City chase Toffees star and other red-hot gossip

Everton defender Johnny Heitinga has caught the eye of Manchester City with the Dutch World Cup squad member admitting he is ready to move to a ‘big club.’ Heitinga joined the Toffees from Atletico Madrid and impressed in his debut season at Goodison Park. Elsewhere, Chelsea face a fight to keep their Double-winning team together as manager Jose Mourinho intensifies his efforts to recruit Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole for Real Madrid; Real Madrid are ready to offer Chelsea Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain in a bid to land Lampard and Cole; Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is ready to tempt Newcastle with a £5m bid to land defender Steven Taylor, Dutch star Arjen Robben claims Manchester City target Rafael van der Vaart wants to join him at Bayern Munich; and Manchester United are leading the race to sign Chelsea's out of contract England midfielder Joe Cole.