Okay okay, you've been patient...

It's time to get you all caught up on a few Americans Abroad transfer items. Sorry it took me a while longer than usual, but these things do all simmer at their own pace.

• The first article I have up covers the fact that a Ligue 1 club (one of Rennes, Saint-Étienne or Sochaux) looks set to beat a Bundesliga club (thought to be Hamburg, but I can't confirm) in the race for Hammarby strike ace Charlie Davies. The move could be completed by this time next week. I do not know which of the three French teams is close, but they are negotiating a fee with Hammarby.
  
  UPDATE: Swedish daily Expressen has outed Bochum, who I had mentioned as a winter suitor many months ago, are the Bundesliga club still in the Davies chase.
  

• Though swamped by bids recently, free agent defender Oguchi Onyewu is currently down to weighing four offers: one from an extremely eager Ajax (trust me on this bit), two from Serie A and one from La Liga. Obviously, this means all interested Prem clubs, all interested Ligue 1 clubs and Fenerbahçe are out of the running - at least for the time being.
  
  Best I can surmise, the Italian teams come out of a group comprised of Bologna, Catania, Genoa, Livorno, Parma and Palermo. I have nothing but educated guesses on the mystery Spaniards.
  

• As I mentioned in a comment earlier, I know that at least one Prem club is prowling around 'Gladbach midfielder Michael Bradley - but nobody on the inside is talkin'. The prime suspects, from what I have gleaned, are longtime admirers Everton, Aston Villa and Fulham. Again, none of my birdie leads jump out among the others, but I'm fairly certain no official transfer offer has dropped as of yet.

• There are no serious talks as of yet for Fulham attacker Clint Dempsey... but he does have at least one Prem club (with Everton the hot UK buzz) sizing him up, as well as teams from France, Germany and Spain. A Turkish paper reported yesterday that Fenerbahçe had taken a provisional interest in MC Deuce, but his agent told me there had been no contact with the Istanbul giants.

• As you may have heard, Hannover 96 winger Sal Zizzo is set to secure a season loan with ambitious 2.Bundesliga risers Fortuna Düsseldorf. This deal should be made official tomorrow.

• While free agent left back Heath Pearce has patiently waited on a trigger-slow Eredivisie side to table an offer, several rival suitors have popped up. The Gold Cup participant now has one of the Austrian Bundesliga entrants to Europe, a Danish club (I have reason to believe it's Randers FC, but don't write that in ink), an Allsvenskan outfit (educated guesses only) and at least one 2.Bundesliga team (no clue) chatting him up in addition to the Dutch slowpokes.

• Recent German reports linking Colorado striker Conor Casey with former loan side Karlsruhe were overzealous. He's had no enquiries of late.

• We will all probably find out how big a crush Rennes have on Houston star Ricardo Clark once their current defensive midfielder, Stephane M'Bia, picks his destination out of Brittany. That team seems to have several things going on, and he looks the lead domino.
  

I'll have another little something for you at S365 tomorrow morning, plus there are a few things that are nearly done brewing.


- Greg Seltzer