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Thursday's English press extensively covers transfer news, as well as Aston Villa's problems with goalkeepers, another Hearts scandal, Roman Abramovich's investments in the Russian national team, and the unexpected visit of Norwich fans to the team's training session.
Everton will present a £10 million offer to new West Ham manager A. Curbishley for Nigel Reo-Coker (Various)
Tottenham will renew their offer in January for Middlesbrough defender Stewart Downing ("Daily Mirror")
Liverpool is ready to invite 16-year-old Frenchman Gilles Sunu ("Daily Mirror")
Pompey are interested in former Rangers defender Michael Ball, released from PSV ("The Independent")
Stoke striker Sam Bangoura has almost agreed to a 6-month contract with FC Brussels (Various)
Helsingborg defender Andreas Granqvist revealed that Wigan is interested in him ("The Independent")
Sunderland manager Roy Keane would like to loan Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ("Daily Mirror")
Man Utd are interested in Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta ("Daily Mirror")
Sheffield Wednesday and Oldham are interested in Robbie Winters, whose contract with Bergen's Brann has expired ("Daily Star")
Reading are looking to acquire Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill for £1 million ("Daily Mirror")
Ray Jones has rejected a new offer from Queens Park Rangers and will sign a contract with Fulham, Liverpool, or Wigan (Various)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has denied rumors of selling Nicklas Bendtner, who is on loan to Birmingham, and Anthony Stokes, who is on loan to Falkirk ("Daily Star")
Aberdeen will bring back their 17-year-old forward David Ross from Inverurie Locos ("Daily Record")
Cardiff defender Darren Purse has no plans to leave the club, despite interest from Watford and Wigan ("Daily Telegraph")
West Ham president Eggert Magnusson admitted that he wanted A. Curbishley instead of the sacked A. Pardew ("Daily Mail")
Luton defender Sol Davis played his first match after an injury and scored a goal in the 1-1 draw with Northampton ("The Sun")
Newcastle president Freddy Shepherd praised coach Glenn Roeder for never complaining about player injuries (Various)
Man Utd's 36-year-old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will sign a new contract with A. Ferguson (Various)
Hull President Adam Pearson hopes to attract former Charlton manager I. Dowie ("Daily Star")
Everton defender Tim Cahill, who suffered a knee injury in November, hopes to return to the field in January ("The Independent")
Rangers coach Paul Le Guen will allow five players - B. Ferguson, D. Prso, J. Clement, C. Adam, and L. Sionko - to rest during the UEFA Cup match against Partizan ("Daily Record")
Liverpool's managing director Rick Parry warns fans that if the team is acquired by Dubai investors, it will not become like Chelsea (Various)
Steven Gerrard believes in a bright future for Liverpool (Various)
Hearts goalkeeper Paul Hartley is preparing to reveal the whole truth about Vladimir Romanov ("Daily Record")
Charlton manager Les Reed clashed with two players amid rumors of A. Pardew possibly coming to the club instead of him ("Daily Mirror")
Aston Villa are in a serious situation regarding goalkeepers, as Thomas Sorensen is injured until the new year, and Stephen Taylor has knee problems ("The Times")
Bolton striker El Hadji Diouf believes his team can break into the Champions League ("The Sun")
Chelsea owner will allocate £20 million for the revival of the Russian national team ("The Times")
David Beckham did not make it into Sir Alex Ferguson's list of the last 20 years of Old Trafford legends (Various)
Northern Ireland national team coach Lawrie Sanchez praises Motherwell captain Stephen Craigan and hopes he will play 50 matches for the team ("Daily Mail")
Hibernians goalkeeper Simon Brown believes that with the arrival of new coach John Collins, the team will improve their game ("The Herald")
Uninvited fans visited a Norwich training session. Initially, coach Peter Grant took it lightly and asked them to leave. But when they started demanding better play, the police had to intervene (Various)
The retractable roof of the new Wembley stadium for safety reasons may take 40 minutes to cover the pitch, instead of the planned 15 (Various)
