Reports in the UK media are saying that mega bucks Manchester City are preparing a £15 million bid for Toure.

Toure was subject of a bid from Manchester City in January; in fact the Ivory Coast defender handed in a written transfer request, but was persuaded by Wenger to withdraw it.

Morning Insiders' we have taken the best bits from todays papers. The usual suspects are there with the Fabregas Barcelona stories.

The Sun - Barcelona eye Rob & Fab BARCELONA have admitted both Robinho AND Cesc Fabregas are top of their January shopping list.

Asked about Barca's interest in Manchester City's Brazilian striker Robinho, Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain said: "He is a very interesting footballer and could play for us in the Champions League.

For various reasons, I don't really have time to write the player ratings which I've promised.
However, next week I'll go through an area of the team each day, culminating in who my player of the season is on Friday.
But I do have a quick word to say about the Champions League final:
1)Undoubtedly the English press have been harsher than they might to United - but thats because their absurd faith in United wasn't vindicated even slightly.

Arsenal's new little magician has been a revelation since signing in the closing minutes of the January transfer window. He's played only 9 games yet has 6 assists and 6 goals - and against Liverpool became only the sixth player in Premier League history to score 4 in one game.

He has wonderful balance and dribbling ability, has a great strike with either foot, and is superbly creative in his movement and passing.

Woe is me!

Alex Hleb claims that his move to Stuttgart from Barcelona is a backward step in his career.

The Belarus international has joined the Bundesliga side on a season-long loan after struggling to break into the first team at the Spanish club during his debut season in La Liga.

Now, grating as it is to have to analyse serial benchwarmer Alex Hleb's comments about Arsenal needing to pay more to keep hold of their stars, it does baffle me slightly.

We've long been told that Arsenal operate a wage ceiling, but does that really impoverish these young men by comparison to their peers?

A few posts from around the Football blogosphere!
Robbie Fowler resorts to Ninja (Dirty Tackle)
Man City fan gets tatoo predicting Champions league 2011 win (Who ate all the pies)
Great slalom goal from Alex Hleb for Stuttgart, this evening (101gg)
Paul Lambert gets Norwich job, after beating them 7-1 in opening game (the guardian)
Top ten football stadiums of the world (Pitch Invasion)
Dani Alves gets plastic surgery (The Spoiler)
Roman Abramovich is gonna be a dad.

It seems the last three or four days have been quite turbulent for the Arsenal. Adebayor leaving, Tomas Rosicky back in action, more players linked with a possible move, ex-players saying they regret leaving and so on and so forth.

We also had our share of turbulence with the server going crazy but hopefully problems are over.

It's a summer of transfer and rumour madness that I'm sure will get even more mental than Britney Spears over the course of the next few weeks.
Manchester City and Real Madrid are the main reason for bigger sums of money being spent than Beth Ditto's chocolate bill.
To be fair to both clubs, if you've got the money then why not spend it?

Ex Gunner plotting Emirates return? The Rumour Barcelona's unhappy midfielder Alex Hleb is being linked with a sensational return to Arsenal. Hleb wants out of the Nou Camp. "I am right in the best years of my career and I do not want to spend those years on bench," he said. The news Hleb is .

by CARL ELDRIDGE A mixed bag of tabloid tales greet those interested this morning my fellow Wengerites but the reserves' 3-2 win at Lincoln City last night seems to have escaped mass coverage for some reason!

For the record, goals from Gilles Sunu, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Luke Ayling's last-gasp winner were enough to see off the Imps at Sincil Bank.

For the third consecutive year, Fulham so early in the season is a benchmark for the Arsenal. Two years ago, after Jens Lehmann's blunder, Alex Hleb kicked-off our Premiership campaign with a very late strike and we went on to have a memorable season. Last year, we faced them on the second day, we lost and we went on to have a miserable season.

For the third consecutive year, Fulham so early in the season is a benchmark for the Arsenal. Two years ago, after Jens Lehmann's blunder, Alex Hleb kicked-off our Premiership campaign with a very late strike and we went on to have a memorable season. Last year, we faced them on the second day, we lost and we went on to have a miserable season.

Contracts

You can't see the wood for the trees when it comes to Arsenal players being offered new contracts, can you? First, misser of two good chances on Tuesday, Charles Vela, earned himself a new deal. And now, talk is of man-of-balsa Thomas Rosickly getting new terms.

Might seem a bit weird to some people.