Barca in for Spurs star and other red-hot gossip

(02-11-2010) Barcelona are reportedly ready to make an enormous offer for sensational Tottenham left-back Gareth Bale. The Welshman has been in scintillating form this season, especially during Spurs Champions League clash with Inter Milan when he scored a hat-trick at the San Siro. Now the Spanish giants want to tempt him away from White Hart Lane and are believed to be ready to offer £40m for his services. Elsewhere, Liverpool think they can prise Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips away from Eastlands; Manchester United are monitoring £8m-rated midfielder Ilkay Gundogan of Bundesliga club Nurnberg, but have also been impressed by his team-mates midfielder Mehmet Ekici and striker Julien Schieber; and Manchester City are ready to offer Barcelona millions for their sensational Brazilian right-back Dani Alves.