Latest Transfer Update at 25-08-11

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Adebayor in the stands at Spurs after his loan move
ADEBAYOR COMPLETES SPURS MOVE

Tottenham have completed the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City on a season-long loan.
Adebayor's move back to the capital has been confirmed after City's football administrator Brian Marwood earlier revealed the former Arsenal striker had undergone a medical.
A statement on Tottenham's official website confirmed: "We are delighted to announce the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan from Manchester City."
Harry Redknapp has been in the market for a striker all summer after Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko all failed to score regularly last season.
The Togo-born striker moved to the Premier League in January 2006 from Monaco and scored 81 goals in 186 appearances in all competitions during spells with Arsenal and Manchester City.
Adebayor fell out with City boss Roberto Mancini last season and the Italian made it clear the £25million signing had no future at the club.
The 27-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid, where he scored twice against Tottenham in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg clash at the Bernabeu.

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Alvaro Pereira: Chelsea transfer target
CHELSEA MAKE ALVARO PEREIRA BID

Chelsea have made a bid for Porto defender Alvaro Pereira, manager Andre Villas-Boas has confirmed.
The 25-year-old wing-back, who rose to prominence playing under Villas-Boas for Porto, is highly rated, especially after enjoying a successful Copa America tournament with Uruguay and also playing a part in his country reaching the semi-finals of last summer's World Cup.
Villas-Boas is not confident of landing Pereira, though, revealing the two clubs cannot agree a price.
"The only thing I can confirm to you is that we have made a bid for him and we are very far apart in terms of numbers," said the Portuguese.
When asked if he was confident a deal could be done, he added: "Not very confident."
Primarily a left-back, if Pereira arrived it would potentially cast doubt on Ashley Cole's previously unquestioned place in Chelsea's team.

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Aquilani: Set for Italy return
MILAN AGREE AQUILANI LOAN MOVE

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani will return to Italy with AC Milan for the rest of the season after agreeing a loan move to the San Siro.
The former Roma player moved to Anfield in 2009 but struggled to make an impact in the Barclays Premier League and was allowed to spend the 2010/11 campaign back in Serie A with Juventus.
Now Milan have moved for the 27-year-old Italy international, with the deal only now hinging on the outcome of a medical.
Liverpool announced on their official website that an option has been negotiated to make the move permanent in the future.
Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli said: "I want to pay tribute to the way Alberto has conducted himself during these discussions.
"Throughout the entire process, his only desire has been to play football and he has put this ahead of any other considerations and at personal cost to himself. We wish him well for the season ahead."

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Yago Falque: Spurs loan move
FALQUE COMPLETES TOTTENHAM MOVE

Tottenham on Thursday night announced that Juventus midfielder Yago Falque has signed on a season-long loan.
A statement on Spurs' official website read: "We are delighted to announce the signing of Yago Falque on a season-long loan from Juventus."
Falque started his professional career at Barcelona before moving to Juventus, where he has been loaned out to Bari and Villarreal B over the last two seasons.
"Yago loves big challenges and this with Spurs is very important," the player's agent and father Yago Falque Snr was quoted as saying on skysports.com earlier on Thursday.
"It will be hard, but he will fight for his place."
Falque, a Spain Under-21 international, is the third youngster to arrive at White Hart Lane this summer following the signings of former Barcelona player Cristian Ceballos and 16-year-old Souleymane Coulibaly from Siena.
Spurs are short of options in midfield thanks to injuries to the likes of Sandro, Steven Pienaar and unsettled star Luka Modric.
They have also have been strongly linked with a move for Real Madrid's Lassana Diarra, although he appeared pessimistic about his chances of a move to White Hart Lane when he told Spanish newspaper AS this morning: "There is no agreement with Tottenham and I do not think there will be.
"I have a contract with Real Madrid until 2013 and Jose Mourinho is my coach."