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The Thursday English press writes about the possible collapse of the corruption investigation of Lord Stevens in football, possible changes in the coaching staff of Charlton, the removal of "Bury" from the FA Cup tournament, and other news, S.Coppell's ban on his players getting involved in Christmas shopping frenzy, and other news.
"Liverpool" will call Australian Lucas Neill from "Blackburn" in January, and this club will bring in Ukrainian Andrei Neshmachenko as a replacement ("The Guardian")
"Sheffield Utd" reveals plans to bring in several young players from Sao Paulo club ("Daily Star")
"Sheffield Utd" and "Reading" are "fighting" for "Colchester" right-back Greg Halford (Various)
Wycombe star Jermaine Easter, whose goal in the League Cup defeated Charlton, is on the target list of Romanian club "Universitatea Craiova" ("Daily Mirror")
The first purchase of "Hibernian" in January will be "Falkirk" striker Alan Gow ("Daily Record")
Due to Irish B national team and "Cork City" forward Roy O'Donovan, "Sunderland", "Wigan", "Derby County", "Wolves", and "Ipswich" are interested ("Daily Star")
Since "Leeds" will transfer Swede Matthew Kilgallon to "Sheffield Utd," they will call in another Swede, David Leinart from "Ljungskile" as his replacement (Various)
"Man City" football player Joey Barton, according to his agent, has no desire to leave the team ("Daily Express")
"Sheffield Utd" coach Neil Warnock will likely spend a large part of his £7 million transfer market budget to acquire "Preston" striker David Nugent ("The Times")
"Middlesbrough" stated that defender Jonathan Woodgate will definitely not leave the team until the end of the season ('Daily Star')
Blackburn coach Martin Hughes hopes to bring back former player David Dunn from Birmingham ("The Times")
Lord Stevens' investigation into the behind-the-scenes of transfers has been unsuccessful as he does not know the surnames of most of the guilty parties (Various)
The Football Association is furious at Lord Stevens for criticizing its controlled transfer policy ("Daily Star")
Agent Willy McKay admits to being one of eight agents whose activities are being investigated by Stevens ("Daily Mirror")
"Northampton" is looking to replace sacked coach John Gorman with former "Barnsley" strategist Andy Ritchie ("Daily Express")
"Bury", who were expelled from the FA Cup tournament due to an unregistered player in the game against "Chester," coach Chris Casper claims to be fighting the FA over this decision (Various)
Charlton president Richard Murray hinted at intentions to replace coach Les Reed with another specialist (Various)
R. Murray will negotiate with former "West Ham" manager Alan Pardew ("The Star")
Charlton coach L. Reed left the stadium in secret after losing to Wycombe ("The Sun")
W.B.A. discussed with David Pleat his chances of taking over as the club's technical director ("Daily Mail")
Wigan is feeling a shortage of strikers as Henri Camara has been sidelined for six weeks due to a knee injury (Various)
Reading coach Steve Coppell has banned his players from shopping for Christmas, thus preserving their energy and health for matches during the holidays ("Daily Mirror")
Former "Southampton" defender Francis Benali won a gold prize from a food organization. The 37-year-old footballer, now playing in the South Conference club "Eastleigh," won the prize for preparing Bangladeshi cuisine in his restaurant in Southampton ("Daily Star")
