<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.24.1.1/4847?ns=guardian&pageName=Football+transfer+rumours%3A+Edinson+Cavani+and+Hulk+to+Chelsea%3F%3AArticle%3A1790932&ch=Football&c3=GU.co.uk&c4=Transfer+window+%28football%29%2CFootball%2CSport&c5=Premier+League&c6=Georgina+Turner&c7=12-Aug-22&c8=1790932&c9=Article&c10=&c11=Football&c13=Rumour+Mill+%28series%29&c25=&c30=content&c42=Sport&h2=GU%2FSport%2FFootball%2FTransfer+window" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">Today's fluff has got nothing to do today but smile</p><p>"We should stop the window when the first game is played; then all this nonsense would stop." Martin Jol is a Mill reader! Oh. "If you look at the window now with two weeks to go, it's awful because there are a lot of clubs waiting around until they get the money in [from sales] and if they have got the money then they will come in and of course then you have players with clauses as well, so I think we should do something about it." Amen, brother. The Mill has been up all night sorting out this domino trail of potential deals; one false move and before you know it <strong>Bristol City owe Porto £45m for Kieran Richardson</strong>, so long as West Ham sign <strong>Sarah Cracknell on loan from St Etienne</strong>.</p><p>Closing the transfer window before the start of the season would at least save Tottenham Hotspur from themselves. Internacional have apparently said that they are only <strong>open to an "extraordinary" offer for Leandro Damião</strong>, which roughly translates to about £24m. Shakhtar Donetsk want an "oof, quite a lot" offer of <strong>£20m for Willian</strong>, but that hasn't stopped the Daily Mail reporting that both deals are going through. According to the Times, if either makes it as far as a medical, <strong>Jermain Defoe will be off to Sunderland </strong>in exchange for the "go on then" sum of £10m. If you take a peak in the Mirror (who reckon Atletico Madrid's Falcao is also on the list of strikers Spurs will enquire about and then recoil at the price), newly appointed club captain Michael Dawson's £9m move to QPR will fund the signing of Ricardo Carvalho. A truly bizarre bit of business.</p><p><strong>Spurs are also being linked with Adam Johnson</strong>, whose move away from Manchester City depends on the arrival of Scott Sinclair, for whom Swansea would like £6m, not the offered £5m, so that they'll have plenty of change after replacing him with either <strong>Bristol City winger Albert Adomah or Middlesbrough's Marvin Emnes</strong> – both available for around £3m. Stare at a spot in the distance for a moment to uncross your eyes. So, Adam Johnson: his preference is for a move to Tottenham or Liverpool, but only Sunderland have actually <strong>tabled a £10m bid</strong>.</p><p>Martin O'Neill is having a giddy old time of it at the moment, bidding like a bairn who has accidentally opened up Pa's eBay account. <strong>It looks as though Steven Fletcher will be arriving at any moment</strong>, with Wolves having accepted a second chance offer of about £12m. If Kieran Richardson can be flogged to a London club for a couple of million quid, Blackburn full back Martin Olsson could be the next arrival at the Stadium of Light – assuming that Aiden McGeady and Clint Dempsey don't get there first.</p><p>Roberto Mancini needs to boost his kitty before Manchester City can be turned down by another big-money target, so <strong>off goes Kolo Toure to Lazio or PSG</strong> if the papers are to be believed; John Guidetti, who went on loan to Feyenoord last season, could end up at Sunderland (wa dominoes!); and <strong>Roque Santa Cruz seems likely to sign for Real Betis </strong>having turned down loan moves to Middlesbrough and Celtic. There's a strong chance he'll still need some extra pocket money to sign Javi MartÃnez from Athletic Bilbao. MartÃnez is currently in the midst of agreeing a deal with Bayern Munich, but with negotiations stuck somewhere around £35m, City fancy they can cut in. Otherwise, it's a straight scrap between them and Spurs for <strong>FC Ashdod midfielder Nir Biton</strong>, the latest poor soul to be dubbed <strong>'the new Vieira'</strong>.</p><p>The Chelsea boss Roberto di Matteo feels he's "a bit light in attacking positions", which has prompted the Star to furnish their back page with a story saying that <strong>André Schurrle is on his way from Bayer Leverkusen for £23.5m</strong>. According to the Mail, however, Leverkusen "will not sell him this season no matter how much they offer." Fortunately Chelsea fans only read Frank Lampard's beloved Sun, so will be under the impression that the club is about to <strong>pay £35m to prise Edinson Cavani from Napoli</strong> – or, failing that, <strong>£45m for Porto's Hulk</strong>. Some, though not a lot, of which could be funded by the cash Crystal Palace pay to take Gaël Kakuta on loan for the season.</p><p><strong>Manchester United are also offloading fringe players</strong>, a sentence that Dimitar Berbatov should never have ended up in. He's about to enrich the lives of Fiorentina supporters for the princely sum of £3m; by those figures, Federico Macheda and Bebe will be sold for £12.99 and 75p respectively. Nani probably isn't going anywhere, mind, with United only prepared to do business at £25m+ and <strong>Zenit St Petersburg not that stupid</strong>. What that means for United's chances of signing Pachuca and Mexico midfielder Hector Herrera the Mill can no longer tell.</p><p>Queens Park Rangers are <strong>in talks with Saint-Etienne regarding Kurt Zouma</strong>, the young defender valued at about £8m, and will make some cash back by selling Tommy Smith to Cardiff. Joey Barton's loan move to Marseille could be scuppered by the FA, who have asked the French Football Federation to uphold his 12-match ban. Still, who wouldn't want 11 weeks free to read a bit of Sartre, write out Smiths lyrics in an exercise book, and work on pronouncing acatalepsy? <strong>Mark Hughes is also thinking about signing goalkeeper Artur Boruc on a free</strong>, having woken drenched in sweat at the realisation that Robert Green is his No1. On the other side of London, West Ham have increased their offer for <strong>Matt Jarvis </strong>to about £10m, and are close to a loan deal for Rennes striker Razak Boukari.</p><p>Staying in London, because that's the best segue the Mill can think of at the moment, <strong>Arsenal could yet miss out on Nuri Sahin</strong>, because Real Madrid like the colour of Liverpool's money better – they're prepared to agree a loan deal that involves a £14m buyout clause if Sahin decides to stay. That may or may not be because they've got a cheque for £12m on its way from Newcastle, who've now said they won't bid any higher for a player that Liverpool don't want anyway. <strong>Which seems fair enough.</strong></p><p>On his way out of Newcastle, eventually, is Danny Simpson, who doesn't feel he's being paid his worth at £20,000 a week, and plans to sign a pre-contract agreement with Espanyol in January. By then <strong>Blackburn hope that Huddersfield's Jordan Rhodes will have scored at least 20 goals</strong> for them, having signed before the window closed for £6m.</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/transfer-window">Transfer window</a></li></ul></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/georginaturner">Georgina Turner</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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