Friday's England press review © EuroFootball.com

On Friday, the English press writes about "Portsmouth" aiming to acquire important players, candidates for the position of coach at "Sheffield Utd" and "Man City", C.Makelele's move to "Villarreal" and other football news.

Craig Bellamy is interested in "West Ham", who would like to replace him with Carlos Tevez ("The Sun").

Claude Makelele will move from "Chelsea" to "Villarreal" ("Daily Mirror").

Chelsea offers 1 million dollars for Brazilian defender Alex ("Daily Mirror").

Steven Taylor wants to extend his contract with "Newcastle" ("Daily Mirror").

"Portsmouth" wants to acquire Freddie Ljungberg ("Daily Star") and Titus Bramble ("Daily Mail").

"West Ham" will send forward Bobby Zamora to Madrid's "Atletico" ("Daily Mirror").

"Rangers" offers 2 million pounds for "Osasuna" defender Carlos Cuellar ("Daily Record").

Eddie Lewis will leave "Leeds" and return to his former club "Preston" ("Daily Star").

"Aston Villa" is interested in Portuguese youth national team member Antunes ("Daily Mirror").

"Portsmouth" coach Harry Redknapp will turn to club owner Alexandre Gaydamak to find out if there are any possibilities to acquire Jermain Defoe ("The Times").

If "W.B.A" enters the Premier League, Jason Koumas will stay in the club and reject Celtic's offer ("Daily Mirror").

"Dundee United" is set to soon acquire goalkeeper from Poland Lukasz Zaluska ("Daily Record").

"Middlesbrough" offers 1 million pounds for "Aberdeen" defender Russell Anderson ("The Sun").

Craig Gordon's agent wants "Hearts" to name the true price for the goalkeeper ("Daily Express").

Frank Lampard, John Terry, and Arjen Robben have been given an ultimatum by "Chelsea" - either accept the proposed contracts or leave the club. "Chelsea" cannot offer higher wages because of Andriy Shevchenko's high value ("The Sun").

The new manager of "Sheffield Utd" is likely to be Bryan Robson (Various).

The second coach of the Sheffield club, Stuart McCall, is likely to leave the club and become the coach of "Bradford" ("Daily Star").

A consortium based in Dubai intends to acquire "Leeds" club for 40 million pounds sterling ("Daily Star").

Wigan manager Dave Whelan demands that Richard Scudamore, the Executive Director of the Premier League, step down from his position for not imposing a stricter punishment on "West Ham" for rule violations ("Daily Star").

Italian Claudio Ranieri is considered the main contender to become the coach of "Man City" (Various).

"Celtic" has banned Jim O'Brien, who is on loan to "Dunfermline" team, from playing against the Glasgow club in the Scottish Cup final ("The Sun").

After losing important matches, "Chelsea" owner Roman Abramovich is in tears ("The Sun").

Sheffield Utd's Phil Jagielka, who made it into the England B squad, will have to miss his vacation in Greece, for which he had already paid ("Daily Express").