World Football Transfer Update: Chelsea Dive In For Robinho?

Here we are with another quickfire edition of the Transfer Updates which will not be to long for the simple reason that I'm extremely tired. The possible moves are in brackets.

Robinho (Real Madrid to Chelsea)

Chelsea have reportedly made a bid of around £27 million for Real Madrid forward Robinho.

Roman Abramovich is ready to offer Luiz Felipe Scolari the funds which will lure Robinho to London.

Real need to raise cash for a possible bid for Cristiano Ronaldo and Robinho is thought to be the favourite in their squad to be sacrificed.

Earlier, reports suggested Robinho would be used as bait in a bid to lure Manchester United to let go of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal to FC Barcelona)

Emmanuel Adebayor has cast further doubt on his Arsenal future after revealing his interest in a move to Barcelona.

AC Milan are also pursuing the striker, who has given conflicting statements about his immediate future over recent days.

On Friday he insisted he would be staying with the Gunners before minutes later hinting he would push for a move to the San Siro in showdown talks with manager Arsene Wenger next week.

Yesterday, however, Wenger insisted he would not be meeting Adebayor—who scored 30 goals last season—having already held talks with him.

Now the 24-year-old has further muddied the waters by revealing Barca's interest, which he would favour if the North London club do not meet his demands for a pay rise to a reported £120,000 a week.

"Barcelona have made a good financial offer and there is also the chance to play alongside great players, I am still under contract to Arsenal but it's up to the directors to satisfy my demands or I'll leave," Adebayor said.

Gareth Barry (Aston Villa to Liverpool)

Gareth Barry remains desperate to join Liverpool and has blasted Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill for making no effort to persuade him to stay.

The England midfielder has made no secret of his desire for the regular Champions League football on offer at Anfield.

Despite his pleas to the Villa hierarchy to allow him to leave, the Midlanders have remained entrenched and rejected a reported £15 million bid from the Reds earlier this month.

Aston Villa are believed to be prepared to let him go at £20 million, which will be used to lure Newcastle's James Milner and Chelsea's Sidwell to Villa Park.

That's a wrap. Cristiano Ronaldo and a whole lot of irrelevant stories were left out.