According to Stoke City’s official website, Stoke City have signed Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan from Monaco, Jermaine Pennant on loan from Real Zaragoza until January, and Portsmouth footballer Marc Wilson.

Stoke City sent cash in addition to Liam Lawrence and Dave Kitson in the deal for Marc Wilson.

According to Steve Canavan at The Blackpool Gazette, Blackpool are interested in signing Portsmouth striker David Nugent. However a deal for Nugent might have to only be a loan as Portsmouth want to recover as much of the £6million that they spent on him two years ago.

It is also reported that Blackpool are still chasing Leicester City striker DJ Campbell and Wycombe winger Matt Phillips.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United have joined the race for Marc Wilson, but Stoke City are close to signing him. A West Ham insider said,

“It seems that a deal is 98% done with Stoke, but we are trying to get him.”

August 26th 2010: According to Christopher Lepkowski at the Birmingham Mail, Stoke City have made a bid of £3.5 million + Dave Kitson for Portsmouth footballer Marc Wilson.

Portsmouth manager Steve Cotterill also stated that Marc Wilson could leave the club this summer. Cotterill said,

“I really don’t want him to go anywhere but if I get to the situation where the club needs money then I might have that meeting with the administrator … What’s the chances of Marc being around for the weekend? It depends on what I get.

“There are a couple of clubs who are interested. It’s difficult but what do you do if someone comes in and gives you money and/or players? What do you do? … Marc Wilson is a quality player, but maybe this football club is not in a position to say no.”

August 23rd 2010: According to the Express and Star, West Bromwich made a second bid for Marc Wilson that was also rejected. Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou said,

“West Brom offered us £3m plus add-ons but that has been turned down … Steve Cotterill does not want to sell such an important player … At the moment, as a club he is not a player we have identified to sell … We will have to wait and see what happens.”

August 13th 2010 According to Christopher Lepkowski at the Birmingham Mail, West Bromwich made a £2.5million bid for Portsmouth midfielder/defender Marc Wilson that was rejected. Portsmouth are looking for around £5million.

It is also reported that West Brom are still looking to sign Red Bull Salzburg midfielder Somen Tchoyi. However Tchoyi has yet to travel to England for talks.

Lastly, West Bromwich are looking to sign a striker on loan.

UPDATE: According to West Ham’s official website, West Ham United have signed Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim on loan until January.

It is also reported that the club hopes to complete another signing within the next 72 hours.

July 17th, 2010: According to the Daily Mail, West Ham United have agreed to a deal to sign Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim. It is reported that West Ham originally offered Ben Haim £30,000-a-week in wages, which was £8,000-a-week short of his current contract. However a deal was agreed upon when they increased their offer.

June 24th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, West Ham United boss Avram Grant would like to sign Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim but his wages are too high. Ben Haim has two-years left on his current deal but can leave for free this summer due to a clause in his contract. A source at West Ham said,

“Yes, we would love to sign the player, but not at the moment as his wages are £45,000-a-week and his agent wants a £1 million fee - both too high.

“The problem is he has two years left on his Portsmouth contract, though he can leave for nothing as they were relegated.

“Why should he leave unless he gets the same wage? But a club like West Ham can no longer afford to pay every player £40-45,000-a-week. “Clubs like West Ham have to draw the line somewhere or every club will go broke.”

UPDATE: According to Bristol City’s official website, Bristol City have signed Bolton defender Nicky Hunt. Hunt signed a two-year deal with the club.

July 27th, 2010: According to Sky Sports News, Bristol City are close to signing Bolton defender Nicky Hunt. It is reported that Bristol are looking for a replacement for defender Bradley Orr, who is set to join QPR.

July 14th, 2010: According to Marc Iles at The Bolton News, Portsmouth are interested in signing Bolton defender Nicky Hunt. The 26-year-old hasn’t made an appearance for the first-team in over a season and has been told he can find another team.

According to Portsmouth’s official website, Portsmouth have signed Stoke City defender Ibrahima Sonko on a season-long loan. The deal is subject to approval by the Premier League as Portsmouth still have a transfer embargo.

UPDATE: According to BBC Sports, Hamburg have beaten Wigan to the signing of Lenny Sowah. Sowah signed on a free transfer but the club will have to pay a compensation fee.

July 5th, 2010 According to the Daily Mail, Wigan Athletic are interested in 17-year-old Portsmouth defender Lenny Sowah. Sowah is currently upset with the club over bonuses he believes he is owed and has not reported back for training yet.

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UPDATE: According to the Daily Mail, the deal for Mark Schwarzer should be completed next week. It is reported that Fulham are looking to sign Portsmouth goalkeeper David James on a free transfer to replace Schwarzer.

June 24th, 2010 According to John Cross at MirrorFootball, Arsenal seem set to sign Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer as they have made a new bid of £3.5million. It is reported that Fulham had already rejected a £3million bid for the 37-year-old.

According to the Daily Mail, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is planning to loan out youngsters Kyle Walker and Danny Rose to Portsmouth once their transfer embargo is lifted.

According to Tottenham’s official website, Tottenham have completed the signing of Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul.

According to Portsmouth’s official website, Portsmouth have signed Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara on loan for the rest of the season.

According to Neil Allen at The News, Tottenham are in talks with Portsmouth for goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.

However it is reported that Begovic would not be able to play with Tottenham this season unless FIFA gives the club special permission. The reason for this is because Begovic has already played for two clubs this season.

UPDATE: According to Luke Edwards at The Journal, Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is confident the club will sign Williamson. He said,

“In all honesty I’ve kept out of the politics of why it didn’t happen last week … I’m under the impression they’re working very hard on it and we’re confident it’s going to happen. I just want the player here. I hope we’re close to resolving it. We were disappointed it didn’t go through a couple of days ago and we’re hopeful something will happen very soon.”

January 23rd, 2010 According to Mark Douglas at The Journal, the deal has been put on hold. It is reported that if Portsmouth sell him, the club will have to pay Watford (who sold Williamson to Portsmouth) £1.5million in back payments and sell-on fees.

The deal was only for £1million so they would lose money on the selling of Williamson.

January 22nd, 2010 According to Mark Douglas at The Journal, Newcastle have agreed to pay £1million for Portsmouth defender Mike Williamson. The two parties were negotiating personal terms last night.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, the embargo has been lifted. Peter Storrie said,

“We are absolutely delighted that th embargo has been lifted, as we have been working very hard for the past few days with the Premier League to achieve this.

“I can confirm we are looking at an Egyptian striker Avram has targeted, but we have to examine the work permit situation. We are also now hopeful we can have Jamie O’Hara back on loan from Spurs.”

January 24th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Portsmouth director Peter Storrie expects the transfer embargo to be lifted on Monday. Storrie said,

“I see no reason now why the Premier League shouldn’t lift the embargo now. All the necessary documents have gone over to the Premier League over the weekend regarding the rescheduling of transfer monies owed to Udinese, so I see no reason why they should lift our embargo. We don”t own any UK clubs money, and all the foreign clubs have agreed payment schedules.”

According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth are prepared to cash in on Younes Kaboul and Nadir Belhadj this week.

Kaboul has been linked with Tottenham and Manchester City and is valued at around £11million. Belhadj has drawn interest from Wigan, Birmingham, and Sporting Lisbon and is valued at around £3.5million.

UPDATE: According to John Cross at MirrorFootball, Wolfsburg are interested in Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos.

January 19th, 2010 According to Sky Sports News, Philippe Senderos would be interested in a move to Celtic. Senderos said,

“I am very honoured that a big club like Celtic are interested in me and a loan deal right now would suit me perfectly … My main priority is to get back playing regular football. I really miss that … The World Cup this summer is a really big thing for me. I know that if I’m not playing regularly my chances of playing in South Africa will be badly affected.”

“It would be my second World Cup and I want to get the best possible build-up to it … Unfortunately, I haven’t played a lot of football recently and that’s why I feel I have to leave Arsenal … Hopefully something will be in place over the next few days but I’ll wait and see.”

January 18th, 2010 According to Darren Lewis at MirrorFootball, Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos is set to join Celtic on loan for the rest of the season. It is reported that the move could even be completed today.

UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Portsmouth and Stoke City are once again discussing a loan deal involving David James. A Pompey insider said,

“Talks have resumed with Stoke over James, so who knows what might happen there?”

January 15th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City are set to back out of the deal for Portsmouth goalkeeper David James as they do not want to pay his wages, which is reported to be £40,000-a-week.

January 15th, 2010 According to Neil Allen at The News, Stoke City are expected to sign Portsmouth goalkeeper David James on loan today. Stoke will reportedly pay a £500,000 loan fee and pay James’ wages which are around £65,000-a-week.

January 14th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is in talks with Portsmouth over signing goalkeeper David James on loan. Sources close to James said,

“It looks like the loan to Stoke will be tied up today. It’s just a question of the two clubs sorting it out, but it will only be a loan, simply a six-month loan, until the end of the season, at which point David will be free to explore all his options.”

Tony Pulis also said,

“We’ll have to see if the two clubs can come to a deal and we’re hoping it will be tied up for the weekend, but it will have to be right for us. If we can get him we’ll be absolutely delighted because if there’s a weakness (in the squad) it’s been between the sticks in respect of having competition and back-up.”

According to ESPN Soccernet, Tottenham are the favorites to land Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul. A Popmpey insider said,

“Yes, we are working on a deal with Spurs, but yes it is pretty complex. Spurs look favourite to sign Kaboul but five clubs have shown interest, three from the Premier League, Spurs, Manchester City and Sunderland.”

Tottenham would most likely receive £2million off the signing of Kaboul as Portsmouth still owes Tottenham £2million from when they bought Kaboul.

According to Chris Galea at Sky Sports News, Portsmouth striker Danny Webber is happy at the club and has not thought about leaving on loan. Webber said,

“I’ve never really thought about moving away, but I am really enjoying my time here and it is just a case of getting minutes on the board now … I’m happy at Portsmouth with the challenge in front of me, so I don’t think that a loan would help a great deal.”

According to Neil Allen at The News, Portsmouth want to have a meeting with the Premier League to discuss lifting the transfer embargo. If the league does not agree to the meeting, then the club is prepared to “exercise the right to arbitration,” where another party will make a decision.