Tottenham have beaten West Ham to the signature of former Chelsea midfielder Eidur Gudjohnsen. The Icelandic international was to join Upton Park from Spanish giants Barcelona but Tottenham came in at the last moment and stole a march on their London rivals. With the arrival of Gudjohnsen, the door may have closed on Roman Pavlyuchenko. Birmingham have opened talks to take the Russian international away from White Hart Lane. If you want to know the best odds on the market visit Partybets.com

We move to Scotland now where Pedro Mendes’ transfer to Sporting Lisbon seems to be in jeopardy due to his £25,000-per-week wage demand. Cross town rivals Celtic have expressed interest to sign Jeffren Suarez from Barcelona. They face stiff competition from Everton, Blackburn and Sevilla for his signature.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has been in Madrid discussing a potential deal with Real’s sporting director Miguel Pardeza. Pardeza is in charge of the likely Real mass exodus this summer.

Former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben found some good form at the end of last season for Real, but with Real signing world class players from around the globe, the flying Dutchman could be about to depart the Bernabeu.

Compatriot Jan Klaas-Huntelaar had a slow start to his Real career, but also captured his best form scoring eight goals in twenty games, of which he started only thirteen games, yet with president Florentino Perez new policy of signing Galacticos the ex-Ajax striker is likely to be deemed surplus to requirements.

Ex-Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze is the third player who is believed to be involved in the deal, however the 31-year old also has other options with Paris St Germain his former club ready to snap him up.