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Friday's English press writes about "West Ham" plans in the transfer market and the planned amount of money to be spent, "Newcastle's" hopes of acquiring P. Crouch, and "Chelsea's" interest in R. Ayala, as well as M. O'Neills's respect for H. Larsson.
Javier Mascherano would move to "Liverpool" within 5 days, but he needs FIFA permission because it would be his third club in the season (Various).
"West Ham" will allocate 20 million pounds sterling for the transfer market. The first purchase will be Luis Boa Morte for 5 million (Various).
Other "West Ham" targets include Matthew Upson, Shaun Wright-Phillips, and Mark Viduka (Various).
"Tottenham" offers 4 million pounds sterling for Anton Ferdinand from "West Ham" (The Sun).
"Charlton" rejected a 7 million pound sterling offer from "Tottenham" for Darren Bent (Daily Mail).
"Tottenham" will transfer Wayne Routledge and Calum Davenport to "Watford" in exchange for Ashley Young (The Guardian).
A. Young may move to "Liverpool" for 5.5 million pounds sterling (Daily Express).
"Man Utd", failing to acquire O. Hargreaves, will try to attract David Bentley from "Blackburn" (Daily Mirror).
Charlton manager Alan Pardew is trying to acquire veteran Andy Cole from "Portsmouth" (Daily Mirror).
"Rangers" have agreed to sign Andy Webster from "Wigan" and Alan Gow from "Falkirk" (Daily Record).
"Aston Villa" will call on "Man Utd" defender Phil Bardsley after their clash in the FA Cup tournament (Daily Mirror).
Charlton agrees to pay 2.7 million pounds sterling for "Arsenal" forward Anthony Stokes (The Sun).
"Newcastle" believe they can still acquire Peter Crouch (Various).
"Chelsea" wants to acquire "Valencia" defender Roberto Ayala (Daily Mail).
Fulham striker Collins John refuses to move to "Watford" (Various).
Real Madrid is preparing to purchase Joleon Lescott from "Everton" for 7 million pounds sterling (Daily Mirror).
Sheffield Utd plans to sign Egyptian national team defender Ahmed Fathi from "Ismaily" for 700 thousand pounds sterling (The Sun).
"Q.P.R." refuses to sell defender Lee Cook to "Tottenham" or "Man City" for 2 million pounds sterling (Various).
Youth star Gareth Bale will remain at "Southampton" (Daily Mirror).
"Hibernian" defender Scott Brown says he has received threats from fans after it was revealed that he will leave the team (Daily Record).
Sunderland manager Roy Keane has offered 400 thousand pounds sterling for defender Stephen Pearson from his former club "Celtic" (Daily Mirror).
Birmingham manager Steve Bruce is preparing to loan Stern John from "Coventry" (The Sun).
Marseille star Franck Ribery may join "Arsenal" in the summer (Daily Record).
"Millwall" wants to reacquire former striker Neil Harris from "Nottingham Forest" (The Sun).
Paul Ifill will move from "Sheffield Utd" to "Crystal Palace" (Daily Mirror).
Macclesfield manager Paul Ince is convinced that racism in England has been subdued and black players can now become Premier League managers (Various).
Rangers will likely be trained by Walter Smith, with assistants Ally McCoist and Ian Durrant (Various).
Liverpool legend Sammy Lee asked team manager Rafa Benitez to stop criticizing "Bolton" (Daily Star).
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is worried about the upcoming FA Cup match against "Man Utd" and the new forward Henri Larsson, with whom he worked at "Celtic" (Various).
Macclesfield defender Matty McNeil, nicknamed Borat by his team-mates, hopes to refute this nickname by playing successfully in the cup match against "Chelsea" (Various).
