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Monday's English press writes about the swaps of "Arsenal" and "Chelsea", and the proposal of the "Gunners" for W.Gallas, French J.A.Boumsong and N.Anelka potential moves to "Juventus" and "Bolton" respectively, successful protest of A.Ooijer, new offer from "Middlesbrough" to S.Distin, O.Martins' move to "Newcastle", desire of Milan clubs to buy Ronaldo, players leaving "Rangers", problems in "Celtic" in trying to acquire J.V. of Hesselink, four-club tussle for C. Elliott, punishments for players demanding cards, S.Aguero's debut for the Argentina national team, and FA's unwillingness to relent on W.Rooney's disqualification.
The exchange of Ashley Cole and William Gallas should finally end all the summer-long speculation about the players' future, and "Chelsea" would also have to pay an additional £10 million to their city neighbour "Arsenal" for A.Cole. ("Daily Express")
"Arsenal" made a £5 million bid for William Gallas. ("Guardian")
Jean-Alain Boumsong will leave "Newcastle" and move to "Juventus" for £2.7 million. ("The Sun")
"Fenerbahce" forward Nicolas Anelka is close to a move to "Bolton". (Various)
Eindhoven's "PSV" is ready to sell "Blackburn" and "Portsmouth" target Andre Ooijer, who refused to play against "NEC". ("Daily Star")
"Middlesbrough" is trying to solve defensive issues by offering "Man City" defender Sylvain Distin a contract with a higher salary. (Various)
"Newcastle" is close to acquiring Milano "Inter" forward Obafemi Martins for £8 million. ("Daily Mail")
"Coventry" offered £1 million for "Sheffield Utd" forward Ade Akinbiyi. ("Daily Mail")
"Rangers" forward Nacho Novo has learned that he may leave the club and is being followed by Preston. ("The Sun", "The Scotsman")
"Celtic" may face a hurdle in their plans to sign Eindhoven's "PSV" forward Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink due to a contractual condition to pay £1 million if he is sold to another club. ("Daily Record")
"Sunderland" is interested in midfielder Gavin Rae, who is no longer making the main lineup for "Rangers". ("The Scotsman")
"Celtic" defender Charlie Mulgrew has refused to move to "Wolves" and is expected to go to "St. Mirren". ("Daily Express")
"Derby" are considering the possibility of acquiring "Kilmarnock" forward Steven Naismith. ("The Sun")
"Falkirk" is the favorite in the battle with "Dunfermline", "Motherwell", "Gretna" for "Hearts" forward Calum Elliot, if the Edinburgh club decides to loan him this week. ("The Scotsman")
Referees' boss Keith Hackett has agreed with coaches that players waving imaginary yellow cards should be punished. ("Daily Mail")
The new Argentine superstar Sergio Aguero, who was bought from "Independiente" for approximately €24 million by Madrid's "Atletico", will make his debut for the national team on September 3 at the London "Emirates" stadium in a friendly match against Brazil.
FA will not revoke Wayne Rooney's disqualification despite the striker threatening to no longer participate in commercial events. ("Telegraph")
