Tim Cahill, RVP & Bendtner – it’s your morning transfer wrap

Tim Cahill’s off to the States, Nicklas Bendtner could be bringing his lucky Paddy Power pants to Italy and the latest on Robin van Persie’s future – all in your Tuesday morning transfer wrap.

A ball hasn’t been kicked in anger yet but Everton’s prospects for the new season look bleaker than ever with the news that star man Tim Cahill will be taking his brilliant headed goals elsewhere.

The Australian has been exceptional for the Toffees for eight seasons but he has reportedly agreed a £1m move to New York Red Bulls.

He’s not the only forward leaving the Premier League by the looks of it, although whether too many Arsenal or Sunderland fans will be disappointed to see the back of Nicklas Bendtner is a moot point.

The Dane is poised to move to AC Milan as a direct replacement for Paris St Germain-bound Zlatan Ibrahimovic. No laughing at the back.

Robin van Persie’s next club looks unlikely to be Manchester City despite the fact that the club’s oil-rich owners will probably offer him a salary twice that placed on the table by Manchester United or Juventus.

RVP seems oddly not to be tempted by an obscene wage of somewhere in the region of £300,000 a week, and as he is reportedly not too interested either in taking his family away from England his signature now looks to be Manchester United’s to lose.

All of which has apparently left Man City boss Robert Mancini kicking wastepaper baskets and gesturing wildly like the Italian he is.

Van Persie could meet Dimitar Berbatov in the Old Trafford revolving doors with the Bulgarian veteran catching the eye of Zenit St Petersburg.

If Zenit’s eyesight is troubled then three Premier League clubs are clearly suffering from memory loss with Tottenham, Newcastle and Swansea all interested in bringing former Liverpool flop Ryan Babel back to England.

Having bid a fond farewell to one horrible shin-kicking Dutch midfielder a year ago Bayern Munich are keen on signing another in the shape of Man City’s Nigel De Jong, while in the less rarefied atmosphere of the City Ground, new Nottingham Forest boss Sean O’Driscoll wants to bring Jermaine Jenas back to the club where he kickstarted his stuttering, unfulfilled career.