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On Thursday and Friday, the English press extensively reviews the latest news from the transfer market, as well as provides wide coverage of other news from the English football world.
In January, "Chelsea" plans to acquire "Man City" star Micah Richards for £18 million to solve their defensive problems (Various).
"Chelsea" also plans to offer £7 million to "Birmingham" for defender Matthew Upson ("Daily Mail").
M. Upson asks the "Birmingham" leadership to allow him to stay in the team ("The Sun").
Javier Mascherano will end his nightmare at "West Ham" when he moves to "Juventus” for £6 million in January ("The Sun").
Madrid's "Atletico" is preparing to offer £14 million to "Liverpool" for Xabi Alonso ("Daily Mirror").
"Portsmouth" hopes to bring in Robert Earnshaw from "Norwich" ("The Times").
"Norwich" is asking for £5 million for R. Earnshaw ("The Sun").
Meanwhile, "Portsmouth" will also offer £6 million for "Chelsea" defender Glen Johnson ("The Sun", "Daily Mirror").
David Prutton may return to "Nottingham Forest" ("Daily Mail").
"Cardiff" is competing with "Watford" for the £2 million-rated "Rotherham" forward Will Hoskins ("Daily Mirror").
"Hibernians" hope to acquire forward Darryl Duffy from "Hull" in January ("The Scottish Sun").
"Liverpool" will sell Peter Crouch to "Newcastle" for £12 million, but will look for another forward to replace him ("The Sun").
David Villa from "Valencia" may replace P. Crouch for £22 million ("The Sun", "The Independent").
"Newcastle" and "Aston Villa" are prepared to acquire Curtis Davies from "W.B.A." for £6 million ("Daily Star").
"Tottenham" and "Newcastle" are favorites to buy "Derby County" talent Giles Barnes for £3 million ("The Sun").
"Liverpool" and "Juventus" are competing for "West Ham" Argentine Javier Mascherano ("Daily Express", "Daily Mirror").
"Bolton" manager Sam Allardyce told "Chelsea" to forget about acquiring Tal Ben Haim cheaply ("The Sun").
"Southampton" hopes that "Real Madrid" will offer a higher sum for their talented defender Gareth Bale ("Daily Express").
"Fulham" is negotiating with "Roma" for the loan of Vincenzo Montella until the end of the season ("The Times", "The Guardian").
Steven Pressley is undergoing a medical examination at "Charlton" and should sign a contract on Friday ("The Guardian").
"Celtic" is also showing strong interest in S. Pressley ("Daily Record", Daily Mail").
"Celtic" coach Gordon Strachan would prefer to acquire "Hibernians" safeties Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson in the summer ("The Sun").
"Man Utd" striker Giuseppe Rossi will move from "Newcastle" to "Sunderland" ("The Sun").
"Sheffield Utd" manager Neil Warnock is prepared to acquire "Q.P.R." forward Ray Jones for £500,000 (Various).
"Rangers" may bring in defender Andy Webster, who will leave "Wigan" in January ("Daily Mail").
"Arsenal" rejected "Falkirk's" offer to extend Anthony Stokes' loan agreement ("Daily Mail").
"Derby County" offers £750,000 for "Hull" forward Craig Fagan ("The Sun").
"Sunderland" offers £1 million for "Luton" defender Carlos Edwards ("Daily Mail").
"W.B.A." manager Tony Mowbray informed "Wigan" that he will not sell forward Nathan Ellington ("The Sun").
"Portsmouth" goalkeeper Dean Kiely will move to "W.B.A." ("Daily Mail").
"Middlesbrough" manager Gareth Southgate told Fabio Rochemback to forget about a possible return to Portugal, to "Sporting" club in Lisbon (Various).
David Dunn from "Birmingham" may return to "Blackburn" for £2 million ("The Sun").
"Hearts" will defeat "Celtic" in the battle for Romanian talent Dumitru Copulo ("Daily Record").
"W.B.A." intends to acquire forward Derek Riordan from "Celtic" ("Daily Express").
"Celtic" star Bobo Balde will miss the rest of the season due to a broken leg ("Daily Record").
"Liverpool's" move to a new 60,000-seat stadium may be delayed as new investors consider the possibility of reconstructing "Anfield" ("The Independent").
Sylvain Distin rejected "Man City's" offer because the club did not agree to pay him £50,000 per week ("The Independent").
Former "Portsmouth" owner Milan Mandaric has decided to acquire "Leicester City" ("The Times").
Phil Parkinson will become Alan Pardew's assistant at "Charlton" after failing to become the manager of "Northampton" ("Daily Star").
"Chelsea" defender Joe Cole may need a foot operation ("The Sun").
John Terry will return to the field next weekend ("Daily Express").
J. Terry may be out of the game for up to three months due to injury ("The Independent").
Stuart Pearce threatens to resign from his position as manager of "Man City" if Micah Richards is sold to "Chelsea" ("The Sun").
"West Ham" manager Alan Curbishley is worried that forward Dean Ashton may not be able to play properly for the rest of the season ("Daily Star").
17-year-old "Chelsea" forward Ben Sahar's call to the army may disrupt his career at the blues ("The Guardian").
Milan Mandaric will take over the management of "Leicester City" for £25 million (Various).
"Reading" coach Steve Coppell currently considers "Man Utd" defender Cristiano Ronaldo the best footballer in the world ("The Sun").
"Coventry" may register goalkeeper coach Andy Dibble as a player, as Andy Marshall and Luke Steele are injured ("The Sun").
"Portsmouth" manager Harry Redknapp would like his assistant to remain Tony Adams ("Daily Star").
"Celtic" Japanese player Shunsuke Nakamura claims that the idea for his amazing goal against "Dundee United" came from watching a clip online ("Daily Record").
David Beckham secretly flew to Tokyo on Friday for promotional purposes ("Sports Nippon").
Following the example of "Real" and "Man Utd" in attracting fans in Asia, even England's Fourth Division club "Accrington Stanley" created a new website www.accringtonstanleyasia.com ("The Times").
