Accoding to the UK Daily Mail, Spurs has agreed a £17million deal for Blackburn midfielder David Bentley. This was after Manchester United a £30m deal with Tottenham on Berbatov.
Sunderland boss Roy Keane is being linked with a loan swoop for Manchester United striker Louis Saha.
Keane has turned his attention towards Saha after growing frustrated with his attempts to lure Darren Bent or Andrew Johnson to the Stadium of Light.
Manchester City officials flew into Barcelona last night with hopes raised and chequebook open - refusing to accept defeat in their bold attempt to capture Ronaldinho's signature and the completion of the biggest transfer coup in their history.
City's £22m offer - exclusively revealed in Sportsmail - has been accepted by the Spaniards and City's wage offer is more than double the Italian one. Only the lure of Milan's status is keeping them in the hunt with the player still preferring the San Siro.
A four-year deal is expected with wages of around £200,000 a week, partly supported by sponsors.
A City source said: 'If this happens, can anyone question the ambition of the owner now. First Mark Hughes, then Jo and now the very serious prospect of Ronaldinho.'
Meanwhile, Mark Hughes has confirmed there will be more new arrivals at Manchester City over the coming weeks - but he has stayed well clear of mentioning the 'R' word.
Greek striker Georgios Samaras is set to sign a three-year contract with Scottish champions Celtic.
The 23-year-old impressed Bhoys boss Gordon Strachan when he was on loan from Manchester City last season.
City bought Samaras from Dutch side Heerenveen for £6m in January 2006 and will make a substantial loss in offloading the Greek international.
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is eyeing up a double swoop for Chelsea pair Wayne Bridge and Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Bridge is understood to be ahead of Reading’s Nicky Shorey as Redknapp plots to bolster his squad further following the £11million capture of Peter Crouch last week.