Premiership - Will Sven-Goran Eriksson make his former England favourite Michael Owen his first signing at City? Owen's £9 million release clause could give him a way out of St James' and back to the North West.

Here eurosport.yahoo.com brings you a rundown of ins, outs and rumours in the English top flight.

ARSENAL

In: Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw, undisclosed)

Out: Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City, undisclosed), Mart Poom (Watford, undisclosed), Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough, undisclosed), Arturo Luopli (Fiorentina, undisclosed)

Rumours: David Trezeguet (Juventus, £5m), Ryan Babel (Ajax, £6m), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, £25m), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20m), Florent Malouda (Lyon, £17m); Thierry Henry (to Barcelona, £15m)

ASTON VILLA

In: None

Out: Juan Pablo Angel (New York Red Bulls, free), Gavin McCann (Bolton Wanderers, £1m), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton, free)

Rumours: Diego Forlan (Villarreal, £12m), Paul Robinson (West Brom, £3m), Jerzy Dudek (free agent); Patrik Berger (to Oldham, free)

BIRMINGHAM CITY

In: Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough, free), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal, free), Garry O'Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow, £2.5m)

Out: Bruno N'Gotty (Leicester City, free)

Rumours: Diomansy Kamara (West Brom, £6m), Marlon Harewood (West Ham, £3m)

BLACKBURN ROVERS

In: None

Out: None

Rumours: Chris Baird (Southampton, £3m), Bobby Zamora (West Ham, £2m); Francis Jeffers (to Ipswich, £500,000), Andy Todd (to Coventry, £750,000)

BOLTON WANDERERS

In: Gerald Cid (Bordeaux, free), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich, free), Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec, undisclosed), Gavin McCann (Aston Villa, £1m), Jlloyd Samuel (Aston Villa, free)

Out: Quinton Fortune, Cesar Martin, Henrik Pedersen, David Thompson (all released), Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea, free)

Rumours: Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Stephen Hunt (Reading, £1.5 m), Thomas Buffel (Rangers), Paddy Kenny (Sheffield United)

CHELSEA

In: Steve Sidwell (Reading, free), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich, free), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton, free)

Out: Nuno Morais (APOEL Nicosia, free)

Rumours: David Villa (Valencia, £30m), Carlos Tevez (West Ham, £30m), Florent Malouda (Lyon, £17m) Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20m), Royston Drenthe (Feyenoord, £4m); Claude Makelele (to PSG, free), Arjen Robben (to Real Madrid, Barcelona, £12m)

DERBY COUNTY

In: None

Out: Paul Peschisolido, Seth Johnson, Paul Boertien, Lee Grant, Morten Bisgaard, Steven Cann, Lionel Ainsworth, Tom Cumberworth (all released)

EVERTON

In: Tim Howard (Manchester United, undisclosed)

Out: Alessandro Pistone (released), Richard Wright (released)

Rumours: David Nugent (Preston, £6m), Alan Smith (£2.5m), Bobby Zamora (West Ham, £2m), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Phil Bardsley (Manchester United, £2m), Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United, £4m)

FULHAM

In: None

Out: Claus Jensen, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Crossley (all released)

Rumours: Diomansy Kamara (West Brom, £3m + Heidar Helguson), Chris Baird (Southampton, £3m), Mido (Tottenham), Marlon Harewood (West Ham), Bobby Zamora (West Ham, £2m), Walter Pandiani (Espanyol, £2.5m)

LIVERPOOL

In: Lucas Leiva (Gremio, undisclosed), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Sebastien Leto (Club Atletico Lanus, undisclosed)

Out: Robbie Fowler, Jerzy Dudek (both released)

Rumours: Florent Malouda (Lyon £17m), Simao (Benfica, £12m), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £16m + Luis Garcia), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, £4.5m), Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza, £13m), Darren Bent (Charlton, £17m), Diego Forlan (Villarreal)

MANCHESTER CITY

In: None

Out: Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth, free), Trevor Sinclair (released), Joey Barton (Newcastle, £5.8m

Rumours: Michael Owen (Newcastle United, £9m); Kasper Schmeichel (Falkirk, Bosman)

MANCHESTER UNITED

In: Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Nani (Sporting Lisbon), Anderson (Porto)

Out: Tim Howard (Everton)

Rumours: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20m), Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria, £10m), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Barcelona, cash plus Gerard Pique), Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham); Alan Smith (to Sunderland £7m), Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid, £5m), Phil Bardsley (Everton, £2m)

MIDDLESBROUGH

In: Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid, £7m), Jeremie Aladiere (Arsenal, undisclosed), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce, free)

Out: Malcolm Christie, Danny Graham (both released), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham City, free), Mark Viduka (Newcastle United, free), Abel Xavier (LA Galaxy, free), Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, undisclosed)

Rumours: Bobby Zamora (West Ham, £2m), Alan Smith (Manchester United); Stewart Downing (to Everton), Ayegbeni Yakubu (to Portsmouth, £12m)

NEWCASTLE UNITED

In: Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, free), Joey Barton (Manchester City, £5.8m)

Out: Scott Parker (Charlton, £7m), Titus Bramble, Antione Sibierski (both Wigan Athletic, both free), Olivier Bernard, Craig Moore, Pavel Srnicek (all released)

Rumours: Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona, £1.5m), Nicky Shorey (Reading, £5m), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Paul Robinson (West Brom, £3m), Khalid Bouhlahrouz (Chelsea, £2m), Alan Smith (Manchester United, £3.5m); Michael Owen (to Manchester City, £9m), Alan O'Brien (Hibernian, Bosman)

PORTSMOUTH

In: Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, free), Herman Hreidarsson (Charlton, free), Sulley Muntari (Udinese, undisclosed)

Out: None

Rumours: Curtis Davies (West Bromwich, £7m), Ayegbeni Yakubu (Middlesbrough, £12m), Fredi Kanoute (Sevilla, £6.7m), Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa); Nwankwo Kanu (to Ajax, free)

READING

In: Kalifa Cisse (Boavista, undisclosed)

Out: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea, free), Greg Halford (Sunderland, £3.5m)

Rumours: Nicky Shorey (to Newcastle, £5m)

SUNDERLAND

In: Greg Halford (Reading, £3.5m)

Out: Kenny Cunningham, Tommy Miller (both released)

Rumoured: David Nugent (Preston, £6m), Alan Smith (Manchester United), Paul Robinson (West Brom, £3m), Diego Forlan (Villarreal), Jerzy Dudek (free agent)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

In: Gareth Bale (Southampton, £5m), Adel Taarabt (Lens, undisclosed)

Out: None

Rumours: Curtis Davies (West Bromwich, £7m), Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona, £1.5m), Darren Bent (Charlton, £16m), Royston Drenthe (Feyenoord, £5m), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan, £3m), Younes Kaboul (Auxerre), Jermaine Defoe (to Manchester United), Mido (to Fulham)

WEST HAM

In: Scott Parker (Newcastle United, £7m)

Out: None

Rumours: Nuno Gomes (Benfica), David Nugent (Preston), Marlon Harewood (to Fulham and Birmingham, £3m), Hayden Mullins (to Charlton, £1m), Carlos Tevez (to Internazionale, Real Madrid, £30m), Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool, £4.5m)

WIGAN ATHLETIC

In: Titus Bramble, Antoine Sibierski (both Newcastle United, both free), Mario Melchiot (Rennes, free), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborg, undisclosed)

Out: Arjen de Zeeuw, David Unsworth, Matt Jackson (all released)

Rumoured: Danny Murphy (Tottenham, £1.5m), Michael Brown (Fulham, £1 m), Rob Hulse (Sheffield Utd, £2.5 m), Andy O'Brien (Portsmouth), Thomas Buffel (Rangers), Robbie Savage (Blackburn, £2.5m)

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Tony Mabert