West Ham are closing in on the signing of St Etienne's Brazilian striker Ilan.

* Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has admitted that his chances of signing Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko are over.

* Middlesbrough are bracing themselves for a second, take-it-or-leave-it £7m bid from Manchester City for winger Adam Johnson.

* Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed he has £30m to spend with Valencia's David Villa and Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh on his wish list.

* Wenger is also keeping tabs on Real Madrid winger Pablo Sarabia, who is a free agent at the end of the season. * Manchester United striker Michael Owen could be on his way out of Old Trafford in the summer having failed to impress manager Alex Ferguson.

* Spurs striker Robbie Keane could be on his way to Sunderland after Black Cats manager Steve Bruce made a £9m offer for the Tottenham forward.

* Wolves' £4m bid for Stephen Hunt has been rejected by Hull City who say the winger is staying put.

* James Beattie could be on his way to West Ham today if the Hammers can agree a deal with Stoke.

* Manchester City are set to pip Inter Milan to the signing of Parma's £7m midfielder McDonald Mariga.

* Wigan look to have won the race to sign Crystal Palace's £2.5m-rated striker Victor Moses.

* Thierry Henry looks set to leave Barcelona in the summer with the Spanish giants tracking Valencia's David Silva or Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery to fill the left side of their attack.

* Rangers have rejected a £3.5m offer from Sunderland for Algeria defender Madjid Bougherra.

* Celtic have upped their bid for Preston North End central defender Sean St Ledger by a third to £3m.

* Jim Jefferies will make Alan Gow his first signing as Hearts manager, taking the former Falkirk and Rangers forward on loan from Plymouth Argyle.