Thursday's English press review © EuroFootball.com

Manchester United's strategist Sir Alex Ferguson hopes to attract Lyon and French national team midfielder Yoann Gourcuff to his team this summer ("Caught Offside").

London's Chelsea and Liverpool's hopes of acquiring Roma defender Philippe Mexes could be hindered by injuries affecting the AC Milan club ("Talk Sport").

Arsenal's Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and Russian forward Andrei Arshavin may soon leave the North London team ("Metro").

Liverpool is negotiating with Roma's 59-year-old coach Claudio Ranieri, who could take over the Reds this summer ("Caught Offside").

Tottenham's fullback Gareth Bale says he would like to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games, but the Welsh Football Association is not interested in participating in a football tournament ("Independent").

Tomasz Kuszczak believes he is a good enough backup for goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, so the Red Devils do not need to look for a new top-class goalkeeper ("Manchester Evening News").

Stoke forward Tuncay has posted a compilation of his goals on his "Facebook" page, hoping to find a new team ("Daily Star").