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On Saturday, the English press writes about Shaun Wright-Phillips' possibilities of leaving Chelsea, Newcastle's interest in Dirk Kuyt, Joris Mathijsen, and Obafemi Martins, Man City's approach to Hatem Trabelsi, Charlton's reinforcement with Djimi Traore and Amdy Faye, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's intention not to sell Jose Antonio Reyes, the fine given to William Gallas by Chelsea, and Steve McClaren's knowledge of who the new captain of the England national team will be.
Chelsea is not willing to spend more than 20 million pounds on Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole. ("Daily Star")
Shaun Wright-Phillips can leave Chelsea for 12 million pounds – losing 9 million compared to the amount paid to Man City clubs last summer. ("Daily Mirror")
Newcastle have approached Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt, and are also eyeing AZ defender Joris Mathijsen and Inter Milan forward Obafemi Martins. ("Daily Mirror")
"Magpies" coach Glenn Roeder will not purchase Empoli forward Francesco Tavano: "I don't even know him," he said. ("Daily Star")
However, G. Roeder confirmed that he is interested in acquiring Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen. ("The Guardian")
Martin Jol continues to claim that next season Wigan defender Pascal Chimbonda will still play for Tottenham. ("The Sun")
But Spurs owner Daniel Levy said that they failed to reach an agreement with Wigan and now the London club has turned all their attention to Blackburn defender Lucas Neill. ("Daily Mail")
Spurs are also ready to shock everyone by finally acquiring Roma forward Mido, who was loaned out last season to the White Hart Lane team. ("Daily Star")
Next week, Man City are prepared to finally acquire Tunisian national team and Ajax club defender Hatem Trabelsi. ("Daily Mirror")
Charlton will acquire Djimi Traore from Liverpool for 2 million pounds and Amdy Faye from Portsmouth for 2.5 million pounds sterling. ("Daily Mirror")
Portsmouth will halt their efforts to acquire Blackburn defender Ryan Nelsen if their offer of 4.7 million pounds sterling is rejected. (Daily Mirror")
Watford will try to outbid W.B.A in the battle to acquire Q.P.R defender Danny Shittu, despite W.B.A already agreeing to pay 1.5 million pounds for the player. ("Daily Star")
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not intend to let Jose Antonio Reyes move to Real. ("Daily Mail")
French national team goalkeeper Franck Ribery wants to leave Marseille despite recently promising to tie his future to the team. ("The Guardian")
Chelsea has informed William Gallas to forget his desire to leave the team as they have not received any offers for him yet. ("Telegraph")
W. Gallas received a fine equal to two weeks' salary – Chelsea's highest fine - for not showing up in Los Angeles. ("The Sun")
England manager Steve McClaren has already decided who will be the captain of the national team, but has not yet revealed the player's name.
