Friday's Review of the English Press © EuroFootball.com

On Friday, the English press writes about K.H. Rummenigge's statement not to pressure "Man Utd" in acquiring O. Hargreaves, the desire of "Liverpool" owners to extend contracts with the team's veterans, "Portsmouth" plans to strengthen and other news.

According to "Daily Mirror," Marcello Lippi could replace Jose Mourinho as coach, with former "Chelsea" legend Gianluca Vialli.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated that "Bayern" will not pressure "Man Utd" to acquire Owen Hargreaves for 20 million pounds sterling ("Daily Star").

"Tottenham" could acquire the new C. Ronaldo named winger Nani from Lisbon's "Sporting" ("The Sun").

If Trevor Sinclair does not extend his contract with "Man City," he will move to MLS ("Daily Star").

"Fulham" is interested in Australian defender Patrick Kisnorbo from "Leicester" ("Daily Star").

"Blackburn" rejected 15 offers from "Premier" league clubs to sell Scottish forward Paul Gallagher ("Daily Mirror").

"Arsenal" will bring in young French striker Gilles Sunu from "Chateauroux" for almost 1 million pounds sterling this summer ("Daily Telegraph").

"Hibernian" coach John Collins will allow Scott Brown to leave the team after the season, but will not negotiate the sale of Steven Whittaker, Lewis Stevenson, and Steven Fletcher ("The Sun").

Israeli agent Pini Zahavi stated that Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted that England's national team players did not trust David Beckham during the 2006 World Cup (Various sources).

Zahavi also claims that if England loses to Israel, Steve McClaren will be dismissed (Various sources).

The new owners of "Liverpool" want Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher to extend their contracts with the club ("Daily Star").

UEFA will investigate threats made by Belgian goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen to injure Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo ("The Sun").

"Arsenal" defender Kolo Toure believes his teammates are too rough ("Daily Mirror").

"Portsmouth" coach Harry Redknapp promises fans a "fun summer" in terms of transfers and aims to elevate the club to at least the top six of the "Premier" league ("Daily Mirror").

"Newcastle" is likely to let go of Titus Bramble, Nolberto Solano, and Antoine Sibierski this summer (Various sources).

Former "Rangers" forward Gordan Durie says that Saturday's Scottish victory against Georgia could depend on Kris Boyd ("Daily Mail").