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Tuesday's English press once again recalls the corruption scandal in English football, the active transfer policy of "Arsenal" and "West Ham", the possible transfer of M.Baroš to Spain and A. Smertin's return to "Chelsea", as well as other news.
Having failed to acquire Shaun Wright-Phillips, "West Ham" is preparing £7 million for Freddie Ljungberg ("The Sun").
However, the Swede is also of interest to "Milan" and "Juventus" ("Daily Express").
"Arsenal" is eyeing Franck Ribéry from "Marseille" as a replacement for F. Ljungberg ("Daily Mirror").
The Gunners are also interested in Ajax's young forward Ryan Babel ("The Independent").
Another target for "West Ham" is "Arsenal" defender Lauren ("Daily Mail").
"West Ham" told Australian Mark Viduka from "Middlesbrough" that it would be better for him in their club ("Daily Express").
Alan Curbishley is prepared to pay M. Viduka £60,000 per week ("Daily Mirror").
"Bayern" defender Owen Hargreaves is afraid that his "crazy price" will hinder his dream move to "Man Utd" ("The Sun", "The Independent").
Roman Abramovich has cut Jose Mourinho's budget for transfers ("The Sun").
"Chelsea" is interested in Croatian defender Josip Simunic, who was shown yellow cards three times in one match by referee Graham Poll during a world cup ("Daily Star").
"Birmingham" is interested in "Luton" forward Rowan Vine ("The Sun").
"Newcastle" is increasingly concerned about Obafemi Martins' agent's plans to move his client to "Chelsea" in the summer ("The Guardian").
Gareth Bale has rejected "Man Utd" offer and will stay at "Southampton" ("The Sun").
However, G. Bale is delaying the extension of his contract with his club ("The Guardian").
"Rangers" will acquire Andy Todd from "Blackburn" for £1 million ("Daily Record").
Aston Villa's Milan Baroš could unexpectedly move to "Levante" from "Aston Villa" ("The Sun").
"Aston Villa" will offer £6 million for forward Craig Bellamy to "Liverpool" ("Daily Mail").
If "Sheffield Utd" falls out of the "Premier" league, Phil Jagielka will move to "Liverpool" for £9 million in the summer ("Daily Mirror", "Daily Star").
Alberto Luque's nightmare at "Newcastle" could end when he moves to "Eindhoven" (Various).
"Sheffield Utd", "Blackburn", and "Portsmouth" are battling for Belgian national team forward Emilio Mpenza, who plays for "Al Rayyan" club in Qatar ("Daily Mirror").
"Watford" has set Ashley Young's price at £9 million ("Various").
"Ipswich" coach Jim Magilton offers £200,000 for David Wright from "Wigan" ("Daily Mirror").
"Tottenham" is negotiating with "Kilmarnock" star Steven Naismith ("Daily Record").
According to Moscow's "Dynamo", Alexey Smertin is in talks with his former club "Chelsea" ("Daily Telegraph").
Walter Smith is expected to be appointed as the "Rangers" manager today ("Daily Telegraph").
"Rangers" will reduce W. Smith's salary by £250,000 ("Daily Record").
Former "Liverpool" manager Graeme Souness may buy "Wolves" club for £20 million from Sir Jack Hayward ("Daily Mirror").
If J. Mourinho leaves "Chelsea", he is prepared to offer a contract to Real Madrid ("Daily Express", "Daily Mirror").
Andriy Shevchenko will sit on "Chelsea's" bench if he does not score in the League cup match against "Wycombe" on Wednesday ("The Sun").
"Portsmouth" owner Alexandre Gaydamak's father, despite owning a team in Israel, allocated additional funds to his son's team for transfers ("Daily Express").
Aaron Lennon has extended his contract with "Tottenham" for 5.5 years for £11 million ("The Sun").
Milan Mandaric has allocated an additional £3 million to "Leicester" ("The Sun").
Clubs will provide the Football Association with the names of eight agents involved in football corruption (Various).
Clubs related to the investigation will be questioned about the activities of these agents ("Daily Express").
The Scottish Football Association, in order to prevent possible corruption in the country's football, will cooperate with Lord Stevens' group investigating corruption in English football ("The Guardian").
The FA rejected Lord Stevens' group's request to suspend clubs suspected of corruption in this transfer window ("Daily Telegraph").
"Chelsea" will face legendary "Nottingham Forest" in the next round of the FA Cup. The team's defender Julian Bennett claims to have learned everything about the opponents by playing a video game on PlayStation ("The Sun").
"Forest" manager Colin Calderwood says he almost had a car accident when he found out he would have to play against "Chelsea" ("Daily Star").
