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Thursday's English press writes about Arsenal's interest in Ghanaian Ahmed Apimah Barusso, Stephen Porato's desire to know if he will be accepted by Chelsea, Deco's denial that Barcelona will sell him, rejection of the possibility of Henrik Larsson moving to Aston Villa, Paraguayan Jorge Nunez's participation in Sheffield United's trial, Charlton manager's denial that the club will sell attacking leader Darren Bent, West Ham coach given one game to save his job if he wants to, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink wanting to end his career at Celtic, Arsenal defender Lauren being sidelined for another two months, and Steven Gerrard's statement that his team has not lost hope of winning Premier League trophies.
Arsenal defender Lauren watching Ghana's Ahmed Apimah Barusso, who had a successful season playing for Serie B club Rimini in Italy. ("Daily Mirror")
Chelsea's trialist Stephane Porato hopes to find out soon if he will be offered a contract by the club. ("Daily Mail")
Chelsea target Alessandro Nesta could become a free agent next summer as he failed to agree on a new contract with Milan. ("Daily Mirror")
Barcelona defender Deco denies rumors that he could be part of a £30 million deal in which the Catalan club would acquire Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard. ("The Independent")
Former Celtic forward Henrik Larsson rejected the opportunity to move to Aston Villa and stated he wants to stay at Helsingborg. (Various)
Chesterfield club is looking to get £2 million for team's attacking leader Caleb Folan, who performed well in League Cup matches against West Ham. ("Daily Express")
Defender Andy O'Brien is contemplating his future at Portsmouth as he has not started a single game this season. ("Daily Mirror")
Paraguay's World Cup representative defender Jorge Nunez, who recently parted ways with Estudiantes, is participating in Sheffield United's trial. ("Daily Star")
Several non-mainstream Sheffield United players may be loaned out, with defender Chris Lucketti having the most chances to move to another team. ("The Independent")
Charlton manager Iain Dowie claims the club is not thinking about selling striker Darren Bent in January. (The Independent)
Sheffield United coach Neil Warnock confirmed interest in Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor. ("Daily Express")
Goalkeeper Allan McGregor may change his mind and not leave Rangers, instead signing a new contract with the club ("Daily Record")
Former England national team coach Sven-Goran Eriksson received an offer to coach a team from Israeli hotel magnate and billionaire Eli Papouchado, who would contribute a large part of the £100 million sum to the consortium trying to take over West Ham's management under Kia Joorabchian's leadership. ("Daily Mirror")
However, Eriksson's advisors deny that he is preparing to coach West Ham. ("The Guardian")
Now it is said that the consortium wants to appoint former Charlton manager Alan Curbishley as the new coach. ("Daily Star")
West Ham players Marlon Harewood and Nigel Reo-Coker got into an incident during training before the League Cup match with Chesterfield. ("The Sun")
West Ham players believe they owe coach Alan Pardew a victory in Sunday's match against Blackburn – and are trying to save him from being fired. ("The Sun")
Alan Pardew may feel safe, even if the hammers lose to Blackburn. ("The Independent")
Alan Pardew has one game left to save his job. ("The Times")
Middlesbrough coach Gareth Southgate should finally sign a coaching contract as he has been working under an old player contract so far. ("The Sun")
Craig Levein will take over as the Dunfermline coach on Thursday from Jim Leishman. (Various)
Genk wants Hearts to be stripped of the ability to make deals in the transfer market because the Scottish club did not pay for the acquired full-back Mirsad Beslija. ("Daily Express")
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink says he can finish the rest of his career at Celtic. ("Daily Mail")
John Hartson claims that in 2000 at Rangers, he was treated "like a dog" when he did not pass a medical examination with them. ("Daily Record")
St Mirren striker John Sutton rejected an offer to sign a new contract. ("Daily Mail")
Texas-based oil magnate and former Inverness player Jeff MacDonald is ready to invest in the club. ("Daily Express")
Former Nottingham Forest coach Gary Megson spoke with Sheffield Wednesday about the possibility of taking over the vacant coaching position left by Paulo Sturrock. ("Daily Mirror")
West Brom striker John Hartson writes in his autobiography that when Rangers turned his life upside down, six years ago, they changed their minds and refused to sign him for £6 million from Wimbledon. ("Daily Record")
Nacho Novo seeks help from former Rangers star Mark Hateley to save his career at the club. ("Daily Record")
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger claims that 17-year-old Theo Walcott still needs two more years to play in the Premier League as a central midfielder. (Various)
Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry says the club made a mistake in selling Peter Crouch, who now plays for Liverpool. (Various)
Scotland's cup format may be changed so that youth teams can play against top-level clubs. ("Daily Record")
Watford coach Aidy Boothroyd defends his strategy of using long-pass tactics. ("Daily Express")
Coach Peter Taylor admitted that Shefki Kuqi lost confidence in his abilities after a disastrous start at Crystal Palace. ("Daily Star")
Arsenal right-back Lauren will be out for another two months due to a knee injury. ("The Independent")
Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol, who now coaches the New England Revolution in the USA Major League Soccer championship, confirmed interest in possibly taking over Bruce Arena's position as coach of the US national team. ("The Times")
Liverpool defender Steven Gerrard insists that his team has not lost hope of winning the Premier League title. ("Daily Telegraph")
