Roy Keane has made bids for four of his former Sunderland players – Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter, Nyron Nosworthy and Daryl Murphy. Edwards and Leadbitter have been given permission to talk with Sunderland and are close to agreeing personal terms. Meanwhile, Birmingham City are keen on Middlesbrough’s Sanli Tuncay. Birmingham hope to tie up a £ 5 million deal for the Turkish star but they face stiff competition from Villa, Cologne, Stuttgart and Fenerbache. Al-Sadd, the Qatari club, have made an increased offer for Afonso Alves, the forward who cost Middlesbrough a club-record £12 million last year while Bolton Wanderers’ £6.5 million offer for Achille Emana has been turned down by Real Betis. The Cameroon midfield player cost £5.5 million when he moved from French side Toulouse last summer.