelsea (The Sun)

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Arsenal have slapped a £40m price tag on captain Cesc Fabregas, who is a target for Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid (The Sun)

Chelsea are set to sign CSKA Moscow winger Yuri Zhirkov for around £18m (The Independent)

Giant Blackburn defender Chris Samba could be another Manchester City target

Birmingham are willing to take controversial midfielder Joey Barton on loan for the season - but are only willing to pay less than half the Newcastle star's wages (The Mirror)

Tottenham are in talks with Real Madrid over a deal for striker Alvaro Negredo (The Times)

Spurs are also fighting it out with Aston Villa for Sweden Under-21 striker Marcus Berg, currently at Dutch club Groningen (The Sun)

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is keen on a pair of England strikers - Tottenham's Darren Bent and Peter Crouch of Portsmouth (The Guardian)

Former Liverpool winger Luis Garcia could return to the Premier League with Fulham or Blackburn. Championship West Brom are also interested (The Times)

Highly-rated Fulham defender Brede Hangeland could be on the move after rejecting a new contract at Craven Cottage (The Mirror)

Hull are poised to sign out-of-contract Portsmouth defender Lauren (The Independent)

Mark Viduka's agent claims the Australian has received offers from two very good sides, following his departure from relegated Newcastle (The Times)