Wednesday review of the English press © EuroFootball.com

Wednesday's English press writes mostly about A.Curbishley, who could take over the role of the "West Ham" coach, as well as giving J.Barton and L.Naylor chances to shine in the England team, A.Ševčenko took a seat on the bench at "Chelsea", and a curious injury to W.Rooney almost ended his visit to a basketball game.

"Charlton" is worried that possible new "West Ham" coach Alan Curbishley might "steal" Darren Bent ("The Sun")

"Tottenham" coach Martin Jolas reveals that his first January transfer market purchase will be 2.5 million pounds worth of "Lens" defender Adel Taarabt ("Daily Mirror")

"Fulham" coach Chris Coleman would like to negotiate with "Celtic" rebel Shaun Maloney ("Daily Mirror")

"Milan" president Silvio Berlusconi dismissed any possibilities of Andrei Shevchenko's return to "San Siro" ("Daily Mirror")

"Rangers" presented a 250,000 pound offer to Bucharest's "Dinamo" team for Romanian youth national team player Marius Alexi ("Scottisch Daily Express")

"Newcastle" has joined the battle with "Celtic" and "Southampton" for S.Pressley ("Scottisch Sun")

"West Ham" on Tuesday evening offered coach Alan Curbishley his desired 2.5 million pounds per year ("The Sun")

A.Curbishley will announce his decision on Wednesday (Various)

A.Curbishley could spend 25 million pounds in the transfer market ("Daily Telegraph")

Alan Pardew was dismissed because "West Ham" faced relegation to a lower league ("Daily Express")

Former England national team coach S.G.Eriksson gave A.Curbishley a promise of a new job after a conversation with "Wets Ham" president E.Magnusson ("Daily Mirror")

Joey Barton will be invited to the England team for friendly matches in February against Spain, despite his poor performance in the "Man City" defense at the World Cup (Various)

England's national team coach will also give Celtic star Lee Naylor a chance to prove he deserves to play for the national team ("Daily Record")

Premier League clubs will not comment on the conclusions of bribery investigations, which will be announced next week ("Daily Telegraph")

Jose Mourinho placed the 31 million pound worth, but disappointing, Andrei Shevchenko on the bench ("The Independent")

Former "Rangers" striker Shota Arveladze claims that Barry Ferguson made a mistake by returning to "Rangers" from "Blackburn" too quickly ("Scottisch Sun")

"Sheffield FC" claims to be the oldest club in the world, celebrating its 150th anniversary next year, while "Cambridge University" will mark this event this weekend ("The Guardian")

Wayne Rooney avoided a right leg injury when he collided with "Boston Celtic" basketball star Paul Pearce near the court during NBA games in New York ("The Sun")