Football transfer gossip - July 22 

Makelele leaves Chelsea, Rafa's confident of Keane deal, Robinho turns down Blues, Spurs get ready to splash the cash and Fergie tells Ronaldo he'd be mad to leave Manchester

Abramovich proves he has more money than anyone

Chelsea's billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich is set to bid 150 million euros for AC Milan's playmaker Kaka. The offer, if accepted would be the biggest in transfer history. (Various)

Robinho turns down Blues

It seems that more people are wanting to leave Chelsea than head to the London club at the moment with Real Madrid's Robinho the latest to turn down a move to the Blues after he told reporters he is 'happy' at the La Liga club and wants to stay at Real Madrid 'for a long time.' (Reuters)

A lorra offers for Eto'o

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o says he has received offers from Chelsea, Tottenham and Inter Milan. (Corriere dello Sport) but his agent put a stop to his dreams by saying the striker could end up staying at the Nou Camp (BBC)

Mourinho will wait for Lampard

It seems Jose Mourinho has resigned himself to the fact that he will have to wait a little while longer to be reunited with old pal Frank Lampard. In an interview with Portuguese TV, Mourinho said it would be easier for Lamps to play out the remainder of his one-year contract with Chelsea than leave now - but he hasn't ruled out the possibility of bringing Quaresma to the Italian side. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Boulahrouz completes Stuttgart move

Dutch international defender Khalid Boulahrouz has completed his move from Chelsea to VfB Stuttgart, the English Premier League club confirmed on their website on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Makelele relishes PSG challenge

French midfielder Claude Makelele promised to give his best to new club Paris St Germain after joining the Ligue 1 side on a free transfer from Chelsea on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Cech signs new Chelsea contract

Goalkeeper Peter Cech has signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea according to the clubs official website ( Various)

Rafa confident of Keane deal

Rafa Benitez and Liverpool believe Tottenham's decision to report the club to the Premier League over their reported tapping of Robbie Keane will come to nothing and that a deal bringing the star to Anfield will be struck next week. (Telegraph)

Liverpool are also set to welcome new signing David Ngog to the Merseyside club in the next few days after having their 1.5m bid for the Paris St Germain forward accepted. (tribalfootball.com)

Spurs ready to splash the cash for Arshavin

Zenit St Petersburg has claimed that Tottenham are interested in signing Andrei Arshavin for a reported 16million pounds.

But Zenit's sporting director has dismissed the claims saying "This English club is really interested in acquiring Andrei but, as I understand, 27 million Euros (21.5 million) is too high a price for them. (Daily Mirror)

But reports suggest that Tottenham boss Juande Ramos will spend the 57m from the sale of Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov elsewhere like, strikers Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow) and wingers David Bentley (Blackburn) and Diego Capel (Sevilla) (BBC) 

Blackburn concede Bentley will go

Blackburn Rovers have resigned themselves to losing Ewood star David Bentley, but not until his asking price is met. Both Tottenham and Villa have failed in their bids for Bentley with Blackburn reported to be seeking about 18million for the former Arsenal player. (Guardian)

Adebayor keeps options open

The future of Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor remains uncertain after he refused to guarantee he would stay at the club during discussions with Arsène Wenger. Both Milan and Barcelona have made their interest in the player clear. (Guardian)

Other news

Fergie tells Ronaldo he'd be mad to leave Manchester

United boss Alex Ferguson has insisted that Cristiano Ronaldo would be making a big mistake if he leaves Manchester for Madrid. Ferguson has already told the Portugal winger that he must honour the remaining four years of his contract and told reporters that Ronaldo "Knows genuinely what the best club is for him - Manchester United." (Various)

But Real's president may beg to differ as he was adamant on Monday that Ronaldo WILL join the Spanish club before the beginning of the season (Daily Mirror)

Ronaldinho gets 80

New AC Milan signing Ronaldinho has been told he will wear the number 80 on his new Milan football shirt. The Brazil forward originally wanted the no.10 but Clarence Seedorf made it clear he would not give up his number for no-one. (Reuters)

And finally.......

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard might have been sent home from the Red's training camp in Switzerland with a groin injury but he will be cheered up on Friday as he is set to receive an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool's John Moores University for his services to sport. (BBC Sport)