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I'm hearing some strong rumours about Manchester City. I can't vouch for their authenticity but one of the two sources is a very mild mannered and judicious man who knows about these things. To cut a long story short, there are two threads:
First, Vedran Corluka's apparently on-off-on-off transfer to Spurs was never as uncertain as Man City are today trying to paint it, and he and City signed binding transfer papers to Spurs last week. Mark Hughes was apparently never told about this and went berserk when he found out. But from what I am told, Spurs are clear that Corluka is now a Spurs player and will go to court to prove it. (And, I understand, Corluka is fully on board for the move.)
As a result of having his players sold from under him - Stephen Ireland has already gone - Mark Hughes will be resigning as manager within days, if not hours.
Second, and more importantly for the Premiership, it is said that Thaksin Shinawatra has been trying to sell City for weeks and has found no buyers. There are stories that City is bust and has astronomical debts; the transfer spree of the past year or so has come home to roost.
As I say, I have no direct evidence for any of this, only the assertions of two people. We'll see.