Manchester United have targeted Atletico Madrid’s £45million
striker Sergio Aguero, while Manchester City are chasing Joleon
Lescott.
DAILY MIRROR
Manchester City will make a formal £15million bid for Everton
defender Joleon Lescott in the next 48 hours.
Hull manager Phil Brown hopes to pull off an audacious swoop for
Michael Owen by telling the striker he can help him realise his
World Cup dream.
Emmanuel Adebayor has been offered to AC and Inter Milan to stop
him being sold to Chelsea.
Sunderland are keen on a double swoop for Reading’s Kevin Doyle
and Stephen Hunt.
Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has put Peter Crouch top of his
wishlist after being handed £13million to replace Roque Santa
Cruz.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has made a £2.5million bid for Rayo
Vallecano midfielder Mohamed Diame.
Fulham striker Diomansy Kamara is a £5million target for his old
boss Tony Mowbray at Celtic.
Sheffield United have emerged as favourites to sign Jermaine
Beckford in a £5million deal after offering striker Billy Sharp as
part of the deal.
THE SUN
Manchester City will make a £15million bid for Everton
centre-back Joleon Lescott in the next 48 hours.
Rafa Benitez admits he paid over the odds to land England
right-back Glen Johnson.
West Ham have landed Inter Milan striker Luis Jimenez on loan
for a year.
Ajax have failed to sign Arsenal striker Niklas Bendtner.
Arsene Wenger insists he is not a tightwad – he just has not got
the money to compete with the likes of Manchester United,
Manchester City and Chelsea.
Robinho has urged Mark Hughes to snap up Samuel Eto’o and create
Manchester City’s own Fab Four.
Michael Essien’s agent has shocked Chelsea by claiming the
midfielder may leave the Blues.
Manchester City’s Daniel Sturridge is set to join Chelsea this
summer but his fee will be determined by a tribunal.
DAILY EXPRESS
Jack Rodwell has already taken Rio Ferdinand’s shirt off his
back and one day he hopes to take his England place, too.
Arsenal have offered Emmanuel Adebayor to both Milan clubs in a
bid to starve off interest from Chelsea.
Peter Crouch is ready to commit his future to Portsmouth.
Paulo Sousa has officially been unveiled as the new manager of
Swansea.
DAILY MAIL
Jorge Valdano has confirmed Real Madrid are pressing ahead to
sign Liverpool duo Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa.
Manchester City will allow goalkeeper Joe Hart to join
Birmingham on loan after completing a deal for Aston Villa’s Stuart
Taylor.
Chelsea expect to complete the £18million signing of Yuri
Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow next week on a
four-year deal.
Fulham are considering a loan move for Villarreal starlet Jozy
Altidore.
Sunderland have been encouraged to follow up their interest in
Didier Zokora after Sevilla deemed the midfielder too pricey.
Hull City believes they have beaten Celtic and Fulham to sign
French striker Marc-Antoine Fortune.
DAILY STAR
Heurelho Gomes has pleaded with Tottenham not to sell him.
Sunderland are closing in on Spurs striker Darren Bent.
Manchester City have signed keeper Stuart Taylor from Aston
Villa as understudy to Shay Given.
Sam Allardyce will target Peter Crouch as a replacement for
Roque Santa Cruz after seeing his summer budget swell to
£13million.
Manchester United have targeted Atletico Madrid’s £45m striker
Sergio Aguero.
THE TIMES
The chances of Arsenal selling Emmanuel Adebayor increased after
AC Milan admitted that it would be difficult to sign Edin Dzeko,
the Wolfsburg striker, who is the Italian club’s main target.
THE INDEPENDENT
Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, admitted yesterday he had
paid over the odds in the £17million deal for full-back Glen
Johnson but insisted new Champions League rules, which state sides
must have eight home-grown players in their squads for all games,
had forced his hand.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Andrea Pirlo is expected to meet AC Milan vice-president Adriano
Galliani today to decide whether he should stay at the club or seek
a move to Chelsea.
DAILY RECORD
Maros Klimpl has urged Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee to offer him a
new deal.
New Falkirk boss Eddie May has promised to maintain the football
philosophy of the previous regime.
Dean Furman is stalling on a new deal at Rangers.